iPhone Pro Max 14.....its dead jim.

cu3ed · 20 Apr 2023 at 09:11

Ignore....didnt knwo force restart was a thing. Anyone know a reason my phione would brick itself during the night?

Woke up late this mroning having missed my alram, my iPhone jsut bought about Jan this year is jsut dead, wont respoind to different chaging means etc, will not turn on.
It was bought directly from the website, no Apple care, anyone have an idea what my best course of action is here?..I do have an Apple store nearish to me.

visibleman · 20 Apr 2023 at 12:49

There were issues with Max's randomly 'freezing' with earlier versions of iOS 16 but i have a feeling Apple pushed out a (possible) fix with 16.3/16.3.1.
I would just keep an eye on it and if it happens again, then take it into Apple.

I'm guessing you're running the latest iOS 16.4.1?

cu3ed · 20 Apr 2023 at 13:49

visibleman said:
There were issues with Max's randomly 'freezing' with earlier versions of iOS 16 but i have a feeling Apple pushed out a (possible) fix with 16.3/16.3.1.
I would just keep an eye on it and if it happens again, then take it into Apple.

I'm guessing you're running the latest iOS 16.4.1?

Running latest yes, just weird that I went to bed..left on wirless charge, woke up late for work as the phone had just bricked itself.

Edit..Just checked and weirdly im on 16.3.1, even with Auto updates on. Its saying unable to Check for Update ( on cellular).
Kept mashing..updating.

visibleman · 20 Apr 2023 at 14:06

cu3ed said:
Running latest yes, just weird that I went to bed..left on wirless charge, woke up late for work as the phone had just bricked itself.

Edit..Just checked and weirdly im on 16.3.1, even with Auto updates on. Its saying unable to Check for Update ( on cellular).

That was the issue being described by other Max users, iPhone would 'freeze' and then display a black screen and then some were able to do a forced reboot, others had to take it to Apple.

As for the updates, i would try and reboot and see if it picks up the update. Failing that, wait until you're on WiFi and try again. Otherwise the downloaded update can bodge itself and fail to install, Apple has a guide for that - Remove and download the update again