Monday, 15 March 2010

How to reboot the Apple iPhone.

Today I discovered that quite a large number of people didn't know that the iPhone could be rebooted.  Perhaps this is an indication that the iPhone OS is so stable that most users don't need a reboot.  However, there may well be a time when an application hangs or the operating system fails to start properly from powering up.  In either of those scenarios you need to do the following:

Simply hold the power button (top of the iPhone) and the home button (front and bottom of iPhone) together until the screen turns black and the Apple logo is shown.  Upon seeing the Apple logo you can release the buttons whilst the iPhone reboots.  Easy.

There are some rare(?) occasions that the above method will not work, such as when the iPhone is suffering from a bootstrap error.  Read the following ehow guide as to a potential solution:
How to reboot iPhone when power and home buttons failed

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