Are you fed up that your phone is slow, or do you have repeated bugs that prevent you from using your OnePlus 8T in the classic way? If you are ever faced with a blocked smartphone, there are few solutions left to relaunch it. We will precisely, in this article, teach you how to force a OnePlus 8T to restart! For this, we will first find out under what circumstances it makes sense to restart it forcibly. Then, secondly, the different techniques to force restart your OnePlus 8T.

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When is it necessary to restart your OnePlus 8T by force?

Before finding out how to force restart your OnePlus 8T, we will first show you the different circumstances in which it may be necessary to do so. You should know that restarting your phone is a classic procedure that it is important to carry out on a regular basis, even if your OnePlus 8T works correctly. In fact, we need our cell phones so much that we tend to never turn them off. Leaving a smartphone on all the time has some negative effects. In fact, over time, you will accumulate small bugs that will disturb the operation of your OnePlus 8T. It is therefore necessary, from time to time, to restart it.

Now let's get to the facts. If you are on this article it is because you cannot perform this simple procedure. You must therefore be the victim of a bug that prevents you from doing so. Here are the cases in which it may make sense to perform this procedure:

  • Your OnePlus 8T no longer responds, you are stuck on the display of an application. You will need first, via the » Application manager  »Try to close the problematic application. You can access this menu by pressing the key with the three vertical bars at the bottom of your screen.
  • Your OnePlus 8T is really stuck and even if you press the power key you cannot restart. In this specific case, it will be necessary to apply one of the two procedures that we will explain to you below. You are undoubtedly the victim of a bug in the Android operating system which prevents any action on your OnePlus 8T. This phenomenon is often called a "freeeze".

The different techniques to force a restart of a OnePlus 8T?

After analyzing the cause of the problem that is causing you to force restart your OnePlus 8T , now it's time to introduce you to the three procedures you can use. In the event that you have too frequent bugs on your phone, it may be useful to format your OnePlus 8T.

Perform a conventional forced restart of your OnePlus 8T

We start by presenting the first and simplest method. We suggest that you start with this one before embarking on a more complex technique. This manipulation has the advantage of simply reboot your OnePlus 8T. Normally the usual procedure would be for you to keep your power button pressed for a few seconds to see the power-up menu appear with the options “shutdown”, “restart” and “emergency mode”. That said, in the hypothesis that after a few attempts it does not appear and your OnePlus 8T remains blocked, you will have to try the forced restart procedure, nothing could be simpler:

  • Simultaneously press your power key and your volume down button.
  • Hold down for a few moments until your OnePlus 8T vibrates and the logo appears on the screen.
  • Your phone will now restart normally.

If ever, this technique was not enough to unlock you can try one of the following.

Force the extension of a OnePlus 8T

Before going through the secure mode of your OnePlus 8T, we advise you to try to force the extinction of your phone and to try, subsequently to start it normally. You should allow your phone to be bug free. The method is not much different from that of the forced restart:

  • Press the power button on your OnePlus 8T.
  • Keep the button pressed for at least 10 seconds
  • Your phone will now turn off.
  • You will have to initiate a restart and check that there is no specific bug.

Use secure mode to force your OnePlus 8T to restart

Finally, in the hypothesis that despite the first two attempts, you still cannot restart your OnePlus 8T. You only have one option left, use secure mode to force your OnePlus 8T to restart. This technique is not particularly complex, you will simply have to use the secure mode of your phone which is a little different from the classic use of this one. The purpose of this mode is to operate the telephone with the minimum, the essential for its proper functioning. You will only have the native applications operational. This will also allow you to identify the cause of your bug. On the assumption that your OnePlus 8T works correctly in secure mode, it is probably one of your applications (not up to date?) That is causing your problems. Check out the procedure below:

  • Turn off your OnePlus 8T with one of the two techniques seen above.
  • Turn on your OnePlus 8T.
  • Keep the volume button down when you see the logo appear.
  • Your phone will restart in secure mode.

In the event that you are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become a master of the OnePlus 8T, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: OnePlus 8T.