Smartphones nowadays are becoming more and more powerful, acquiring many new functions and capabilities. However, even nowadays, various phone freezes are very possible, including the Apple product called iPhone.

When you have a problem with your iPhone that can't be solved with normal methods, a hard reset can come to the rescue. And even new iPhones 8 are susceptible to such problems.

Simply put, if your iPhone is frozen, and simply holding down the power button does not help, then in this case you need to use a very interesting key combination that should help.

This keyboard shortcut applies to the Iphone 8 and Iphone 8 Plus, and most likely also to the Iphone X. So how do you restart your iPhone 8?

How to reboot iPhone 8

The sequence of steps that need to be taken to complete " Hard Reset» iPhone 8:

1. Quickly press the volume up button. Then repeat the procedure with the Volume Down button.
2. Then hold down the device's power button until the apple screensaver appears.
3. Please wait until the device turns on completely.

This combination was discovered completely by accident, with the help of a Reddit user. While watching a movie, he received an incoming call on his iPhone 8 and, to mute the sound, he pressed the volume rocker up and down, then tried to turn off the screen by holding down the power button, but instead he was able to restart it. He shared his observation on the Reddit website, and now users of this forum are arguing whether this combination is convenient at all, since many people can use this combination accidentally, as this user did while sitting in a movie theater.

This is a simple way to reboot both the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. Plus, the not yet released iPhone 10 will most likely reboot in the same way.

Modern phones work more or less stably, but even the iPhone is not immune to freezing. If the iPhone is frozen tightly (does not respond to touches or presses at all), then you have to do a forced hard reboot. There is also a certain key combination that allows you to restore the operation of a frozen phone.

In order to forcibly reboot a frozen iPhone, you need to know the model of your device, if you don’t understand, then read -.

There is no single restart key combination for iPhones, so you need to know the exact model to apply the right way force reboot specifically for your model:

If your iPhone X, 8 or 8 Plus is frozen

Starting with the iPhone 8, to force a reboot, it began to use not a combination of buttons pressed together, but a certain sequential press:

How to Restart iPhone X or iPhone 8

Therefore, to hard reset iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, follow these steps:

1. Press and release the volume up button (+)
2. Press and release the volume down button (-)
3. Press and hold the Power button (key and lock). Do not let go until iPhone 8, 8 Plus or X restarts

You need to hold the last button until an apple appears on the display. As a result of this manipulation, your iPhone should be forced to reboot and restore its previous operation. The volume up and down buttons are pressed quite normally, without any holds or pauses. I think you can do it!

If after rebooting, instead of the working screen, the iPhone displays a cable and the iTunes logo on the display, then try doing -, or as written -. If these two methods did not help, then perhaps in your case there is a serious failure that can only be treated by restoration iOS firmware in iTunes, which will lead to data loss on your phone. So don't forget periodically.

If your iPhone freezes, slows down, but still works, then instead of a forced reboot, you can try -. The procedure cleanses RAM and the phone works a little faster.

Who is interested in other button combinations, see -.

If you want to erase all information from iPhone, then use -.

Many users who do not know about the change in the reboot method press Home + Power on their iPhone 8 the old fashioned way, but the phone will no longer reboot. iPhone X (aka 10) users are confused looking for the button, or trying various unsuccessful holds to reboot.

The method of rebooting iPhone 7 seems more convenient than in 8. I still can’t imagine why the reset key combination was changed, perhaps we will find the answer in the next iPhone models.

You won’t want to, but you’ll have to write a manual on some issues: it’s useful for people, and you’ll remember it yourself, if anything happens. The fact is that when using the eight, you periodically come across all sorts of differences from the seven - and Home button vibrates where there was no vibration before, and there are more customization options, and familiar things are done differently. For example, reboot. I encountered this on vacation, when something in iOS 11 went wrong, the brightness dropped beyond measure, and only at a certain angle, it was barely possible to see the characters on the screen. I started pressing the buttons, accidentally turned on the SOS signal - five presses on the power button and forward, the siren howls. And I’m sitting near the pool, there are people around, and I can’t understand what’s happening. So, I went to Google on my wife’s phone, read it, found out everything, and now I’m telling you.

Reboot using buttons

In the iPhone 8/iPhone 8 Plus, rebooting using buttons is done completely differently than it was with the iPhone 7 - you had to hold down the power and volume down button until Apple logo. In fact, there is even official Apple advice on this matter: “On an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus: Press and hold the Side button and Volume Down button at the same time. Continue holding them until the recovery mode screen appears. On iPhone 6s or later early models, iPad or iPod touch: Press and hold the Home button and the Top (or Side) button. Continue holding them until the recovery mode screen appears." But in the iPhone 8, for some reason, the process is changed, now there is a different approach: “On an iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus: Press and quickly release the Volume Up button. Then press and quickly release the Volume Down button. Finally, press and hold the Side button until the Recovery Mode screen appears.”

During the time that I have been using the iPhone 8 Plus, the advice has come in handy several times - the brightness was reset to zero, the device froze completely with various applications. I remember exactly, once it was telegram, the second time - Yandex traffic jams. It is not clear why Apple changed the scenario: it still didn’t work to accidentally reboot the iPhone 7, but now you have to play the buttons like a musical instrument.

In general, remember, volume up - volume down - press and hold power until an apple appears. This is if everything is ok with the buttons, but what if not?

Reboot without buttons?

Here you need to do this: Basic - Universal Access - turn on AssistiveTouch - and then in the “Device” menu there is an item about rebooting. You press and without any buttons you get the result. By the way, many people use AssistiveTouch because it’s convenient and, with proper skill, speeds up communication with the iPhone and is also customizable.

Rebooting iPhone X?

Apparently, it will happen in the same way as with the iPhone 8 - we will check this next week and add to our manual.

New iPhones were able to bring a lot of joy, but iOS 11 could not cope with this task and you can often see how even the fresh iPhone 8 often freezes.

Let's try to delve deeper into this topic and figure out what is the reason for iPhone 8 freezing and what to do in such a situation.

How to restart iPhone 8 if frozen?

Despite the fact that this device has not changed that much on the outside (we see the same iPhone 6 from the front), it a new version operating system brought many changes in management.

Therefore, when your favorite iOS 11 starts to lag a lot or just freezes, you won’t be able to reboot the device using the old method.

There have already been quite a lot of combinations over the years, and the last one was limited to holding down two buttons at the same time (volume down and power off).

Now, if you have an iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus, you will have to follow these instructions:

1. press and release the button Increase volume;
2. press and release the button Decrease volume;
3. press the button Locks until the device turns off and an apple appears.

The exact same principle works on the iPhone X, in case you were wondering. I think in the next updates Apple will fix everything and your iPhone 8 will no longer freeze.

To be honest, iOS 11 has the biggest problems of all time. Let's hope that the company will not repeat such mistakes in the future.