How to Force Restart iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus

How to Force Restart iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus

Apple has changed how to forcibly restart an iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, with the device now relying on a sequence of three button presses to complete the hard reboot procedure. If youve been trying to forcibly reboot an iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus to no avail, it is because all of the prior methods to hard restart an iPhone no longer work with iPhone 8 models. The new approach to a force restart or hard reboot sometimes called a hard reset is relatively easy, once you learn how it works on the new devices anyway. Force restarting iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus is now a three step process of using three different buttons in proper sequential order. The restart process is now as follows: Note how forced restarting of iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus now requires the usage of three different hardware buttons on the iPhone, and the buttons must be pressed in the proper order to initiate the reboot process. If the hard reboot fails to start, perform the button presses again in the proper order. Why Apple changed the force reboot steps on the iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone 8 is not entirely clear, but it may be related to the new iPhone X model, or perhaps a future adjustment to iOS devices. Is the new force reboot sequence easier, or easy to remember? That remains to be seen, but it is a bit more complicated than the earlier methods of force rebooting iPhone devices, which may help to prevent accidental hard reboots. For reference, directions to , and . Both of those hard reboot methods are quite a bit more simple and only require the usage of two buttons to complete the process. Finally, its important to remember that a force reboot is usually not necessary for most tasks, and is generally best reserved for troubleshooting a stuck app, a frozen or unresponsive device, or something similar. A standard reboot of iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus can still be performed through the regular method of holding down the Power button, powering down the device, and then holding the Power button again to power the iPhone 8 back on.