Freezing issue on iPhone after iOS 17.4.1 update

Ever since I updated to 17.4.1 my phone is more useless than a dial up computer from the 90’s.

Almost every app freezes, and I can’t access my emails anymore.

Has anyone figured out a solution to this mess?


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Posted on Mar 23, 2024 9:11 AM

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Posted on Mar 26, 2024 1:19 PM

I'm using 11 Pro and just updated to 17.4.1 2 days ago. Everything was good.


A few hours ago, the phone started playing up. No app could be launched, not even the System app. Pressing the side button won't switch the screen off, and I had to wait for screen timeout. When the phone is off, I could press the side button to turn it on.


I tried the restart by pressing the side button and either of the volume button (Restart your iPhone - Apple Support (NZ)) but even that screen (shown here) was frozen.



Thought I'll wait for the battery to drain. Until I found out that there's another restart method of pressing the up, then down then side buttons individually (Force restart iPhone - Apple Support (NZ)) which worked!


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