3D Touch Not Working on iPhone? How to Fix & Troubleshoot 3D Touch

3D Touch Not Working on iPhone? How to Fix & Troubleshoot 3D Touch

3D Touch is a feature of some newer iPhone screens that allows the display to detect physical pressure, and then respond with a software action. For example, you can that way. Or you can , or , amongst , and . With how useful 3D Touch can be, its understandable why iPhone users would be annoyed if the feature is suddenly not working. If you find that 3D Touch is not working on your iPhone, read on to troubleshoot and potentially fix the problem. Well run through a variety of troubleshooting steps for 3D Touch: First, be sure your iPhone actually supports 3D Touch, since not all models do. 3D Touch is available on iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6s Plus, and presumably other newer iPhones going forward. Earlier iPhone models do not support 3D Touch, and no iPad currently has 3D Touch either. The most likely reasons for 3D Touch to not be working are that 3D Touch was disabled, or that insufficient pressure is being applied to the screen. Fortunately, you can easily again, and too. Both of these are simple Settings options on the iPhone. If 3D Touch was disabled, thats obviously going to be why it wouldnt work. Some users turn the feature off to make it easier to or move app icons around, or because they find theyre activating it when they dont want to. So its possible this happened and was later forgotten. If 3D Touch touch sensitivity was too high, its likely insufficient pressure was being applied and thus the feature was not activating. If you have confirmed that 3D Touch settings are enabled and you are sufficiently pressing the screen down with adequate pressure, then your next step should be to hard reboot the iPhone. Hard rebooting an iPhone depends on the iPhone model that you want to restart this way, as each new Apple iPhone seems to change it a bit: Follow the instructions for each device accordingly. When the iPhone boots back up, try using 3D touch again. If 3D Touch is still not working after you have confirmed the settings are enabled, you are applying adequate pressure, and you have restarted the iPhone, it may suggest an issue with hardware. A physically damaged iPhone may experience hardware problems. If you have cracked the display, dunked the iPhone into water, or dropped it repeatedly on hard surfaces, each of those reasons, amongst other physical damage, may be why 3D Touch is not working. If the iPhone screen is broken, then that is probably why 3D Touch is not working. is fairly straight forward from Apple, and is not unreasonably priced. While you an use third party repair centers, not all of them use authentic Apple parts which may also contribute to 3D Touch not working. In fact, if the iPhone has had the display replaced before using cheaper components and knock-off parts, that may be why 3D Touch is not working too. Its also possible the technician installed something wrong which may be why 3D Touch is not working. This is yet another reason why its good to go through Apple or Apple authorized repair centers for fixing a damaged display or damaged iPhone in general. If the iPhone is damaged, taking it to Apple or an Apple authorized repair center should offer a way to get 3D Touch working again. If you have an iPad and 3D Touch is not working, well, thats because iPad does not support 3D Touch. At least not with existing models, though its possible that future devices would support it. The closest thing to 3D Touch on iPad is an iPad that supports Apple Pencil, because the Apple Pencil has pressure sensitivity in some apps that support it. Did the steps above resolve your 3D Touch iPhone problems? Is 3D Touch working again? Did you find something else to fix 3D Touch when its not working on iPhone? Share with us in the comments below!