Emergency reboot iPhone. Turning off the iPhone

In the life of any person who owns electronic gadgets, there comes a time when software errors occur and the device stops responding to user actions. No matter how stable iOS devices are, glitches and failures do not bypass them. Sometimes your iPhone stops responding to screen touches and button presses. What to do if you're stuck? This is exactly what will be discussed in this article. After reading, you will know how to restart your iPhone in case of an error.

To begin with, let's imagine that your device is working as expected. That is, it correctly responds to taps on the screen, pressing the volume buttons and the Home button work as expected, but the phone needs to be restarted. To do this, briefly hold down the on/off button, after which two large buttons will appear on the screen: “Turn off” and “Cancel”. You should touch the device screen in the area of the left side of the “Turn off” button, after which you need to swipe it from left to right. This movement across the screen is called “Swipe” (derived from the English word Swipe - to swipe without lifting your finger). The device will begin to turn off. You need to wait until the screen goes completely dark and briefly press the power button. After this, the Apple logo will appear on the device screen and the download will begin as normal.

But it also happens that some error occurs and the device freezes. What to do in this case? Any iPhone can be forced to reboot even in this case.

In order to do this, you need:

Simultaneously hold down the mechanical buttons “Home” and “Power”. This should be done for about ten seconds. After this, the device screen will turn off.
Once the display turns off, the buttons can be released. If after this the “apple” on the screen does not start, you need to briefly press the “Power” button, as was done in the case of a reboot in normal mode. After this, the device will begin to boot.

This method was created only for emergency reboot of the device. It is strongly recommended to resort to it only in case of emergency, and if possible, then generally use the other two reboot methods. This method is best left as a last resort only.

The last method is relevant when the device works as expected and responds correctly to touches on the screen, but the power button is broken (which is a fairly common occurrence on iPhones, especially the fifth generation).

Restarting an iOS device without touching the power button?

You can control Apple mobile devices without using mechanical buttons. The engineers took into account the fact that buttons have a long service life, but at the same time, any mechanical part breaks sooner or later. If the touch screen of the smartphone is in working order, but the mechanical button is broken, then you can restart the iPhone or turn it off completely using all kinds of gestures.

To activate device control using gestures, you need to enable the “Assistive Touch” option in the settings. Thanks to this function, you can very flexibly configure the control of the device using various gestures that will replace broken mechanical buttons, at least until repair operations are carried out.

The Assistive Touch function is enabled in the device settings, in the “General” section, and then “Universal Access”. At the bottom of the section there is a tab “Physiology and motor skills”, where the necessary option is located.

Move the slider to the “Enabled” position (on the iOS 7.0.4 operating system the slider will turn green). After activation, an almost transparent button will be displayed on the device screen.

You need to press this button (this gesture is called “Tap”, which comes from the English “tap”, or “touch”). Once pressed, the Assistive Touch setting screen will be displayed.

Let's take a closer look at how to use the “Assistive Touch” function to turn off an iOS device without resorting to mechanical buttons.

To begin, click on the function icon. A menu will appear in which you need to click on the “Device” button and long press on the “Screen lock” item. If everything is done correctly, the “Cancel” and “Turn off” buttons will appear on the screen.

Further steps are the same as in the case of turning off the device in normal mode: move the slider from left to right, and the smartphone will begin to turn off.

In order to turn on a device with a broken power button, you should connect it to a personal computer using the included USB cable. After this, the smartphone will start up exactly as it would if you pressed the power button.

Results

Thanks to the methods described in this article, you can turn off or restart your iPhone or iPad in any state, even if the device is frozen or the on/off button does not work. The capabilities of the “Assistive touch” function are described, the only disadvantage of which is that it is unlikely to help when the device does not respond to user commands.

Modern flagship smartphones surprise with their performance. However, some users, even owning a brand new iPhone, accuse the device of glitches and freezes. We recommend that such users ask themselves the question: “How often do I clean my smartphone?” Yes, smartphones, like desktop computers, need “spring cleaning” from time to time.

There are many answers to the question of how to clean up an iPhone: remove unused applications, erase old photos, videos and other content, clear the browser cache, etc. However, the best answer to the question of how to clean a smartphone is to perform the recovery procedure using a special iTunes utility. In this material we will tell you what this procedure is and how to perform it.

