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The issue "iPhone stuck on spinning wheel" is usually caused by software glitches and could occur when you update your iPhone OS, turn on your iPhone, etc. If your iPhone is stuck with this issue, it will commonly leave you a black screen or an Apple logo(shown in iOS 13/14/15/16/17) with spinning wheel. It must be helpless at that time. But no worries, this post can do a favor, which shows 3 available ways for you to fix iPhone stuck on spinning wheel.
Force restarting iPhone is an easy but effective way to resolve the trouble iPhone stuck on black screen with spinning wheel or iPhone stuck on Apple logo with spinning wheel. To do this, you can refer to this Apple official guide that introduces the ways to force restart different models of iPhone.
As software glitch is the main reason of the issue iPhone stuck on spinning wheel, troubleshooting your iOS is a worth-trying method, which can solve the issue more efficiently and in high success rate. So how to safely repair your iOS? Using iSunshare iOS Repair Genius is a recommended method. iOS Repair Genius is a specialized iOS repair tool that can find out and fix the iOS error leading to "stuck on spinning wheel" problem without any data loss. As a result, you can get a normal iPhone and use it smoothly. Therefore, if force restart doesn't work, don't hesitate to try this way which needs several simple steps to complete.
Step 1: Download iSunshare iOS Repair Genius and install it on your Windows computer. To make iOS Repair Genius run well, you also need to install iTunes on your PC.
Step 2: Run iOS Repair Genius and access its iOS Repair > Standard Mode function.
Step 3: Hit Start button to continue.
Step 4: Connect your iPhone to the PC and click Next option to make your iPhone model and firmware version be detected.
Note: If your iPhone cannot be successfully identified, you will be led to the screen below and you have to follow the on-screen instruction to make your iPhone enter recovery mode.
Step 5: Hit Download button to download the firmware package. The firmware file will be directly verified after downloading.
Step 6: Click Repair button to start scanning and repairing your iOS for removing the spinning wheel from your iPhone.
Step 7: When the iOS repair process ends, you can receive a Repair Successfully prompt and your iPhone will reboot at the same time.
This workaround is suggested to be applied only when your iPhone is a brand new one, you have the up-to-date iPhone backup or there is nothing important on your iPhone, because iTunes restore will wipe everything(except for the iOS inbuilt items) including the spinning wheel issue from your iPhone.
Step 1: Make sure that the installed iTunes version is the latest one on your computer. Apart from this, exit iTunes if it is running currently.
Step 2: Connect your iPhone to the computer and put your iPhone into recovery mode by executing the steps of the following screenshot captured from Apple official website.
Step 3: A Update or Restore box will be displayed. You can click Restore button to make iTunes factory reset your iPhone to default settings.
If the fore ways cannot successfully fix iPhone stuck on black screen with spinning wheel or iPhone stuck on Apple logo with spinning wheel, it might be time for you to contact Apple support for help.
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