How do I force quit or restart an iPhone?
Wednesday, 15th October 2008
My post about forcing a frozen iPod to restart seems to be very popular so I thought I’d post a similar article for those of you with iPhones.
How to force shutdown (reset) an iPhone: To force shutdown/reboot the iPhone 3G, press the sleep/wake power button first followed by the home button. Hold the buttons down for a few seconds until the screen changes. You should see the black background and white Apple logo to indicate the reset was successful.
Quit a frozen iPhone application: Very occasionally you may find that an iPhone application can freeze and lock up. To resolve this simply hold the Home button when in the application for about 6 seconds to quit it. You should then be able to reopen the application without restarting the phone.
Hope you find this useful…
October 19th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Good read, thanks for the information, it was really informative.
October 21st, 2008 at 6:26 am
Nice article. Thanks. :) Eugene
December 8th, 2008 at 3:04 am
Nice post. Thank you for the info. Keep it up.
December 27th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Well done, useful & succinct – thanks
February 11th, 2009 at 4:45 am
GREAT i just saved my iPod touch!
March 15th, 2009 at 12:50 am
Thanks. Life saver!
July 28th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Thankyou soooooo much
February 20th, 2011 at 9:40 pm
HOW DID I NOT KNOW THAT
Thanks so much! I was searching out of complete desperation!
cheers mate!
April 10th, 2011 at 11:00 pm
Thanks! You just saved my ipod touch that has been shutting own for 10 hours straight.
June 11th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Thankyou my iphone frozed and wont be off now its fixed :)
July 26th, 2011 at 7:07 pm
Thank you so much! My iPhone had been acting up and when I tried to shut it off I got the black screen with the little circle of lines for about 10 minutes. This fixed it! Thanks.
November 27th, 2011 at 1:11 am
Wow… thanks. Like Jackie, I had the little lined circle… you saved me a great deal of frustration!