During the iPhone restoration process, iTunes will reset the device to factory settings and install the latest current version of iOS on it. After the restoration, the initial setup menu for the device will launch, and the user must indicate how to set up the iPhone - you can transfer content from a backup to it via iCloud or iTunes, or you can set up the iPhone as new.

But, of course, if we plan to set up the iPhone not as a new device, we first need to create a backup copy. You can perform a backup in two ways - through iCloud cloud storage, and also through iTunes.

The first method is convenient because you don’t need to connect the device to your computer to perform a backup; everything can be done from your smartphone. On the other hand, this method also has a drawback - only 5 GB of free space in the cloud is available to the user and it may not be enough for all the information that you want to save. The method of creating a backup via iTunes requires a little more effort, but no one will limit you in the size of the copy.

One way or another, we will tell you about both methods, and you decide which one is more convenient for you.

Backup via iTunes

To make a backup via iTunes, follow these instructions:

That's all! All that remains is to wait for the copying to finish. By the way, if you want to make sure that the copy was really created, open the “Edit” menu in iTunes, then “Settings” and in the “Devices” section you will see a copy with the date it was created.

Backup via iCloud

If you decide to transfer data to the cloud, we upload it there as follows:

Ready! The copy will be created faster, the better your Wi-Fi and the less information you have. How to check whether an iPhone has made a copy to the cloud or not? Open iCloud.com using your Apple ID. The content will be sorted into the appropriate sections - “Photos”, “Contacts”, etc.

iPhone recovery

If you have prepared a backup copy, you can proceed to the recovery procedure. For this:

After recovery, the initial setup menu will automatically load - set up the iPhone as new, or transfer data from a copy.

Important point! Before restoring, it is recommended to disable the “Find iPhone” option (Settings/iCloud), which triggers activation lock, which in turn makes the smartphone locked after updating/wiping data/restoring. The option is implemented as protection against theft, unlocking is performed by entering your Apple ID, but suddenly you yourself forget the login or password of your ID at the most crucial moment, and the system will block your access to your device.

Recovery in critical conditions

Sometimes, in the event of a serious error, the iPhone stops responding to any user actions or even ends up in the “eternal apple” state - the smartphone tries to constantly restart the system, but nothing works. In this case, the recovery procedure will again save you, only it will be performed through special operating modes of the device - Recovery Mode and DFU - a preliminary backup here, unfortunately, cannot be performed.

First of all, let's figure out how to reboot your iPhone using Recovery Mode and restore it via iTunes.

If iTunes does not respond to Recovery Mode, reboot it in DFU mode.

Smartphones, like any computer, are susceptible to software glitches. It doesn't matter if it's iOS or Android, Windows phone or BADA, any mobile operating system is susceptible to sudden failure. In this article we will talk about phones based on iOS, we will try to answer in detail the question of how to properly reboot an iPhone of any model. There are many reasons for software failure, ranging from a memory cache error or a frozen application to hardware failures of individual modules. Hardware glitches begin after the phone is drowned or hits a hard surface.

Rebooting the iPhone 6 helps solve many problems, in some cases temporarily, but most often one restart of the phone is enough to continue stable operation for many months. There are several ways to reboot your iPhone 5s; today we’ll talk about each of them separately. We will give valuable advice and, as always, include video instructions on how to restart your iPhone if none of the buttons work.

Ways to Restart iPhone

There are several effective ways to reboot an Apple phone, each of them is safe for the device and can be used several times a day. Is it possible to reboot an iPhone without a button? Certainly! how to do this, read below and watch the video.

Standard method, using the power button
If the button on the case does not work
If the sensor does not work
Software reboot option
Using Assistive Touch

Benefits of rebooting your phone

The benefits are undeniable, like any computer, a modern smartphone is capable of processing huge amounts of data. The more information, the faster the device’s cache gets clogged, which leads to software failures, freezes and subsequent problems for the user. Here is a small list of problems that harm users and prevent them from fully using the iPhone.

Getting rid of iOS glitches
Eliminate system braking as a whole
Getting rid of graphic artifacts on the screen
Killing a frozen application
Reset the smartphone memory cache;
Complete hardware restart.
Solving many other iPhone 5 problems

Rather, this is not even a reboot method, but simply a standard function of turning on and off the iPhone. From the beginning of the entire line of iPhone models, 2, 3, 4, 4S, etc., the device's on/off button was located on the top edge of the device. The power button was moved from the top to the right starting with the new models 6, 6 plus, 7, 7 plus. Judging by rumors, the iPhone 8 will also have a power key located on the right side.

