iPhone: Turn power on and off

Contributor Icon Contributed by qmchenry Date Icon June 29, 2007  
Tag Icon Tagged: Apple iPhone

To conserver power or if you’ve finally had enough of being connected to everything all the time (ha!), you can easily power off your iPhone.


From any screen, press and hold the narrow black sleep/wake, on/off button on the top of the iPhone toward the right.

After a few seconds, the screen will change and at the top will display a button next to the text “slide to power off” and a button at the bottom labeled Cancel.

To power off the phone, slide the power off button from left to right, otherwise tap cancel.

To turn your iPhone on after it has been powered off, press the same on/off button on the top of the phone for a couple of seconds until the display changes. Your iPhone will turn on and reach the home screen in a few moments.

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  • alyssa
    help it froze and I can't turn it off
  • kris
    i have the same problem what can i do? everything is ok but the power button dont works
  • dschroed
    hi kris,
    my power button no longer works (fon is 1.5 years old) first generation 8gb.

    could you resolve yours?
    mine works randomly. though I cannot reset the phone, as the button is not working...
  • lisa
    my phone turns off by itself, and i can not turn it on, The only way to turn it on again it has to be connect to charges. i have the old version, and it it connect with t mobile. since its unlock, do you think that is the problem that the phone is unlocked
  • ramirez
    my phone just turned off and i can't turn it back on...what do i do?
  • TonyHasher
    Plug it into the charger
  • Patsy
    My iphone constantly comes back on when I power it off. I reset the entire ting but this still keeps happening. Also, when I hit the sleep/wake button when I am not using the phone, it keeps coming back on. what to do?
  • ashu
    Did you find a solution to your problem? I have a Jailbroken iphone 2g with 2.2 installed and have the same symptoms.
    For the issue of the phone waking up again and again try turning off your wifi and also turning on and off your airplane mode through settings. Atleast, I have been able to get it to sleep once I did this.
  • ls
    that doesn't work. My phone is stuck. I've had it for 3 months and this is the first time it won't turn off. I've held it for 10 seconds, 2 second, one minute, nothing. And when I push the big button on the bottom of the front and slide to unlock it is stuck on favorites.
  • cvn25
    I have this exact same problem. Am just downloading software update to see if it solves this.

    When I push the power off it just click and screens goes off ( no slide to power off) and when I press again it comes back on - when I slide it to unlock it diverts to favourites - I can select any of the options under contact, ie recents, contactsm keypad and voicemail but cannot get out of this screen !
  • mochalove
    You're an idiot
  • mochalove
    Guys, don't listen to this mor0n.

    To save you the quality of your iPhone (i.e. no scratches), all you have to do is hold down the button on the upper RIGHT hand corner of the iPhone, and then wait for a screen to pop up that says "Slide to Power Off," Slide it. and then a loading flower will appear on the screen (it's shutting itself down), and VOILA!@
  • Keith
    Hold the Top button and Home button at the same time for few seconds till the apple logo comes!!
  • ken
    thanks keith. your suggestion works for me. appreciate very much.
  • Bananit
    ahhhhhh brilliant....was just bout to post mine back..you beaut!
  • henningras
    You can get hold of me at henningras@gnldadvance.com to get more info how to use your iPhone in full.

    My mobile number in the UK is 0944 7763 113535 if you want to call me.
    I do have other apps you might want to try out.

    Kind regards

    Henning Ras
  • matt
    my iphone just turned off and now it will not come back on.
    iv tried everything from holding the power button for a minute, 10 seconds, 30 seconds and everything else. iv tried holding the power button and the home button at the same time but nothing will work.
    any suggestions?
  • gabriel
    my iphone 2G 8gig just won't turn back on
  • irish
    i cannot turn on/off my iphone....im also planning to change my SIM card but i dont know how to open it.I lost my user guide.i've been trying to find the answer over the net but still cant find the solution.please help me.
  • MOst of th etime the application is running in the background and still uses the power and speed of the proccessor. Like in MAC you can Force quite you can do it in the iPhone too.

    To FORCE QUIT a program after you used it do the following:

    From any screen, press and hold the narrow black sleep/wake, on/off button on the top of the iPhone toward the right.

    After a few seconds, the screen will change and at the top will display a button next to the text “slide to power off” and a button at the bottom labeled Cancel.

    To FORCE QUIT the program now is to press and hold the HOME BUTTON for about 6-8 seconds untill you have the normal home screen again.

    This will speed up the proccessor when working with apps like games that takes a lot of proccessor .
  • tuangangster
    should i turn my iphone off every night and should i turn off location service?
  • jayygurrly96
    I need to know....my friend's iPhonw is not charging...It just a picture of a red battery and a lightning bolt.....no matter how long you charge it for....We need help.And it's her's soooo....And it's not my charger,because that worked on everything else(iTouch,iPod) So...PLEASE help me..Us.....because it is a very expensive phone and we have no idea what to do!! Thanks ~Jana~
  • henningras
    If you are in the UK, Call me at 07763113535 any hours and leave a message.

    It happened to me with 3rd party chargers!!

    Or don't use a 3rd party charger loke you said. Use only an IPHONE CHARGER and nothing less. It the phone is still the same condition, phone me or leave a txt at the number above.

    If you are not from the UK the number to use is:
    0944 7763 113535.

    I wait for your reply.

    Kind Regards

    Henning Ras

    henningras@gnldadvance.com
  • trystan
    i held the top button to turn off but now wont turn back on.
  • jafarqasem
    my 3G 32 mg suddenly turned off and it is not comeing on?? the battery was 1/2 when this happen , the phone is only 30 days old officly unlocked,,,can any one help why is it not comeing on?
  • alfredodavid
    i dropped my 2g iphone in a concrete road with the power button hit first and it sank and wontkgo back.so when it ran out battery i tried to charge it and try to put
    the power on it wont do it . please tell what to do.i love my iphone.
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