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Do you own an iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, or iPhone 11 Pro Max? You should know the process to force restart or hard reboot your iPhone 11 or iPhone 11 Pro since it might come in handy if the phone ever freezes or hangs, starts behaving strangely, or stops responding.
With newer iPhones no longer coming with a Home button, Apple had to move almost all core functionality to the remaining three buttons. Three buttons are now responsible for the primary functions (volume up, volume down, sleep/wake) as well as turning the phone off, restarting the phone, entering recovery mode, and enabling Emergency SOS.
Please note that force restart, hard reset, force reboot, all mean the same thing and you will see these phrases used interchangeably. Since the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro do not feature a Home button, the process to force reboot it is different from older iPhones that have a home button like the iPhone 7, iPhone 8. Check out the steps below to know how you can force reboot or force restart your iPhone 11 or iPhone 11 Pro.
See also: How to Hard Reset iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, or iPhone 11 Pro Max
Step
1: Press Volume Up
Quickly press and let go the Volume Up key.
Step 2: Press Volume Down
Quickly press and let go the Volume Down key. You do not need to press and hold down the button.
Step 3: Press and Hold Side Button
Press and hold the Side button. You will see the Slide to Power off button, but continue holding the Side button until the Apple
logo appears.
Note that your iPhone 11 or iPhone 11 Pro display must be off for this to work. You cannot be viewing your home screen when starting the Volume up, Volume down, Side button hold sequence.
While not usually required, a force restart can be a nifty trick to resolve iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro Issues such as freezes, crashes, if your iPhone starts behaving strangely, or just stops responding. If your iPhone 11 has become unresponsive, or it’s shut it down and it won’t turn on again, all is not lost. The force restart tip can be used when the normal modes of operation aren’t working.
The steps to force restart the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max are quite a bit different from other phones and it’s unlikely that you are going to remember this method. So probably bookmark this page for future reference.
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Introduction
Performing a force restart should not delete any data, but it can be useful if your iPhone 11 Pro Max is frozen or needs troubleshooting.
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Quickly press and release the Volume Up button (1).
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Quickly press and release the Volume Down button (2).
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Finally, press and hold the side button (3) until the Apple logo appears, and then release.
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The screen will temporarily go dark as the iPhone shuts down and reboots. Keep holding the button until you see the logo. Save
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Conclusion
You're finished!
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If you do NOT know the screen code and if you know the iCloud account of your Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
1- Turn off your iPhone 11 Pro Max
2- Open iTunes on your computer and connect the iPhone 11 Pro Max to a computer (you must have iTunes installed on your PC or Mac).
3- When you connect it, the Apple logo will appear on your phone, press and hold the center Home button or lower Volume (iPhone 7 or higher) and the power button.
4- In about 10 seconds the screen will turn off.
5- Release the power button but keep pressing the Home button or turn down Volume (iPhone 7 or higher).
6- In about 30 seconds the computer will recognize the iPhone in DFU mode and you can release the Home button or lower Volume (iPhone 7 or higher).
7- Select “Restore” in iTunes on your computer.
8- The latest iOS software version will be downloaded and the device will be formatted.
9- The iPhone will restart after the process, if it had the iCloud account activated, it will request the email and password of iCloud.
If you do NOT know the screen code and you do not know the iCloud account of your Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
In this case it is best to contact Apple or take it to an official store to verify that you are the owner and restore it.
If you are not the owner, we recommend that you get in touch with him, if you have found it on the street, it is best to take him to the police so that the owner can recover it, it is impossible to restore an iPhone without the iCloud account and if you get may have been blocked by IMEI.
About the device:
Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max is a device with 158 x 77.8 x 8.1 mm (6.22 x 3.06 x 0.32 in), a weight of 226 grams, a screen resolution of 6.5 inches, 102.9 cm2 (~83.7% screen-to-body ratio).
It has a processor Hexa-core (2x2.65 GHz Lightning + 4x1.8 GHz Thunder), a graphics card Apple GPU (4-core graphics), a RAM memory 4 GB and an internal memory of 64 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB.
The Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max comes from the factory with the iOS 13 operating system.