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iPhone 6 updated to ios9 screen goes black when I open an app

i recently updated my iPhone 6 to iOS 9. Every time I open an app now the screen goes black and I have to push the home button and click on the app again for it to work. Any fix ideas?

iPhone 6, iOS 9

Posted on Sep 20, 2015 1:14 AM

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212 replies

Oct 10, 2015 9:48 AM in response to Jagspecial

This link:

http://appletoolbox.com/2015/10/iphone-black-screen-bug-after-ios-9-update-fix/

Leads to this answer:

If you are experiencing this display bug, here is how you can troubleshoot:

  • We were able to fix this bug by simply enabling Siri. If Siri is disabled, go to Settings > General > Siri and turn Siri on.
  • Tap Settings then Display & Brightness then change Display Zoom View from “Standard” to “Zoomed” or “Zoomed” to “Standard”; depending on your original setting.
  • If the tips above does not solve this problem, try this: Tap Settings; Display & Brightness then tap Display Zoom View and choose Zoomed and tap “Set”. A message will say “Changing Display Doom will restart iPhone” and tap “Use Zoomed”. After your iPhone restart, now tap Standard > Set and “Use Standard.
  • Tap Settings > Display & Brightness then disable “Auto-Brighness”.
  • Restart your device by pressing and holding the on/off button.
  • Force your device to restart by pressing on/off and home buttons together until you see the Apple logo.
  • Remove and reinstall the app that you are having problems with. To do this, tap and hold the app, then tap the ✖ sign when it jiggles. Then go to the App Store and re-download the same app.

Oct 10, 2015 9:50 AM in response to Jagspecial

This link:

http://appletoolbox.com/2015/10/iphone-black-screen-bug-after-ios-9-update-fix/

Leads to this answer:

If you are experiencing this display bug, here is how you can troubleshoot:

  • We were able to fix this bug by simply enabling Siri. If Siri is disabled, go to Settings > General > Siri and turn Siri on.
  • Tap Settings then Display & Brightness then change Display Zoom View from “Standard” to “Zoomed” or “Zoomed” to “Standard”; depending on your original setting.
  • If the tips above does not solve this problem, try this: Tap Settings; Display & Brightness then tap Display Zoom View and choose Zoomed and tap “Set”. A message will say “Changing Display Doom will restart iPhone” and tap “Use Zoomed”. After your iPhone restart, now tap Standard > Set and “Use Standard.
  • Tap Settings > Display & Brightness then disable “Auto-Brighness”.
  • Restart your device by pressing and holding the on/off button.
  • Force your device to restart by pressing on/off and home buttons together until you see the Apple logo.
  • Remove and reinstall the app that you are having problems with. To do this, tap and hold the app, then tap the ✖ sign when it jiggles. Then go to the App Store and re-download the same app.

Oct 10, 2015 10:09 AM in response to LobergFischer

🙂 thnks worked for me.

LobergFischer wrote:


This link:

http://appletoolbox.com/2015/10/iphone-black-screen-bug-after-ios-9-update-fix/

Leads to this answer:

If you are experiencing this display bug, here is how you can troubleshoot:

  • We were able to fix this bug by simply enabling Siri. If Siri is disabled, go to Settings > General > Siri and turn Siri on.
  • Tap Settings then Display & Brightness then change Display Zoom View from “Standard” to “Zoomed” or “Zoomed” to “Standard”; depending on your original setting.
  • If the tips above does not solve this problem, try this: Tap Settings; Display & Brightness then tap Display Zoom View and choose Zoomed and tap “Set”. A message will say “Changing Display Doom will restart iPhone” and tap “Use Zoomed”. After your iPhone restart, now tap Standard > Set and “Use Standard.


Oct 10, 2015 1:14 PM in response to LobergFischer

Sorry, but this will not fix the problem.


If you have a phone that supports Zoom, maybe this will work, but the problem exists for at least the iPhone 5 and upward. iPhone 5's don't have this feature and still suffer from the problem.


For those of you with phones that have the Zoom feature, I hope this work, but based on other posts, it's just like any of the "fixes" we users have found, "spotty, inconsistent, and annoying."

Oct 11, 2015 2:20 PM in response to Jagspecial

still no response or update. Simply saying activate this delete that....... you are missing the point the issue lies with the operating system either an update will fix it or u will stuck with it.

Don't waste time faffing about with ur devices. Apple have already proven to me that things are not good suggesting a factory reset. What will that solve ios 9.0.2 will still be there!

Oct 11, 2015 6:55 PM in response to Jagspecial

Hi folks,


Contrary to my last post, in fact I determined that Siri was set to "off" on my phone, which means it was in this state while I was trying most of the troubleshooting tips here. I don't know how or when that happened. In any case, I set it to "on" and also did a soft reset. I'll see how far I get before the problem returns. If it doesn't come back, the fix could be related to Siri being off, as some have suggested.

Oct 11, 2015 11:18 PM in response to buzzlightyr

IF by chance u have a solution and i say that in the most lose terms then Siri will not doubt eat more of my battery life as the update has done contrary to what it says that it will boost battery time too. Im having to charge my phone twice a day since update.


I wonder how many phones apple test updates on prior to releasing new ios. Also which models.

Oct 12, 2015 10:20 AM in response to Jagspecial

Me again folks,


Since manually turning on Siri under Settings, I have not had the problem recur. This includes a time period after making a voicecall using a Bluetooth headset and using speech recognition (so from a locked screen condition), which in the past seemed to trigger this problem. In my case, I don't know how or why Siri was turned off - I thought it was activated (like it was under the previous iOS.) So even if you think Siri is on, you might check this and manually turn it to "on" if it's showing as off.


Nice to know that this issue may be fixed in 9.1. I have to say though, I'm not a fan of this iOS, especially all the UI tweaks which aren't helpful and just get in the way.

Oct 12, 2015 10:40 AM in response to buzzlightyr

HI guys again, I would like to say that I'm from greece and there is not Siri available in ou language,so I have to use voice commands when I 'm driving..

AAlthough I tried many times to turn on and off Siri manually, just to know if this fixes the problem .. always the black screen was back 😟..

so I asked a friend of mine, he told me that I could try the beta version , and the problem here is fixed !! 🙂

iPhone 6 updated to ios9 screen goes black when I open an app

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