My iPhone 4 Won’t Turn On

Hi i faced this issue twice and the same what u experienced I spoke to apple support and went to a genius bar andthey told to restore to factory settings and use if u still experience the same issue then u can replace the phone under my apple care protection plan but after restrain I have no experienced it till now (touchwood)
But I love this toy so great to hVe Nd feel
Hope u restore Nd works fine

This just happened to me this evening. I was using it while out to dinner. Everything has worked fine for the last week. I went to check my email on the way home and now the phone won’t turn on.
I’ve tried everything you’ve posted above outside of charging with a Mac since I have a PC. iTunes isn’t finding the phone either.

If it doesn’t turn on tomorrow I’m going to the Apple store.

Subash, thanks for that update. It happened to me 2 more times this long weekend. I just came across a forum posting with similar information from Apple – to try “Settings -> Reset all Settings”. Yea, I love the i4 as well! A lot!

Joe, try Subash’s suggestion if you haven’t already been to the Apple Store. Let us know how you fix this. Thanks!

Same has just happened to me. Holding the power button and the home button for 10-15 seconds as you said above seemed to do the trick.

It’s a little concerning though seeing as the phone is little over a week old.

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Happened tonight. I happen to be on a trip and used the iphone to get me to an area I don’t know for dinner. Set it on the bar while I ate and it wouldn’t turn back on. Thanks for leaving me stranded iphone.

This just happened to me this evening as well. I was using it all day and then went to hit some baseballs to my sons. I set the phone on my wallet in the dugout and when I got to the car I tried to turn it on and nothing happened. The phone wouldn’t turn on.

Fortunately your advice worked:

1. Hold the Power and Home button together for 10-15 seconds. Let go of both.
2. Just hold the Power button for a few seconds to see the Apple logo.

Worked perfectly. Thanks.

Brian & Edders, thanks for confirming it the power down sequence works for you as well.

I did ‘reset my settings’ as I mentioned in the post and this hasn’t happened in 3 nights. I am hoping this probably fixed it but it’s too short a time to confirm. I’ll update the post in a week or if the ‘won’t turn on’ happens again after the reset.

Woke up this morning, checked my email, remember the milk, and a facebook. Got up to wash my face. Came back to my phone lying on the dresser and somebody had swapped it with a brick. Nothing I did could get it working again. Thank God your fix worked or I might have gone postal. I just got this thing a week ago!

hi karthik for me after restoring i havent faced the wont turn on issue for more than a week. i hope it is fully fixed and i think the better option is to have the phone covered under the apple care protection plan so that in future i happens may be we can change the device through mail in service or we can take it to the apple store to fix it
i hope u guys enjoy the toy after restoring it
like me

Nyaze, glad the fix worked for you.

Subash, that’s great! I am usually skeptical about buying any kind of insurance for electronics (usually a huge % of original price) but looking at the issues with the iPhone 4, I might consider getting a SquareTrade warranty which is cheaper than AppleCare.

This just happened to my one week old 32GB I phone 4, I was really worried but then came on here and held the home button and then came the apple logo, about 15 seconds later it was fully working again with 100% charge. Thanks for your help.

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH. This same thing happened to me tonight. Came home and googled “my iphone 4 won’t turn on” and found this site. I’m sad that everyone here has had the same issue, but again, thank you for posting. The press and hold for 10-15 worked for me as well. Sad that my phone is only 2 days old. I guess it’s a preemie and not ready to breathe on it’s own yet. lol

Amar, Mari, thanks for your comments. As I mentioned in the post update, the Settings -> General -> Reset Settings seems to have fixed my this issue for me. It’s been 5 days since it happened. So crossing my fingers.

Hi, I am having the same problem. I have tried to hold on the power and home for 15 seconds then letting go of both then holding the power for a few seconds. It didn’t work and my iPhone is still on a black screen and won’t turn on.

Can anyone help me with a solution, I’d be grateful.

Thanks.

I experienced the same issue where all of the sudden someone was calling me, and the next thing you know, my iPhone4 was dead. I took to Google and found this post and was encourage to know that I was not alone. Based on the above suggestions, I plugged my iPhone4 back into the power source, and I held down the Home and Power buttons together for 15 seconds. That seemed to do the trick. I wasn’t too panicked, because the same thing used to happen with my 3GS. I’m still hesitant to restore the factory settings though… has anyone done this yet? Did it seem to help?

-Jen
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Same happened to me today. Was working fine, I put in my pocket and 5 minutes later it was a brick.

I agree with Mari — Thanks very much! My iPhone4 locked up this evening, and so I did a quick search for “iphone4 won’t turn on” and found this site.

Holding the Power and Home buttons for 15 seconds resulted in the Apple logo showing up — I didn’t have to then press the Power button afterward.

Now to see if it does it again anytime soon. If so, I’ll do the “Reset Settings” bit.

Again, thanks very much for posting this.

it happened to me this morning and the 15sec trick fixed it. The only thing different lately is I just added the passcode lock. Could be a coincidence.

This just happened to me, except I was holding it when it happened. I manually locked it, and then tried to unlock it a few seconds later and I couldn’t get anything to happen. Thanks for the advice, holding the home and power buttons for 10ish seconds and the holding the power button for another few worked.

I don’t like this though. I never had this problem with my old 3Gs in the whole year that I had it. Sounds like this is happening to a lot of people. Apple, if you are listening, fix your stuff.

Hi same thing just happened to me. Don’t know why, but tried the home and on button together, without reading this and it worked. then decided to see if anyone else had had this problem, iphone is only 4 days old.

Thank you so much for this, the home and power button did the trick for me, I was using the phone as normal, put it in my pocket to go out, got the phone out 20 minutes later and nothing, it was like the phone had no power. I tried everything but thanks to the tip i’m noow fully working again, not good though as the phone is, a day old!

So glad that you posted how to fix this issue. I was on my way to work this morning and went to make a call and my phone was dead. I couldn’t figure out was wrong. Your suggestion worked right away. Now if I could just figure out a solution to make my email work properly and get reception everywhere, I would be happy. My phone is only four days old and I am so disappointed with it so far:(

Kelly, glad it fixed the problem for you right away.

An update on 10 days after Reset: It looks like doing a “Settings -> General -> Reset-> Reset all Settings” have fixed the ‘iPhone 4 won’t turn on’ issue. My iPhone 4 hasn’t gone to a coma since my last reset.

Same thing just happened to me less than an hour ago. I’ve had my iPhone 4 for a couple of weeks now and I had just replied to a facebook status and the phone went black when I tried to post it. I tried hooking it up to the charger and pressing the power button and nothing happened, so when I got home I googled “my iphone 4 won’t turn on” and found this site. I tried holding the power and home button for 15 seconds and I did get a reaction, but it was a picture of a usb cord under an iTunes icon with an arrow pointing from the usb to the icon. No button presses affected this screen so I pressed and held the home and power buttons again and the iPhone began working again. I went ahead and reset my settings just in case. Thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it.

Had same issue just now but fixed it by reading this post and pressing the on/off and home buttons for 10 secs. First time it happens so I’ll see if things start to work smoothly again, otherwise I’ll post back my experience and also send back to apple for a replacement.

Had the same issue. I used to video option to video my gf singing for 4 mins, then I went back and viewed the video. After the video, I turned the phone off. About a 1 min later, I turned in on again and it did not turn on. Pressed on/off/home/volume keys, no responded. I googled and found this site. The iphone4 is working right now. Thank you for the information.