How to completely reboot an iPhone using the normal power-on option? Everything is simple and reliable. Press the power button and hold it for 10 seconds until a slider appears with the word Turn off, now we swipe it and the phone turns off. After a couple of minutes, turning on the gadget, we get a cleared cache; most glitches will never make themselves felt again. The method works if iOS is not frozen and all applications are working normally. But there are situations when a frozen device does not respond to pressing hardware buttons, then a “hard reboot” will come to the rescue.

How do I restart my iPhone when it's so frozen that it won't respond to the lock button? Then the so-called “hard reboot” will come to the user’s aid. With its help, it is possible to restart the device in case of any software or hardware error. This method works on all Apple equipment, from phones to tablets of all models and configurations.

It’s easy to reboot your iPhone 5 in hard reboot mode, press the lock and “Home” keys at the same time, wait 10-15 seconds, the phone should reboot. If this doesn’t happen, wait longer. In any case, this method will help, sometimes you just need to hold the buttons longer. The hard method will help if the sensor does not work, but it is unlikely to restore its functionality unless it is a software glitch.

Video instructions on how to reboot an iPhone 5s if the regular restart doesn’t work and it’s frozen.

Any equipment fails, expensive iPhones are no exception. A fall, mechanical damage to the case, these are the factors that lead to damage to the device, which makes it difficult to reboot it. Most often, the hardware lock button, also known as the power button, of the phone fails. Without it, it is impossible to turn on and off the phone and reboot the device, if necessary. But even without such a valuable part of the iPhone, it is quite possible to restart the device using software, although not everything is so simple.

Let's figure out how to restart an iPhone without the much-needed lock screen button? There are four main ways.

Using Assistive Touch

Go to “Settings – General – Universal Access”
Find and enable the “Assistive Touch” function
Press the program button that appears on the screen;
Select “Device”;
In the menu that opens, press and hold the “Screen lock” item;
Turn off the phone.

Go to “Settings – General – Universal Access”.
Click on “Bold Text”.
We agree to a reboot

That's it, the problem of how to reboot iPhone 5 without hardware buttons has been solved. After loading, go to the settings and remove “Bold text”, the phone will reboot again and the system font will return to its original state.

Using a wireless network reset

“Settings – General – Reset.”
Select “Reset network settings”
We agree to a reboot.

You must remember that this method works, but it deletes all data about networks, resets all network settings, including wi-fi passwords and VPN connections, so you need to be careful.

Wait until the battery runs out

This option on how to reboot an iPhone without hardware buttons is suitable for extreme sports enthusiasts or real lazy people. You don’t need to do anything, we sit and wait for the phone’s battery to run out and it turns off. To make the process go faster, you can turn on a movie or any video, for example from YouTube. This will drain the battery in a couple of hours, after which it will turn off, and you just need to connect the charger. By default, the iPhone turns on when the charger is connected, so the problem will be solved.

iPhone is the most popular smartphone in the world. A huge number of the planet's inhabitants are literally raving about it. The demand for this electronic device is getting higher and higher every year. This is what accounts for the constant record sales of iPhones.

Due to the fact that the iPhone is a technically complex device, it is prone to certain glitches. There is nothing strange about this, since difficulties occur when using almost any technique. The most common problem when using these smartphones is freezing, the causes of which are numerous.

Braking or even freezing of the product fromApplecan happen in a variety of situations:

during phone calls;
when installing applications;
when moving file data, etc.

Often the cause of freezes can be the replacement of firmware, which can be quite strange. Although installing the standard firmware version on this device may cause it to freeze. In short, the iPhone freezes and many of its owners simply have no idea what to do about it.

It is important to know what you can do if your Apple smartphone freezes. There are several effective ways that, in most cases, will revive your favorite communicator. Failures occur in almost all operating systems, and iOS is no exception.

Basic signs of a frozen device are failure to respond to key presses, as well as touching the communicator’s sensor.

Possible reasons

There are many reasons why an iPhone freezes, and the most common reason for such a failure is a conflict between the program code of some application and part of the active code of the Apple device itself.

