How to Restart your iPhone in Simple Steps

Has your phone ever got stuck for no apparent reason? Touchscreen or buttons stop being sensitive and there seems to be no way to solve this problem. Yet, in those cases of emergency, your technological tools allow us to restart their functionalities and, therefore, restore their service. In fact, here we provide you with some of the methods you can recover your device with when it freezes.

IPhones are your daily source through which we complete so many tasks. Seek of information, working assignments, connection with people and endless activities are just a few of the operations we accomplish by means of your little devices. 

On the other hand, due to this versatility, iPhones can undergo critical overwhelming processes and freeze right in the middle of important operations. This can happen because of various reasons, though if you experience such a block you may consider: having low battery, full storage space or an outdated operating system. 

But don’t panic. Here are some simple steps you should follow to restart your iPhone 

Starting from the very beginning it is relevant to clarify the difference between a simple restart and a forced one. Essentially, whenever you normally turn your phone off by means of the well-known sliding banner, you are practicing a normal restart.

On the other hand, when you are requested to simultaneously carry out multiple commands in order to restart your phone you are actually forcing such a process. The good news is that both of the two methods are totally safe and harmless to your iPhone so there is not much to worry about.

As aforementioned is, therefore, very important to evaluate which commands are still responding to your device in order to understand how to perform the restart.

How to (normally) Restart your iPhone

The first and most natural way to restart your iPhone is very simple and you probably already know the steps to follow:
(iPhone models X, 11, 12, 13, or later)

1 – press both one of the volume buttons and that of power/press and hold the power button.
2 – it will then appear the slider to turn your iPhone off.
3 – slide the banner from left to right and you’re already done.
Your iPhone will immediately turn off and you can now turn it back on.

(iPhone models SE, 5, 6, 7, 8 or earlier)

1 – press the power button
2 – slide the turn-off banner.

Steps to Trigger a Forced Restart

A) If your touchscreen is frozen

In extreme cases your device may experience a significant stoppage, touchscreen included. In those situations, you won’t, therefore, be capable of sliding the power off the banner. Nevertheless, you can still reset your iPhone by means of buttons only and triggering a forced restart:

1 – quickly press the upper volume button

2 – quickly press the downer volume button 

3 – press and hold the power button for at least 10 seconds

B) If the buttons are not responding

Apple system designers really thought about helping their users in any possible case. In fact, your iPhone can be restarted in a few practical methods even when the buttons are not working.

Restart using Siri

Did you know that your beloved smartphone assistant can help us even in this type of critical moment? Indeed, you can restart your iPhone by asking Siri!
All you have to do is ask her to do so:
1 – say: “Hey Siri, can you restart my iPhone?”
2- tap on “Restart”.

Restart from Settings

An additional and simple way to restart your phone is by using your iPhone’s “Settings”
1- go to “Settings”
2 – select “General”
3 – select “Shut Down”.
4 – As aforementioned you’ll just need to finalize this operation by sliding the turn-off banner

Reset to factory data

When the situation is particularly critical and you have the sensation your iPhone raises its temperature and starts giving an unusual signal, you may consider triggering a factory data reset (also called Master reset).

This reset is notably “dangerous”, in a way, because it erases all the data, content and information saved in your iPhone. Indeed, before considering such a process, you may check when did you last saved your pieces of information through a backup. Otherwise, you may lose much of your content and pieces of information forever.

In order to be fully sure you won’t lose all your important documents, here is a brief summary of iPhones backup:
Apple service provides an online “Cloud” where to store an amount of information, data and documents.

Its capability varies depending on your account though it is always expandible by paying a subscription to the service. Without further ado, here is how to trigger a last backup before resetting your iPhone:

1 – Go to “Settings”
2 – iCloud
3 – iCloud Backup

Once you assured that all your pieces of data are now safe, here is how to restart your iPhone to a factory data reset:

1 –   Go to the “Settings” app

2 – Select “General”
3 – Select “Transfer or Reset iPhone”

4 – Select “Erase All Content and Settings”
5 – Select “Continue”

6 – Select “Finish Upload Then Erase” if you still have data to save on iCloud or just “Erase Now”

7 – Finally, select “Erase iPhone”

You will be asked to enter your passcode and your Apple ID password to ensure you are eligible to restore your device.

Conclusions 

It is unbelievable how much smartphone technology has developed and how many services they can nowadays offer. IPhones are slowly replacing many devices because of their exceptional usability.

Despite iPhones can easily experience overwhelming activity and therefore freeze temporarily, luckily, there are numerous operations we can perform in order to restart effectively your devices and continue your daily technological activities.

Moreover, all the activities to restore your smartphone are completely safe allowing you not to lose or damage in any way your device.