**Forcing Reboot: A Simple Method to Restart Your iPhone 7**

Upgrading your device can often lead to issues with the screen turning black and refusing to boot up. This is usually due to software glitches, but don't worry, we have a simple solution for you. To force reboot your iPhone 7, all you need to do is hold down the power button and the volume down button simultaneously until the screen turns black. This method has been tested on previous versions of iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches, but with the introduction of the iPhone 7, we had to adapt to a non-mechanical home button. So, instead of holding the power and home buttons together, you'll hold down the volume down button.

Once your screen turns black, wait for a couple of seconds before powering it back up by pressing the power button. If this doesn't work or if you're unable to restore your device through iTunes, you'll need to enter recovery mode or dfu mode. Recovery mode is used when your device isn't booting up or when you get stuck in the middle of restoring. It's also useful if iTunes doesn't recognize your device.

**Recovery Mode: Updating to a Clean Install**

To enter recovery mode, turn off your device by sliding to power down, then plug it into your computer while holding the volume down button. This will prompt iTunes to display a screen that allows you to either update or restore your device. If you're looking to update to a clean install of the latest iOS version, recovery mode is the way to go. Make sure you've made a backup of your data prior to performing this process, as any changes you make will erase all of your photos, contacts, and other important files.

Recovery mode can be accessed by plugging your device into your computer and opening iTunes, then holding down both the home and volume down buttons simultaneously. This method takes longer than the previous one but is also effective in getting you into recovery mode. Once you see the Apple logo on your screen, you'll eventually see the iTunes logo, which will prompt a popup on your computer displaying the option to update or restore your device.

**Escaping Recovery Mode**

If you accidentally enter recovery mode or if someone plays a prank on you and locks your device in this state, don't worry. You can easily get out of it by forcing rebooting your device. To do so, hold down the power button and the volume down button simultaneously until the screen turns black. This will put your device back into normal mode.

**DFU Mode: A Solution for Advanced Users**

For those who are familiar with the old days of jailbreaking and updating through dfu mode, this method might still be useful today. However, it's not as popular or commonly used as recovery mode anymore. To enter dfu mode, make sure your device is connected to your computer, then hold down the power button and the volume down buttons simultaneously for about 10 seconds until after the screen turns black. Release the power button but keep holding the volume down button for another 5 seconds. If you see a black screen with iTunes displaying "Device in recovery mode" instead of the Apple logo, you're actually in dfu mode.

**Tips and Tricks**

When using dfu mode, if you see the iTunes logo or the Apple logo on your iPhone screen, you've held down the buttons for too long and will need to restart the process. In this state, iTunes will recognize your device and allow it to be restored. To load a previous iOS version, hold shift or option click on the restore button in iTunes.

