So, you’ve just picked up your iPhone 11/11 Pro (Max), or you’ve turned it on, only to find you can’t make it past the Apple logo the screen displays when you startup. Perhaps you’ve just charged your phone, restarted it, or maybe even just loaded in a new update, and now you’ve found your device is useless and completely unresponsive.
This can be a worrying time to go through, especially when you need your phone and all the information, phone numbers, and media that’s stored on it. While it may seem like you’re stuck here and there’s nothing you can do, there are several solutions you can follow to get you out of this mess.
Today, we’re going to explore every solution you need to know that will help take you from having a bricked iPhone 11/11 Pro (Max) back into a fully working one where you can carry on as though nothing has happened. Let’s get started!
How do I fix the white Apple screen on an iPhone 11 Pro?
My iPhone 11 Stuck on Apple Logo While Updating, there’s no easy way to exit the white Apple screen. Even if you force restart your iPhone, it starts up on the same screen again with the loading bar stuck where it was before.
Apple suggests you sit tight and wait for the upgrade process to complete. But we don’t have enough faith in iOS 13 to recommend that, and we’ve discovered it’s much quicker to erase and restore your device with a computer instead.
To do this properly, you need a computer running iTunes or a Mac with macOS Catalina. Follow the steps below to restore your new iPhone 11 Pro using DFU mode, which reinstalls every line of firmware and software on the device.
After this process is complete, your iPhone will be running the latest version of iOS, ready for you to restore a backup or set up as new. And it’s much quicker than waiting for the white-screened loading bar to fill up.
Restore your iPhone 11 in iTunes via recovery mode:
- A recovery mode restore is usually needed to deal with major iOS errors that could not be handled even by a factory reset.
- This restore will put your device in a recovery state, allowing iTunes to erase and repair any damaged system components.
- The main downside however is that this process will erase all saved data on your iPhone storage, hence backing up files would be necessary.
- If you wish to troubleshoot further and try this method, then you can refer to these steps:
- Connect your iPhone to a computer using the original USB cable or Lightning cable that came with it.
- Open iTunes on your Windows and/or earlier Mac computer or Finder on your Mac running macOS Catalina.
- While your device is connected, quickly press and release the Volume Up key.
- Then quickly press and release the Volume Down key.
- Next, press and hold the Side button until the Connect to iTunes or recovery mode screen appears. Do not release the button if you see the Apple logo as you’ll need to boot your phone in recovery mode.
- Follow the rest of the commands to restore and fresh install the firmware on your iPhone through iTunes.
- Do not disconnect your iPhone if the restore process isn’t yet finished. Once the system restore is complete, force restarts your iPhone again to exit recovery mode.