I was going to hard restart my dads Iphone 8+ but it will not do it! Yes I know the steps: Up volume/Down volume/ then hold the side button till the Apple logo comes up! I have tried that MANY times and all that shows is the power off slide and I continue to hold, then it just goes back to the home screen!!
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iPhone 8(+) Iphone 8+ will not HARD reset
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Ummm... thats for 7. OP is correct re: both volume buttons and power button.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203122
Have had trouble doing the combo correctly myself. And seen Geniuses struggle as well.
ADD: just gave it a try. Couple of attempts before also went to the power off slide, but kept holding and it did go to Apple logo.
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Ummmmm NO, that is not how it works with the 8 and X!!
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Ill keep trying but my X will do the hard reset very easy ofter the combo and hold side button
You are doing it correctly - do all the buttons function properly each on their own?
May I ask why you are trying to hard reset? It should be a very last troubleshooting step as both shutdown and power-on sequences are important for the operating system and the device hardware.
May I ask why you are trying to hard reset? It should be a very last troubleshooting step as both shutdown and power-on sequences are important for the operating system and the device hardware.
Yes all the buttons work fine!! I usually do a hard reset once a month or when something is flakey---always do one once a month to clear the phone!
I would recommend performing a normal shutdown instead of the force restart for reasons as I stated above. You are doing more harm than good when performing a force restart. If you find things becoming "flakey" Although time consuming, I would recommend backing up and restoring the device using iTunes, this will eliminate any software bugs/ corruption in a safer manner.