You, sir, are a lifesaving superstar. Tried your trick; no joy. Tried it again, but the phone suddenly came on within 3 seconds that time. Incidentally, I had about 17% battery to start with, but it still worked. Have reset the settings just in case. For those of you worried about doing that, it’s absolutely fine, takes about 20 seconds.

My only concern is how long til it happens next, when it’s in my pocket and I don’t know and miss an important call…hmm. Ah well, I’m sure Apple will eventually have to come up with a fix for this once it becomes a common problem!

Happened to me this afternoon…full charge, been using the phone off and on…pull the phone out with a black screen and no sign of life…just followed the directions above…hold power and home for 15 seconds and low and behold the apple appears and phone turns on as if nothing ever happened…this makes me nervous.

I am having the same problem as Dustan, but nothing I try will get me past the itunes screen with a usb chord. I have tried everything and am pretty sure my Iphone is effed up..I have tried everything listed on this site and still nothing is happening. Any help would be greatly appreciated since my phone is only about 3 weeks old.

I just woke up and wanted to check the time on my iPhone because it’s my alarm clock and this happened to me too! I was freaking out a bit, thinking that maybe something happened that I slept through, but I held both the power and home button for 10-15 seconds and everything’s fine…

Thanks for everyone leaving your feedback on this issue. I can gladly say that after doing a Settings -> Reset (explained in the post), I haven’t had my iPhone 4 go to a coma in 15+ days.

Also, Steve Jobs has promised software fix for other proximity sensor issues with the next iOS update. I am glad I didn’t have to go in to the Apple Store to get mine replaced.

I bought an IPhone 3 weeks before the IPhone 4 was coming out (store never told me) and every 3rd call had so much static I could not hear the person. The phone could basically do everything but allow me to make phone calls. I went back returned the phone, waited 2 weeks for a new phone this time the IPhone4. I’m sorry what a piece of junk. My calls drop any time I touch the antenna area. Now, the phone is powering itself off even if the battery is charged. I used this thread to help me power it back on after trying everything else I could think of. If this product is giving me so many troubles in the honeymoon phase can you imagine what is yet to come. I’m taking this piece of junk back. Kudos to Consumer Reports for their rating on this product.

I just got my iphone today and it keeps turning on and off about every 15 minutes by itself. Just wondering if any of yall had this problem.

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Same thing happened to me. I’ve had the phone for only 2 weeks and
it’s already having enough issues to make me consider returning it and sticking with my 3g, especially reception issues, I can’t use it in my house more than half the times I try, I always had full bars in here with my 3g. Not to mention calls being put on mute while I’m talking or calls being dropped whenever I switch hands (I’m left handed, it’s a hard habit to break!) even if I hold it with my finger tips on the top and bottom. Anyway….the fix of holding power and home for 15 seconds and then just the power button worked! Yay. When the phone went dead I had just finished a call and I know it had was 80% power, it only dropped about 2% in the 5 hours it wouldn’t turn on. Last night it went blank in the middle of a game but after a few seconds was back to normal, I guess that was my warning.

Oh, I didn’t say it in my last post but, THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!! Apple certainly wasn’t offering a fix that worked!! Thank goodness for smart people like you!

had the phone for 2 weeks and this is the first time it has done this. But yes, your suggestion worked and it’s back on now. Made me nervous!

Today out of the blue this problem occurred to me. I what the author has mentioned and it worked for me. 15 seconds holding down both power and home button then press the power button. crossing my fingers

I am glad this tip is working for everyone who had this issue. Remember, the ‘reset settings’ tip took care of this problem for me good. So, it’s worth giving it a shot. Look at the bottom of the article on how to do what I did.

Keep your comments coming!

Thanks, I just got this problem and follow your steps and did work !!!!!
Still have a clue about what it make it turn off. Btw my battery is 89% it says.

hi, i just exerienced this same problem bout half an hour ago and was very dissapointed since i got it only yesterday!! i think that if this problem happens again i will be ringin apple and tellin them i want it replaced. I dont care if it is working now its not the point. we pay so much money for these phones and we should expect it to be working like a charm, my old sony ericsson that is worth 50 dollars never had a problem. this needs to be fixed!

thanks tho for tellin how to fix it, it worked like a charm.

yeah i brough an iphone 4 had it now 3 weeks went to bed when i woke up in the morning it was dead totally. it wont turn on checked all cables , try to change it off the computer , not a thing , when i went to bed it had 55% change, now its dead, wont turn on

found cure for the problem , hold down the power and home button together for 15 – 20 seconds it will then power up.

Cobb, SAME PROBLEM HERE. Getting mad!

Join the discussion please:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12022200#12022200

I’ve had this phone for about 3 weeks now, I was using it this morning, worked fine, put it in my pocket and when I took it back out later it was dead. I did what everybody else seems to have done and googled ‘my phone won’t turn on’ and came across this website which has sorted it out by using the power and homescreen button at the same time. But obviously there is an inherent problem with this. Now just waiting for it to happen again – not good Apple !!! Sort it out Mr Jobs and while you’re at it get some new clothes, other than black…. you can certainly afford it !!!

I got the same problem..

The first Apple Sign I got after holding Home & Power/Lock just hang for 10 minutes.
Tried again it went off, came back on again.
A few minutes later walah! Going again.

But my touch screen isnt working……

Locks & Unlocks, vibrates when switched to Vibrate etc.

WTF. 8-<

I’d try a backup and restore and if all else fails maybe reset it back to factory settings (I know it’s pain). But this is what the Apple Store Genius might also try if you take it in. Let us know how it goes for you.

I’ve had my iPhone for 3 days now and the same thing just happened to me. I turned it on and saw that I had missed a call. Someone asked me a question and when I looked down at the phone again it was off and wouldn’t turn on. Holding the power and home buttons for a long 15 seconds did the trick though.

I left my phone in the glove box in the car for about 30 min. I couldn’t get it to turn back on for hours. Finally tried holding down the power + home button for 30 seconds. Turned on. half the battery is gone now too. NOT happy about this issue!

I got the phone on release day in uk 24 June, and now today around 2 ish my phone went dead so i thought battery was dead so left it charging and went to turn it on at 8 this evening and nothing, so googled iphone 4 wont turn on and came across the website here and tired the home button and power button trick and it worked,

This is the first time i experienced this my phone was at 100% this morning and when i got it working it was at 92% so wil be kepping an eye on the issue

Wow, I’m 4 for 4 on iphone4 issues. Signal shorting, bluetooth stack, replacement phone, and now the power issue.

Hi, this problem happened to me this evening, im usually straight on the net as soon as i have a problem with anything but didnt think of it this evening, i was angry, but was just on msn and a friend said google the issue of which i did and took me here, the home and power 15 second trick did the job, im so thankfull thanks guys

Thank goodness for this post. I had fallen asleep ridiculously early last night and when I woke up my phone was dead (had enough charge when I fell asleep to last through the night). I was mostly confused of how I could have done something to my phone while sleeping!

I had hooked it up to my computer and nothing happened and then tried with the power cord, still nothing. I had tried holding the two buttons a few times, but apparently not long enough. I think it took me holding both buttons the full 15 seconds to see that glorious apple start to glow.

This is alarming! Thanks so much for the post!

Wow – you just saved me a trip to the apple store. Thank you! This worked!

Awesome!

my problem seems to be worse still than the posts above!

3 days old, fully charged and left (unplugged) on standby overnight – woke up and battery was dead.

