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ccuneo

Level 1 (4 points)

Phone frozen “verifying update” during new system upgrade

Trying to update iPhone pro max to new software. Says verifying update. Unable to do force shutdown. Nothing works.

Posted on Sep 17, 2026 2:54 PM

1 reply

sberman

Level 10 (280,982 points)

Sep 17, 2026 3:29 PM in response to ccuneo

See this article.

If your iPhone or iPad won't update - Apple Support

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256359292