Welcome to another guide by AskCaty. Consistent and smooth use of a phone is what every phone user wants but what if your iPhone gets an app glitch or get stuck due to some problems? Many iPhone users face this issue that their phone stops responding and the situation gets more annoying when they even cant turn off their iPhone device.
In that case, Force restart is the only solution that may fix your problem because after you force restart your iPhone device. Restarting iPhone does refresh all of the ongoing processes and start your smartphone as a fresh startup. Doing this can fix all of that unresponsiveness, stuckness, and app glitches. Apple has many models so we will discuss ways of restarting for almost every modern model of Apple iPhone.
How to Force Restart an iPhone
We’ll discuss the method of force restarting an iPhone device. Restart method may vary from iPhone to iPhone. Let’s figure out all possible methods for iPhone models to restart.
Method to Force Restart iPhone 8, iPhone X or Higher
Well as we know that models starting from iPhone 8 till iPhone XR, Apple has removed the home button for these iPhone models. So force restarting would not include home button as we used to use a home button for force restart in older iPhone models.
All you have to do is to press the ‘Volume Up’ button and then release it, then the second step is to press the ‘Volume Down’ button and release that as well. After that, the final step is to press and hold the ‘Side’ button, keep holding that until you won’t see an Apple logo on the screen. Apple logo can come on the screen within 30 seconds.
As the Apple logo shows up on the screen, you are free to release that ‘Side’ button. Your iPhone will take a few seconds to complete the rebooting process.
Method to Force Restart iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus
Well, iPhone 7 and 7 Plus both have that capacitive home button but still, these two models of iPhone require a different method to force a restart. Let’s figure out that way for restarting iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.
For force restarting both iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, all you have to do is to press and hold both ‘Volume Down’ button and ‘Side Button’ together. You have to keep holding both buttons till Apple logo shows up on the screen. As Apple log will show up on the screen, you are good to release both buttons.
Method to Force Restart iPhone 6s or older iPhone devices
Apple 6S and older models have got that physical home button, so that what makes force restarting process more easy and simple.
All you have to do is to press & hold both ‘Side’ button and ‘Home’ button together until the Apple logo shows up on the screen. After the Apple logo shows up on the screen, you are free to release both Side and Home button.
I hope this guide will help you in force restart your iPhone device no matter which model. Force restart helps users to get out of app glitch or any unresponsiveness of the device.
Check out How to Factory Reset an iPhone device