Thought something must have been running that it didnt like so reset all settings, now it wont turn on at all – i get the apple logo, but a little bit of static in the top corners of the screen and never boots up.

Happy to hear any suggestions, but I’m likely to get it replaced asap.

Is your iPhone 4 jailbroken with jailbreakme.com? I see the little static at the top (actually bits of code in small font it seems) as you when mine boots up.

Hate to suggest this, but you could try to connect to iTunes and see if you can do a factory restore. (will lose your current settings)

I am having the same problem, however, holding the home button and power button for 15+ seconds did nothing. When attempting to charge the phone it continually attempts to load (apple logo pops up), goes black, and then attempts to load again. I tried to restore it via recovery mode. Once it verifies and attempts to boot in order to start the restore the screen flickers and I receive an error code (2006). I have followed the procedures on apple’s website to fix this error code, but still no luck. Any suggestions?

Same thing happened twice to my 2 weeks old iphone 4. I did nothing and it just wont turn on. Will try the trick if it happens again.

Hi Matt, sorry to hear that. There are a few suggestions here in this Apple thread like deleting the last backup folder. If that didn’t help, this is definitely an issue you can call Apple Support for help or make a Genius appointment at an Apple Store. Good luck!

I have had my phone a week. I just picked it up to use it and it was dead and would not turn on as well. Thank goodness for this site that says to hold down power and home button at same time. It just saved me from loading up 2 kids and pulling a number and waiting lord knows how long. Not the way I wanted to spend my Friday evening!!Thanks You

Wow the 10-15 second hold really works! My girlfriend now thinks I’m a tech god for saving her iphone. Great post.

Yes my friend went through this it gets overheated and yes I do have an iPhone just don’t leave it out in the heat!!

DJ, if this trick works also see the note about resetting the settings. That fixed this issue for good for me. Hasn’t happened since.

Julie, really great to hear this little tip helped you out.

today (8/17/2010) i was leaving work, i got in my car and started it up, while sitting there for a few minutes i got on my iphone4 and looked at some websites then i put it down. i drove home about 35 minutes as i was about to leave the car i picked up the phone to check the time. it would not come on.

held the power button, held the home button- nothing. got inside plugged it in to the wall, nothing, so i googled “iphone 4 wont turn on” and ended up here.

held the power/home for 15 seconds and it came on. i did the settings reset as you mentioned just in case. hope it dosnt happen again since i use it as my only alarm clock to get up for work.

Had the phone for 3 days, couldn’t get it to respond – but tried the 10 second trick, perfect! great advice, thanks

My phone just died and I have a 400 mile car journey tomorrow – I didn’t fancy doing it with out a phone in case of emergency. Just used your “Hold the Power and Home button together for 10-15 seconds. Let go of both” Did the trick – Thank you very very much really saved my bacon!

I use my phone for business – it is the lifeblood of everything I do. Hooray and thank you so much for this tip. Worked perfectly to sort out the problem. My phone is back and working just fine. Thanks

After 2 days I had the same problem with my phone barely dipping below the 60% mark. I tried all of the power button holding that was recommended and when none of it worked I panicked and shook it while holding the buttons and that did it. SO try shaking the phone while holding the power and home button. I’m contacting apple to get a new one, but at least its on at the moment.

Great tips thanks, saved myself a long trip to an apple store and got my phone back!

awesome!

Thanks so much for the tips. Worked straight away – and did the reset too – although had to reset small things – but as long as my phone doesn’t switch off again then I don’t care! Second time it happened in a week – fingers crossed it’s a permanent fix.
Cheers!

Wow, the 2-step trick did it! You can’t imagine how much it helped! Thank you guys for publishing tips like that!

Mine just went totally BLACKOUT and no respond to everything! And the technical support hotline is not being very helpful at all! Luckily, I found his method on line and Wa-lah! The screen just come back alive! Thanks for the tips, save my trouble running to the store

well im glad to see it has worked or all of the above, but poor pityful me, nothing is working for me.. i guess ill just make the trip to apple , sucks cuz im at work and play with the phone all nite usually needless to say this night sucks at work with no iphone

Thanks for this – it worked for me also! Phew!

Many thanks, great tip saved lots of untold misery.

I plugged it into my computer for a few minutes and held the buttons down for 15 second and released and thankfully my phone started back up. I was about to panic since I use my phone for everything including school. I am becoming more unimpressed with the Iphone 4 now, this is my first Iphone.

Omg My iphone 4 did the same thing! But your advice worked!!! thanks u so much i was freaking out lol
dumb iphonesss

Had the exactly same problem. 3 days after buy, couldn’t turn on my iPhone. I know that the battery must be at about 60%.

Power-Home-Button-Thing also worked for me.

Thank you so much!!!

Greets from Switzerland

Just to update.

My phone was replaced under warranty by Apple as they couldn’t fix it!

Cheers,

Dean.

thanks alot this worked fine only had the phone a day made me have a few doughts about the phone now though.

Hi,

My iphone4 also had the same issue and the trick worked after trying the next day. But does anyone know if apple is taking care of such issues.

thanks,
-ram.

Hi There, I got the same issue here. I was in Frankston, Melbourne, Australia to visit my girlfriend. I supposed the weather at that time was kinda freezing. I put my iPhone 4 in the pocket. When i was about to use it, I was so shocked that the phone won’t turn on. In fact, I had planned to visit the apple store so as to solve this unusual issue. However, after reading this amazing blog, and tried as being suggested, the phone became normal again. Nevertheless, I was a bit dissapointed by this product if the proximity sensor is the matter of fact. I hope the upcoming iOS 4.0.3/4.1 would have fixed this consideration

Thank u very much. Holding both for 10 secs. I was so worried. U saved me some stress!!! I hope won’t be a constant thing. I love my phone but these constant issues r going to be a problem.

I left my iphone on the table while I went to go do something for 5 minutes. I came back and it wouldn’t turn on at all. I held down the power button and home button together but apparently not for long enough. I tried holding them both for a really long time, like over 20 seconds and it worked.

My iphone4 just did this and the trick you have mentioned has worked a treat. I bought my phone when it cam out on the 24th of june in the UK and i am already on my second one after the first one broke. I hope this isnt a sign of things to come!

last night i went to bed with my iphone 4 at 50% battery, and when i woke up it appeared to be switched off. i tried everything to turn it on like:

*holding down the power button for 10 sec
*holding down the home button for 10 sec
*holding down both the home and power button for 10 sec
*charging it with the wall charger
*plugging it into my ipod doc
*plugging it in to my laptop and opened up itunes- but the iphone couldnt be found.

after over an hour of trying everything to turn it on,
i attepmted to get it to work on my laptop.
holding down both the home and power button for 10 sec once itunes was open did the trick.

it turned on with 44% battery left. im still left worried as to why this happened, as i have only had the phone for exactly a week.

this better not be the start of an era with iphone 4′s breaking.

apple you suck!

Great!

this worked for getting the phone on again.
” 1. Hold the Power and Home button together for 10-15 seconds. Let go of both.
2. Just hold the Power button for a few seconds to see the Apple logo.
”

I’m a little leery of doing the reset until after backing up and writing down settings.

My iPhone was in my hand and it was working fine. Couple of minutes later I tried to use it, but it wouldn’t turn on!

Similar to your situation, I tried holding the home button for 10 seconds, and also tried holding the power button for 10 seconds, but neither of them worked.

Your trick of holding both buttons for 15 seconds worked perfectly!

Thanks for sharing!

