Fix: iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max Not Turning On At All

Took 10 tries of the force start on the 14 Pro. Apart from transferring my data, I haven’t even used it yet. Very disappointing to be trouble shooting on the first day.

Plugged my iPhone 14 Pro in, went to bed, woke up with this problem. Thankfully it powered on with the volume+/- & power button reset but you can’t help wondering what the heck happened, it was just sitting there charging.

Currently experiencing this issue. My iPhone 14 Pro still has yet to turn on. It’s been like this since 9:47am.

This is ridiculous, after transfer the screen turned off and now I can’t get it to fire up. Ridiculous Apple – this is not okay

Force restart worked after 12 tries. Hope it’s not the new software upgrade to 16!

I returned my iphone pro max for not turning on and not charging.

Now it says, “iPhone Unavailable. Try again in 1 hour.” So bizarre. I was thrilled when the reboot tactic finally got the screen to come on.. but now this.

This article is useless for my problem. Purchased a new phone that is obviously having a software/hardware problem that doesn’t respond to any of the typical scenarios mentioned that are also well known by now.

Yes mine iPhone won’t turn on even with hard reset I did it a lot of times still won’t turn on.

I bought iPhone 14 Pro week before and working well. But suddenly got dead and tries few time. I thought to return it, before that will try some of above advices on rebooting.
I got bit upset and waiting for months to purchase this

Same thing her with my 14 Pro Max. Have it about two weeks and had to use the V up/V dn – power button to get it back on. What a PITA.

Not even two weeks old and all of a sudden it’s just bricked. Tried the force restart like 20 times. Nothing. Long time apple buyer and disgusted. This is 14pro max, paid top dollar and even using basic apps it heated up way too much. Quality control is obviously gone to pot at Apple. This is last apple buy for me. Might move straight to a competitive phone.

Please someone should tell me what to do my iphone14 pro max has refused to on

Same here, went to bed with a working phone on the charger, woke up to a brick. iphone 14 pro max. So far the methods to start the phone which are described in the article have not worked.

It took over 10 tries, then finally worked for my iPhone 14 pro

Same story here! Charged the phone overnight as I always do. When tried to tap to bring it to life, got black screen. Never happened this to any of my previous phones like I-Phone 8,10,& 12. Tried Forced restart, so far no success. Its now 5:30 AM. Will try for next hour or so and then visit to Apple Store. Why customer has to go thru such a pain Apple?

Update: After multiple tries of restart, the I-Phone came back to life! A question: is it one time happening or will it repeat the pattern? Hope Apple sheds some light on this anomaly.

Finally after 7hrs and 50 hard resets it came on!!! Should not have to do this with a brand new phone for only 1 day of use.

Plugged in my phone before I went to bed. Woke up to it completely dead, it still still refuses to turn on.

Thanks a lot, this article and comments save me time and money and a lot of confusion, after trying at least 6 time to forecly rest the apple logo pop up and the phone worked normally 😀. I have no clue why this happened I just put it on charge at night and in the morning the phone was not turning on.
Thanks

Plugged in before went to bed. Had alarm set for work. To wake up to a black screen. Was pissed 1st missed my alarm. 2nd expensive phone I just bought a month ago. 3rd a black screen. 4th tried everything and still no phone. 5th I also use this phone for work. Missed all my calls, texts, and emails. Thanks to you Apple!

Same problem.
iPhone 14 Pro Max,brand new after only 20 days in use not turning on after being charging for all night.
Only after more than 20 trials of hard reset came to life.
Premium product !!!!!!!! Apple take care of your Brand.

Same thing happened to me this morning! took 25times to get it back on! Going to Apple store to talk to someone about this problem!!

Put me in the plugged in and went to bed, only to wake up to a brick group. It did force restart, but I’ve never had this issue before with any of my many . Seems like a bug.

Working on my phone now with these reset tips. It was fine last night, left it charging and woke up this morning to black screen and no response. It’s an IPhone 14 Pro Max 512 gbs

I’ll keep trying as we don’t have an Apple store close by.

I have had the same thing, still won’t turn on. Can’t get into APPLE until tomorrow. WHAT a piece of shit.

Woke up to the same issue black screen on my new I-phone 14 Pro Max had alarm set on my phone well guess what it didn’t go off. So far haven’t been able to restart it. Will keep trying but this is very frustrating!

