Some iPhones Are Restarting or Turning Off Randomly at Night

Some iPhone customers are discovering their iPhone has both randomly rebooted, or turned itself off, normally whereas plugged in in a single day. Perhaps worst of all, when the iPhone begins back up, any set alarm might not go off, which has led some individuals to oversleep or to need to depend on a backup alarm.

While not everyone seems to be experiencing the problem or having random restarts of their iPhone, whether or not in a single day or just plugged in for a very long time, seemingly almost each iPhone mannequin operating iOS 17.0 or newer are probably impacted by this, together with iPhone 15 sequence, iPhone 14 sequence, iPhone 13 sequence, and iPhone 12 sequence. Though definitely not everybody has skilled a random restart of their device, as a result of the broad vary of iPhones which might be impacted, it suggests the random restart is related to iOS 17.

The random iPhone restarts or shutdowns look like unrelated to software program updates, which default to putting in themselves robotically (and the auto-updating function often allows itself after iOS software program updates, FYI), and seem unrelated to fast response updates, which additionally will default to putting in robotically.

It is unclear what’s inflicting the random reboot problem, nevertheless it’s attainable {that a} bug or crash is the issue. The iPhone will robotically restart/reboot if there was a severe crash of the iOS system software program, although that’s pretty uncommon with trendy iOS variations and units.

This problem was first mentioned on the Apple internet by 9to5Mac, and now MacRumors has lined the problem after discovering many customers on their boards, in addition to Reddit, are additionally experiencing the curious reboots of their iPhones. I personally skilled iPhone restarting randomly earlier within the week in a single day whereas plugged in, together with the failure of a set alarm to go off as anticipated. According to some Apple Support Forum customers, the problem may also manifest much like when some iPhone 14 units skilled a black display and wouldn’t activate, however for many there’s nothing uncommon in any respect that occurs, or only a easy restart.

Presumably it is a bug or another hiccup with iOS 17.0.3, and shall be fastened in an upcoming software program update for iOS. It’s additionally attainable that the restarts are intentional and associated to some software program operate or function (like robotically putting in safety updates or one thing comparable), however are ignoring a customers settings for these options.

Did your iPhone randomly restart or flip off? Did your iPhone alarm not go off as anticipated? Let us know within the feedback if you happen to additionally skilled this problem.