Do you know that you can restart your
Android phone in safe mode much like your
Windows or Mac computers? Press and hold
the Power / Sleep button on your phone and
you’ll be presented with an option to Power
Off the device. Tap and hold the "Power Off" option and you will see an option to be able to reboot your phone in “safe” mode.
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WHAT IT DOES
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When the phone is in safe mode, you’ll see the
words Safe Mode in the lower left corner of
the screen. Apparently I am very late to the
party – the safe mode feature has been
available in Android for many years – but it
does seem to solve two problems:
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1. If your Android phone freezes or crashes
on startup, or randomly restarts, you
can force restart your phone in Safe
mode and uninstall any of the recent
app(s) that may be preventing your
phone from working correctly. Now
when your phone is in safe mode, you
would only see the factory-installed
apps on the phone but you can still go
to Settings -> Apps to uninstall any apps
that you have recently downloaded.
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2. If your Android phone has become slow
over time – because of all the installed
apps, themes and widgets – you can use
the safe mode to temporarily turn the
tortoise into the hare without having to
do a factory reset. The phone becomes
insanely fast in safe mode and you can
still use all the Google apps including
Gmail, Chrome, Maps, Calendar and so
on. The device feels more responsive too.
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To exit the safe mode, restart your device by
holding the power button, then power off and
restart. The device will open in the normal
mode automatically. All your apps and screens
are preserved but the one big downside with
Safe mode is that will log you out of all the
non-Google apps. So if you have Android apps
like Dropbox, Twitter or Facebook on your
phone, you’ll have to login again in all these
apps.