What to Do When Your iPhone Keeps Turning Off and Back on

Part 1: The Causes of iPhone Keeps Shutting Off

You must wonder why does my iPhone keeps shutting off? Before we show you the method to fix this problem, it is better to briefly know the causes of iPhone randomly turns off.


iOS updating stop in half-way or update failed


Malware attack or faulty apps


Maximum use of storage


Hardware issue—malfunctioning component on your iPhone
Part 2: General Way to Fix iPhone Keeps Turning Down Problem
Method 1: By Hard Resetting iPhone

First of all, you can try hard reboot your iPhone to fix this issue, different iPhone model has different hard resetting steps:


For iPhone 6 and earlier: Press and hold the Home + the Power buttons about 10 seconds until the screen turns black and restart again.


For iPhone 7/7 Plus: Press and hold the Power + Volume Down buttons simultaneously until the Apple logo show up on the screen and then release the buttons immediately.


For iPhone 8/8 Plus/X/XS/XS MAX/XR: Press and release the Volume Up button, then press and release the Volume Down button, finally Press the Power button on the side until the Apple logo appears on the screen.


Method 2: By Updating Apps on iPhone

No matter how strong the App Store is, some software failed update completely may lead to malfunctions in your system, so please update all the apps on your phone.



Also, there also contain poorly coded on the apps which caused this kind of issue, so you can remove some recent installing apps to fix this kind of problem.


Method 3: Free Up Storage Space to Fix This Issues

As we all know, to free up our storage space can optimize the performance of iPhone. Similarly, an insufficient storage space on your device could also cause to remain on a constant bootloop. You can check the storage space on General>>>Manage Storage, if the available space is not sufficient, you can delete some unusable apps or files to free up space.



Or you can use iCareFone to manage your iPhone storage as well, which will provide you to manage files more easily.
Method 4: Fix This Problem via Restoring from iTunes

This way is also very recommended, you can fix iPhone randomly shuts off problem through the way of restoring via iTunes. But if you try this way to solve this problem, you'd better to backup files beforehand to avoid losing data. Follow these simple steps to do it:

Step 1Connect the iPhone to computer with USB cable, and the iTunes will pop up automatically.

Step 2Click the Summary on the left menu, and find "Restore iPhone".



Notes: If you do not backup files, please click "Back Up Now" to backup files to avoid losing data.

Step 3Select the most relevant backup to restore the device to and then click "Restore". Wait for the process to be completed and the device should be back to normal.
Method 5: Fix This Issues through Checking Battery Health

Also, the iPhone shuts down randomly problem sometime just because of your battery problem. You can try to fix this issue by draining the iPhone's battery and recharging it again.

Step 1Leave your iPhone' battery draining until it completely discharge.

Step 2Plug your iPhone to power and wait for charging completely (do not use the phone while charging)



Step 3When your iPhone's battery is full, turn on your iPhone to see if the problem if fixed.
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