- Sep. 17th 2022 12:00 pm PT

The iPhone 14 lineup has arrived and with that, it’s handy to know how to access its utility modes in case you run into any issues. Read on for how to force restart iPhone 14, use recovery mode, and perform a DFU as well as when to use these different options.

In many cases, if you’re seeing unexpected behavior from your iPhone, a simple restart will do the trick. That’s just powering off your device and powering it back on (press and hold the side button and one volume button > slide to power off or Settings > General > Shut Down > slide to power off).

However, if you can’t do that, here are your next steps…

Note: The steps below also work for iPhone 8 and later, including iPhone SE gen 2

This is the best option if your iPhone touchscreen isn’t working and/or you can’t power it off/on normally to fix a frozen or unresponsive device:

Use recovery mode if a force restart doesn’t work or if you see a blue or red screen while your iPhone is restarting or it freezes during startup:

In rare cases when recovery mode doesn’t work, entering device firmware upgrade (DFU) mode may be the next step. This is usually something an Apple Genius/technician will do but you can perform it from home.

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