Same problem here, version 4.0.2
It happen to me twice already, really annoying,
Thank you for the tip…
I think this problem is worse than the reception holding issue…
Apple guys please fix in 4.1!!!!!!!!

Same with my iP32GB. I did the ‘Reset all settings’ fix yesterday but I jus experienced the problem today again. Unfortunately it happens very often, like once a day and YES, it is annoying. Next week 4.1 is scheduled – let’s hope the problem will be fixed eventually.

Didnt work for me and now I have to drive 1.5 hours to get to an Apple Store with a Genius Bar.

Thanks for your site! Got my iphone back working within seconds of reading this article.

Thank you! That may have done the trick!
It’s restoring now…but I’ve lost everything on it. Can’t believe how many problems I’ve had with a brand new iphone…Not good practices, Apple. And stressful as h*ll for (former) consumers/clientele.

Thank you very much for the tip; pressing and holding both ‘Power’ and ‘Home’ buttons for 10-15 secs did the trick!

thank you so much – i just got finished installing the iphone 4 software update…and next thing i know i cant turn on my damn phone – i was freaking out haha luckily the holding down the power/home button worked…….

you people are amazing this is my second iphone 4 bcuz i dropped the first one in my hottub and i thought something happened to this one and was afraid i would have to buy another!!!!!

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Had my iphone for LESS than a day and it went black, i freaked out, trying every button on the phone and then gave up. I found this site and tried the 10 second thing and poof it went on. Thank you X a million.

Thanks for the tip…I started to panic because I’ve already had my iPhone4 replaced once….thank you!

It’s great to see this little tip is helping so many of you out. I just hope the recent iOS 4.1 update fixes this issue. I haven’t updated yet since I want to hold on to my jailbreak. But, if someone can confirm here that will be helpful too.

Cheers and keep the comments rolling!

Mine just did this, two weeks old and I upgrgraded to 4.1 yesterday, so it has not been fixed with the latest update. Thanks for the two button trick advice.

Same thing here. Thanks for the tip.

it’s awesome your trick worked out for me too saved lot of time moving to apple support….but do any one thought y do v face this kind of problem???should have a look on technical side….if any one have idea about this share it….

This is happening to me too, my dad and I are going to the Apple store in a couple of hours to see what had happened.
I was at my school watching a football game and the phone was in my pocket the whole time.

WOW it worked!

Thank you thank you thank you. Have only had the phone for 6 weeks and this happened to me today. Your two button solution did the trick. phew.

This worked for me, holding down both buttons for about 8 seconds. Thanks!

Only had my phone not even a full day and it did this was almost in tears when nothing would work! Read this and followed the instructions which worked! Going to take it back to the store tomorrow though and get it swapped to a new one just incase it isnt a permanent fix! Thanks for the advice!

Same thing just happened to me tonight. I’ve had the phone for a month, and never had this happen. I’m wondering if that stupid bumper was pushing on the top button the whole time. But, it’s back, and working fine now.

Thanks – this worked first time after trying all the usual things.

I just had the exact same problem, for no reason at all. Just tried your solution and it worked straight away! Still don’t understand why it happened but cheers for the help!

This worked for me too – thanks. Anyone know why this happens though? Why the ipone would power off and be “stuck”?

thanks mate,was really great trick,the 15 second hold those buttons,work perfect.thanks again for information.

Upgrading to 4.1 won’t fix the problem
WHY IS IT HAPPENING?? is the most important question..
IS APPLE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM?? is an important question also..

Resetting the device is just a temporary cure…

Thank you. The restart trick works perfectly for me.
I only had this problem after I upgraded to 4.1.

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Andy, thanks for the heads up. This is the first confirmation I have received that this is still happening in iOS 4.1 Too bad! Try the reset settings trick I wrote about if it happens again. That fixed it for good for me.

Oh my god! Thanks for the trick!!! The 10-15 sec worked!!! My phone as been dead for a couple of hours, with no reason…I spent more than an hour waiting to get the line on the apple phone help line and while waithing I found that forrum…and Bam! My phone now works!
Thank you!

No, 4.1 doesn’t fix the problem nor Resetting All Settings. It still happens – Today morning I got pissed off because the phone froze during the night and didn’t wake me up
What should we do? Maybe we should scream louder?

I suggest reporting the bug on: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html by everyone of us. Maybe we’ll finally get Apple’s official statement on this problem.

Followed your instructions and my Iphone4 is now working – how frustrating – it made a funny ping noise and off it went and I couldn’t turn it on until I followed your instructions. Thanks

Please read this post:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2476608&tstart=0&messageID=12270969#12270969

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This worked for me!!! I was so frustrated, thanks!!

Thanks Followed your instructions and now its working perfectly..

Just happened to me again this morning first time after July! The same steps worked for me.. maybe I need another Settings reset if it happens again soon.

THANK YOU! I’ve only had my phone for 3 weeks and it just died on me like you experienced and wrote about above. I followed your instructions and now it’s working, but I’m wondering if i’m still going to have to go to the Apple store and get a new one?

Nearly had a heart attack when my iphone4 went dead after charging to 100% but then found your page via Google. Holding in the Home and Power buttons simultaneously did the trick (thank God!!)

Thanks. This fixed my phone too.

Had the same problem and followed your instructions & it was fixed. Your the man !!!!

Holding on to power n home button together works for me. Thanks

2010-09-19
iphone 4 32GB, bought one day ago! same coma problem!
fixed it with your trick, but wonder if I have to take it to apple store!

yes worked for me too thanx!!

This worked for me, thank you soo much!! But wondering whether I should have stuck with the 3GS….???? Have I got a dudd??

YEAHHH, thanks it worked, i was so happy when the logo appeared, a sigh of relief x

this ie class thanks nearly had a shit attack when the phone went dead. only have it a week

Thank you Sooooo Much!! I couldnt figure out what happened to it?!

Yeah worked for me too, i feel better now, such a relief, thanks again

Thanks so much! Was really getting worried here when it was blank. Thanks again!

Hmm, your solution never worked for me. After some time the problem was coming back. I’m starting to think that it would be “memory issue” related to multitasking .

Worked for me. Held both buttons for 10 seconds … then the apple logo lit up. When in doubt, re-boot!

yeah , i still sad now , my i phone 4 won’t open

still won’t on……..

Thank you to you all, my iphone back to live coz i follow your instruction. But i still wondering it will happen again or not?

Just tried your fix and it worked. Thanks so much!

I was so relieved to see this post on the website! The same thing happened to me(the phone would not turn on). I had to hold down the power button and the home button to make it work.

I am contacting a Apple rep tomorrow.

Great advice, phone now working, many thanks, but it says ‘It could be the proximity sensor stuck in face mode’. Does this mean I can’t use the face mode?

Thanks for the advice. I couldn’t believe my wonderful phone that I’ve raved about just died on me with over 50% battery! It’s turned on again, so I’m doing a restore all settings as suggested.

this is yet the best solution that i found for my “iphone 4 won’t turn on” problem.thanks

worked for me thanks, 02 help not open at 18.00 on sunday some help they where

My phone just went out. It happened just as you described. I tried everything to turn it back on. Then, I tried what you suggested and It worked like a charm. I depend on my phone so much for business and would not know what to do with out it, even for a little while. Thank you very much for this information. I can breath little easier now.

