iPhone 7 Won’t Power On (Solution)

For those that own an iPhone 7, you may want to know what to do if iPhone 7 won’t power on. This has been reported as a common issue with the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus and below we’ll explain what to do if iPhone 7 wont power on.

It’s important to note that just because the iPhone 7 is unresponsive; it doesn’t mean that the iPhone 7 is broken. Also, there’s a good chance that your iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus is still under warranty that will cover any problems. Below are some solutions that can help tell you what to do if iPhone 7 won’t power on.

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Charge iPhone 7

The main problem is why the iPhone 7 won’t power on is because the battery is dead and not been charged properly. A good way to know that you just need to charge your iPhone 7 is that when you go to turn it on, a low battery icon that is red will show real quick, and then the screen will turn off.

If this is the case, then all you need to do is charge the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus for about 15 minutes to give it some power before you start using it again.

Restore iPhone 7

If you want to know what to do if iPhone 7 won’t power on, try to restore the iPhone 7. It’s important that using the method will lose all data, pictures and apps that haven’t been already backed up.

To restore your iPhone 7, connect the iPhone 7 to iTunes and wait until you see a pop-up message that tells you to restore or update the iPhone 7. Next click on Restore and iTunes will start to restore your iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus. It should take about 20-30 minutes for the process to be complete. After this process, you should be able to start using your iPhone 7 like normal again.

Hard Reset iPhone 7

Another thing you can do if iPhone 7 wont power on is to hard reset the iPhone. Hard resetting the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus is similar to killing all the power to the iPhone, similar to removing the battery from the smartphone. Since the iPhone 7 doesn’t have battery you can remove, this is an alternative solution to solving your problem.

This method is suggested if you don’t see the low power sign on your iPhone 7 screen that was mentioned earlier. The first you need to do is hold down the home button and power button at the same time. Then keep holding both buttons until you see the Apple logo show up on the screen. Once you see the Apple logo, let go of both buttons. Now you need to wait a little, until the iPhone 7 reboots.

You might now see an error message saying to connect the iPhone 7 to iTunes. Once you connect your iPhone 7 to iTunes, you can restore your iPhone 7 and get everything back to the way it was.