Why is my iPhone frozen?

Your iPhone may be frozen or unresponsive for the following reasons:

1. Your iPhone needs to be restarted.
2. You have a low battery.
3. There is no more room on your iPhone for storage.
4. Your software doesn’t work with some apps.
5. You are using an old operating system.

What to do if iPhone is frozen?

1.     Force restart your iPhone

Without wiping your apps or data, this will assist in fixing issues that are causing your iPhone to freeze.

How to restart an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus forcibly:

1. Press and quickly let go of the volume-up button.
2. Press and hold the side button first, then quickly press and release the volume down button.
3. Release the side button once you see the Apple logo®.

How to restart an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus forcibly:

1. Release the volume down and side buttons after pressing and holding them until the Apple logo appears.
2. How to force restart an iPhone 6s or earlier (including an iPhone SE 1st generation):
3. Release the buttons after holding down the Home and side buttons (or the Home and top buttons) until the Apple logo appears.

2.    Charge your iPhone

If your iPhone is frozen and the battery is low, you should try recharging your iPhone

The best way to do this is to use an Apple® power adapter and Lightning® charging cable to plug your device into a power outlet for at least an hour.

3.    Make room for storage

If your iPhone is frozen and you’ve been getting warnings that you don’t have enough storage, try this step.

Select iPhone Storage under Settings > General. There ought to be a list of suggestions there—like uninstalling inactive programs or optimizing photos—along with a list of apps and their space requirements. To add extra storage, follow the onscreen instructions, or just tap each app to remove some of its files and information.

4.    Delete problematic applications.

You should uninstall any apps that are causing your iPhone to freeze to protect it from becoming unresponsive. This is how:

Press and hold the app you want to remove.

There will be a list of choices on the menu. Choose Delete App > Remove App. Tap Delete once more to confirm.

5.     Improve your operating system

Your operating system can be obsolete if your iPhone is still frozen. Should it be updated? It’s easy. Just carry out these actions.

Using your computer, update your iPhone:

You’ll use iTunes® on a PC or Mac running macOS® Mojave 10.14 or earlier. This is how:

1. Launch iTunes.
2. Connect your Pc and your iPhone
3. In the upper-left corner, select the iPhone icon.
4. Then click Check for Update after selecting Summary.
5. Press Update.

You’ll use the Finder® on a Mac running macOS Catalina 10.15 or later. Take these actions:

1. Launch Finder.
2. Connect your Pc and your iPhone
3. In the left column, click on your device under Locations.
4. Then click Check for Update after selecting General or Settings.
5. To download and update, click.
6. Please enter your passcode if prompted. The update will start immediately.

6.     iPhone factory reset

You might need to factory reset your phone if updating your operating system doesn’t fix the issue. You should only use this as a last resort and be sure to back up your device first because doing so will erase all of your device’s recorded data. Afterwards, adhere to the directions in this manual to reset your iPhone to factory settings.