David McIlhenney

I was so upset when my phone didnt turn on. Thank you soooooooooooooooooooooooo much your advise saved my phone =)

You are very welcome everyone. Mine did the same again after over a month. I am glad wrote this down and it is proving to be useful to a lot of people.

argh! thank God your advice worked! thanks for your post! phew!

This worked like a charm. what a crazy bug.

I am soo relieved!!! Got to back up all my photos etc now incase I lose everything. Thanks so much!!!

THIS PROBLEM HAS TO DO WITH MULTI TASKING! IF YOU DON’T WANT IT TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT http://om4.com.au/iphone4-wont-start/ FOR A SOLUTION TO TURN MULTI TASKING OFF OR LEARN HOW TO MANAGE THE MEMORY IN YOUR MULTITASKING BAR!

Caroline, why all caps? Anyways, thanks for that link. I have also linked to this in another post on multitasking – see the bottom of this post.

I hope apple is aware of this problem and will fix it in next iOS release.

Same problem as you. Made appointment at iphone store, then read you article and your fix worked for me. Still not sure what I did to the phone to cause it to do that. Thanks for your help.

OMG!!! soooo GREAT!! I went to the apple store and they gave me an appointment time 2 days away! This is a saving grave and works!!

holding power and home worked just fine, and after restoring the settings i haven’t had any more problems. Thanks very much

This helped out so much i was freaking out when it went off and i did wat u said and it worked thnx so much

THIS REALLY WORKS!!! THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!!

Boyfriends iPhone = His phone was constantly vibrating for about an hour but it wouldn’t turn on. So we tried holding the power and home button and it finally turned on.

My phone = I experienced my phone won’t turn on if i just pressed the power button. So I held the power and home button for 10-15 seconds and it was good as new!

Same thing happened with my iPhone twice! The first time I plugged it into the wall and it came on. Then this time I tried all the same things, luckily your suggestion of holding both down then powering up worked. WTF causes this?

My iPhone 4 went into a “Coma” today for no reason. Followed your instructions and it is working fine now. There is no reason that it should be doing this! I’ll keep investigating but it’s working fine now…THANK YOU!

Same problem here…
Got the phone on Wednesday… Friday evening I put a screen protector on (made by Cygnett) Friday evening… Saturday the problems started…

Maybe the protector is screwing with the proximity sensor…

After removing to covers… same problem… trying DFU mode now and restoring all

many thanks to you guys for posting a solution, holding the power and home buttons down for 10-15 seconds worked for me, i am very very grateful.

Had the same problem as everyone else…I nearly exploded into a fit of rage and I just wanted to kill someone at carphone warehouse (not literally),but just followed the instructions posted and it worked. I will now close down apps on the task bar so hopefully it wont happen again….thank God for this web site…..

T.T..I am so worry about my iphone this morning, it cant be turn on, I think if it is break? I curse the Apple, and wanna to replace it..Thanks god let me saw ur infor,,I tried the method u afford, •holding the home and power button for 10 secs,,finally it turn on..thank u.. good man..lol

i followed this… it’s grt.. it worked thank you so much

please my Iphone 4 iwas using it but after a while it close and it cant open again i try to put it on charge but nothing happen and before i try to call my mobile from other mobile and it ring on the mobile who call but in my IPhone 4 didnt ring and after i take off my micro sim card away from it and put it again they said the number you have called is maybe out of service or switch off so i dont know what to do so please guys any one try to help me

Hi Secrete, did you try to follow the instructions here. The first time you were able to hear your phone ring and go to voicemail from the other phone was becuase your iPhone was still on but the proximity sensor issue made it look dead. Not sure what happened after you pulled the sim out.

Please try the steps mentioned in the end of the article and let us know if your phone came back on. It does for most people with this issue.

Mine went dead this morning, holding down home and power fixed it, thanks so much for the post!

Hi, I have same problem last night and search for help. Your method is really works and save my iphone 4 back, thank you very much.

Just had the same problem. Panicked as I couldn’t get online to see if there were any fixes for this problem. Finally got online and found this article.

Worked first time! Panic over
Thank you very much for the post.

Way cool info. Held the buttons down as directed and it worked great! Did not do settings reset. I did fallow instructions about memory usage. http://om4.com.au/iphone4-wont-start/ I found 28 apps running. Shut off 22 of them. Will keep no more than 15 running at a time and see if this will keep the phone alive. Thanks!

Same thing happened to mine, although had it out in the sun, thanks to your advice i got it back on, thankfully, although was unable to use it for the rest of my hols until i got home to find your advice on line.

Thank you! The same thing happened to mine – I was just about to through it out of the window and you rescued me! Thank you!

hey that was actually very help full, saved me a trip to the apple store. holding both home and power for 10-15 solved the issue

This has happened to me a couple of times this week (including right now which made me google search for an answer)
i just tried holding down the power & home button together – and it turned back on.

I hope this isnt a frequent problem!

I am slowly finishing my hyperventilating, My iPhone 4 is my life,both business and personal, i had it in my back pocket for about 20 minutes (like i always do) and it failed to switch on, power – no – iMac – no.. found your site it worked… thank you!

I am not going to reset yet, if it does it again i will.

Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You

Thank you so much! My iPhone 4 did the same thing and I got really worried, but this worked right away!!

this has happened to me about 3 times within the past fortnight, its worked everyother time but this time it’s just acting “dead”. Just a black screen, can anyone help me please?!

Great advice! worked right away!! Thanks a bunch!

Thanks so much for this.
my iphone alarm went off, i woke up had a shower, came back and it wouldn’t turn on. held the power and home for 10-15 seconds, then the power button and it turned on, it is the itunes with an arrow mode now.

Thanks for the great advice I’m also up and running again. I’ve only had the thing for one week and have become quite attached when to my horror early this morning nothing but a black screen. I also use it heavily for work keeping client details. I wonder if the proximity sensor does have some truth to it as I gave the Maps App a work out yesterday driving all around Melbourne. Thanks again.

I experienced an iPhone 4 blackout tonight and was very upset.. until I came here and read your solution. I held the power and home buttons down for about 12 seconds and the logo appeared. My heart started beating again. I am going to back up my iPhone right now! Thanks for your great article.. it really saved me tonight.

I just upgraded my 3GS to the iPhone 4 about a week ago and dang it, it’s now DEAD! From playing a game with a 96% charge to completely black- what the?? I tried plugging it to a PC, holding the power button, holding both buttons, charging, and nothing!!! I’m soooo pissed. I love my iPhone but damn, they make aesthetically pleasing crappy products! Time to head back to AT&T (or APPLE) but I just might give up my love for APPLE. This is my 11th iPhone is 3 years, ALWAYS breaking down on me within a year.

i have the same problem w/ my iphone 4, i just have the thing for 2 days and it just went dead. Thanks to you guys,
by just following your instructions it works again.

thanks, very helpful, saved me a trip to the apple store. holding both home and power for 10-15 solved fixed my phone when the staff on the phone to orange couldnt!

I just encountered the same problem and your post resolved my issue. Thank you very much.

I held the power and home button for ten seconds and the apple logo appeared.

i freaked out when my iphone4 went dead just like that
also tried everything,
but followed your instructions (pressing the home and power button same time for 15secs)
then just like magic it turned on right away!!!
I reset settings and so far no problem..Thanks so much for the tip!

Hey! This has happened to me twice. First time didn’t know what to do, until I found this site.

The process described above works perfectly, it is know as a Hard/Forced Reboot. Always works, in case the thing with the face sensor is the problem.

Thank you very much!

