How to Restart and Force Restart iPhone

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How to Restart and Force Restart iPhone

10 June 2021 Amanda J. Brook Senior Product Manager

Summary
For many iPhone users, they may just know how to restart iPhone in a normal way by just pressing the power button. But how to force restart the device? Following will introduce how to restart and force restart iPhone and their differences.

Content

Part 1: Differences between Normal Restart and Force Restart

Part 2: How to Restart and Force Restart iPhone

1. Normal Restart iPhone
2. Force Restart iPhone

Part 3: Reinstall iOS with Renee iPassFix

We may encounter different situations that we need to restart the iOS devices like iPhone. However, normal restart can not solve the problem and we need to try force restart. How to make them? What are the differences between these 2 restarts? Follow us.c

Part 1: Differences between Normal Restart and Force Restart

1. Concept

Normal restart needs users to turn off the device and then start it manually. Force restart will restart the device with buttons combinations.

2. Different steps

Their steps of how to restart the iPhone are entirely different. Please refer to How to Restart and Force Restart iPhone for details.

3. Different result

Force restart will restart the iPhone on the hardware level and reboot the iOS system. Force restart will be slower than normal restart because the force start goes through with more steps while normal restart just restart iPhone on the software level. Normal restart will not get any bad influence to the hardware and save power.

If your iPhone just get stuck or you want to clear the cache, please try to normal restart the device. However, if your device is frozen, black screen with with Apple logo or can not restart, we can try to force restart iPhone.

Part 2: How to Restart and Force Restart iPhone

To help you get a better understanding of how to normal restart and force restart iPhone, we will introduce how to restart and force restart iPhone.

1. Normal Restart iPhone

For iPhone X or 11:

1. Hold Volume Down button and Side button until the slider named Slide to power off shows.

2. Move the slider to the right side to turn off the device.

3. After about 30 seconds, please hold the Side button to restart the iPhone.

For iPhone 8/7/6:

1. Hold the Side button until the slider named Slide to power off shows.

2. Move the slider to the right side to turn off the device.

3. After about 30 seconds, please hold the Side button to restart the iPhone.

For iPhone SE/5 and earlier models:

1. Hold the Top button until the slider named Slide to power off shows.

2. Move the slider to the right side to turn off the device.

3. After about 30 seconds, please hold the Top button to restart the iPhone.

2. Force Restart iPhone

For iPhone X/8/8 Plus and later models:

1. Quickly press and release the Volume up button.

2. Press and release the Volume Down button

3. Hold the Side button.

4. Release the Side button until Apple logo shows.

For iPhone 7/7 Plus:

1. Hold the Power button and the Volume Down button at the same time.

2. Release the buttons until Apple logo shows.

For iPhone 6/6s Plus/SE：

1. Press the power button and the Home button at the same time.

2. Release the buttons until Apple logo shows.

Part 3: Reinstall iOS with Renee iPassFix

However, if force restart can not help your device out from frozen or restart failure, you could try to fix the device with Renee iPassFix which is the multi-functional iOS recovery software.

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Steps

Step 1: Download and install Renee iPassFix. Then, connect iPhone to the computer and run the software. Next, select [Fix Device].

Step 2: After that, click on [FIX ME] to download the firmware and fix iPhone. Or, manually import the firmware. It is noted that all the data will be emptied when you check the option [Full Restoration].

Step 3: Finally, disconnect between iPhone and PC as it is finished.

Note: “Full Restoration” will erase all data from the device. Please check this function according to your need.

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