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Sleep button problem

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My sleep button is not working anymore and I wanted to completely power down my fone. What will I do?
 

Just_Me_D

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Get the power/sleep button fixed. In the meantime, allow the device's battery to drain. It'll be powered down then.
 

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My power button also has become unreliable. I have a iPhone 5. I've found when I want to hit the sleep button, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes, it just takes a second or so to respond. Is this a software problem or hardware problem?
 

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Most likely a hardware problem which was more common on the iPhone 5. It happened to me and I bought a new button and toolkit from iFixit and replaced it myself. It wasn't too difficult and worked great after that.
 

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