Never mind... I fixed it
Oct. 22nd, 2022 12:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamsharkI found a Force Restart sequence online that I didn't know about: quickly press VolumeUP, then VolumeDOWN, then press and hold SIDE button. That did nothing.
But ... now the phone responded to the 2-button press that is supposed to bring up the scary Power Off and Emergency SOS screen. I was intending to power it down and then back up, since Apple doesn't provide a "hard reboot" command. But instead of the Power Off screen, it flashed the Apple logo briefly and then quickly brought up my lock screen and everything was hunky-dory. I had to login with my password and re-login to Apple ID, but other than that it was all normal.
Not only that, it was more than half charged, probably because I had left it plugged in to a charging cable while I ate breakfast. There is something intermittently wrong with the mag charger on this phone, but the lightning cable always works. So I guess it was actually charging while it was comatose. All I needed was that Force Restart sequence and some persistence.
I think what happened was that the mag charger drained the battery instead of charging it. I've had that happen before, but never to the point where the phone was unresponsive. Power cycling it has fixed the problem in the past, but this time the phone was so hung that I couldn't even power cycle it.
But ... now the phone responded to the 2-button press that is supposed to bring up the scary Power Off and Emergency SOS screen. I was intending to power it down and then back up, since Apple doesn't provide a "hard reboot" command. But instead of the Power Off screen, it flashed the Apple logo briefly and then quickly brought up my lock screen and everything was hunky-dory. I had to login with my password and re-login to Apple ID, but other than that it was all normal.
Not only that, it was more than half charged, probably because I had left it plugged in to a charging cable while I ate breakfast. There is something intermittently wrong with the mag charger on this phone, but the lightning cable always works. So I guess it was actually charging while it was comatose. All I needed was that Force Restart sequence and some persistence.
I think what happened was that the mag charger drained the battery instead of charging it. I've had that happen before, but never to the point where the phone was unresponsive. Power cycling it has fixed the problem in the past, but this time the phone was so hung that I couldn't even power cycle it.
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Date: 2022-10-23 02:40 am (UTC)