What to Do When Your iPhone Freezes

 By 
Taylor Casti
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What to Do When Your iPhone Freezes

"Won two tickets to the concert this weekend. First friend to text gets the other one. Go."

"I want i--"

This is inevitably the moment that your iPhone will freeze.

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An iPhone not working can feel like a broken leg. Simple tasks become a challenge, and traveling becomes a nightmare. Everything takes so long that you might as well just veg on your couch until the problem is fixed.

While the iPhone is a pretty reliable piece of gadgetry, it still has problems now and then. Lagging and freezing screens are frequent iPhone functionality complaints.

Fortunately, a freezing iPhone often has a quick (and simple) fix. In fact, something as basic as restarting your phone can usually do the trick. Scroll through the gallery to see potential causes for your frozen phone and their easy solutions. Then let us know what tricks you've discovered in the comments below.

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