Are you experiencing issues with your new Google Pixel 4 or the Pixel 4 XL? Is it a recent app you downloaded? Not to worry, entering safe mode on your device will solve the problem easily. In this article, we explore a comprehensive tutorial on how to enter and exit safe mode on Google Pixel 4 and Google Pixel 4 XL
Safe mode is a clean mode that only allows first-party applications to run. Meaning, if your issue went away with this mode, a 3rd-party application was responsible.
How Can I Enter Safe Mode On My Pixel 4 Device?
- Press down and hold on the Power button until “Power off” is visible.
- Press and hold on the Power Off icon until “Safe Mode” is seen.
- Click “Safe Mode” and the Pixel 4 will start going into that mode.
- The device would power on again and you would see a Safe mode indicator way down on the screen.
- After rectifying the issue, simply click and hold on the Power button again and boot the phone back up in normal mode.
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If the device is powered off and you wish to put it in Safe Mode, see what has to be done with your Pixel 4 phone:
- Press and hold on the Power button. The device should vibrate and the device’s logo screen should be shown.
- Release the Power button and after that, as you see the logo screen, press and hold on the Volume down button on the left side of the device.
- Continue holding the Volume down button until the home screen is seen with the Safe mode indicator way down on the screen.
- After rectifying the issue with your device, simply click and hold on the Power button again and boot the device back up in normal mode.
How To Exit
- Press and hold the Power button on your device until various device options are visible.
- Click Restart. If you cannot find Restart, keep holding down the Power button for like thirty seconds.
More Information About Your Pixel 4
Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL are Android smartphones from the Google Pixel product line, serving as successors to the Pixel 3.
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The phones were officially announced on October 15, 2019, and released in the United States on October 24, 2019. Google confirmed the device’s design in June 2019 after renders of it were leaked online.
In the United States, the Pixel 4 is the first Pixel phone to be offered for sale by all major wireless carriers at launch.
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Previous flagship Pixel models had launched as exclusives to Verizon and Google Fi; the midrange Pixel 3a was additionally available from Sprint and T-Mobile, but not AT&T, at its launch. As with all other Pixel releases, Google is offering unlocked U.S. versions through its website.
The Pixel 4 marks the introduction of Motion Sense, a radar-based gesture recognition system. It is based on the Project Soli technology developed by Google ATAP as an alternative to light-based systems such as infrared.
Motion Sense can be used for detecting a user’s proximity to the device to activate the always-on display or power the screen on, and waving gestures that can be used in supported apps (such as skipping tracks in the music player, and an interactive Pokémon demo app).
The Pixel 4 ships with Android 10 and Google Camera 7.1.[24] The devices feature several features powered by their Pixel Neural Core (a successor to the Pixel Visual Core): in addition to its existing use for image processing, it is used by the new Recorder app (a voice recorder with live transcription), and the “new” Google Assistant, which contains enhancements to allow for increased client-side recognition of commands that are local to the device (rather than querying Google servers).
There you have it – a comprehensive tutorial on how to enter and exit safe mode on Google Pixel 4. If you have any questions as regards this tutorials, feel free to drop them in the comment section below.