samsung tab3 will not hard reset

[Sonier kw]

Im locked out of my tab 3 and I have powered off and tried different combination keys to reset and the only thing that pops up is in the upper left corner it will say recovery boot....and then nothing, it just powers back on.my tab is T217s

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Have you tried the hardware key reset steps as described here? https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-27378

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