My iPhone 4 with OS4.1 is also having the same problem, your solution do help it to bring it back to life but this thing happens 3-4 times a day which is very annoying. I have done everything RESET & RESTORE still having problem. Do you thing downgrading to OS4.0 might help, if it is a software related issue?

FAhmed, sorry to hear about your issues. I had this issue first when I was on iOS 4.0. But then a network reset took care of it. Now, on iOS 4.1, I have seen this issue now 4-5 times in the last month. I agree it is annoying. I am not sure downgrading to 4.0 will fix it but you can at least try. Let us know your experience. It could be helpful to others here.

Hey! I’ve just had the same problem and your method saves it! Thanks so much!

The thing I’m concerning about most now is whether this’s a frequent problem and is there any problem with my phone! Do you think it’d better to bring the phone to app store to have it checked? I’m thinking of claiming now!

Hey Fahmed, I have the same issue. It happens to me at least once or twice every day. Reset & restore, tried both. Yesterday I went to the apple store to ask if they know what to do with this. The genius said “he never heard” of this kind of problem before. That’s a bit hard to believe, apparently many people have the same issue. I went to Vodafone after that, there the guy was a bit more helpful, he told me to leave the phone there and they’ll fix it in a week. I asked him if other people came back with this problem, he said many.

It’s not easy to go back to 4.0 if your phone was on 4.1 when you bought it. I was thinking to do the same but other people reported having the same issue on 4.0 as well, so I don’t even bother.

I start to think it’s hardware related, not software. I can’t find a pattern in this behaviour, the phone’s crash logs say nothing. I have tried removing those apps from memory that were running in the background, as some people said that helps… Same issue, no luck.
I am going for a replacement as this is extremely annoying, and next time i’ll consider buying something else than an iphone.

Omg! Statues should be errected in your honour. You saved me from a panic attack and a stroppy trip to the apple store! My whole world was crashing before my eyes! Lol
Omg omg omg ur a star!
Thank yooouuu

Same thing happened to me just few minutes ago…i was shouting coz first time happened. whewwww! thank you!

Oli, I beleive it is a proximity sensor issues and many people believed it would get fixed with an iOS update that was 4.1. But this issue is still happening to me on 4.1 as well. I am just hoping it gets fixed in 4.2 now and it’s not a hardware issue.

Haha.. glad to be of help!

Thank you so much for sharing the trick to turning it back on with us! Mine blacked out this morning before school, and I thought “Oh great! Now, I’m out $850!” (because my dog just died in the morning last week before school as well) ;o
I would give you a hug if I could; *hug* lol

I was so upset and frustrated when I can’t turn on my phone… Your guidance relieved me!!!

LOVE IT! Thanks!!!

The reset all settings tricked worked for me for a few days, but then the occasional coma came back. I’m going to get it replaced. Stupid apple – this will be my second time replacing it in one month!

I guess I’m joining the club, happened to mine just now, first time I had this issue since I got the phone last month. Hope it will not be frequent. Many thanks!!!
-Jonathan, Malaysia

Same thing happened with me too! And I just brought the iphone4 about 3 weeks ago – and it was not an easy decision to spend so much. I was really upset when this happened. Apple should do something to fix this instead of ignoring
it. So many problems are happening which are getting ignored

1) The antenna problem
2) The fingernail problem – women with long nails have difficulty using the screen, because just touch is not enough to activate the screen.
3) And now this problem about the iphone not turning on

I want to thank you for providing this solution online. My phone is working now! Hugs.

But apple should not continue to ignore things like this – they make beautiful products, but nowdays people realise that they are not the only ones who are having a problem (thanks to the internet) and these apparently small issues could lead to a butterfly effect. And you cannot predict what effect such customer dissatisfaction might have.

Yep, it just happened to me and like everyone else, this tip (hold down home and power) fixed it. I just had in my purse and died. Thank you very much.

Thanks a ton. I was kind of freaked out when my iphone didn’t turn on. I read the article and followed the instruction. It worked. Thank You so much

It work also for mine… but resetting my settings it ask for a specific password (4 digits) whitch i couldn’t figure out. something on that issue ?

I had the exact same problem & was solved exactly the same way. Thanks a loooooot. Cheers!

Excelent advice which worked a treat. Thanks for the heads-up – it will save the kids from being shouted at for no reason tonight!

Sonali, you are right on. It is amazing that so many people have this problem and Apple has given no response to this issue yet. We are left hoping again that there might be a software fix for this in iOS 4.2. If anyone is running ios 4.2 beta, please let us know if you see still see this issue.

awesome! press the power and home buttons saved the day. thnks so much!

Well i have the same problem with my iphone 4 don´t week up ! Only solution is to holt 10-15 seconds Home and Power Button to reset. I also did send it to apple care but they send me back my phone they didn´t find any problem!!
So i hope with the next update of OS the problem will solved!

gidday i just bought a new i phone 4 and yep ya fucking guessed it !!!! it wont turn on!!! tryd every thing !!!! than me mates say “charge it” so i have done this and now the swearing and blaiming came into it i think this is a crap phone doing this my nokia 1080 neva did it soooo!! IPHONE 4 MAKERS NEED A PUNCH TO THE FACE AND NOW I LOOSE OUT ON IMPORTANT PHONE CALLS AND LESS MONY THIS IS SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU THO!!!!

THANK YOU!!!!! you save me a trip to the Genius bar (long line in Aventura) I don;t know if I should replace it though.

hi so mine acted dead too today and i got it to go into recovery mode, but everytime i restore it it goes to the apple logo, the circle thing downwards starts to go in circles for a second then the iphone itseld shuts down it then keeps shutting and restarting itself for some reason. please if anyone knows ANYTHING about this i need to know as soon as possible. it also does show on my macbook. i also called apple but they didnt help alot.

Hurrah for your post on My iphone won’t turn on! I’ve just managed to turn mine on for the first time in 12 hours.
Thanks for the instructions.

This happened to my phone last night and i just thought the battery died. but in taking your advice it turned back on. but my question is why does this happen especially considering my phone is only 1 week old?

THANK GOODNESS!!….I am so happy this worked for me. I was having a bit of a freak out.

Thanks Karthik, holding both power and home buttons for 10 seconds worked a treat

Oh my God! You saved my life, my heart started to beat again when my iPhone shows the Apple logo. It just happened now, I fall asleep and I forgot to charge it, It got 23% of battery before I sleep, and when I woke up it’s DEAD. I tried everything but the phone is still dead, but then I found this solution,so I would like to thank you for saving my precious little baby.

Thanks man, had the same situation, and this was of a great help ! Home + power button for 15 sec and there it was, the apple logo

Thank you, that worked for me just now. I was freaking out that my iphone broke for no reason. It just shut off so it seemed. It wouldn’t even show that it was charging. I tried the power button and home button together for 10 secs or so and it turned back on. Thank you!!!

I bought i-phone 4 about a month ago and it suddenly died on me. It was not in sunlight or anything. I tried your solution & it worked. Thanks a lot – your suggestion was great.

” 1. Hold the Power and Home button together for 10-15 seconds. Let go of both.
2. Just hold the Power button for a few seconds to see the Apple logo.
”

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

Damn thing wasn’t even showing up in iTunes (I had about 80% battery). I was almost certain it was dead!

Genius!! thanks

Thank you for the help, i have had my phone just a month and that happened where it would not turn on. Thank you for the advice it has put a smile on my face but made me thik about the quality of Apple :s

As with everyone else here, can I just say thank you.

