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Resetting the iPhone 7

warburg

warburg

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How does one reset the iPhone 7? My previous iPhones were reset (rebooted) by simultaneously holding down the sleep-wake and home buttons and then releasing them. My wife and i just started to use her iPhone 7 and my iPhone 7 Plus. Neither of them seems to reset this way. Is there another way to reset them, or are we just doing something wrong?
 
warburg said:
How does one reset the iPhone 7? My previous iPhones were reset (rebooted) by simultaneously holding down the sleep-wake and home buttons and then releasing them. My wife and i just started to use her iPhone 7 and my iPhone 7 Plus. Neither of them seems to reset this way. Is there another way to reset them, or are we just doing something wrong?
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Instead of holding down the home button (which is differently designed now) hold down the volume down button.
 
warburg said:
How does one reset the iPhone 7? My previous iPhones were reset (rebooted) by simultaneously holding down the sleep-wake and home buttons and then releasing them. My wife and i just started to use her iPhone 7 and my iPhone 7 Plus. Neither of them seems to reset this way. Is there another way to reset them, or are we just doing something wrong?
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If you mean a hard reset hold the sleep/wake button and the volume down button at the same time and that should force the phone to reboot.
 
what people said above unless you want a whole restore. which is holding the power button and volume down if you have a 7 or the home button on a 6s/6/5s. then load up iOS on your computer and everything should be fine. if it isn't and you didn't restore from a back up, take it in.
 
warburg said:
Holding down the home button and the lower volume button simultaneously doesn't reset the iPhone 7.
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You hold down the lower volume button and the power button at the same time. You do not touch the home button at all.
 
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nburwell said:
You hold down the lower volume button and the power button at the same time. You do not touch the home button at all.
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Well, when I do this, what happens is that the volume goes down and the phone shuts off completely. It doesn't come back up when I release the buttons. I have to start the phone back up.
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warburg said:
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Well, when I do this, what happens is that the volume goes down and the phone shuts off completely. It doesn't come back up when I release the buttons. I have to start the phone back up.
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Oops. I got it. I wasn't holding the buttons down long enough. Thanks.
 
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