Having the issues for your iPhone randomly turn off and back on absolutely pushes your stress up. When you want to use your iPhone but it suddenly turns off and then on again, it’s such an annoying thing you may face. If it’s your phone issues, that can be a parameter there is something wrong on your iPhone.
Then, how to fix it? Of course, to fix your iPhone randomly off and back on, at least you have to look for what causes it. Once you get the causes, you definitely can determine what kinds of solutions to fix it.
Don’t worry! In this post, we’re going to guide you in fixing your iPhone by randomly turning off and back on. Here’s how to fix it!
Way 1: Force Your iPhone to Restart
However, corrupted caches, problematic apps and random firmware crashes are generally the common factors which trigger the iPhone’s system to become unstable. Forcing a restart will likely suffice if the symptom is not too fatal. Therefore, it must be a consideration among the first potential ways to apply. Here are step-by-step to force restart in different iPhones:
For earlier version of iPhone including iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, 6, SE and 5
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- To force restart, you need to press and hold both the Power (Sleep/Wake) button and the Home button for a few seconds.
- After that, you need to release both buttons when the Apple logo is shown on the screen.
For early iPhones including iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus
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- To force start in those iPhone series, you need to press and hold the Volume Down button and the Power (Sleep/ Wake) button.
- After that, you need to release both buttons if the Apple logo displays.
For iPhone 8, 8 Plus or newer variants
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- To force restart, you need to press the Volume Up button.
- Then, release the Volume Up button.
- Last, you can press and hold the Side button and release it if the Apple logo displays.
Once you go those ways above depending on the iPhone series you use, you have to allow your phone to completely boot up.
Then, you can check if your phone can work normally. If your iPhone issue is gone, that means the first way is successful. While, if the first way cannot solve your phone’s problem, don’t hesitate to take the next way below.
Way 2: Update Your iPhone Software
However, installing the latest iOS update on your phone can be a great solution to solve your iPhone with randomly turning off and back on. This way can be taken if you feel that your iPhone has stable internet access, storage space enough with long battery life. So you can take the second way as follow:
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- First, tap on Settings from the Home screen of your iPhone.
- Touch General and then tap Software Update.
If you see a new iOS update is available, the notification would be displayed. Before you update iPhone software, you can read and review the update details and the system requirements. You should also back up your crucial files to iCloud for safekeeping. After your iPhone backup is secured, you definitely can follow the onscreen steps to download and install the iOS update.
Then, you need to reboot your iPhone if the update is successfully completed. By doing it, you can ensure that all new system changes are applied or saved on your phone properly. In this case, restarting can also prevent apps from acting up after applied system changes.
Way 3: Update Your Apps
Sometimes there are some pending apps which harm your iPhone. Of course, you also need to check for pending apps on your App Store to update it. However, it likely solves your problem. Here’s how to do it!
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- First, you need to open App Store from your Home screen.
- Touch the Updates at the bottom section from the App Store screen.
- Then, you will see a list of apps with pending updates status.
- Touch the Update button beside an app to update individual apps.
- Touch the Update All to update all pending apps at once.
- Once you update your apps, you need to reboot your phone to apply the recent software changes and app fixes.
Way 4: Free Your Memory Space Up
You may already know that an insufficient memory can also be a cause why your iPhone randomly turns off and on. The great way to fix it is to free your memory space up. Here’s how to do it:
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- From your Home Screen of your iPhone, touch Settings.
- Then, touch General and choose iPhone Storage.
- If your storage is low or less than 1GB, it’s time for you to clear up some space by removing some unnecessary files such as unused apps, old messages and unimportant videos or photos or you can also move your files to another disk storage or iCloud and also iTunes.
- Once you have cleared out some space, you can check if the way can solve your problem.
If your iPhone still randomly turns off and back on, you can take the next solution.
Way 5: Reset All Settings
An incorrect configuration or misconfigured settings can also cause your iPhone randomly to turn off and back on. It is usually the common case if the symptom started once installing new updates or customizing your iPhone settings.
To solve this problem, resetting all settings can be your great option. However, it does not affect any saved data on the internal memory, meaning you do not need to create the backups beforehand.
To reset all settings, here’s how!
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- First, you need to touch the Settings from Home Screen of your iPhone.
- Then, touch General option.
- Here, you need to scroll down until you find Reset option and then tap on it.
- Select the option to Reset all settings.
- Enter your passcode if asked to proceed.
- Choose an option to confirm that you want to reset all settings on your iPhone.
Well, your iPhone should reboot automatically if the reset is finished and loads up the default options and original values.
Those are five ways that you can take to solve your iPhone problem if your iPhone randomly turns off and back on.
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On my daily job, I am a software engineer, programmer & computer technician. My passion is assembling PC hardware, studying Operating System and all things related to computers technology. I also love to make short films for YouTube as a producer. More at about me…
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