
Keep holding it in, even after your phone's screen goes black, until you see the Apple logo appear again. Alternatively, you can do a force reset: Press the volume up button, followed by the volume down button and then press and hold the side button. Wait until it fully turns off, then press down the sleep/wake button to turn it back on.

On the iPhone X and older models, hold down the sleep/wake button and either one of the volume buttons and then swipe right on the power slider to turn off the device. Once the device is turned off, press and hold the sleep/wake button until you see the Apple logo. IPhone: If your iPhone has a home button, hold down the sleep/wake button until the power slider is displayed and then drag the slider to the right. If your phone doesn't offer a restart option, you can simply tap on Power Off to shut down your device, and then reboot it with the power button.
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Our phones are miniature computers, and just like computers, sometimes you can fix issues by restarting them.Īndroid: Hold down the power button, or the power button and the volume down key (depending on your Android phone), until the onscreen menu shows up, and then tap Restart. Again, wait up to a minute before turning it off. Then tap the Airplane mode icon, which will turn orange when it's enabled. On older iPhone models, swipe up from the bottom of the screen. On the iPhone X and later, swipe down from the top-right corner to access the Control Center. IPhone: On the iPhone, you can access Airplane mode from the Control Center, but that varies depending on which iPhone model you have. It doesn't happen instantly, so give it a good 30 seconds before you tap on the Airplane mode icon again. Wait for your phone to completely disconnect from its Wi-Fi and cellular connections. For me, it works 99% of the time.Īndroid: Swipe down from the top of your screen - to access the Quick Settings panel - and then tap on the Airplane mode icon. Toggling your phone's connection is the quickest and easiest way to try and fix your signal woes. Right: The Airplane mode toggle on a Pixel 3 XL. Left: Toggle Airplane mode on your iPhone. The steps below go from simple to extreme. Before you get to that point though, I want to offer the best troubleshooting steps you can take to get your phone working at peak performance.