This is what the internet is all about. An easy to find link, right at the top of the google search for ‘iphone 4 not turning on’, and a clear, easy explanation of how to fix it.

Phhhheewwwwww!

Lifesaver. Cheers mate.

Thanks your steps works like a charm and saved us replacement cost since I bought my iPhone from Ebay

Thank you so much

Holding to buttons was helpful.

it just happened to me, i held the buttons like it says, n it worked. very odd

This happend on my 3gs once, the next day it just came on like you said.. well happend again to my iP4 and I did what you said. Thank You!

THANKS SO MUCH…you save me from freaking out!

Thanks so much for this! My iphone just went dead today on campus and I hadn’t got a clue why. Was going to take it to an Apple Store, but read ur article and it worked!

hai. my phone frequently turn off – i tried the solution – in turns on again. but then, turn off again and its really starts pissing me off. i tried to restore the factory setting, it seems to work fine and but unfortunately after few minutes it went off again

i think its because i set it auto unlock. coz i unlock it, it went black out i need a solution pls

Thanks so much. I have had this problem so much over the last couple weeks I hope that this fixes the problem for good!

This perfectly worked for me…and i don’t have to do factory reset. awesomely saved.

The method of holding the home and power buttons worked! Thanks for saving my iPhone.

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The same thing happened to me for about 2 hours today. Holding down power and the home button worked! Awesome!

Hi, I had the same experience, but my iphone was showing an “triangle with exclamation mark sign + phone over-heat + emergency calls only” message before it died… the “emergency calls only” message came in different languages also… I didn’t put the phone to my ear before it died, I don’t think it’s the proximity sensor issue… what do you think? Thanks to Karthik for saving my phone

Phew, happened to me this evening. Thank god for you posting this article!

Worked… Lifesaver… I wonder why it does that shit.

Tried your method and it works like a charm !!! Thanks x10000.. but it scared the shit outta me at first when i couldn’t turn it on.

hey just confirming holding the power and home down for 10-15 seconds works. I remembered old ipods back in the day when they died COMPLETELY they needed to charge for a bit before they appeared to function or to be even charging as no display or power appeared to be present. So I waited with charger in, but your key combo moved it along instantly.

i freaked to see my iphone 4 dead this morning. i put it in the same place every nite and there was more than 50% batteryh life… but thanks for the tip of pressing both button together for 10-15 sec and it is back on again. i hope it doesnt happen again.

Wow worked like a charme !! Thanks !

it happened the same to my iPhone. I’m a lil bit worried cus my sister took it and when she returned it to me the battery was dead. so I’m trying to charge it up by any means possible, it appears the low battery advice, then the Apple logo but for some reason it seems to be loading up and nothing happens, after a while it just shut down again.

I tried holding the buttons like you say and nothing changes… its already freaking me out!!…

thanks a lot.. this info really helped me!!!

thank the iPhone gods! I though my phone was gone!
thanks a mil!!!

Good to know it’s not just me then. Woke up this morning to find it off, wouldn’t turn on or charge. Followed the instructions and it’s back on and charging. Thought it was broken and might be going back today. It has a reprieve – for the moment. Won’t be happy if this keeps happening though. Thanks for the tip.

You saved my phone! Thanks, holding both buttons down for 10-15 sec worked…odd, but very happy!

omg !!! thank god for this site !! i was panicing so much ! my phone wouldent switch on and i did the 10-15 second thing and f**k me it worked !! thank you so much !!!

Thank you it saved mine from going back to the store to get fixed!!!!!

I’m also though my I phone is dead, thinking later need go services ctr.
Anywhere, thank a lot ^_^

wow,, thanks a lot, i almost freaked out, when my iphone went dead w/ no reason, this helps a lot!

it happened to me just now! this method really works. thanks alot for sharing. =)

thanks for sharing! the method saves my iP4. =)

I tried holding the power and home button for 15sec. The apple logo came on and then held the Power and it stayed on. Thanks for the fix.

Thanks for tips! Didn’t work the first time I tried but it worked the second time.

wow~~ life saver!! ^^

Thank you so much for the help…holding the power button and home button worked for me as well

Yay, it worked. Thanks very much, I totally freaked out!

wow.. this solves my freaking problem.. thank you so much!!

Thank you very much, my F***** iPhone is working now.

thanks!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Thanks for providing the information. It worked for me.

OMG!!!!!!!! THAT WORKED!!! I ALMOST WENT CRAZY!! MY PHONE WAS DOWN FOR 2.5 HOURS!!!I EVEN RAN OUT AND BOUGHT A HOUSE PHONE (LAND LINE) BUT IT DIDN’T WORK. JUST AS I WAS ABOUT TO SLIT A WRIST, I GOOGLED “I PHONE 4 WON’T TURN ON” AND SAW THIS MSG THREAD!

My iphone played dead this morning. I did what was suggested and it worked. Thanks!!

After receiving a text message this morning (cold morning) I set the phone on my laptop. 30 minutes later it was dead, dead, dead. I tried the power button, the home button, nothign worked until out of desperation I held both for a LONG time (10-15 sec) — sure enough! It came back on! I had to take my wife out to lunch to appologize for being such a ahole to her on the phone about it.

Thanks

It worked for me. Thanks a lot… My iPhone turned on now.

It happened last night. freaked out! Just tried the two buttons down for 10 sec. And tried pressing any button anywhere. Seconds later it was on! I couldn’t figure out what helped it! Maybe I did what u said here. Thanks a million for saving these million souls.

I’ve just had the dead phone syndrome – panicked for a while, then logged onto the net and found this very good advice. Worked a treat, but i’ve lose a little confidence in apple!! If it happens again i’ll be asking for a new phone!!

Thanks for the advice.

Hey, my i-phone was not switching ON

The following trick really helped me switch ON my iphone at a time when i really needed it..
— Hold the Power and Home button together for 10-15 seconds.

Thanks so much for this post!!

Great stuff, Experienced the same today, and the proposed solution worked.
Thanks

thought i was going to have to take my phone back to the store tomorrow after discovering that my iphone 4 would also not turn on again even though when i last checked it the battery was at 93%. done power and home button and it worked perfectly although if this happens again i shall be taking it back!

it happned to me but it i held the buttons as it says and now its working well yipppppppppy thanks guys

OMG, it worked! Thank you sooooo much!

Holding down the power and home button together for 15 secs worked for me! Thanks so much for the help, I was beginning to think that my phone was a lost cause.

Great solution, the 2 buttons worked many thanks!!

It happened to me and I did as you discibed, It worked straight way. Thanks a lot.
Last week when i was in my car and my phone was on dash board and all of sudden I notice black screen. tried all buttons.Nothing happend, Because phon was bit worm , I held in my hand and put my hand out in air while I was driving.When it was cool down, I pressed home botton it came on straight way. This may be an other trick when it becomes worm/hot. Thanks again

That fuck for this site. I was shitting bricks when my phone wouldnt turn on. Was fully charged and when i did this it was at 60%.

Thanks for the help the buttons worked but when i connected to itunes…i had to restore it.. but as long as its on and functioning! Merry Christmas and god bless

Thankyou so much, I thought my iphone had died!! I tried pressing the power button and home button and it switched it back on!
I think i was hammering it on a game and it just switched itself off and wouldnt turn on. Im so pleased my phone is back on and working. Thankyou x

Thank you SO much for this, I was freaking out bad that my phone was broken for good.
Thank you thank you thank you

Hi

My iPhone turned black but not in a call. I just showed to one of my friend that the antenna problem is not so serious. After it the phone just turned off and i couldn’t do anything with it. The solution here worked well, thanks a lot for it

Thank you so much! I was beginning to worry that I had wasted a lot of money. I love the phone and your instructions posted were exactly the solution to the problem

Holding down both buttons worked for me. Thanks for the tip

Hi

happened this am, your was the first fix I tried and it worked wonderfully. all settings happy etc.

