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Time Required

                          20 seconds            

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  • How to Force Restart an iPhone XR
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Introduction

Step 1

              How to Force Restart an iPhone XR               
  • Quickly press and release the Volume Up button (1).
  • Quickly press and release the Volume Down button (2).

Quickly press and release the Volume Up button (1).

Quickly press and release the Volume Down button (2).

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Step 2

  • Finally, press and hold the side button (3) until the Apple logo appears, and then release.
  • The screen will temporarily go dark as the iPhone shuts down and reboots. Keep holding the button until you see the  logo.

Finally, press and hold the side button (3) until the Apple logo appears, and then release.

The screen will temporarily go dark as the iPhone shuts down and reboots. Keep holding the button until you see the  logo.

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Larry Lambert - Feb 17, 2019

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Unfortunately this did not work for me. It’s frozen so badly that I cannot even shut it off.

rhayribeiro11 - Mar 7, 2019

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same happened to me, did not work

Whitley Ambrose - Jun 14, 2019

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didn’t work.

nani_161 - Jul 3, 2019

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thanks it actually worked

Robin Murray - Jul 24, 2019

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What did you finally do to fix your phone

My xr is frozen and nothing is working