How to Reboot Samsung Galaxy J7 Sky Pro Phone

In this piece, we run though how to reboot Samsung Galaxy J7 Sky Pro TracFone Android phone. You might do this to fix strange behaviors on this smart phone, or to answer the weekly prompts to restart it to maintain reliable operation. There’s no Reboot button built into the Sky Pro. So rebooting it is a bit more of a challenge than simply depressing a button, but not much more so. It’s pretty easy actually. Here’s how to reboot this J7 phone.

How to Reboot Samsung Galaxy J7 Sky Pro TracFone Android Phone

1. Find the Sky Pro’s Power / Wake Button

Locate the Power / Wake button on the J7, as highlighted by the green arrow in the next picture. It’s on this Galaxy’s top right edge.

Picture of the Samsung Galaxy J7 Sky Pro smart phone, right side view, showing Power-Wake-Sleep button highlighted. — Samsung Galaxy J7 Sky Pro smart phone, right side view, showing Power-Wake-Sleep button highlighted.

2. Press and Hold Power / Wake Button Until the Power Options Screen Appears

This Power Options screen comes up as shown next.

Picture of this smart phone, showing its -Power Options- screen, with the -Restart- button highlighted. How to Reboot Samsung Galaxy J7. — Showing this smart phone’s -Power Options- screen, with the -Restart- button highlighted.

3. Touch the Onscreen Restart Button

Next, tap the Restart button on the screen, shown in the last picture.

Then, the Restart Confirmation screen comes up, as shown next.

Picture of this Tracfone, showing its -Restart Confirmation- screen, with the -Restart- button highlighted. — Showing this Tracfone’s -Restart Confirmation- screen, with the -Restart- button highlighted.

4. Again, Tap the Onscreen Restart Button to Continue with How to Reboot Samsung Galaxy J7

Finally, tap the large, green Restart button on the screen, as pointed at by the green arrow in the last picture.

The phone then begins rebooting, as shown next. First, it appears to power down. But when the screen finally goes dark, the phone turns itself back on again.

Picture of the -Powering Down- screen. — Showing the -Powering Down- screen.

After several seconds, the J7 completely shuts down. It’s screen then goes totally dark, as shown next.

Front view picture of the phone powered off. How to Reboot Samsung Galaxy J7. — Front view of the powered off phone.

Then, the phone begins a new start-up, as shown next.

Picture of the Samsung J7 TracFone Galaxy Sky Pro Phone, powering up, displaying its introduction screen. — Samsung J7 TracFone Galaxy Sky Pro Phone, powering up, displaying its introduction screen.

Then, the Galaxy J7 displays the Samsung logo screen as its firmware is loaded. Shown next.

This smart phone displaying its logo screen while powering on.

Then, the blue TracFone logo screen appears while the software related to the TracFone service loads.

Picture of this Tracfone's -Powering Up- screen. How to Reboot Samsung Galaxy J7. — This Tracfone’s -Powering Up- screen.

Finally, the J7’s lock screen appears, as captured in the next screenshot.

Picture of the phone's lock screen. — Showing the phone’s lock screen.

5. Done with How to Reboot Samsung Galaxy J7 Phone!

If your J7 phone’s lock or home screen appeared, as ours did in the last picture, then you successfully rebooted your Samsung Galaxy J7 Sky Pro TracFone.

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2018-06-01: First published.