iPhone 15 Pro Max stuck verifying iOS 26 update

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If your iPhone is frozen on the Verifying Update Screen, it’s the perfect place to be stuck. This is where you can go ahead and press the volume up button, the volume down button, and then hold the power button until you see the Apple Logo. You would have to go a completely different route if it was stuck in the middle of an update! Hopefully this solves your issue!!

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Turn on Airplane Mode (to disconnect the cellular service) but keep the Wi-Fi connection. (In the Control Center, turn on Airplane Mode and tap the Wi-Fi icon if Wi-Fi is turned off.) Update your iPhone and turn off Airplane Mode.

See this article.

If your iPhone or iPad won't update - Apple Support