My Iphone5 has a black screen and won't turn on

Thank you soooooo very much, anstar1! I was in total panic mode! Your instructions were simple and TOTALLY EFFECTIVE! I followed your instructions and voila!... the apple icon appeared and with that, a huge sigh of relief for me. Thank you so much for sharing!!!

Thank you so much I just had this problem with my phone and it helped! I was freaking out to why it wasn't turning on I could hear siri talking and my phone charging but the screen was just black so thank you

hi one day i went to update my iphone 5 and it stayed on update screen then it went black and wouldnt turn on no more so i thought it was dead so i tried to charge it but still nothing so i left it on the charger all night and when i woke up still nothing it wont turn on at all i did everything everyone told me but still nothing can anyone help me😢😟

Neither my power button, nor my home button work. Screen is black and I can hear sounds. The power button stopped working months ago. Now I can't see anything. Anyone have suggestions for what to do when the power button can be pressed at the same time as the home button (as previously suggested?)

I had a similar issue with iphone 5.

Screen went black, non responsive, could not do hard restart, plus phone felt warm to the touch.

When plugged to USB cable to PC, phone would ping every 3 seconds.

I could not get it to enter recovery mode.

icloud.com could locate the phone and my car linked to its bluetooth...however I could not make or receive calls using car audio.

It's like the phone was partially functional, but in a runaway CPU-hungry state.

I tried and succeeded erasing it via icloud. After erasing, iTunes did recognize the phone upon connecting to USB cable (screen still black) and prompted to do a restore. However, the restore could never be completed due to an unknown error.

Eventually, I decided to allow the phone to drain its own batteries. After like 45 mins unplugged, it was no longer warm.

When I plugged back to USB, I got the screen to show the charging icon. Eventually the phone got enough charge to boot up. I was able to successfully restore from backup via iTunes.

Hey, so basically I had that problem with my iphone 5s, it just means that the problem is in the screen, the phone is perfectly fine since you can hear alerts and sound. I recommend you to go to the apple store and tell them the issue, and if its not been a year you can switch it in with a new one. Hope it helped!

I also had this problem that my iphone 5s was showing black screen but the sounds were coming. I did not dod anything but I just hit it 2 to 3 times from the back and the screen came,Now the phone is Ok.Hope may this help anyone but I want to ask a question? that what the problem is why it went off and became on when I hit it from back??? can anybody help meee....

I have had this happen to me after the last update, First issue was battery draining quickly, So I kept it on the charger. Then it seemed to sit on a black screen and be non responsive. Now Home Button and Power button wont work and the phone is getting caught in the DFU mode loop ;? Any thoughts?

Thank you sooo much. This worked for me! I actually had to make an account just to thank you because everyone elses advice wasnt working!! lol. I was getting so upset because I just bought my iphone 5s 2 weeks ago!! Thanks again 🙂

It's July 2016 and my iPhone screen went black, no incoming calls, no text, no anything... just black. I had used it earlier in the day and I know it was charged. So I saw the same problem described with the solution to hold down the power button 3 seconds, then continue to hold down the lower screen button for another ten. Voila! after a few more seconds the Applie icon appeared and a little after that I was in business as if nothing had ever been amiss. Love the internet for problem solutions!

Maybe there are different issues... but the black screen/no response problem on my iPhone 4 was resolved without any interface to iTunes or using cloud or a different computer. What worked for me was what I wrote earlier..."hold down the power button 3 seconds, then continue to hold down the lower screen button for another ten. Voila! after a few more seconds the Apple icon appeared and a little after that I was in business as if nothing had ever been amiss"

Maybe it's a hardware problem, you have to go to apple store. But before you go to apple store, you can read this article. If it just a iOS system problem, this method can fix it.

iPhone Black Screen - How to Fix iPhone Black Screen of Death

I have an IPhone 5c and it doesnt have sound when i plug it in and it shows no sign of life ): i just went in to get a new phone before that had battery problems as well and not sure if i will get charged again if i bring my phone in. it is a brand new phone and have not dropped it once, please help me!

Thank you so much, I was in a panic pressing buttons and holding them down with no result. Once I did what you suggested the apple logo appeared and I was asked my passcode and everything went back to normal. Just wandering why this thing happened. Thank you again.

Thank you so much, anstar1! This worked for me!