Force restarting an iPhone 8 gets more complicated

As the days go by since the launch of the new iPhone 8 and 8 Plus we are getting to know more details about them, some of them really interesting and at the same time difficult to carry out. We talk about force restart on these new iPhones, a process that has become much more complex than we knew until now.

In this article we are going to teach step by step how this process has to be done so that, even with the difficulty it has, you have no problem doing it in those moments when the iPhone is frozen and there is no other option to resume it.

A Little History

Until before the launch of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, the process to force restart our device when it was frozen in an app or on the home screen was really simple and fast. We just had to press the home button and power button for a few seconds and it automatically restarted.

When Apple announced the launch of the models 7 and 7 Plus He accompanied it with the modification of the start button, ceasing to be a button as such. Therefore, this combination of buttons to force the restart would stop working and we would have to do it with the power and volume down buttons simultaneously.

Since a few weeks ago, when we knew the new iPhone 8 and 8 PlusApparently the start button of this is the same as the previous models but, to force the restart, the process is completely different, being somewhat more complex.

Force restart on iPhone 8 and 8 Plus

As we said, this process has been modified and now it is no longer enough to press the power and volume down buttons simultaneously as we did on the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. The answer to this key combination change may be due to the release of the iPhone X, which will not have a start button and, therefore, the process must change yes or yes.

Other theories claim that it is For security, since the existing button combination up to now caused unwanted restarts when the device was stored in a pocket. Honestly, from my opinion, I do not see that it is a theory with much force because it is very difficult to make this combination of buttons simply by keeping the device.

The truth is that in the new iPhone 8 and 8 Plus the process that we must do to force restart has changed and below we show you how to do it:

1. First of all we will have to quickly press and release the volume up button.
2. Then, we will carry out the same process but with the volume down button.
3. Finally, we must press and hold the power button, placed on the side of the device, until the Apple logo appears on the screen.

As we can see, the process has modified the combination of buttons and making this a somewhat more complex process but not for that difficult. This suggests that with the launch of the new iPhone X, the process will be exactly the same as in these iPhone models, since in this way we do not use the start button.

If you have any problems with this process or have any questions, we invite you to leave us a comment so that we can help you.