How to Restart Samsung Z Flip 5? Fix Freezes Issues

To restart your device, press and hold the "Side button" and the "Volume Down" button for 15 seconds until the device shuts down. If the device is still frozen, download, install, and launch the iBekit Samsung Data Recovery app on your PC. Connect your smartphone using a USB cable, click "Broken Android Data Extraction" from the option, and then follow the on-screen prompts from the software interface to repair the device and recover data successfully.

In this article, I'll explain to you how to restart the Samsung Z Flip 5 if it gets stuck in an unresponsive situation. Additionally, I'll also explain the best method to repair your device using the iBekit software solution without losing the data.

How Do I Restart the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5?

To restart the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5, follow these methods to get out of the unresponsive mode.

Method 1: Restart Samsung Z Flip 5

If your Samsung Z Flip is in unresponsive mode, try out this method to restart the device.

• Press and hold the "Side button" for a few seconds until it shows the "Power off menu" on the screen.
• Then tap the "Restart" option from the Power off menu, and then tap "Restart" to restart your device.

Note: 

If pressing the "Side button" for a few seconds shows a "Bixby" screen, this means the Press and hold the "Side button" is set to "Wake Bixby."

If this method doesn't work for you, follow the next method.

Method 2: Restart Samsung Z Flip 5

To get out of the screen freezing issue on your Samsung Z Flip 5, follow these steps to try restarting your device.

• Press and hold the "Volume down" and the "Side button" for a few seconds until the "Power off menu" appears on the screen.
• Tap the "Restart" option from the "Power off menu," and then tap "Restart" again to confirm a restart.

Note:

If your screen is still frozen and you are not able to restart the device using this method, please try out the next method.

Method 3: Restart Samsung Z Flip 5

The very last method to restart a frozen Samsung Z Flip 5 other than "Force Restart" is this method. Try this step-by-step process on your device to restart it. 

• Swipe down the "Notifications tray" on the Samsung Z Flip 5 and swipe down again to show quick settings.
• Now, tap the "Power off" option at the top of the quick settings screen.
• Finally, tap "Restart" and then tap "Restart" to confirm.

Note:

To get out of unresponsive mode, follow the next method to force restart your device.

Force Restart the Samsung Z Flip 5

If one of the above methods doesn't work to restart the device, this means your "Samsung Z Flip 5" is completely frozen, and your device is not able to restart at this stage.

• Press and hold the "Side button" and the "Volume down" button for 15 seconds until the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 shuts down.

Note: 

If the device doesn't restart by this method, repeat the process and ensure you hold the button for at least 15 seconds.

Suppose your device is still frozen after the successful force restart. In that case, this means your device is completely frozen due to an OS glitch, unavailable storage, or third-party app conflicts within the device.

To bring your device out of that situation, you must "hard reset" your device without creating a device data backup and losing it at your own risk. 

Another is the "iBekit Samsung Data Recovery" software to help you out of that situation without losing the Samsung Z Flip 5 data on the device and recovering it from unresponsive situations.

Recover the Samsung Z Flip 5, including All the Data, Using iBekit Samsung Data Recovery.

iBekit Samsung Data Recovery or Broken Android Phone Data Extraction is an app that helps you repair smartphones and save data in freezing situations. The iBekit software solution allows you to recover and repair the Samsung device from Black Screen, Cannot Touch, Broke, or many more situations.

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To repair the Samsung Z Flip 5 and recover the data from the device, follow this step-by-step method.

• Download and install the iBekit Samsung Data Recovery app on your PC from iBekit.com on your Windows computer or Mac.
• Launch the software on your PC and connect your smartphone using a compatible USB cable.
• Now, click Broken Android Phone Data Extraction from the software interface.

• To recover the device data first, choose the very first option on "left" from the software interface and click the "Start" button.

• Next, select the Samsung "Device Name," the "Device Model," and then click the "Confirm" button to agree with the process. If you can't find your device name and device model, choose the option "No, my device in the list" to let iBekit help with the custom solution for your specific device.

• Now, put your Samsung Z Flip in "Download mode" by clicking the "Start" button and following the software on-screen instructions.
• Once your device is in "Download mode" successfully, wait until the scanning is completed.

• After completing the scan, select the data type from the "left panel" of the screen, and click the "Recover" button at the "right panel" to save your data on your computer. Repeat this process to recover each file type, like photos, videos, WhatsApp, documents, etc.

• Finally, to fix the Samsung Z Flip 5 freezing issue, click "Broken Android Data Extraction" again from the software home interface.
• Now, select the second option on the "right" of the software interface and click the "Start" button.
• Next, select the reason you're fixing your device, click to select the "Others" option from the following, and then click the "Next" button.
• Now, wait until the process is complete and your device restarts. Once it is done, remove the USB cable from the PC to safely remove your device.

Note:

Please don't disconnect your device from your PC after you put the device in "Download mode." Otherwise, the recovery will be interrupted, and you'll have to repeat the process. 

Hard Reset Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 Via Recovery Mode

Once your device becomes unresponsive due to an OS malfunction and the third party application conflicts, the smartphone doesn't recover from the unresponsive frozen screen state by simply restarting or force restarting. To repair the device, you must hard reset it without creating a recent backup.

Here's how you do it.

• Plug the Samsung Z Flip 5 into the PC via a compatible USB cable.
• Long press and hold the "Side button" and "Volume down" buttons for 15 seconds or until the device shuts down.
• Once it is shut down, quickly release the "Volume Down" button and keep pressing the "Volume Up" button while holding the "Side button" until the "Recovery Mode" screen appears.
• Now, from the "Volume Down" and "Volume Up" buttons, tweak between the "Recovery Mode" screen options.
• Select the "Wipe data/factory reset" option, press the "Side button," select "Factory data reset," and then press the "Side button" again to hard reset your device.
• Wait for the process to complete the hard reset, and then set up your device from scratch.

Note:

Please keep in mind that after the hard reset, you'll lose all of your device's data except the data available to restore on the Google Account. 

Conclusion

In this blog post, I've explained the different ways to restart the Samsung Z Flip 5. Additionally, I've also explained how you can repair the device from that frozen situation using the iBekit Samsung Data Recovery software.

Hopefully, with this detailed guide, you'll find a way to restart your Samsung device and get it back in working condition. If four of these six methods fail, a hard reset and the iBekit app are the two last solutions for you.

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