Pavel Jelic It's been a few weeks since we saw the introduction of brand new Apple phones. Specifically, the Californian giant introduced the iPhone 12 mini, 12, 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max. All these phones offer the most modern A14 Bionic processor, OLED displays, redesigned photo systems together with the body and much more. If you own one of the four listed iPhones, then at some point in the future you may find yourself in a situation where you need to force restart it, or put it into recovery or DFU mode. Recovery mode is used to install a new version of iOS, DFU (Device Firmware Update) mode is used to cleanly install iOS. So let's see together how to do it.
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How to Force Restart iPhone 12 (mini) and 12 Pro (Max)
If your latest iPhone 12 is stuck and unresponsive, then a forced restart may come in handy. In this case, the iPhone will always restart no matter what happens. So proceed as follows:
- First press and release the pro button increase volume.
- Then press and release the pro button reduction volume.
- Finally, hold side button until the device won't restart.
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You should do this whole process where you work with three buttons in the shortest possible time. Among other things, a forced restart can solve situations in which some part of your phone does not work, such as Face ID, speaker, microphone, etc.
How to get iPhone 12 (mini) and 12 Pro (Max) into recovery mode
If your iPhone 12 has gone "crazy" and you can't boot it up, you can try reinstalling iOS in recovery mode. But first you need to get into this mode. However, it is nothing complicated, just proceed as follows:
- First, it is necessary that you They connected the iPhone with a Lightning cable to a computer or Mac.
- After connecting press and release button for increase volume.
- Now press and release button for reduction volume.
- Once you do so, hold the side button.
- Hold the side button until it appears on the screen icon to connect your iPhone to iTunes.
- On the computer afterwards launch iTunes, as the case may be Finder, and go to your device.
- A message should then appear There's a problem with your iPhone that requires an update or restore."
- Finally, you just have to choose whether you want an iPhone restore whether update.
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When you want to exit recovery mode, hold down side button until the device restarts, i.e. until the connect to iTunes icon disappears.
How to put iPhone 12 (mini) and 12 Pro (Max) into DFU mode
If you have found yourself in a situation where you cannot turn on your iPhone in any way, or if it is not possible to repair it in recovery mode, then DFU mode will come in handy. This mode is used to perform a clean installation of the iOS operating system, which will also delete data. If you want to go into DFU mode, do the following:
- First, it is necessary that you They connected the iPhone with a Lightning cable to a computer or Mac.
- After connecting press and release button for increase volume.
- Now press and release button for reduction volume.
- Once you do so, hold the side button for approx 10 seconds until the display turns black.
- Then keep the side all the time add button and hold as well button for reduction volume.
- Po Release the side button after 5 seconds and the button for keep volume down alone more 10 seconds.
- There shouldn't be any icon on the screen properly, it should stay black
- On the computer afterwards launch iTunes, as the case may be Finder, and go to your device.
- A message should then appear iTunes found iPhone in recovery mode, iPhone will need to be restored before using with iTunes.
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If you want to exit DFU mode, then press and release the boost button volume, and then press and release the decrease button volume. Finally press and hold the side button until appears on the iPhone display.
