How to force restart iPhone 14 with unresponsive screen and buttons not working?

My screen simply wont work. It had dies and after putting it on the charger and powering it back up, the screen stopped working completely. I’ve had this issue before and was usually able to just restart my phone with the volume + power button, but the time before this happened to me it would tell me it would call emergency services if i kept holding the buttons down.

I was a work and had to just keep the phone on the “power off” screen until it died hours later. I had realized that that was an issue in settings you could turn off, so after it had came back on, I toggled it off. Today I am having the issue again, but instead of my phone powering for or calling emergency services when i hold the buttons down, it just does nothing.

I really don’t want to wait HOURS for my phone to restart and hope that solves the issue. Is there any other ways i can force my phone to restart without using the screen or the “up/down volume + power” method?

Thank you for any help!




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Original Title: My phone screen isn’t working & wont shut down.

iPhone 14, iOS 18

Posted on Oct 16, 2025 12:46 PM

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