iPhone 16 Pro not turning on

This happens whenever I charge my phone on MagSafe. I use a third part MagSafe charging mount that charges my Apple Watch as well, and it worked fine when I had a iPhone 14. I use the 16 pro

Continued to check out every possibility such as a failed screen. Tried ringing and Find My. Tried several times with different chargers and tried tapping on the screen. And I tried a normal start several times holding the button for a long time then I tried several force starts as per Apple Support (quick press, volume up, quick press, volume down, and then pressing start for a long time). Repeated regular starts and force starts about 20 times over a period of four hours. Gave up then started a help ticket at T-Mobile. An hour later I tried the regular starts and force starts again in desperation. Golly gee the Apple logo came on! I had installed an update to 18.0.1 the day before then the phone was shut off for the evening. We have decided to not turn off this phone nor a second iPhone 16 until we get word that this hardware defect/ software bug has been fixed. Fortunately, I am retired so I feel really sorry if this happens to any employed person because it is a huge waste of time.

It might take a dozen two dozen or three dozen times maybe even 50 or 100 times (my last time it took at least 50) but it did come on you have to do the hard reset quick volume up quick volume down hold the power button. Hold for about three seconds maybe five nothing happens do it again. My phone is set to charge to 90% as soon as I saw that that was a possibility. And the problem reoccurred. Three times this has happened to me twice I’ve gone to Apple support. And twice they have essentially said we got nothing for you. The best they gave me was delete and reinstall all software that is set your phone up as a new phone. So today after I get done work run all my errands. I’m gonna sit down for the hour and a half. It’s gonna take the back up the phone to my computer and try that. Sorry Apple that’s a lame *** answer.

My NEW iphone 16 has had issues turning on as well. I've had to force restart (vol up vol dn, press and hold power button for 10 + sec) several times to finally turn on. 100% charge. First time I've ever had this issue with any iphone through the years. Initially, I thought that it was a power cord or charging pod and that the phone had no power. But now that I have read these comments I'm thinking that it's a manufacturing issue. Hopefully it's a software correction Apple can make in the near future and not a hardware issue. Thanks to all for helping me gain perspective on this one!

This happened to me repeatedly. Three times. Spaced out by about five or six days apart. It started about a week and a half after I got the phone in Early Sept as a preorder. I happen to have an Apple Store near me so first I used a chat help. They gave me the hard reset solution. First time it took about 12 or 13 tries. Second time took over 50. Third time I did it for about 45 minutes on and off. I think it took in excess of 100 times maybe 150 times. But it did come on. I brought it back to the Apple Store and they told me that I had to delete everything and reinstall the software in order for them to determine if it was hardware or a software problem. This I did and it reoccurred. I went back to Apple Store got a replacement 16 Pro and after a nightmare losing I my phone number for a day with T mobile not able to sort out how to fix it, due to the terrible tech I got from Apple. now I have my phone working again. I’ll let you know if the problem occurs. But I had to go to the Apple Store and get a new iPhone 16 Pro.

My first 16 Pro had the same problem--and it happened twice where it took hours and a lot of fiddling to turn the phone on. The apple store ran diagnostics and found no issues. I pushed for a replacement phone and received one about 3 weeks ago, and this morning, the new 16 Pro won't turn on either. The store manager said he didn't believe that the issue with the first phone was hardware related, but I have to believe, based upon all of these posts with the same issue, that it is.

Having the same problem on iOS 18.1. So frustrating!!

I got mine fixed by using the technique that Apple support told me to do since I took it to my local store, and to be safe I put charging at 90% and use a usbc charger instead of my MagSafe. If you want you can try this

Currently dealing with the same issue. I woke up and my phone will not turn on. I've tried several things. The logo will pop up, then disappear and will just keep doing that. I've tried plugging it in and that also does not work. Just bought this phone brand new last week. I've got a busy day and no phone. writing this from my MacBook. smh.

This happened to my iPhone 16 pro today, still not on. The apple logo comes up and then goes right back to off. I have had this phone a week, this is ridiculous. A force restart is not working either, I did have it charging over night as well and tried charging it again but still nothing. Apple…you need to get it together!

Your device may be in dfu-mode(device firmware update). Conmect your device to a mbp. The system may ask you whether it should reset your device, or tell you to download some extra software (also look underneath the running window). Tick the reset button. The system will do the rest. If this does not provide the solution for you, you may have to make an appointment with the genius bar at the nearest apple store.

Hi,

I searched on my mac for the issue i had this morning; I'm glad to see that many others are experiencing this. I had shut down my iphone 16 multiple times prior to this, but this morning, I have been unable to turn my phone on. I am planning on going to verizon today to ask about my bill changes, so I might just ask for an older phone. Has anyone's problem resolved?