Random loading icon black screen after iOS 10

MORE INFORMATION: This seems to be now called the "Oceania December 2 2017 Bug" bug (or something in the line) and 11.2 solves it as most of the people report, but it seems that only if you update after 00:15 CET on December 2, 2017. I'm not sure how it goes, but maybe the installer has been patched and now contains a fix for this, I don't know...
If you already had 11.2 prior to 0:15 CET on December 2, which some people seem to have, you just need to restore your iPhone through iTunes, which will fetch the latest updater.

Also, if you can't get to the update because of the constant respring, change the date manually to December 1 or a prior date and manually turn off Notifications for every single App... then do the update and only after that, re-enable notifications one-by-one... I don't know how important this step is, but it's in the release instructions.

More on the issue can be found here:

If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch unexpectedly restarts - Apple Support

Thanks to lucas1501 for pointing out a temporary fix. I was really desperate before stumbling on your post.

If it's iOS 11?

Update to iOS 11.2 that will fix it.

Settings > General > Update

Official update from Apple:

If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch unexpectedly restarts - Apple Support

If you can't update:

December 2 "respring" Clock/Reminder restarting/overheating iPhone bug

I reset the whole iPhone (using a full backup), and my phone began to work normally. After I began to download the apps, I noticed it started happening again so I paused all remaining downloads. After looking at lucas1501's response, I deleted Headspace, and my phone has been fine since. I have yet to redownload Headspace, so I am unsure if the issue would come back.

Hello,
I was also got this issue few days ago. When i unlock my phone and use for few minutes then automatically loading view was displaying and then phone locked automatically. I had tried many way to solve this problem but could not get proper solution and at last i tired "Reset All Settings" and its works.
General -> Rest -> Rest All Setting

My problem: I would open my phone, It would act normal, then about 10 seconds after I opened it, (Even if I was touching the screen) it would go to a black screen and have a loading symbol in the middle of the screen. After that it would make my type in my password again. I tried restarting it, that did not work. Even when I did not sign in, it would cut off for a second, then would load and have my lock screen! It would drain my battery because my phone was always on. I finally solved mine using lucas1501's answer. I deleted my Headspace app😟 and my Sworkit app😮😟. Once I did that my problem was solved!

PS: Thanks lucas1501!

Settings> General > Reset > Reset all Settings.

That worked for me

What's the issue?

Lots of people on iOS 11.1.2 and maybe other versions have been facing issues in the past 24 hours or so, suffering from reboots/bootloops after seconds or minutes of using their phone.

Technically this is actually a "respring" if you see a spinning circle rather than the Apple logo.

This means that Springboard (the home screen with all the icons) is reloading itself, but your entire phone remains switched on throughout. You will be prompted to enter your passcode again once Springboard has reloaded.

Some possible solutions until Apple publishes a fix: Force restart your phone after trying any of these as they may not work straight away

- Senior Apple Support Reps are suggesting manually setting the date to 1 day before the problem started. (Thanks u/xyzeian) Apple Support is currently being flooded with calls about this; please don't ring unless you have a separate issue. Their engineering team is working on a fix. UPDATE: If you have an app that has local notification with repeating settings (e.g. Headspace, Calm, or any other apps that use daily reminders) it will crash iOS Springboard, commencing Dec. 2 @ 12:15am. Disabling notifications for these apps may fix your issue.

• Changing your timezone to Honolulu, or changing your date and time to 1 week ago may temporarily fix the issue. It seems like the issue may be based on or linked to your system clock.

• Some people have reported that deleting the Headspace app (if you have it installed) will solve this issue. However, there are plenty of people that never had the app and are still facing the issue so this may not work. I have contacted Headspace support; I will update this post when I hear back.

• Disable Background App Refresh (Settings > General)

• Settings > About > Reset > Reset All Settings (use as last resort, or just wait for a fix and play outside)

Other recommendations:

• Make a full backup of your device via iTunes. If your phone is doing a RESPRING, not a reboot, then you will be able to back up even whilst it resprings. Your phone is replaceable; your photos aren't.

• If your phone is getting too hot, switch it off completely to avoid any damage, and keep an eye on this thread for a possible fix

What DOESN'T work (according to user reports):

• Update to the latest iOS: doesn't fix the problem

• Hard reset by holding Power + Home button: doesn't fix the problem

• Reinstall apps: doesn't fix the problem

• Restart the phone: doesn't fix the problem

This worked to me, step by step:

1. Change screen background image to something difference to default background (to determine if the settings are reset or not)

2. Turn off ALL APPS notification (suggested by @danieltror)
3. Go to Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset All Settings
4. Repeat step 3 until you see the background image is set to default image (and some other thing like battery percentage is hidden, the notification for all apps is on, ....)

Update 1: There was an app removed from my first home screen. I don't know what it was, but I'm sure 100% an app was removed.

Hope this help!

I have been experiencing all the same issues with my iphone 6s since this morning (screen going to black, phone hot) but I also couldn't seem to access my alarms. I reset settings, reset my phone to factory settings & restored backup & deleted outlook & headspace. None of that worked but I just deleted Calm & it stopped and I can again access my alarms.

Was having the same problem myself. Resetting the phone by holding the lock and volume down didn’t work.

I went to settings> General > reset all settings

This worked for me and didn’t erase any of the content on my fone like restoring to factory settings would. Hope this helps.

This totally worked for me! Thanks a lot man!

I disabled notifications from Headspace from the Settings app AND Headspace app (opened Headspace>Account name>Settings>Reminders and turned off the “Remind me” switch, then closed the app).

Hope it helps for anybody else!

You fixed it! I turned off notifications on Headspace and another daily-reminder meditation app and boom-- it cooled down (my phone was overheating like crazy) and stopped resetting every 20 seconds! THANK YOU.

I have the Headspace App, and once I read this 10 minutes ago, I turned off the notifications of my Headspace App and instantly my phone went back to normal (No more black screens loading) and it cooled down (It was heating up like crazy).

Thanks guys, amazing support form Apple, as usual.

Hi Dear,

I faced the same issue and all the fixes worked as temporary solution though it messed up with my whatsapp and other email issues ( due to date changing).

But 10 mins back I connected my iphone 6s with itunes and there was an update for 11.2.

Since past 10 mins i havent faced any respring issue.

kindly update yours too.

I hope it solves the issue for you all.

Thank you 🙂

I was facing the same issue and it is really frustrating, it doesn't allow to do anything. I did "Settings > general >Reset>Reset all settings" which is working fine for me in Iphone 7 IOS 11.