How to Restart iPhone/iPad without using the Home and Power Button

In Apple's iPhone/iPad there is no direct waty to restart except the traditional way can do by pressing and holding HOME and POWER button together until you see the Apple logo on screen. Here's an easy ways to restart/reboot your device bypassing hardware buttons and If either of HOME, POWER buttons broken/not working, here's an easy ways to reboot the iPhone/iPad.

• Assistive Touch on Lock
• Setting Bold Text
• Resetting Network Settings

AssistiveTouch

Here is how turn on the Assitive touch feature and allowing you to use iPhone/iPad or iPod that has non-working Home Button.
1. Tap on Settings and goto "General"
2. Then tap on "Accessibility"
3. Then tap on AssistiveTouch and then flip the switch to ON for "AssistiveTouch".
4. Now, look for the new AssistiveTouch button(Virtual Home Button)appearing.
5. Tap on Device, then tap on Device
6. Hold on few seconds on Lock Screen icon
7. Now, you will get "Slide to power off"
8. That's it.

Setting Bold Text

This is another accessibilty setting in iOS. Applying this setting requires your device to restart.
Here's how to do it.
1. Tap on Settings open "General" > again "Accessibilty"
2. Scroll down to "Bold Text" setting and toggle it.
3. See an alert warning you "Applying this setting will restart your iPhone".
4. Tap on to continue. Now iPhone will restart.

Resetting Network Settings

To do this Tap on to Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset Network Settings on the iPhone. So, it will reset your network connection options, and it will affect internet connectivity, both "GSM/GPRS/EDGE/3G/4G" and "WiFi", but it shouldn't impact "Classic" telephone services, because they are usually auto-configured by the carrier and do not require specific settings on the mobile phone. According to this Apple support page,

This will clear your current cellular and Wi-Fi network settings, including saved networks, Wi-Fi passwords, and VPN settings.

Conclusion

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