**Conclusion**

Forcing rebooting your iPhone 7 can seem daunting at first, but with practice, you'll become proficient in no time. Remember to always make backups of your data before performing any major updates or changes. With this guide, you should be able to fix your device and get it working smoothly again.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys my name is Brandon and today I'll be showing you what to do if your iPhone 7 will not boot up properly so since the iPhone 7 no longer has a mechanical home button and the whole functionality of the home button is software based the way we force reboot enter recovery mode and enter dfu mode are a bit different than ever before so in this video I'm going to show you how to force reboot how to enter recovery mode and also how to enter dfu mode so first things first the force reboot this is one of the most fundamental troubleshooting methods that you need to know if you have an iPhone so if your iPhone is frozen or just acting weird or if you just can't boot it up here is how we can easily force reboot our device and get it working again so what you're going to do is hold the power and the volume down buttons together until the screen turns black so on previous versions of the iPhone the iPad and the iPod touch you would actually hold the power and the home buttons together but obviously since the iPhone 7 has a non- mechanical home button we have to use the volume down button so once your screen turns black and you wait a couple of seconds go ahead and power it back up just like normal by pressing the power button and you should be good to go now if that doesn't work or if you aren't able to store your device normally through iTunes you're going to need to enter either recovery or dfu mode and some of the most common reasons to enter recovery mode are for one if your device isn't booting up or if you just get stuck in the middle of restoring and two if iTunes doesn't recognize your device so recovery mode will allow us to update to a clean install of the latest iOS version so obviously you'll need to have already made a backup prior to performing this process if you don't want to lose any of your photos contacts or just any of your data to in recovery mode there's actually two ways of doing this so the first way is to turn off your device device like normal just slide to power down then you're going to want to hold the volume down button and plug your device in your computer at the same time so after you do this you're going to want not want to let go of the volume down button until you see the iTunes logo so once you see the iTunes logo you can go ahead and let go and then you will see a popup on iTunes that will allow you to either update or restore your device so you can also get into recovery mode by plugging your device into your computer and opening up iTunes and then hold the home and volume down button together for a while so this actually takes longer than the method but it does also work to get you into recovery mode so you're going to keep holding it down until after you see the Apple logo and then you will eventually see the iTunes logo once you see the iTunes logo you will see a pop up in iTunes on your computer and you will be able to update or restore your device now if you accidentally go into recovery mode or somebody plays a prank on you or something like that you can very easily get out by doing the very first thing I showed you force rebooting so all you have to do is hold the power and the volume down button and you will be out of recovery mode now if you're still having trouble or you're just looking to restore your device from any state you're going to want enter what's called dfu mode and this will basically put your device into a state where it can still communicate with iTunes but the bootloader hasn't activated yet which is why this differentiates from recovery mode this was a very popular method back in the old days when you could downgrade and jailbreak through dfu mode but now it's not near as useful but still it's an option and you may find it to be a solution to your problem so what you'll want to do to enter dfu mode is for one make sure your device is connected to your computer then you're going to want to hold the power and the volume down buttons together for about 10 seconds until after the screen turns black then you're going to let go of the power button and keep holding the volume down button for about 5 seconds after this you should see a black screen and iTunes will pop up saying that it's in recovery mode but it won't actually be in recovery mode you're actually in dfu mode and you can tell this from your screen being black now if you see the iTunes logo or the Apple logo on your iPhone screen you held the buttons too long and you're just going to need to restart the process now iTunes will recognize your device and allow it to be restored you can also hold shift or option click on the restore button to load a previous iOS version as long as it's still being signed by Apple and once again just like recovery mode to get out of dfu mode all you're going to want to do is hold the power and the volume down buttons together until the Apple logo shows up so there you have it guys that is how you fix your IPhone 7's black screen when it won't boot up or when iOS just runs into some hiccups so make sure to hit that like button if this helped you out or if you can see this tutorial being useful for you later on down the road when your device messes up also make sure to subscribe for plenty of other iPhone tutorials jailbreak guides news and much more so thanks again for watching guys and I will see see you soonwhat's up guys my name is Brandon and today I'll be showing you what to do if your iPhone 7 will not boot up properly so since the iPhone 7 no longer has a mechanical home button and the whole functionality of the home button is software based the way we force reboot enter recovery mode and enter dfu mode are a bit different than ever before so in this video I'm going to show you how to force reboot how to enter recovery mode and also how to enter dfu mode so first things first the force reboot this is one of the most fundamental troubleshooting methods that you need to know if you have an iPhone so if your iPhone is frozen or just acting weird or if you just can't boot it up here is how we can easily force reboot our device and get it working again so what you're going to do is hold the power and the volume down buttons together until the screen turns black so on previous versions of the iPhone the iPad and the iPod touch you would actually hold the power and the home buttons together but obviously since the iPhone 7 has a non- mechanical home button we have to use the volume down button so once your screen turns black and you wait a couple of seconds go ahead and power it back up just like normal by pressing the power button and you should be good to go now if that doesn't work or if you aren't able to store your device normally through iTunes you're going to need to enter either recovery or dfu mode and some of the most common reasons to enter recovery mode are for one if your device isn't booting up or if you just get stuck in the middle of restoring and two if iTunes doesn't recognize your device so recovery mode will allow us to update to a clean install of the latest iOS version so obviously you'll need to have already made a backup prior to performing this process if you don't want to lose any of your photos contacts or just any of your data to in recovery mode there's actually two ways of doing this so the first way is to turn off your device device like normal just slide to power down then you're going to want to hold the volume down button and plug your device in your computer at the same time so after you do this you're going to want not want to let go of the volume down button until you see the iTunes logo so once you see the iTunes logo you can go ahead and let go and then you will see a popup on iTunes that will allow you to either update or restore your device so you can also get into recovery mode by plugging your device into your computer and opening up iTunes and then hold the home and volume down button together for a while so this actually takes longer than the method but it does also work to get you into recovery mode so you're going to keep holding it down until after you see the Apple logo and then you will eventually see the iTunes logo once you see the iTunes logo you will see a pop up in iTunes on your computer and you will be able to update or restore your device now if you accidentally go into recovery mode or somebody plays a prank on you or something like that you can very easily get out by doing the very first thing I showed you force rebooting so all you have to do is hold the power and the volume down button and you will be out of recovery mode now if you're still having trouble or you're just looking to restore your device from any state you're going to want enter what's called dfu mode and this will basically put your device into a state where it can still communicate with iTunes but the bootloader hasn't activated yet which is why this differentiates from recovery mode this was a very popular method back in the old days when you could downgrade and jailbreak through dfu mode but now it's not near as useful but still it's an option and you may find it to be a solution to your problem so what you'll want to do to enter dfu mode is for one make sure your device is connected to your computer then you're going to want to hold the power and the volume down buttons together for about 10 seconds until after the screen turns black then you're going to let go of the power button and keep holding the volume down button for about 5 seconds after this you should see a black screen and iTunes will pop up saying that it's in recovery mode but it won't actually be in recovery mode you're actually in dfu mode and you can tell this from your screen being black now if you see the iTunes logo or the Apple logo on your iPhone screen you held the buttons too long and you're just going to need to restart the process now iTunes will recognize your device and allow it to be restored you can also hold shift or option click on the restore button to load a previous iOS version as long as it's still being signed by Apple and once again just like recovery mode to get out of dfu mode all you're going to want to do is hold the power and the volume down buttons together until the Apple logo shows up so there you have it guys that is how you fix your IPhone 7's black screen when it won't boot up or when iOS just runs into some hiccups so make sure to hit that like button if this helped you out or if you can see this tutorial being useful for you later on down the road when your device messes up also make sure to subscribe for plenty of other iPhone tutorials jailbreak guides news and much more so thanks again for watching guys and I will see see you soon\n"