A frozen iPhone can be a frustrating experience. If your iPhone is frozen and unresponsive, there are a few things you can do to try and fix the problem. In this article, we’ll show you how to restart a frozen iPhone.
iPhones come with a fixed nonremovable phone battery which makes power recycling far more difficult compared to an Android device. If your iPhone is unresponsive and you can’t seem to restart it, there are still a few things you can try, but, you got to know how to restart a frozen iPhone and bring it back to normal.
How to restart a frozen iPhone
To restart a frozen iPhone, simply press and hold the Sleep/Wake button (located on the top of the iPhone) for a few seconds until the Apple logo appears. If your iPhone is unresponsive, you may need to press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for about ten seconds until the Apple logo appears. Once the Apple logo appears, your iPhone should restart and be back to normal!
What to do if your iPhone is frozen and will not turn on
When an iPhone is frozen and won’t turn on, it’s likely that there is a software issue causing the problem. If your iPhone won’t turn on, you can try doing a hard reset by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for about ten seconds until the Apple logo appears. Once the Apple logo appears, your iPhone should restart and be back to normal!
If your iPhone is still frozen and won’t turn on, you can try connecting it to a computer with a USB cable and see if iTunes recognizes it. If iTunes does recognize your iPhone, you can try restoring it from a backup. If you don’t have a backup or if restoring from a backup doesn’t work, you can try putting your iPhone into DFU mode and restoring it from there.
DFU mode is a last resort and should only be used if you’ve tried all of the other options and your iPhone is still frozen and won’t turn on. To put your iPhone into DFU mode, connect it to a computer with a USB cable and then press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for about ten seconds until the screen goes black.
Once the screen is black, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for about five seconds without pressing the Home button. After about five seconds, you should see a message in iTunes saying that your iPhone is in DFU mode. From there, you can restore your iPhone from a backup or set it up as a new device.
The challenge for restarting a frozen iPhone is that when it goes wrong, you can lose data! While Apple’s iCloud service offers some protection against this, it’s not perfect. For that reason, I recommend that you always have a backup of your iPhone every now and then or at least before trying to update your iPhone which initiates a restart at the end of the software update. This way you can be sure that if something goes wrong, you have a backup to fall back on.
There are a number of ways to back up your iPhone, but the easiest way is to use iCloud. To do this, simply connect your iPhone to a Wi-Fi network and go to Settings > iCloud > Backup. From there, you can choose to either do a manual backup or have iCloud automatically back up your iPhone every day.
If you don’t want to use iCloud or if you’re worried about losing data during a restart, you can also connect your iPhone to a computer and use iTunes to create a backup. To do this, simply connect your iPhone to your computer with a USB cable and open iTunes.
Once iTunes is open, select your iPhone from the list of devices and then click the Summary tab. From there, you can click the “Back Up Now” button to create a backup of your iPhone.
Once you have a backup, you can restart your iPhone without worrying about losing any data. That way, if something does go wrong, you can restore your iPhone from the backup and get all of your data back.
How to fix a frozen iPhone without losing any data
Loss of data on an iPhone can be devastating, especially if you don’t have a backup. If your iPhone is frozen and you can’t restart it without losing data, there are a few things you can try to fix the problem without losing any data.
First, try connecting your iPhone to a computer with a USB cable and see if iTunes recognizes it. If iTunes does recognize your iPhone, you can try restoring it from a backup. If you don’t have a backup or if restoring from a backup doesn’t work, you can try putting your iPhone into DFU mode and restoring it from there. An iPhone in DFU mode is typically when you can no longer see the Apple logo or boot up past the initial iOS setup screens.
If you don’t know how to put your iPhone into DFU mode, you can find instructions online or in the iPhone user guide. Once your iPhone is in DFU mode, you can use iTunes to restore your iPhone from a backup or set it up as a new device.
If you can’t put your iPhone into DFU mode or if iTunes doesn’t recognize your iPhone, you can try using recovery mode. To do this, connect your iPhone to a computer with a USB cable and then press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for about ten seconds until the screen goes black.
Once the screen is black, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for about five seconds without pressing the Home button. After about five seconds, you should see the Apple logo appear on the screen. At that point, you can let go of the Sleep/Wake button and then press and hold the Home button until you see the Connect to iTunes screen.
Once you see the Connect to iTunes screen, you can release the Home button and then open iTunes on your computer. From there, you should see a message saying that your iPhone is in recovery mode and needs to be restored. You can then restore your iPhone from a backup or set it up as a new device.
If you can’t get your iPhone to restart or if iTunes doesn’t recognize your iPhone, you can try hard resetting your iPhone. To do this, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for about ten seconds until the screen goes black. Once the screen is black, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for about five seconds until you see the Apple logo appear on the screen.
Once you see the Apple logo, you can release the Sleep/Wake button and then press and hold the Home button until you see the Connect to iTunes screen. From there, you can open iTunes on your computer and restore your iPhone from a backup or set it up as a new device.
If none of these methods work, you can try contacting Apple for support or taking your iPhone to an Apple Store for help. Hopefully, this article has helped you fix your frozen iPhone without losing any data.
