How to Force Restart an iPhone 4S

Written By: Evan Noronha
  • Comments: 28
How to Force Restart an iPhone 4S

Difficulty

Very easy

Steps

2

Time Required

30 seconds

Introduction

Use this guide to force restart your iPhone 4S when it is frozen and not responding. Force restarts are very simple and require no tools.

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    • Press and hold the Home button.

    • While holding the Home button, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button.

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    Renee A Watson -

    i cant use my power button because it cant function

    Elsa Cagampang -

    please help me.. how can i restart my phone using emergency call beacause the power button of my cp it cannot function.

    Elsa Cagampang -

    Its not workiing because the home button of my phone is malfunctioned

    Niranjan Manoj -

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    • Continue holding both buttons for about 10 seconds, until the Apple logo appears.

    What do you do if the apple doesn’t appear?

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Author

Evan Noronha

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23 comments

what if our power butoon is broken/

Autumn Harris -

Under settings, accessability, turn on assistive touch. You'll have a grey dot floating around on your screen. When you touch the dot, it brings up the full "menu." Touch "device" then a lock button option will show. Press and hold the lock icon. You'll then have the "slide to power off" option. Turn off. Give it a couple minutes. Don't panic, even without the working power button to turn it back on, it's still doable! Just plug the phone in and it'll power right on.

Heather Powers -

thumbs up!!!

itsjustgrace87 -

It worked, I can't believe this! Thank you so much, I tried everything I could think of to get it started. I put it in a bag of rice for 12 hours, a bed warmer, blow dryer, and nothing. I started looking for repair shop's, and stumble on your site, which included all iphones. I went to my phone model and the instructions said force start, and I tried it and presto, I'm back in business. THANK YOU! 724-309-3210

Dr Ed Day -

Great Instructions! Thank you.

georgiaruocco -

bravo c superbe

perdereau -

my iphone is not getting started. it turns on when i plug in the cable but still stucks in the iphone logo.

Tarif Hasan -

Thank you Heather Powers! You must be one of the geniuses ;p

Susanne Vierbergen -

Thank you so much my phone is now working it has been off, the past 4 days but its now finally working 100% :-)

Asia Kakorokoro -

not helpful whatso ever dont listen to him he is a lieer

thomas andrews -

soz he dosent reall suck and lie

thomas andrews -

can anyone help me my iphone wont go to the main home screen i turn my phone on and its shows itunes symbol and charger how do i removve that

Dawn Henry -

Thank you it brot my iphone 4S back, great

genebrn -

My home button is broken.

Ruby Magdalene Acol-Acol -

Please tell me what comes next. I get logo then what do I do

Billie kennedy -

you just wait until your homescreen appears :3

YTKatten -

Works fine. Online instructions are well illustrated, but it would be helpful to WARN potential users that the little screws holding the battery clip are really tough to orient and re-insert. Be sure to work on a clean white surface; so, if they fall off the driver they don’t wind up on the floor. You’ll never find them there. I was lucky, they stuck to the magnetic tool that came with the kit.

Robert Vrijenhoek -

IT all went smoothly for me, but my own unsteady hand was my worst enemy (I am 65+), and a constant fear that I would drop one of those nearly invisible screws on the carpet below.

Gary Liebisch -

i didnt put the display in the perfect way in the phone, had to reopen it again, but put too much pressure onto it and i think i killed some cable?

its not doing anything again so..

is there anything i can do?

maximmerle -

Merhaba , iPhone 4s şarja takıldığında apple logosu geliyor biraz durup sonra gidiyor böyle döngü ediyor ve telefon açılmıyor

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