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If your phone is stuck in safe mode, you
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probably want those annoying
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restrictions gone right now. Because
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right now, your third-party apps are
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completely grayed out. To escape safe
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mode, look for the physical power button
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on the side. Press and firmly hold that
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button down. The on-screen power menu
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will suddenly pop up. Putting the screen
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to sleep won't work. You need a full
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system reboot. Tap the restart option on
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your screen exactly once. The menu
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changes, asking you to tap restart again
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to confirm. Your screen goes completely
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black as the device powers down. This
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double-tap reboot sequence clears the
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safe mode state from memory. And what
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about those grayed-out third-party apps
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that were locked at the very beginning
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of this process? When the home screen
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loads, the safe mode badge vanishes and
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every app is fully restored and ready to
