hard reset iphone
Apple’s iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are here. The new iPhones look similar to the last year’s iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, but they do introduce some exciting new changes such as a new home button. Previously, you could hard reset your iPhone by holding down the Home and Wake buttons simultaneously.

But that’s not the case with the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus because they no longer have a physical home button. The new iPhones feature a capacitive Home button. It means the new Home button can be triggered only by a finger rather than a physical pressure from any other object. It uses a Taptic Engine to give you feedback through subtle vibrations. It necessitates a new sequence to hard reboot the iPhone 7 or 7 Plus when it stops responding. Now your iPhone 7 or 7 Plus should reboot and take you back to the Lock Screen.

You see, the process is only slightly different on new iPhones. Other functions like taking a screenshot remain the same. You can take a screenshot by pressing the Power and Home buttons simultaneously. You’ll hear the camera shutter sound, and see the screen flashing white. The screenshot is saved to your iPhone’s Camera Roll or the All Photos album. Meanwhile, early users of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are complaining about a hissing sound. The hissing sound comes from the logic board and gets louder under load. Apple is yet to officially comment on the issue.

If you bought your iPhone or iPad off eBay, or Craigslist, ensure the previous owner has disassociated it from his/her Apple ID. This way, you can set up your device as new. The best way to be sure your Apple device is still associated or not with an Apple ID is by visiting this Activation Lock Status page. Enter the iPhone IMEI and relevant code in the spaces provided and you will be notified about its Activation Lock status. Sign in or sign up and post using a HubPages Network account. 0 of 8192 characters usedPost CommentNo HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked. Comments are not for promoting your articles or other sites.

If the audio problem only occurs when using certain application, you can try to check the app’s permission settings to access the microphone with that app. Microphone. When you reached this menu, verify options on apps permission and make sure everything is set or configured properly. Aside from apps permission, you can also try to check the Noise Cancellation settings on your iPhone 6s Plus.

It is among the key features, with a main task to reduce surrounding noises during phone calls. With this feature enabled, users can expect a clear and noise-free background during phone calls. However, not everyone who activates this iPhone feature has the same positive experience. As a matter of fact, some users were complaining about background noises when having phone conversations. And this happens even with Noise Cancellation feature enabled or turned on. As temporary solution, users did the opposite which is to turn off or disable Noise cancellation on their iPhone instead.

You too may try toggling this feature on or off and see how your iPhone’s microphone works afterwards. Phone Noise Cancellation. When you reached this menu, tap the switch to turn the feature on or off. Reverting the iPhone settings back to when microphone problems are yet to surface is also a possible solution you can try on.

This workaround is applicable only if you are certain of which settings or options to change back to its previous configuration prior to the onset of the problem. But if you are no longer certain of which settings have changed, then you’ve got the option to reset all settings on your iPhone 6s Plus.

Doing so will reset all settings on your iPhone and restore it to its default configuration. While this method might be useful in some ways, doing so also denotes losing of all your personal settings as they will be erased in the process. Software bugs will also be wiped. On the positive note, doing so might as well be able to resolve the underlying cause and get your iPhone microphone to work normally as it should. If prompted, enter the correct passcode to continue. Tap Reset All Settings again to confirm action.

Wait for the iPhone to complete the settings reset process. Once the reset is done, your iPhone will reboot. Bugs can also mess up the iPhone’s audio system thereby causing the microphone to produce unpleasant audio output or become dysfunctional at all. Usually, minor software bugs or glitches can be fixed by a device restart or soft reset but some are just too tough to remain after the reboot. In this case, a definite fix would be necessary.