Some iPhone users have been experiencing a serious problem on their iPhone, the red screen. This iPhone red screen would just appear suddenly for no reason. People call it as the red screen of death (RSOD). This situation will influence the using of your iPhone and no matter if your iPhone is new or old. After the red screen on iPhone occurs, iPhone will reboot within a few seconds. Apple hasn't provided users with an explanation as to why this happens.

How to Fix Red Screen on iPhone

As is mentioned before, Apple didn't say anything about this problem yet, so there hasn't been an official solution to this problem. Below are several ways that could possibly help solve the red screen on iPhone.

1. Reboot your iPhone.

This sounds like a bit of a cliche but sometimes it works. Actually a lot of iOS bugs can be fixed by a simple reboot of the device.

  • 1. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds and you should see a Slide to Power Off slider on the screen. Slide to the right to turn off your iPhone.
  • Power off iPhone

  • 2. Wait until your iPhone is completely turned off, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button again until the Apple logo appears on the screen.
  • Apple logo

2. Restore iPhone

If restarting your iPhone didn't solve the problem, here's another option for you. Try restoring your iPhone to factory settings with iTunes. By restoring your iPhone you will also erase all the data on your iPhone, so you should probably make a backup of your iPhone before restoring it.

  • 1. Make sure that the iTunes you are using is the latest version available.
  • 2. Open iTunes on your computer and connect your iPhone to your computer.
  • 3. When iTunes recognizes your iPhone, click on the iPhone icon on iTunes to open Summary page.
  • 4. Click Restore iPhone in the Summary page.
  • Summary iTunes Restore iPhone

  • 5. On the following panel, click Restore again to confirm the restoration.
  • iPhone confirm restore

If the above methods didn't work, then this iPhone red screen might be a hardware problem and you should probably contact Apple for tech support.

How to back up iPhone in case of data lost due to red screen on iPhone

It's annoying when this iPhone red screen problem happens and we don't know much about this problem and what consequences it'll result in. So it's always a good thing to back up your iPhone in case of data lost due to this iPhone red screen problem.

Usually you can use iTunes or iCloud to back up your data on iPhone, which is convenient as they back up almost all the data on your iPhone. But when you don't need all the data on your iPhone to be backed up but just part of it, iTunes or iCloud might not be the best choice.

I would recommend to you Leawo iOS Data Recovery as it allows you to choose specific files to back up to computer. It's a powerful data recovery program as well as a data backing up program which helps you recover and back up in total of 14 different types of data on your iPhone.

   

Here's the instructions for backing up your iPhone to computer using Leawo iOS Data Recovery in case the iPhone red screen problem occurs.

1. Download and install the program on your computer first. Launch it and you should see 3 tabs on the main interface. Move your mouse onto the first one which is Recover from iOS Device and click on it.

Recover from iOS Device

2. Next you should see a list of all the iOS devices supported by this data recovery program. Connect your iPhone to your computer and the program should recognize your iPhone. Click Start button and the program would scan your iPhone.

select device

3. When the scanning process completes, the files on your iPhone will be sorted by type on the left-hand side of the interface. Click on the specific type of data to check out and select the files you want to back up. When you are done selecting, click Recover in the bottom right-hand corner.

Select files

4. A popup should appear on the interface. Click Open button on it and select a folder to store the files you've chosen previously to back up to computer and click Go button to start backing up the files. When the backup is done, you can find the files in the folder you chose.

Start backup process

This red screen on iPhone doesn't happen much but once it did, it's not that easy to resolve. If the provided methods didn't work, the best solution would be to contact Apple for technical support. And to prevent data lost due to this iPhone red screen, you should probably have your iPhone backed up in advance.