Android has a fail-safe mode: “safe mode.” It was created to detect errors that sometimes affect the proper functioning of a phone or tablet. It’s a useful tool, but it can cause new problems and even crash your device. That’s why it’s important to know how to disable safe mode on an Android tablet.
What is Android Safe Mode?
The reason Android launched this safe mode was to address many user complaints, primarily about problems caused by third-party apps installed on their devices.
Thus, thanks to Safe Mode, you can start Android running only the basic system apps. That is, the ones that came installed on the tablet when you bought it. Apart from the differences, it’s the same idea as Safe Mode in Windows.
If everything works normally when using our tablet in safe mode, we have confirmed that the error is caused by one of the installed external applications.
In Safe Mode, the icons for these apps appear gray . This indicates they’re inactive. The next step is to uninstall the offending app to get everything back to normal.
When the tablet boots into safe mode on its own…
We may encounter this situation at certain times. Our tablet has detected a problem and, without asking our permission, tries to resolve it on its own. But it doesn’t do this without reason; it’s usually for one of these reasons:
- There is an application installed incorrectly.
- You have detected a virus.
- The tablet has not been shut down properly (for example, a program has been left open or an important process has been interrupted).
- There is an electronic or hardware failure in the tablet.
How to access Safe Mode
To access safe mode on your Android tablet, follow these steps
- First you have to press the power button , selecting the “Turn off” option.
- Just a few seconds after doing this, a window opens asking us if we want to “restart the Tablet in safe mode .”
- We press the “ Accept” option and the tablet will restart in safe mode.
How to remove Safe Mode on an Android tablet
Once we’ve resolved the issue, we won’t need to use the tablet in safe mode anymore. In that case, we’ll need to know how to exit it. This will also be useful if we accidentally started the tablet in safe mode . Or in the (quite common) cases, as we mentioned earlier, where the tablet starts this mode to resolve an internal error without warning.
Whatever the reason, to remove safe mode we must act as follows:
- The first thing to do is restart the device . Press and hold the power button and the volume up key at the same time.
- Next, click “Turn off” and then “Confirm ”.
- We turn on the tablet again , which will start in normal mode.
If after following these steps the tablet is still in safe mode, you may need to uninstall the last app installed. The method is quite simple:
- Let’s go to the “Applications” menu .
- In it we select the “Settings” option , look for the conflicting application and click on “Uninstall”.
- Finally, we restart the device.
But if even after this you still haven’t been able to exit Safe Mode on your Android tablet, there’s still something you can do. The classic solution is to restore the tablet to its original settings , the ones it had when you bought it new. The only precaution you should take is to make a backup . Otherwise, you’ll lose everything you have saved on that device.
