iPhone 16 Pro not turning on

Thank you so much. This worked for me. I also tried all the tricks before this which didn't work. Mine is brand new so I hope this doesn't happen again. Thanks again!

This is the best solution and worked on the first go. Careful and follow exactly as he say

Your post was the most helpful to me and it worked well. Thank you.

Hi. Its late March 2025, and this is still happening to new 16P. I wonder if connecting it to Apple Devices on Windows will be the 2nd try fix procedure because I do not have Itunes?

which it obviously does have a hardware problem!! 16-e, not even 18 hours since the box was opened, ios 18.3.2

I have been using optimize battery since I got it. Still shutting down and takes forever to get it going again.

I wish I would have read akk this before I got this iphone. Nothing works to get it back on. IT decides when IT is ready to come back on. Should have stayed with Samsung!!!!

Morning1983 wrote:

Just got a brand new iPhone 16 pro max out the box, won’t turn on at all.

So you returned it, right?

My iPhone 16 Pro Max screen does not turn on. I see a lot of people have the same issue. What stand me to do.

I have a Pro Max iPhone 16. My screen does not come on. Even with Always on. Nothing is on display

So how did everyone finally get theirs to turn on? Mine has been like this for a few hour after it updated over night. Very disappointing! I don’t know what yo do! Phone is like new.

This happened to me repeatedly. Three times. Spaced out by about five or six days apart. It started about a week and a half after I got the phone in Early Sept as a preorder. I happen to have an Apple Store near me so first I used a chat help. They gave me the hard reset solution. First time it took about 12 or 13 tries. Second time took over 50. Third time I did it for about 45 minutes on and off. I think it took in excess of 100 times maybe 150 times. But it did come on. I brought it back to the Apple Store and they told me that I had to delete everything and reinstall the software in order for them to determine if it was hardware or a software problem. This I did and it reoccurred. I went back to Apple Store got a replacement 16 Pro and after a nightmare losing I my phone number for a day with T mobile not able to sort out how to fix it, due to the terrible tech I got from Apple. now I have my phone working again. I’ll let you know if the problem occurs. But I had to go to the Apple Store and get a new iPhone 16 Pro.

Enricoboussier wrote:

Same thing just happened to me today - the iPhone 16 PRO won't switch on no matter how long I keep the right button pressed - The battery was probably around 80% when it happened - Anyone at APPLE can pick this up? Thank God I had a space old iPhone 12 Pro in my bag which I am now using but this is extremely disappointing for a device worth 1,500 USD!

You need to Force Restart your iPhone. Just holding the side button won't turn it back on. Follow these directions and for the final step, KEEP HOLDING the side power button for however long it takes for the Apple Logo to appear --> Force restart iPhone - Apple Support (CA)

Update: If you try the hard reset with no luck, you need to go to the Apple store. They attempted a manual hard reset and nothing. They have a mechanism in the store that they can run to basically for a reset that is not the volume up, volume down, power button, and nothing. They also ran an HDI to power on and he said it was essentially a "this phone will never power on ever again." They do not know why it did this and the phone was received 1 month and 4 days ago. Going to the Apple store and them running the HDI to power on will definitively tell you if there is any hope left in the phone. It's wildly inconvenient but at least there is an avenue to get answers.