First time iphone user after years of being with android. Switched to Apple because it was supposed to be superioir product. Went to bed with a new phone working phone. OVerslept because alarm didn’t go off after phone went black while charging wirelessly. did hard boot – vol up, vol down then hold power key. worked fine, but afraid to stick with appple now.

I woke this a.m. to a fully bricked 14 pro max. No, it’s not the charger….I never had these problems with my Android devices…I see another Samsung in my future

Same problem with a 2-3 14Pro Max. Finally used the reset method 5 to 10 times. It turned on. Seemed to give some transitory message about system failure. Scary. I’ve been buying iPhones since they started, never had a problem. This thing is as expensive as some MacBooks. Not good for people who value Apple products for their reliability.

Looks like the new iPhone 14s have some sort of fault or bug as we all bought the phone recently

Bought my iphone 14 pro 6 days ago. Charged it overnight and it was fine for an hour this morning. Next time I picked it up, black screen, wouldn’t do anything. Force started it about 10 times and now it is working. I have never purchased Apple Care on other phones and for some reason I did on this one-now I know why! Not happy with my “new” iphone.

thanks god i got it back with only 1 try of +/- , power button reset .

I had to do the force restart about 20 times. Really ridiculous and NOT okay!

My 14 Pro Max is currently doing this and is less than 2 months old. Went to bed and the phone was charging, woke up around 3:45am and tried to check the time, phone was completely dead. Tried the forced restart at least 5 times, no luck so far. I’ve never backed up my phone because I felt like iCloud storage is a scam, now I might have lost everything, karma much??

Today I woke up to the same problem everyone above complained of. It took me probably 20 hard resets to get the phone back on, too. I’m glad it’s back on, but I sure hope Apple is coming up with a permanent fix for this because it is very stressful.

I’ve tried many times and my brand new iPhone 14 Pro Max won’t turn on

I left my 14 PM on the charger and woke up this morning to black screen and no response.

Tried using this and a couple other “fixes” to no avail. Dead. I did set DND and thought that may be the issue but that should not leave my phone completely non-functional. I live 40 miles from an Apple store so hoping I don’t need to make a special trip into town to get this resolved.

Took me like 15 tries but then it did work, so frustrating but glad I tried this and didn’t bother going in. Thanks to the comments I kept trying!

Able to start up my phone after realizing you have to QUICKLY press up and down button in quick succession then hold down start buttonjan on the right

Tried the formula above (volume up, volume down, press side button as long as it takes) about 7 or 8 times before getting it to boot up. Shocking that this is a problem for such an expensive phone (14 pro max). Now, I’m afraid to rely on the phone for travel (airline check-in, etc.). Will I have time to attempt to reboot my phone 25 times at the gate upon check-in? This is a flaw that needs an urgent fix.

Thank God for this website!
I read MANY of the comments and finally found one that had my answer. Yes, do the force restart of volume up/down then the right right hand start up button. I did it 50 times, like some others, but no joy. Then one comment brought success: YOU MUST PRESS THE LAST START UP BUTTON AT LEAST 5-15 SECONDS OR MORE!
That finally worked for me!

Holy crap! Just woke up to same issue on brand new iPhone 14 ProMax. Of course, could have missed alarm, but woke to check what time it was. And thank God I had another device to check with. Oh and write this message. What is happening with Apple? Anyways, so happy this thread was here to help! Took about ten to fifteen tries….volume up down and hold power button about fifteen seconds.

Changed all night and surprised to see my iPhone 14 pro turn off and can not turn on again.

My iphone 14 pro max (1TB) was almost 3months. When I checked my phone at home after my work, I noticed that it’s not turning on anymore even the battery is at 90% above. I do the hard reset & everything but still not working. 😭 Please anyone help me. My 1st time to experience this. Really frustrating 🤦‍♀️

Same thing! One week old iphone 14 pro… I charge as I go to sleep only to wake up to a dead phone!! This thread helped me alot to resuscitate it.. after several attempts. I hope that was a one off though coz I was ready to return it and move to Android…

20 Tries later… It worked! XD

I’m having the same issue with my iPhone 14 pro max shutting down and taking a long time of reboot attempts to restart.

Omg!! THANK YOU for these tips and to everyone on the forum.. glad to see I’m not alone and thankfully I turned my phone back on before panic driving to apple! New 14 pro only a month old.. was using it, put it down to go make lunch and when i came back it wouldnt turn on?! Took about 20 tries with the force restart- ridiculous!! Thanks for saving me the trip!