Thanks and it helped me a lot. I was about log a case for this.

Thankyou for posting this.!!! I’ve been up all night trying to figure this out. My laptop wasn’t with me, and there was no computer i could go to to figure out why my iphone wouldn’t turn on. I was playing farm story, or Tap Zoo… i don’t remember which, but i put it down. and an hour later it wouldn’t turn on. i was so scared. i thought maybe i put it down hard, or maybe the hardware crashed.. every 10 minutes i would try to something to turn it on. the first thing i tried was holding the “hold” button, then plugging it in. and when nothing happened, i was pressing the “Home” button.. nothing worked until i read this and u said to press the “Hold and Home” button at the same time for 10 seconds. I was so happy when it finally turned on. Thankyou so much for posting this!

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Thank you very much.. pressing both power and home worked for me… its a relief knowing the solution. Thanks a lot.

wow i just had this probably few minutes ago. this definintely helped aha. thank youu. im still worried though, thinking i should get a new iphone.

Thank you so much for this article and the other article that explains what to do. My phone did this today and I was about to freak out until I found your article. The whole ordeal lasted 5 mins thanks to you!

Holding both buttons worked for me. Thank you! Normally wouldn’t check the website, was about to just go and buy another phone thinking I had dropped it too many times. Saved me $1000! Cheers.

Hi,

Thanks for posting this fix, it’s saved alot of stress. I had just received a text put my phone down went to pick it up again wihtin 5 minutes and it was dead. Panicked tried everything plugging it in to laptop and wall then i found this fix, and it works. I am concerned though about how many posts like this there are, is this an inherent issue with the Iphone 4? I hope not xx

holding both buttons worked for me too! thanks!

mine just died, tried everything, then found this site THANK YOU, worked holding both buttons down. Phew!

Mine has just done the same thing! Glad i looked on this site, thankyou! Y does this happen to iphone 4′s?

Yep, worked for me too.

Not sure why it switched off in the first place. The phone worked perfectly fine, left it the table for an hour or so and then wouldn’t switch on.

Like everyone else here I was really worried that I would have to go to Apple store and get them to replace the phone. However holding the home and power button for 10 to 15 seconds bought the phone back to life.

Thank you.

Hi Karthik,
I had just the same problem. The power went off and I cant turn it on… But your technique worked!! Wonder if Apple should do something abt this issue… or at least put it up in their manual…

Hi,
This also worked for me….

I had the same issue in the morning, tried several things, holding the powers button, holding and pressing home button several times, adjsuting, changing the charger etc etc.
But the technique which worked after reading some answers in this forum was ‘ PRESS THE POWER AND HOME BUTTON FOR 10 SECS’ that worked. This needs to go in iphone’s manual..

Phew…haven’t even had my 4G for 30 days and this happened…I was freaking out and mad but your solution of holding down the power and home keys together worked…phew. Think I’m going to call the store tomorrow about this…I’m paying too much money a month on top of the pricey phone for it to have a glitch less than 30 days in. Thanks so much for the advice!!

yup…happened to mine tonight and i haven’t even had it for 30 days! his solution worked though

Thanks for the help. I was panicked this afternoon when my phone suddenly “died”. I tried pushing all the buttons but didn’t try both together until reading your report. Thanks again!

YEP!!!
The two trick worked!! Thank you

Thank you for posting!!! Same thing happened to me. My battery was at about 60% though I had been charging it for the past couple of hours while I played Parallel Kingdom and listened to Pandora. I left work headed for the gym and when I got there my iPhone 4 was dead. I got home, tried holding the Home button, tried charging it, tried hooking it up to my desktop iTunes. Nothing worked.

I got online here, read this and held the Power and Home buttons like it states and right at the count of 15 the Apple logo appeared. Only my battery wasn’t at 18%, it was at 81%. WTF? lol Thank you so much for posting. Big help. Everyone else, this does seem to work!

holding both the buttons worked for me too. thanks

Thanks for the guidelines… worked perfectly for me too.

Sad thing is that it is not even a month since I got my phone. Hope this is not something that happens all the time.

Lastly, do I have to do the RESET to factory setting as all is ok at the moment

thxs…

THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!!

had same problem and holding down the 2 buttons worked thanks

Worked perfectly. Thank you

Yep holding both buttons down worked for me too! Yay!

thanks for the share it really helped and work perfectly.

THANK YOU THANK YOU
IT WORKED FOR ME PRESS BOTH BUTTONS!!!!!!!!
THANKS THANKS…
I WAS SO WORRIED

Thankz 4 The Advise It Worked 4 Me…. Life Saver Cuz I Really Freaked Out Abt It. It Worked 4 Me!!! Because my cell was just on my bed n when i came back it was dead and my charge was full on it.

hey ,thanks a ton ,,i was deeply concerned and worried ,but i m happy it got solved,,but is this a temperory fix?
or is it a permanent solution.,are users facing it multiple times???

my phone wouldn’t work and I have no idea what to do, googled that my iphone wouldn’t turn on and found this site. Tried holding down both the home and power buttons for 10-15 seconds and the apple button came on and the phone works perfect now.

THANKS A MILLION!!

Thank you so much for this. I looked all over apples site. I tried all the basic troubleshooting advice you gave and nothing work. I am so glad I found your page. Not having a reliable phone is the worst.

Holding the power and home buttons for 10 seconds worked for me.
Thanks for the advice, i was almost heading out the door to the phone shop to get it sorted out!

Thanks… It really freaks me out. It works well for me too… Thanks again. But i wonder why such problem happened? Or is it another Iphone 4 glitch?

phew! was a second away from throwing the damned thing in the trash. I cannot believe the little trick worked, 2 buttons? who would have thunk…

It worked on my iPhone 4. I mean this solution:
1. Hold the Power and Home button together for 10-15 seconds. Let go of both.
2. Just hold the Power button for a few seconds to see the Apple logo.

Thank you so much.

Jeff,

From what I have researched, this seems to be an issue with the proximity sensor – the little thingy that makes the screen go blank when you take the phone to your ear. And sadly, this problem still occurs in mine but cannot figure out why it happens when it happens.

But, this trick works for me every time.

Hold both buttons down and then the home button worked for me. Thanks so much for the advice

Holding both the Power Switch & Home Button together for atleast 10 to 15 seconds worked for my iPhone 4 too..

Yep, this worked for me too! thanks I was sooooo worried. Now, I’m sooooo happy! : )

Thank you very much
I did push and hold the power botton and home botton together for few seconds and its works.

Thanks a lot for your sharing!
1. Hold the Power and Home button together for 10-15 seconds. Let go of both.
2. Just hold the Power button for a few seconds to see the Apple logo.

Solution is very good.
I just put my phone on the table and did nothing.
But when I try to make one call, power won’t up.
I feel disappointed and I don’t know how should I do.

Now, My phone power can turn on.
Thanks again.

help ive tried this and it doesnt work the screen stays black – im sure its charged and it wont work even though im holding down both buttons (the home and the lock keypad button)

Holding down the power and home button for 15 seconds worked for me.

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