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Subject: Re: Unusable Android J5(6)
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R.Wieser <address@is.invalid> wrote:
> Anssi,
> 
> > Recovery mode. Google/use other internet search engine/ask any
> > competent AI about android recovery mode.
[...]
> Anyways, I searched and found a webpage describing the method. Alas the 
> "volume up + power button" method gives me the same sceen as if I would have 
> powered-up normally (no recovery screen).

  Jörg already gave you a webpage for your device:

<https://www.devicesfaq.com/en/delete-google-account/samsung-galaxy-j5>

  The 'Hard reset' item (see left-hand side of page)
<https://www.devicesfaq.com/en/hard-reset/samsung-galaxy-j5>
gives instructions for getting into 'Recovery mode', the 'Android
Recovery' boot up screen.

  Note that the text is crummy/ambgious English: "Simultaneously press
the power key and the volume key down...". If you read the complete
text, it's clear that they do not mean "press ,,, the volume key down",
but "press the volume-down key" (hyphen mine), because at the end they
say "... the volume key up".

  Bottom line: Try *both* power + volume-down and power + volume-down
keys. I've yet to find a device which does not use either combination.

  Also it's press and *hold*, till the device boots and in my experience
it can be more than "a few seconds" and IME the sequence can be
relevant, i.e. not volume-<down or up> and then power, but power and
then volume-<down or up>. IOW, keep trying.