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  1. Press the Volume Up button on your iPhone and quickly release it.
  2. Press the Volume Down button and release it.
  3. Press and hold the Side button until the Apple logo appears on your iPhone's screen.
4. Turn around clockwise 2x times
5. Jump (1x time)
6. Turn around counter-clockwise 3x times

Perform all these moves while holding the Side Button!

Thank you for the laugh! :D
 
IMO, if an iPhone requires the last ditch drastic measure of a DFU reset, it's time to throw it in the trash. It should never hang like that, and if it does, something is malfunctioning inside.
Your opinion is wrong. It’s a computer and a software issues can happen that cause it to power down. These are steps to fix it and they are simple. If you were being sarcastic it didn’t translate.
 
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This is only needed when the device is misbehaving so badly that you can’t get into the settings at all - a device that won’t even respond to standard Recovery Mode (see MauiPa’s post).
I realize that. The point is Apple could make DFU mode a lot easier. How about toggle the silent button on and off 3 times in a row? Something like that is a lot easier than the steps listed.
 
I realize that. The point is Apple could make DFU mode a lot easier. How about toggle the silent button on and off 3 times in a row? Something like that is a lot easier than the steps listed.

The short answer is that if they make it too easy, then there will be people who accidentally trigger "Connect to iTunes." If you've ever accidentally triggered the Emergency SOS feature, you know what I mean. It's the old "monkeys and typewriters" phenomenon - with over 1 billion devices in service, the chances of a significant number of people triggering this randomly would be pretty high.

I suspect Apple went from the iPhone 7 method of triggering Recovery Mode (hold Side button and Volume Down until Connect to iTunes appears) to the iPhone 8/X/Xs method (press Volume Up momentarily, press Volume down momentarily, then press and hold Side button) because the iPhone 7 method was too easy to trigger accidentally. (CPU reset signals require mechanical switches, which is why the Home button-plus-Side button method doesn't work on iPhone 7 or 8.)

Further, DFU has two purposes. If you have a non-responsive device, DFU may get things moving when a basic Recovery Mode attempt will not. However, its primary purpose (DFU means Device Firmware Update, not Device F***ed Up) is to allow the installation of a different version of device firmware. That's why it's been adopted by jailbreakers. This is not something that Apple wants as common knowledge, or to be easy to use. That's why there is no Apple support document that explains how to use DFU - it's supposed to be "need to know" only.

Part of the design of DFU is that a failed DFU attempt will fall back to Recovery Mode. This is what makes it useful as an alternate method to trigger Recovery - if the "easy way" to trigger Recovery isn't working, the harder way might.
 
There is another way to enter DFU mode as well. I find this one easier for X-XS Max. For older iPhone, substitute volume down for the home button.
  • Connect device to iTunes
  • Power off the device - wait 1 minute to ensure device is completely off
  • Press and hold down power for 3 seconds
  • Continue to hold down the power after 3 seconds while press and hold the volume down together for 10 seconds
  • After 10 seconds, release the power but continue to hold volume down till iTunes detect the device in recovery mode
 
  1. Press the Volume Up button on your iPhone and quickly release it.
  2. Press the Volume Down button and release it.
  3. Press and hold the Side button until the Apple logo appears on your iPhone's screen.
4. Turn around clockwise 2x times
5. Jump (1x time)
6. Turn around counter-clockwise 3x times

Perform all these moves while holding the Side Button!
It’s just a jump to the left.........
 
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DFU mode restore is not necessary. Restore and Recovery mode restore takes less time to accomplish the same result. If your device fails to go into recovery mode etc, then it would be best to take it in for service.
 
This is the most ridiculous, long winded approach to reset an iPhone.

I’ve had my iPhone XS screen freeze on several occasions. The screen was not accessible however the phone was fully functional.

MR forgot to mention the secret handshake.
 
I didn't test if this was actually DFU mode or just recovery mode but basically you should get everything done in recovery mode (in DFU mode the screen is blank, recovery mode shows "Connect to iTunes" logo).

You get into recovery simply by plugging your phone into your computer, then pressing volume up, volume down, then press and hold volume button until the phone has booted into recovery mode.

The same in detail:
1. Connect your phone to a computer using the USB cable (this works only if the phone is plugged in)
2. Press volume up, then release
3. Quickly after that press volume down, then release
4. Quickly after that press the lock button and hold it down until you see the "Connect to iTunes" logo (approx. 10-15 seconds)
5. Release the button and restore you phone using iTunes

This change was made by Apple likely so that you could not boot or even get stuck into recovery mode by accident or because of stuck buttons or such. It's not overly nice to be stuck in recovery mode just because your home button stops working and gets stuck in pressed state.
 
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This is way harder than Apple support page https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201263

If this hadn’t happened since iOS 4.3, I’d be tempted to see which is right

After starting iTunes, then plugging in phone:
  • On iPhone 8 and later: Press and quickly release the Volume Up button. Press and quickly release the Volume Down button. Then, press and hold the Side button until you see the connect to iTunes screen.

When you see the option to Restore or Update, choose Update. iTunes will try to reinstall iOS without erasing your data. Wait while iTunes downloads the software for your device. If the download takes more than 15 minutes and your device exits the connect to iTunes screen, let the download finish, then repeat step 3.

I was confused when reading the MR article because I put my X and my XS Max into DFU simply by continuing to hold the power button for longer than a reset. That’s how Apple told me to do it as well. So Volume Up, then Volume Down, then press and hold power button til screen goes black, keep holding and apple logo comes up, then still keep holding and DFU mode will come up after a few more seconds.
I wonder if the MR method is for if your phone isn’t plugged in to the computer at the time? But when would I be using DFU without my Mac there? Strange.
 
I was confused when reading the MR article because I put my X and my XS Max into DFU simply by continuing to hold the power button for longer than a reset. That’s how Apple told me to do it as well. So Volume Up, then Volume Down, then press and hold power button til screen goes black, keep holding and apple logo comes up, then still keep holding and DFU mode will come up after a few more seconds.
I wonder if the MR method is for if your phone isn’t plugged in to the computer at the time? But when would I be using DFU without my Mac there? Strange.
thanks your method worked couldnt get the other way to work
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I was confused when reading the MR article because I put my X and my XS Max into DFU simply by continuing to hold the power button for longer than a reset. That’s how Apple told me to do it as well. So Volume Up, then Volume Down, then press and hold power button til screen goes black, keep holding and apple logo comes up, then still keep holding and DFU mode will come up after a few more seconds.
I wonder if the MR method is for if your phone isn’t plugged in to the computer at the time? But when would I be using DFU without my Mac there? Strange.
wait this isn't installing new iOS from apple server this is recovery mode not restore
 
IMO, if an iPhone requires the last ditch drastic measure of a DFU reset, it's time to throw it in the trash. It should never hang like that, and if it does, something is malfunctioning inside.

That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Rather than attempting to reset software if something goes wrong (these steps would be used if say you couldn't boot the phone up to restore it), you suggest I just ignite 1,400 dollar bills?

Ok sure
 
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