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marika423 Author

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iPhone 12 stuck on critical warning screen unable to restart

I got a critical warning that won’t let me pick an option to get past this window and it won’t let me restart the phone. What to do?

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iPhone 11

Posted on Dec 18, 2024 11:54 AM

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marika423 Author

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Posted on Dec 18, 2024 12:26 PM

It was a home critical message. It says: Would you like to be notified. And it wouldn’t let you pick a choice.

But we figured out how to restart the phone a different way. Touch volume up once, then volume down once and then right button and it restarted the phone.

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