3 Ways to Fix iPhone Black Screen with Spinning Wheel

Too many times, the iPhone gets stuck on the black loading screen and doesn’t get the desired result. Mostly this happens when the iPhone user resets the device or restarts it. Many of the methods have been discovered to get rid of the issue of a black screen with a spinning wheel.

Today millions of users use iPhone or iPad from all over the world. With a new or refurbished iPhone, you may find it goes black and loads at the time of rebooting when a new version of iOS is released. iPhone users feel irritated when the iPhone gets stuck on a black screen with a spinning wheel. So how shall one fix this annoying issue with his or her iPhone?

Tip: As for other black screen issues of iPhone, maybe you can get some help from the following two articles which we have already prepared for you:

• How to Fix iPhone Camera Black Screen After iOS 12 Updating?
• How to Fix Black Screen of Death on iPhone XS/X/8/7?

1. Force Restart iPhone

It has been found that the user gets stuck with the black screen very frequently while updating the iOS version of their iPhone. At the moment when you encounter this issue, you need to force restart your iPhone. However, the restarting process of the iPhone varies from phone to phone. You can try to follow the steps mentioned below according to the version or model of your iPhone:

For iPhone Xs/X/8:

• Simply hold the Power button and the Volume Down button at the same time. Keep pressing both the two buttons simultaneously for 10 to 15 seconds.
• You can release these two buttons when you find your iPhone restarts in the normal mode.

For Old Generation Devices like iPhone 7/6s/6:

• You need to hold the Power button and the Home button at the same time.
• When you keep pressing those two buttons for 10 seconds, your device will get restarted. You can release your fingers when the Apple logo appears on the screen.
  
• Press the Volume Up button instantly and release it. Similarly, press the Volume Down button and release it.
• Press and hold the Power button until the Apple logo appears. You can enter your password to start your iPhone then.
  

2. Restore iPhone with iTunes

If you are here to fix iPhone stuck on a black screen with a spinning wheel by restoring it with iTunes, then you must back up your device. Using this method to avoid the spinning wheel or black screen of the iPhone requires the data backup through iTunes. After the data backup of your iPhone, you don’t have to worry about the data loss in any situation because you can extract particular files according to your certain needs from iTunes backup with Jihosoft iPhone Backup Extractor. It features in extracting photos, text messages, contacts, voice memos, note, WhatsApp, Viber, etc. from iPhone/iPad backup. Even when your iPhone data backup has been encrypted, you can still extract over 16 file types from iTunes backup without overwriting existing data on your iDevice. To restore your iPhone with iTunes, you must have a PC and an updated version of iTunes. Follow these steps below:

• Connect your iPhone with your PC.
• Now you have to force restart your iPhone after it gets connected with iTunes on your PC.
• Tap the Restore option appeared on the page of iTunes, which will erase or wipe all the data. Then you can reinstall the firmware of your iPhone, so that you can restore your device to factory settings.
• After the completion of your iPhone restoring, you can set up your iPhone again.
  

Tip: To factory reset your iPhone, you can also try other optional methods on how to restore iPhone to factory settings. When your iTunes cannot connect to your iPhone but you have to restore your iPhone with iTunes, then you can refer to this article about how to fix the “iTunes could not connect to this iPhone” error.

3. If This Problem Randomly Happens

If the issue of your iPhone stuck on the black loading screen randomly happens, then you need to back up the data of your iPhone and then restore the device using DFU mode. DFU is another fantastic and reliable method to fix the issue of a black screen with a spinning wheel. It is a secured and efficient way to solve this troublesome problem. You have to follow these steps which will be mentioned below to get rid of this problem easily:

• Connect your iPhone to a computer through a lightning cable.
• Next, hold down the Sleep/Wake and Home (iPhone 6S and older) buttons.
• For iPhone 7 and 7 plus users, press the Sleep/Wake and Volume Down buttons.
• For iPhone 8 and X users, press the Volume Down and Power buttons for 5 seconds. Then, release the side button and keep pressing the Volume Down button until the screen turns black.
• You will see the Apple logo appear on the screen.
• As your iPhone screen turns black, it means you have entered the DFU mode of your device. Click on the Restore iPhone button and then confirm by tapping on Restore.
  

Conclusion:

Here, you’ve known the 3 methods about how to get rid of the issue of your iPhone stuck on the black screen with a spinning wheel. It is very hard to fix this issue but still, we have filtered these 3 best methods for you in the above text. Those ways can get yourself rid of such situation, recovering your iPhone as normal as before. The best part of such recovery method is that it is completely secured and no part of data will get lost unless you forget to back up the data in time.