“Unfortunately, Settings Has Stopped” Error On Samsung Galaxy S9 And Galaxy S9 Plus

Have you ever experienced accessing the General Settings of your Galaxy S9 or S9+ then a message shows up saying, “Unfortunately, Settings has stopped”? It’s very annoying, right? Most of us have experienced this issue but the solution for this is very easy! Continue reading the article below to know the fix for this issue.

The guide we will provide is made to help you with this particular issue of your Samsung Galaxy S9 or S9+. If this issue keeps on showing up on your screen, your device might be facing a firmware update issue, third-party app or some corrupt data or cache, that’s why it keeps on crashing.

How to Fix “Unfortunately, Settings has Stopped” Error on Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus

To fix this issue, the solution process usually goes like this:

Restart the device > Wipe Cache Partition > Uninstall app in Safe Mode > Clear the cache of Google Play and uninstall the app > Hard reset the Samsung Galaxy S9 or S9+.

Follow this guide below, in particular order, to help you fix the issue if the message “Unfortunately, Settings has stopped” keeps on showing up when accessing the Settings app.

Do a Simple Restart

This is the simplest way to solve an issue on most devices and has proven effective in most cases

Wipe Cache Partition

This process can only be done by entering the Recovery Mode. Wiping the cache partition can remove firmware glitches in the cache of its operating system. To do this, follow this guide on how to wipe the cache partition on Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus.

Inspect Everything in Safe Mode

If you have numerous third-party apps installed on your Galaxy S9 or S9+, you can assume that one of these apps is causing the issue which makes the device randomly freeze or even reboot. When you enter the Safe Mode, all the third-party apps are blocked or inaccessible. If you try to open the Settings app here, you can check if the error message still shows up. If it doesn’t, it may be one of your apps. You can manually install it one by one.

Clean up the Google Play

This option might be your first time seeing this, but it has worked to some.

Go to the Application Manager on the Settings app
Select the Google Play app then tap on the Clear Cache option
Select Uninstall Updates and restart the Galaxy S9

Try to launch the Google Play app again and go to its settings by accessing the menu. Tap on the Build version entry then waits until you get a notification on the updated Google Play version that it’s ready to download and install. Just confirm and let it do its job.

Do a Hard Reset

This is the ultimate solution for most problems but it is also something that most of the Galaxy S9 users avoid. Probably because this option removes everything in the device including the files, general settings, and really everything. But you can still save all of your files by doing a backup before you perform the hard reset. You can save everything up again, even your internet settings, photos, videos, music and even your calendar marks. Just get to the App menu, open the Settings app and press on the User and Backup from the options. You’ll see here all your accounts and the latest backup you have done. Tap on perform a new backup to start saving all your files from being gone.

This guide will help you with backing up all your files and doing a factory reset on your Samsung Galaxy S9 or S9+. When you’re done with it, restore the backup and check if the error message saying, “Unfortunately, Settings has stopped” still shows up. But with this solutions said above, it should be gone now.