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[GUIDE] How To Turn Your iPhone Off If The Power Button Breaks.

Ledsteplin

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There comes a time for many when the top power button fails. Here's how to use Assistive Touch in Accessibility to turn the device off, put it to sleep and take a screenshot without the power button.
1. Put to sleep:
Go to Settings >General >Accessibility >Assistive Touch >Toggle on.
Next tap the on screen button.
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tap "Device".
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Next tap the lock icon:
That should put the device to sleep.
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2. To power the device off, repeat the steps, then long press on the lock icon. Then slide to turn off.
3. To take a screenshot, repeat the steps and tap on "more".
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Then tap "Screenshot".

That's it! Hopefully your power button won't break. It happens though.
Note: To do a Hard Reset, you can toggle "bold text" either on or off.
Or let the battery drain all the way.
 
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Re: [DRAFT] How To Turn Your iPhone Off If The Power Button Breaks.

Outstanding!...and thank you!
 

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Re: [DRAFT] How To Turn Your iPhone Off If The Power Button Breaks.

GREAT job Ledsteplin.....Thanks for the INFO
 

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