More than 90% of cases when the iPhone freezes is due to a software error. If the problem does not disappear for a long time, or causes you inconvenience, you should contact a specialist. Such a nuisance can be eliminated by specialists in a short time.

Video: iPhone frozen

Simple freeze

Strange cases often occur with iPhones when, which practically did not appear on other communicators: at one moment the device’s display stops responding to touches altogether, and this feature of its behavior can last up to 30 seconds.

Some owners of this smartphone claim that this problem most often occurs when various notifications appear on the smartphone display, but it can also occur on the lock display. Another unpleasant feature is that while typing in programs, the keyboard “freezes” and does not respond to user actions.

Lots of active applications

Often, iPhone freezing is associated with a huge number of active applications that significantly load the processor and RAM. In this case, you need to remove the most resource-intensive applications.

To do this you need:

Return to the desktop by pressing the Home button, and then press the Home button twice. This will display a list of active applications;
press and hold the icon of the frozen program;
when the shaking starts, you must press the action confirmation key;
Double-click the Home button and re-launch the application.

Incorrect iOS update

Each iOS update, despite the manufacturers' assurances, carries certain hidden threats. Of course, the most key errors are corrected in it, and the speed of operation is also significantly higher than in the previous version.

However, despite the fact that the overall performance of iOS has remained virtually unchanged, many owners of Apple smartphones complain that it often freezes.

Jailbreak installed

Jailbreak installed on an iPhone often causes the device to freeze. Restoring your communicator after jailbreak will proceed without complications using DFU. In general, there is no potential danger in these actions if they are implemented correctly - the iPhone turns on normally, functions, does not slow down or crash.

Ways to get your iPhone out of a freeze

Despite all the advantages, sometimes an Apple smartphone can freeze when too many programs are running at the same time. This is a difficulty that can prevent the most powerful laptop computers from functioning properly, and even more so a smartphone.

However, even if your iPhone slows down and freezes, there is no real reason to worry. The main thing is to know what to do, since it can be easily resuscitated and returned to normal functioning.

Leave iPhone alone

In most situations with freezing, the communicator will return from the frozen state on its own and begin to work normally without delay. If this does not happen or you urgently need to use the device, move on to another method.

Reboot with Power button

If your iPhone is frozen, the easiest way to restart it is to use the Power button.

The sequence of actions is as follows:

If the communicator does not respond to commands at all, and the freeze continues for a sufficient amount of time, then you need to use an alternative reboot method.

To do this you need:

simultaneously hold down the power and home keys for 10 seconds;
The appearance of the apple icon will mean that the reboot was successful.

The described method allows not only to ensure that the system hangs, but also, quite possibly, to correct certain internal errors. But you should always remember that if it is possible to successfully use the first method, which is softer, then it is recommended to use it.

The hard (alternative) method should be used only in the most extreme cases and does not need to be used constantly.

Reboot without pressing a button

This method is appropriate in a situation where a mechanical key on an apple that has a certain resource stops functioning. After this, it may fail. The Apple communicator has the ability to control gestures, which will turn off the device. Its name " Assistive Touch" and it must be turned on first.

To turn off the device using this function you must:

go to the main menu => “Settings” => “General” => “Universal Access” => “Assistive Touch”;
move the slider to the “On” position;
touch the button that appears, and after that a window with the “Assistive Touch” functionality will be displayed;
go to the “Device” item;
in the active window, select “Screen lock”. It must be pressed for 2-3 seconds, after which the display will switch to the locked position, in which you should “Swipe” to the right to turn off the iPhone.

Freezing of an Apple communicator is not at all a rare occurrence. The methods discussed above, if successful, allow you to get out of the situation without losses. However, there are situations when the device's operating system is so damaged that booting is impossible. In Windows, reinstalling the operating system helps; in iPhone, the approach is similar.

If successful, factory settings will be restored and the latest firmware version will be installed. However, all personal data such as music, videos, contact information and calendars will be lost. At the same time, if the device is synchronized with iTunes, all this can be restored in the shortest possible time.

If reinstalling the system does not solve the problem, all that remains is to contact trusted specialists and hope that they will be able to revive your favorite communicator.

