Ever since Apple created the first iPhone, followed by the iPad and iPod touch nine years ago, the Home button has been a physical hardware feature that will work as expected. Even the introduction of TouchID on the iPhone 5s didn’t change that. That all changed with the recent release of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, for the first time in Apple’s history, where Apple ditched the physical button in favor of a capacitive, solid-state Home button, which is not a hardware feature. press to work.
What resulted in this changing was more than just the user experience. While the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus used the improved Taptic engine to give a solid pressing feel when interacting with the new Home button, this button was also responsible for a few more important functions: hard reboot/reset the iPhone and boot the device into Recovery or DFU modes. insertion. With the new solid-state button, Home cannot be used for any of these functions. This is because the device has to be on for the capacitive button to work, and both recovery and DFU modes deal with scenarios where your device cannot fully boot up and load iOS. Therefore, the method of both obtaining these modes and restarting the iPhone has slightly changed on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. You will now use Volume Down instead of the Home key. Alright, Here’s how to reboot or reset iPhone 7 to enter recovery or DFU modes:
How to restart iPhone 7
Like any other type of technology, the iPhone 7 is prone to malfunction from time to time. If your device gets stuck on an app, starts overheating, or starts misbehaving, hard reboot is often the way out. What this means is that instead of holding the power key as usual to turn off the device, you force it to restart, clear the RAM and free the processor, clear the caches.
In earlier models of the iPhone, you would press and hold both the Power and Home keys together until the Apple logo appeared. On iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, Strength and Turn the volume down keys to make Press and hold until the Apple logo appears (about 10 seconds), at this point you release both and let the device boot up normally.
Please note that while the method is running, holding the Volume Down key will prompt the HUD volume to show and the device volume to go down completely. This is normal, so don’t panic if you see this.
How to put iPhone 7 into Recovery Mode
Recovery mode is a good recovery facility if the iOS installation on your iPhone is corrupted and prevents the device from booting up properly. On such a device, you can put the phone in Recovery Mode and then restore it using iTunes with a lightning cable.
To enter Recovery mode on iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, press and hold most Strength and Turn the volume down Press until you see the Apple logo appear. At that time, keep holding both keys until the device’s screen appears. “Connect to iTunes” Message. At this point, connect iPhone 7 to iTunes using the lightning cable. iTunes will display the following message:
“There is a problem with the iPhone that requires it to be updated or restored.”
Please note that these Recovery Mode instructions apply regardless of the original state of the device. In other words, even if the device is on, pressing and holding both of these keys will first dim (turn off) the device’s screen and then turn it back on and into Recovery Mode. So, this gives you an extra step to turn off the device.
How to Put iPhone 7 into DFU Mode
Device Firmware Upgrade or DFU mode is the most drastic measure that comes into play when your device cannot be restored via Recovery Mode. DFU only invokes the bootloader to provide sufficient instructions to write a new firmware (iOS IPSW) to the iPhone’s NAND, making it the ultimate solution for software troubleshooting. DFU mode is also different from Recovery because you will not see any message on your iPhone, only a black screen.
You will do the same to put iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus into DFU mode. Hold down the power and Turn the volume down Keys mantra. But for this you will hold both keys completely 10 seconds. 10 seconds later, give up power key but Keep Volume Down key for additional 10 seconds. Here, iPhone 7 is now in DFU mode.
Since DFU mode has no visual indication on the iPhone’s screen, you’ll only be sure to connect the phone with iTunes using the lightning cable. Once connected, iTunes will show this message.
“iTunes has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. You must restore this iPhone before it can be used with iTunes.”
Please note that the iTunes message DFU mode refers to “recovery mode”. while for one Recovery mode simply says “an issue with the iPhone”. Strange as the difference is, Apple has set them up that way, so we point it out in case it disappoints you.
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Fix iPhone 7 or 7 Plus with Hard Reset, Recovery Mode or DFU Mode
So, this is how you can reset/restart your iPhone 7 or 7 Plus if your device is stuck or just having trouble with iOS updates. While we hope it never gets to this point for your iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus, it’s good to have this information handy to save yourself some trouble. If you have any doubts, let us know in the comments section below; We will be happy to assist you.
