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  • How to Force Restart an iPhone 11
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Introduction

Step 1

              How to Force Restart an iPhone 11
  • Quickly press and release the Volume Up button (1).
  • Quickly press and release the Volume Down button (2).
  • You really have to press very briefly

Quickly press and release the Volume Up button (1).

Quickly press and release the Volume Down button (2).

You really have to press very briefly

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Step 2

  • Finally, press and hold the side button (3) until the Apple logo appears, and then release.
  • The screen will temporarily go dark as the iPhone shuts down and reboots. Keep holding the button until you see the logo.

Finally, press and hold the side button (3) until the Apple logo appears, and then release.

The screen will temporarily go dark as the iPhone shuts down and reboots. Keep holding the button until you see the logo.

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yeidi - Jan 11, 2020

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i’d like to know why my phone needs to reboot though? I’ve had it for like 2 weeks and it freezes sometimes and this should not be happening? What triggers this to happen?

Rudy Albrecht - Jan 14, 2020

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Same problem with my iPhone 11. 2x this week!

wolfvogel195 - Jan 20, 2020

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My phone will not responding to anything and it won’t force restart either it’s completely frozen

Johnnie Dickens - Jan 29, 2020

My phone is doing the same thing, did you find a solution?

Mel - Apr 27, 2020

Mine also won’t respond to anything and won’t restart - did anyone find another way?