Uh oh, your cool and expensive iPhone isn't working properly. Maybe it's freezing or crashing. It could just be running too slowly. Whatever the reason, you can restore and recover your iPhone to see if a clean start can fix the glitch. Show When you put your phone in recovery mode, you can try to update iOS to see if that resolves the problem without losing your content and settings. If that works, great. If not, a restore attempts to recover your phone by erasing all data and installing iOS from scratch. If the restore fixes your dilemma, you can then set up your phone as a new device or try to bring it back to its previous state through a recent backup. The process for putting recent iPhones (iPhone 8 and up) in recovery mode is different than with older iPhones. Here's what you need to know. Like What You're Reading?Sign up for Fully Mobilized newsletter to get our top mobile tech stories delivered right to your inbox. This newsletter may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links. Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from the newsletters at any time. Video: Your iPhone X or iPhone 8 won't charge fast unless you buy this for it With the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, Apple has changed the way that you carry out a forced restart, enter recovery mode, and enter DFU mode. Must read: Here's why your old iPhone feels slow -- and what you can do about it On the iPhone 7 you pressed the volume down button at the same time as the sleep/wake button to restart the handset. However, if you try this on the iPhone 8 you'll get quite a surprise because this will activate the Emergency SOS mode, and just before the handset makes a call to the emergency services it emits several ear-piercing siren blasts! So how do you force a restart? With the iPhone 8 you have to tap the volume up button followed by tapping the volume down button (a tap means pressing and then letting go), and then you press and hold the side button (Apple's new name for the sleep/wake button) until you see the Apple logo on the screen. Yes, that is long-winded, and can be hard to pull off if you have an iPhone 8 Plus or small hands. I suggest putting the iPhone down on a table to do this. But what about entering recovery mode? To do this first plug a Lightning cable into the iPhone that's connected to a PC or Mac running iTunes. Now you tap the volume up button followed by tapping the volume down button, then you press and hold the side button and keep pressing when you see the Apple logo on the screen and don't let go until you see the connect to iTunes logo appear.
DFU (Device Firmware Upgrade) mode is even more long-winded to get into. Again, start by connecting the iPhone to a PC or Mac running iTunes. Now you tap the volume up button followed by tapping the volume down button, then you press and hold the side button for 10 seconds, at this point press and hold the volume down button without letting go of the side button for another 5 seconds, after which point you release the side button and continue holding the volume down button for another 10 seconds. The goal is to get the device into a state where the screen is black (no Apple or iTunes logo) and iTunes identifies the iPhone as being in recovery mode. To get out of recovery mode or DFU mode you basically carry out a restart, so you tap the volume up button followed by tapping the volume down button, and then you press and hold the side button until you see the Apple logo on the screen. iOS 11 power user tips and tricksSee also:
PREVIOUS AND RELATED COVERAGEEditorial standards RelatedHow do I manually put my iPhone in recovery mode?Press and quickly release the volume down button. Then press and hold the side button until you see the recovery mode screen.
How do I put my iPhone 8 in recovery mode without the home button?Simultaneously press and hold the Volume down button and Side button. Keep holding the buttons until the recovery mode screen appears. Connect your iPhone to the PC and keep the device connected.
How do I put my iPhone in recovery mode when its disabled?Press and hold the correct button for your iPhone while immediately connecting your iPhone to the computer. Don't let go of the button. Keep holding the button until you see the recovery mode screen on your iPhone, then let go.
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