Why did my iPhone 14 screen go black?

My new iPhone 14pro max has a black screen this morning following its regular overnight charge. I have tried the reset and it is now plugged in via a cord hoping this will work. Anyone else had this issue?


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iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 16

Posted on Sep 23, 2022 2:29 PM

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Posted on Sep 27, 2022 9:08 AM

FYI, 16.0.2 did NOT fix the problem on my 14 Pro as hoped. I put it back on my wireless charger last night for the first time since my overnight BSOD a week ago. When I woke up this morning, it was clear the phone had rebooted (passcode required; different home screen widgets showing). I opened the battery app and found it had been unresponsive for 3 hours overnight, then re-booted itself. My first BSOD occurrence while charging overnight was similar but never rebooted. This is really annoying...


Black Screen of Death


BTW, there's a 300+ post on Reddit discussing the issue. It seems to be highly correlated with charging, especially overnight charging, both wired and wireless. There are a couple of cases where this happened while not charging, but those seem rare. I'm surprised it hasn't appeared in the press yet. The Click Vol Up, Click Vol Down, Hold Sleep button until logo appears (up to a minute or two!) fix seems to revive the phone in all cases I've seen...

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Jan 29, 2023 11:30 PM in response to flb777

I've just woken up and realised that my phone had gone blank also. Got so worried and didn't know what had happened. I had it happen too my old XR when they were first out. I've only had the 14 for a not even a week yet and sold my old one.

Got so panicked. Glad someone wrote how too reboot it, as I didn't have any idea how too do it on this Iphone yet.


So silly that this has too happen, let's just hope that Apple fix the issue ASAP!

Jan 30, 2023 9:41 AM in response to flb777

Today 30 Jan 2023,

i bought this iphone 14 on 26th Jan 2023,

today night around 10:30 my phone screen turned black, i tried calling, the phone is vibrating but this just a black screen, i got really panic. then i have seen some youtube video and did forse reboot, and the phone turned on.


but considering the situation, as anew buying, can i change this, what is the actual reason behind this, is this a software issue or a hardware issue,


please do let me know,

do all the iphone 14 have this issue, do i need to change my phone,


i bought this iphone from

iFuture Apple Store Authorised Reseller

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Phone084190 02400


Kindly Help


please guide what to do,


i really want to document this thats the reason why i am writing this

Feb 9, 2023 4:54 AM in response to flb777

Ok so this just happened to my 14 Pro Max. Thank you all for putting the fix here, but what a crappy way to start the day. I was dumbfounded! I’m thankful that I was able to get online and research the problem on my other Apple device.. Otherwise, what if a person ONLY has an iPhone and no other means to get online? You’d be completely disconnected from the world. I read another post where the person said that they had a mini meltdown over this, Lol.. I can definitely relate now.

Feb 16, 2023 5:37 AM in response to flb777

I am using iPhone 14, all of sudden my battery draining fast.. even i don't have much app's, i went to apple store and they were also not able to find any issues... with in 6 hours phone battery is daring out from 100% to 20%... if i turn off Wi-Fi and all the back ground app then its extending in to 10 to 12 hours. Battery performance is showing as 100%. my iPhone is 14 with IOS 16.3.1, its 3 months old phone. can anyone please suggest what might be the reason. support guys also not responsive

Feb 16, 2023 11:54 AM in response to flb777

Here is the actual fix if people are still running to the Black Screen of Death especially on Verizon. YOU MUST HAVE ALWAYS ON DISPLAY ON YOU CAN NOT TURN IT OFF. Apple has stoop low but I can’t believe they would consider this to force people to drain the battery faster and age it quicker so they have to upgrade. Un excusable in my eyes. They knew this was happening and still didn’t fix the problem. We give the money for what?

Mar 7, 2023 6:06 PM in response to flb777

My phone tonight froze whilst I was using it. Black screen then from the home button a green light spread up over the screen with multi colour dots. The hard reset not working. Think it needs a software update so got to go the shop. In meltdown mode as it has photos I very recently took on holiday that are not backed up. It's the second time I had problems with the phone. Wishing i didn't get it. It's a pure pain. Luckily had an old phone I could put sim in. Defo some problems with these phones

Jul 12, 2023 1:57 PM in response to flb777

My iphone 14 has been giving me this black screen every morning for the last five days - the fix works eventually but sometimes it takes quite a while. Has anyone successfully had this issue resolved permanently? I started a chat with apple support earlier and they ran diagnostics saying everything is fine - they're going to "monitor" it for 24 hours and then I can start a new chat. I paid a ton of money for this phone and the magsafe charger that I also purchased from Apple...so I'd really like to not wake up in the middle of the night to a black, unresponsive screen every night until the end of time... :)

Aug 19, 2023 3:36 AM in response to flb777

And none of these fixes work for me and yes, it did happen after I had my phone on charge for a while I had this happen two months ago, and the button resets worked, but this time nothing is working even asking Siri to turn up the brightness what she said she did but of course it's still a black screen I've held the side button for as long as two minutes nothing happens

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