My iPhone Won't Turn on - What to Do

My iPhone won't turn on - What to do?

Summary: What to do if iPhone won't turn on? This article gives you the complete guide on how to fix iPhone won't turn on.

If you say: "My iPhone won't turn on, and I thought it should be charged, but when I charge my iPhone for a long time, it won't get charged and I still cannot turn on my iPhone." There will be lots of people agreeing with you. That iPhone won't turn on may be because you drop your iPhone into water, update your iPhone to higher version, or jailbreak your iPhone. So what to do if your iPhone won't turn on? Let's see how to fix iPhone black screen and won't turn on.

iPhone Won't Turn on

• Reboot iPhone
• Make iPhone turn on with iOS System Recovery
• Proximity sensor problem

Reboot iPhone

Before rebooting, you can try to charge your iPhone at least 15 minutes, maybe it will get charged and turn on when you press the "Power" button. But if you just still get your iPhone with black screen, don't worry, you can make your iPhone boot again.

Hold down "Power" and "Home" button at the same time until the Apple logo appears on the iPhone screen, this will takes you 10-15 seconds.

iPhone Reboot forcibly can help you turn on your crashed or frozen iPhone when it causes a black screen that looks like dead iPhone.

My iPhone won't turn on - Reboot iPhone

Make iPhone turn on with iOS System Recovery

If hard iPhone reboot cannot turn on your iPhone, you may think other ways to fix iPhone black screen. Here we recommend you one powerful iPhone system recovery tool – iOS System Recovery, which makes your iPhone 6/5s/5/4s/4 and more turn on and back to normal.

Let's check what to do when iPhone won't turn on with this recovery app.

Step 1 Download, install and launch iOS System Recovery on your computer.

My iPhone won't turn on - Step 1

Step 2 Connect your iPhone to computer.

After launch this recovery tool on your computer, connect iPhone with computer via USB cable. And click "More tools" > "iOS System Recovery" > "Start" to begin the process of turning on iPhone.

My iPhone won't turn on - Step 2

Step 3 Click "Confirm" to start to fix your iPhone that won't turn on.

iPhone won't turn on - Step 3

Step 4 Make your iPhone enter Recovery Mode.

After clicking "Confirm", you can follow the picture below to make your iPhone enter Recovery Mode.

iPhone 7/6/5/4 won't turn on - Step 4

Step 5 Recover your iPhone system and make it turn on.

Now, you need to choose the model of your iPhone. Then click "Repair" to fix iPhone black screen and won't turn on. And this iOS system recovery will automatically choose the suitable plug-in for your iPhone and begin to repair, you just need to wait for a moment.

iPhone won't turn on - Step 5

After that, you can get a normal iPhone. And if iPhone stuck on Apple logo, you can also use this app to repair your iPhone.

You can learn the steps from the video below:

Proximity sensor problem

The proximity sensor is a small function on iPhone which locks the iPhone screen when it is close to your face/ear/head. If there is a malfunction in this sensor will lead you phone to be locked even if your face/ear/head has been far away from it.

To fix the iPhone won't turn on under this situation, you need to reset your iPhone settings. Tap "Settings" > "General" > "Reset" > "Reset All Settings" to make your black-screen iPhone turn on.

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Now, almost all solutions have been shown to you. And if your iPhone still won't turn on and is a black screen, maybe iPhone hardware goes wrong. And you can go to the Apple Store for fixing it. Anyway, good luck to you.