How to Restart a Frozen iPhone

Here’s how to force restart an iPhone with a frozen screen in just three steps. Even the latest iPhones will occasionally freeze up and you will need to use this little trick to restart your iPhone.
While Apple provides instructions on how to restart your iPhone, they aren’t complete because recent iOS updates can make the process take a bit longer than expected. Be sure to hold the power button down for as long as it takes your iPhone to restart. It’s common to take anywhere from a few seconds to a minute.

[TheMercilina]

You are a life saver. I thought my phone had crashed. Was trying to download some apps on the app store when it froze. Tried all I could and was almost crying. Used my other phone to search for this and boom. Thank you so much. I could literally pay you for this

[cerocpanasiachamps]

I was also starting to panic and then found your video - clear, concise and most importantly correct! worked first time, Thank you!!!

[naturdays]

i was panicking bc my phone suddenly froze at work and started getting hot while stuck on for an hour, got home and found this video and it worked, thank you so much

[oznwonk]

Was getting nervous, thank you so much for your help and making the process so easy!!

[mishl_]

you have no idea how helpful this was!! was starting to panic when i came across this video, thank you so much 😊

[addictionanimanga]

thank you for making this video. For everyone who might have this problem. I use an assistive touch, and it was stuck on the control center. I found another video prior to that showed you how to hard reset but it didn't work. This actually did and is a life saver! Because I tried swiping (unresponsive), resetting with siri and was just going to let my phone die.

This though, is concise and to the point. Highly recommend and I don't comment alot!!!

[kamalhossain]

It worked ! Thank you for such a short and simple solution ❤

[lindsayauvinen]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for this video. Not a morning person, was winding down for the night, have no other alarms, and my phone decided to go rogue on me. Complete life saver! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

[bosskerz]

This video was so helpful, my phone was frozen and unresponsive and the sound wasn't working either, this is a very important and helpful video and needs more attention.

[Pradeeprao]

Your video was super useful. I was getting worried when it became frozen. Thanks a ton 🙂

[ChistTian]

i was already crying and tried this. at first it restarted but the screen is still unresponsive but i tried it again and thank god for giving me courage to try it again and now it’s working. I’m using it now to save this comment. Thank you so much. I thought I lost my life already. You’re a hero❤

[kte]

Gosh thank you so phone was unresponsive since last night.. Your video really saved me!!

[markbeevor]

Thank god for this! Tip: It is a quick press vs a press and hold of the volume buttons. This made a difference for me. Thank you for your help.

[hyperboytkl]

You are a great life saver indeed! I was already actually dressed up and just about ready to rush to the cellphone service center shop to consult on this problem of mine until I finally tried this last minute hack for the last time. It worked perfectly!!! I’m very happy ! You just saved me a stressful trip to the CP shop relieved my anxiety, and saved me money on costly repairs!
Thank you very much my friend!!!🤝👍

[denisedibenedetto]

OMG THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!
I TRIED FOR 3 HOURS UNTIL I FOUND YOUR VIDEO!

[dougwu]

my phone was blackscreened all a sudden and a simple video solved the issue! A++

[mxhqysm]

My iPhone 13 was at 17% and frozen… I was going to wait until it died. THANK YOU!

[dionnespellman]

Thank you so much, was about to board the flight and my girlfriends phone just went completely unresponsive, life saver, WE LOVE YOU !!!

[daijahbarnes]

You legit saved my life. I had gotten water in my iphone 13 a couple days prior due to rain...I needed to charge it for my alarm and hit emergency override. My phone was fine, a little slow the next couple days, but fine. It would only charge wireless though. But today it randomly got stuck on my lockscreen, it showed that my camera button wasn't available, my flashlight was but it wouldn't let me click it, and it couldn't swipe or touch anything...even when I tried to power it off it wouldn't slide, but this video helped so much. Thank you!

[Dfire]

Thank you! You just saved me a trip to the phone store again