For convenient use, the main control keys are located on the body of smartphones. The range of phones from Apple was no exception. On each of the gadgets in the upper right part there is a power key. With its help, users can perform actions programmed on it. The article will discuss in detail the options to turn off the iPhone in different ways.

It is worth noting that in addition to physically turning off the gadget, Apple has introduced a shutdown feature into its phones through the software shell. Additionally, each of the buttons located on the body, depending on the iPhone model, is assigned certain functions. With their help, you can not only turn off the gadget, but also restart it.

The standard operation to turn off the device is to press the power key located on the top of the panel.

Each iPhone model, from 3G to Model X, has this key. In the latest series of equipment, only the Home key is missing, which was previously located at the bottom of the device. Now physical control is completely absent.

To turn off your iPhone, you must follow these steps:

Press the Power key for 4 seconds. After this, the window will darken and the “Shut Down” panel will appear.
By swiping to the right (by sliding your finger across the panel in the desired direction), the device will be turned off.

After this, the Apple logo will appear and after a few seconds the screen will go completely dark. Even when turned off, the device can perform certain functions. For example, charging.

If the operation to turn off the iPhone was incorrect, you can remove the menu that appears. At the bottom of the window there is a round icon with the inscription “Cancel”.

By clicking on it, the phone owner will return to the main screen of the device.

Without button

If a situation arises in which it is impossible to turn off the iPhone due to the failure of the Power key, there are several ways to solve this problem:

go to a service center to have your phone repaired;
use the Assistive Touch system tool.

In the first case, a trip to a repairman is necessary to fix the breakdown. The Power button is used not only to turn off the gadget. The key is used to reboot the system and restore the device to factory settings.

Additionally, it is used to activate and deactivate the screen. The button is also responsible for the incoming call reset function.

If there is no time and money for repairs, you can use the system utility to turn off the device. The function is used in all phone models starting from version 4 and higher.

Using Assistive Touch

The function is disabled by default. It is used as an additional tool to help manage the gadget. To launch the option, users will need to do the following:

Go to the “Settings” menu located in the main window of the phone.

Select the “Basic” tab.

Go to the "Universal Access" section.

At the bottom of the window, go to the “Assistive Touch” settings page and activate the option.

A small black icon will now appear. Users can move the widget to any part of the main phone screen.

To turn off your iPhone using Assistive Touch, you need to do the following:

Open widget.

Go to the “Device” section.

Press the “Lock Screen” icon and do not release your finger for several seconds.

After this, the phone screen will darken. The iPhone shutdown panel will appear. You should swipe on the inscription at the top of the screen.

The smartphone will be completely disabled.

Through Assistive Touch, users can do more than just turn off the device. The widget, activated in the settings of the iOS operating system, allows you to program various actions necessary to control your smartphone.

Forced shutdown

If the equipment is completely frozen, then you will need to forcefully turn it off. The iPhone, like many other phones, does not have a physical reset key. Unlike Android smartphones, it does not have a function that would allow you to simply reboot the gadget. Therefore, you need to be creative to carry out this action. The device may freeze and as a result, simply turning it off by holding down the Power button will not be possible.

The proven and very first way to solve this problem is to completely discharge the battery. It's quite long. You will have to wait until the gadget turns itself off. Only after this should you connect the charger and wait for the iPhone to restart on its own.

Owners of version 4 of a smartphone running iOS 7 and higher have discovered a more efficient way to solve the freeze. Starting with this particular edition of the mobile OS, a function to hard reboot the system or Hard Reset was introduced.

The function is used to restore the system to factory settings. People have noticed that if you press the Power key again during a reboot, the recovery will be interrupted and the smartphone will boot.

To complete this action you will need to take the following steps:

Press the Home + Power keys together.
Hold them for at least 10 seconds until the screen turns off completely.
Release the key combination.
When the Apple logo appears, you need to press the Power button again.

A few seconds will pass and the home screen will be completely loaded.

Results

The methods discussed in the article allow you to turn off your iPhone under various circumstances. The hardware key may not always work. As mentioned earlier, there are cases when the equipment does not respond to any actions at all. In this situation, a hard reboot is necessary.

You can leave comments and questions that may have arisen while reading this material. Our specialists will give detailed answers and help solve problems with turning off your smartphone.

Video instruction

All presented methods for turning off the iPhone were presented step-by-step in the video instructions. Each action is described in detail and explained in what situations each method will be effective.