How to Fix iPhone Keeps Restarting after iOS 11 Update

Until now, every Apple user can freely install official public iOS 11 on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. As a massive update, iOS 11 will bring you a different iPhone experience. However, at the meanwhile, it probably leads to some disturbing issues on your device, like notes disappeared, can’t restore iCloud backup in iOS 11, etc. What’s worse, your iPhone may keep restarting randomly and display Apple logo after iOS 11 update. That’s very annoying. Therefore, in this article, we show you 6 potential methods to fix it.

How to Fix iPhone Keeps Restarting after iOS 11 Update

1. Restart or force restart your iPhone

In most cases, restarting your iPhone just simply fixes many issues.

To restart your iPhone: hold and press Sleep or Wake button, slide to Power Off and then press Sleep/Wake button until you see Apple logo.

Restart iPhone to fix iPhone keeps restarting in iOS 11

Or force restart iPhone by following steps below:

• On iPhone 6s and earlier: hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least ten seconds, until you see the Apple logo.
• On iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus: press both the Sleep/Wake and Volume Down buttons for at least ten seconds, until you see the Apple logo.

2. Check iPhone charging port or change another cable

After updating to iOS 11, if you note iPhone restarts when charging or connecting to computer, you should look at Lightening charging port on the bottom of your iPhone. See if any dust or dirt is inside the port. If yes, just clear them. Please remember to check headphone jack, too

3. Update iPhone apps to new version

This iPhone restarting issue may related to old versions of iPhone apps. Thus, make sure your apps are up to date and check whether there are the latest versions of apps in App Store. You need to connect to Wi-Fi for updating.

• Step 1. Open App Store and tap “Updates”.
• Step 2. If updates are available, click “Update All”.
• Step 3. Enter Apple ID and password if asked.

4. Reset all settings

If iPhone keeps restarting in iOS 11, you can try to solve it by resetting all settings. This way probably fix bug that brings the problem, and won’t delete any contents on your device. Head to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings.

Reset all settings to fix iPhone keeps restarting

5. Restore from a backup

As we know, restoring from a backup erases all data and settings on device, then put backup contents to your iPhone. In this way, you will have a chance to eliminate some software issues that cause iPhone keeps restarting. Before restoring, it’s important to create a new backup for your iPhone.

6. Use iOS repair tool

If all ways above don’t work, you’re suggested to rely on third-party iOS repair software. You can give iOS Data Recovery a try. This software has a feature called “iOS Repair Tools”, which may solve iPhone restarting problem. Firstly, you need to install it on your computer.

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After opening this software and connecting your iPhone to computer, you can choose “iOS Repair Tools ” to start, then follow the onscreen instructions to finish the whole repairing process.

Use iOS Repair Tools to fix iPhone keeps restarting