iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Black Screen With Spinning Wheel? Here’s the fix

I am using iPhone 7. Sometimes it stuck on a black screen with the white spinning wheel. I thought the battery is drained out. But the phone had the full battery (100%). Sometimes my phone Freezes. Some users said that they had this problem after upgrading to iOS 11. iPhone 6, iPhone8, and iPhone X users also have this problem on their iPhone
One of the iPhone users suggested me try some solutions to restart my iPhone normally. You can use this solution when your iPad or iPod touch got stuck with this issue.


Solution 1:  Force Restart

  1. Press and hold the Wake/Sleep (Power) button at the right of the iPhone.
  2. Press and hold the Volume Down button on the left side while holding the Wake/Sleep button.
  3. Wait until the Apple logo appears.iPhone 7

Solution 2:  volume down button+lock button+home button
Press and hold the volume down button+lock button+home button simultaneously.
Then your iPhone will start normally.
Solution 3: connect your phone to Mac or PC
Turn on Mac or PC and then connect your iPhone to Mac or PC.
You can see that your iPhone will automatically turn on.
Solution 4: Reset All settings

  1. Go to Settings->General->Reset.
  2. Select “Reset All Settings” under Reset
  3. Enter passcode if required and confirm the action.Reset Network

Note: When you do reset all settings, your iPhone will remove all Bluetooth pairing details, saved WiFi passwords, APN and VPN settings.
Solution 5: Reset Factory Settings (Factory restore)
This process will erase all data from your mobile. So Before doing it take a back up. After finishing this restore everything.

  1. Go to Settings->General->Reset.
  2. Select “Erase All Contents and Settings”. Enter passcode if it is required.
  3. Then you will be asked to enter Apple ID password. Enter it. The reset process will take 1 or 2 minutes.

Note: you can select either iTunes or iCloud to take a back up.
To take a back up,

  1. Launch Settings->iCloud.
  2. Make sure that  “iCloud Backup” is on.
  3. And tap on “Back Up Now”.icloud backup

Other solutions:

  1. Press and hold both up and down Volume buttons+home button+power button simultaneously.
  2. Make sure that your iPhone is disconnected (unplugged) from the computer or the socket.
  3. Don’t plug into charger until the phone is dead. Then plug the charger.
  4. Sometime it may occur while opening specified apps. So uninstall those apps.
  5. Disable notifications individually for each app and then enable the notifications for the specified apps those you want.

If you know any other solutions to fix this issue, let us know through your comments.

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