How to Force Restart the iPhone XS, XS Max & iPhone XR

Force Reboot Process for iPhone XS/XS Max/XR

If your new iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, or iPhone XR became unresponsive, you’ve might have tried the button combo from the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus in order to force-restart it — but it didn't work.

That’s because the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR use those buttons together to open up Emergency SOS instead, unlike on the 7 and 7 Plus, which use 5 clicks of the Side button to do the same.

On the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR, as well as the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X, instead of holding the Side and Volume Down buttons together, press the Volume Up button, then the Volume Down button, then press-and-hold the Side button for 10 seconds. When the Apple logo appears, let go, and you're device will open to the unlock screen.

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[genev]

Thank you so much; even after clearing a ton of storage my phone wouldn’t save any images and this fixed it 👍

[Akaysha]

THANK YOU!! Discord froze my XS and I was freaking out thinking I bricked my phone. LIFESAVER.

[daisymeadow]

Thanks so much! I spent the whole bus ride freaking out because my phone was completely frozen, but this worked!

[CyndiGarnes]

Thanks for a fast and easy solution to restarting the XS Max! Former Android user here.

[rauhanshaik]

hey this actually worksss. YOU DONT BELIEVE IT HOW MUCH IT HELPED AND IT WAS EASY. I WAS TRYING ALL DIFF KINDS OF RESTART METHODS . Thank you so muchhhh

[yukili]

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[corinna]

Thank you so much! it finally worked after hours

[purplehumanz]

I need it to fix my internet but it keeps calling emergency sos even though the feature is turned off in the settings

[alexanderurquilla]

Thanks for the pointer!! I really needed it

[dustinlehman]

OMFG THANK YOU SO MUCH I HAD A BLACK SCREEN THOUGHT IT BROKE

[awatsinyang]

immediately after unlocking the phone. press the volume up button and then, the volume down button and then the power button. it worked for me. thank u so much

[tommybrentwood]

Thanks! Phone was frozen but this fixed it!

[pcdivision]

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[BeYonD_LeVeL]

Thanks for the update.. my phones display was not working from last night. I just do the same.. now it's back to normal.. thanks a lot

[SimplyTresha]

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[CarolynMoons_Energy]

Thanks so much.... worked good for my iPhone Xs ... my screen stop responding for some reason but this fixed the problem thanks

[richardtibbitts]

Thank you for an excellent explanation and so different procedure from the earlier models. Thank you

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