Iphone 7 freezing and lagging almost unusable

This is a common defect in the iPhone 7/7 Plus. There is an issue with the audio IC on the logic board which has connections directly to the CPU. Check your Voice Memo app, and notice that the record option is greyed out. This phone needs to be taken to a professional microsolderer to be fixed.

The reset only worked for a day, the next day I took it to the Apple Store and (assuming there's no liquid damage) they'll replace it for free if it's in warranty. They said it was a bug with how many gigs I was using so :/ give it a shot

Thanks bro, i went to the apple store and got my phone replaced. they'll first do a reset on the phony but it won't work so you'll be able to get a nrw phone.

If hard reseting the device does not work, try backing up you device to your pc, then resetting it. If you are still having problems take you device into the nearest Apple store.

The one day fix was holding the power and volume down button to reset. Otherwise you need to take it to the apple store asap

Almost the exact same thing as been happening to my iPhone 7. I only had my phone for a few months now. Sometimes my phone will be unresponsive and shut down with out the phone even turning off, and my games would freeze and then, it would take forever to hard shut it down and restart it. I’ve factory reset it even and still has the issues, I am thinking it’s the new iOS because before all the updates, my phone ran perfectly. Hopefully there is a fix in the works.

I had the same problem in my iphone 7 plus. All of a sudden whatsapp will become slow. Switching apps will lag during calls. Each and every single animations in the UI will lag and freeze. If if restart the phone, there will not be any issue for a while. I took the phone to service center and they will reinstall the latest ios and tell me that there is no issue. When i start using the phone, in a day or 2 i will get the same issue. Took it to the center again. Same response. This repeated for 5 times in a month's period. At last they provided me a replacement telling that there is an issue with the motherboard. Now i have been using the replacement device for a week. Now i get the same issue in replacement device also. I am hopeless now. So is this one of apple's idea to make customers to switch to new iphone? Every time the phone lags i had to restart my phone. At least twice a day i have to do this. What will be the solution for this problem when this happens even in the newly replaced device??

If your screen is black or frozen

First, try to force your device to restart.

• Forcing your device to restart won't erase the content currently on your device.
• You can force your device to restart even if your screen is black or your buttons aren't responding.

To force restart an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus: Press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Volume Down buttons for at least ten seconds, until you see the Apple logo.

To force restart an iPhone 6s and earlier, iPad, or iPod touch: Press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least ten seconds, until you see the Apple logo.

This is exactly what is going on - iPhone audio issue causing slowness, lag, and freezing. Any time I try to play audio, nothing appears to work including with lightning headphones.

I know this comment is like 2 months old now, but can you please tell me if its fixed, and if so how you fixed it? this problem started yesterday for me and it is so **** annoying. I've tried resetting so many times, the screen just takes forever to load and is back to the laggy stuff.

I was having the same issue I tried to reboot and got stuck on the Apple screen. 3 days in and several restores later I'm still on the apple screen. It worked for a few hours but the touch screen and home button were unresponsive then it worked through the full set up and rebooted itself and stuck on the Apple screen again for the past day. Good luck.

It’s disgusting. I purchased a brand new iPhone 7 2 months ago and it’s already started to lag at start up and freezes often. Apple are happy to take your money and just expect you to keep on forking out the money to make sure you keep upgrading. This will be my last iPhone I purchase if I don’t obtain a full refund or a free upgrade. Sorry Apple not everyone is as rich and can afford a brand new phone every 5 minutes. Either you find solutions for your existing customers or lose a lot of business.

I am having the same exact issue. It started yesterday and I tried everything. Restart, hard reset iTunes update, reset, restore, DFU mode restore... nothing works!!! I have a 3-4 month old i7 plus 128 gb jet black... this should be happening!!!

4 months** lmao but please tell me how you fixed it

Alright bro thanks I'm gonna have to go today because its really ******* me off and im on my ipad right now haha