iPhone 16 Pro not turning on

Nope I used side by side and my phone doesn’t start…

Same here! I have had every iPhone since 3GS and never experienced a power issue like this before.

It happened to me the first time my phone died. Usually I keep my phone charged.

I see many users are posting about this problem but no answer from Apple. Anyone have any updates?

Yes…seems to be a major issue. Same thing happened to my iPhone 16 plus. I have been in touch with tech support at 2 levels and they don’t have an answer…said try a different charger. The charger I used is fine and works for my wife’s 13 mini and worked fine on my iPhone 13 Pro for years … it is an Apple MagSafe. Some days it is fine the next it’s not powering on and need to do volume up, down and side button…at that very slow to power up.

iPhone 16 pro Max here. This happened to me this morning. I usually switch it off and charge at night. Took me about 10 minutes in frustration to finally get it switched on. Had to force start 3 times.

I’m really hoping this is a bug and will be fixed in the next software update and not my phone. These things ain’t cheap 😅

Same here. The only thing tech support told me is to reduce the battery charging to 80% and therefore not able to use optimized battery charging. Also to only use the supplied USB-C cable NOT the Apple MagSafe I have used for years and try that….either way it’s not good! As you say these are expensive phones.

looks like you have the opposite problem to me. Mine charges on both but if I use the wireless I have to do the vol up/down reset…and at that very slow to start. Also can’t charge to 100% or I also need to do reset start. Hopefully Apple is reading these posts and working on a fix….seems like a spreading problem!

So I have had this problem since day 1…but only when I use an apple OEM MagSafe and the phone is set to charge over 80%. When it won’t start I have to do volume up volume down and side button (hold until the apple logo comes on). It works normally charging on USB-C (although have not tried at 100%, only charging to 80% or 90%). I works on a third party wireless charger (although when set to 90% it charged to 100%!). I have spoken with apple support both level 1 and subsequently level 2 supervisor and the only answer they have is use the USB-c provided and do not set over 80%. My opinion is this is a glitch and apple has yet to figure out a fix. I am lucky in that I have always managed to reset and get it operational…it’s disappointing that Apple hasn’t yet stated they are working on the problem and indicated it will be covered if hardware or corrected by a future update. Last note…all the chargers and cables I have used work fine on my wife’s 13 mini and worked great for years on my 13 pro.

Quickly press volume up then volume down then press and hold side button until the apple logo comes up…then release. If that doesn’t work do the same thing plugged in with the USB-C charger. That is straight from Apple tech support….the. As a safeguard set the charge to less than 100% before charging next time.

I posted a message on the issues discussed here. I also tried to recussitate the 16 pro max applying the wireless DFU-procedure by putting my (working) iPhone 16 next the (not working) iPhone 16 pro max. Helas, that did not work either.

Did the side by side….the only thing that seems to keep mine going without reset/restart is to keep the charge at 90% or lower. Also not using OEM Apple MagSafe charger….as long as below 90% and using USB-C or a non-OEM (not Apple) wireless charger it works normally. I am amazed Apple isn’t doing something about this issue…at least they aren’t addressing it publicly!

Just had to do a forced restart on my iPhone 16 pro max, it was on charge via cable and when I went to turn it on it wouldn’t (so I panicked first of all as I’ve got an important phone call due this morning) then I remembered about the forced restart button trick but is this a problem with my phone or a problem with the IOS which is the latest update to date version, I forgot to say I had this happen once before with a brand new iPhone (not sure which one though) and after that happened once it didn’t happen again

firstly I unplugged the phone and then plugged it back in, then pressed the up button and down button then pressed the the on button and then let it go, I did this several times before it worked so try several times and when pressing the on button hold (try various lengths of time) then let go it took me about 5-10 minutes of trying this but it eventually worked, I hope this helps you