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iPhone 16 Pro Bug Causing Random Freezing and Restarts

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There appears to be a bug with some iPhone 16 models that is causing random restarts, according to complaints on Reddit, the MacRumors forums, and the Apple Support Communities. Affected users are seeing their iPhones freeze unexpectedly and then reboot.

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Reports about the issue have been ongoing since the ‌iPhone 16‌ models first launched in September, and have continued to this week. The iOS 18.0.1 and iOS 18.1 updates do not fix the issue, as it has continued to happen to users even after installing the latest software.

The problem seems to pop up randomly. The display will stop responding or will be very slow to respond to touch input, and then the iPhone will do a quick restart. There have also been reports of the iPhone restarting unexpectedly when in StandBy mode.

Some users who contacted Apple shortly after the new iPhones launched were able to get replacement devices, but have had the issue reoccur. Almost all of the complaints are about the ‌iPhone 16‌ Pro or ‌iPhone 16‌ Pro Max, so it may only be the Pro models that are impacted.

For most people, the issue is sporadic, but some users have seen 10 to 20 crashes per day. In some cases, doing a fresh install and not reinstalling from an iCloud Backup seems to have fixed the problem, so it is possible that this is a bug related to ‌iCloud‌.

Let us know in the comments below if you've been experiencing this freezing and crashing issue.

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jonnyb098
21 months ago
Apple needs to lay off these massive software and hardware updates every year. Each year it gets worse and worse. This year has been the worst cycle of software in Apples history. Bricked iPads and Apple Watches. Selling phones using commercials on features that aren’t even out yet and won’t be for months (Apple Intelligence). All of this reeks of desperation to keep shareholders happy while trying to hoodwink the public.

Its embarrassing and I think all of us should expect more from a 3 Trillion dollar company.
Score: 74 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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DMG35
21 months ago
Mine has not done this. It has plenty of other problems though, mainly horrific battery life and heating up randomly.


Oh, and the camera button is possibly the worst implemented idea on an iPhone since they removed the headphone jack.
Score: 46 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Crom!
21 months ago
It's our most buggiest phone ever!
Score: 43 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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kagharaht
21 months ago
It's probably the software. Apple with its yearly software cycle is really shooting themselves on the foot with this deadline. The quality of the OS is just trash these days.
Score: 37 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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roar08
21 months ago

all of us should expect more from a 3 Trillion dollar company.
This really is the bottom line. And Apple should expect more of itself. Whatever the underlying causes/conditions are, they should be added to testing processes for future releases. Even the best engineers produce bugs, but significant ones shouldn't make it to production like this, especially from a company like Apple.
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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smogriver
21 months ago
lol 10 to 20 crashes per day... oof
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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