How To Lock An iPhone With Broken Power Button. In this article, you will read how to lock your iPhone and iPad with a broken power button. If the power button of your iPhone is broken, you can still lock your screen or even restart your iPhone, with the iPhone’s inbuilt accessibility feature known as AssistiveTouch.
Assistive Touch can simulate physical movements, gestures, and button presses with simple menu options on your iPhone or iPad touchscreen. You can even lock your screen and restart your iPhone.
How To Lock An iPhone With Broken Power Button?
To lock an iPhone with the help of the Assistive Touch:
1.First, open Settings on your iPhone or iPad.
2.In Settings, navigate to Accessibility > Touch.
3.In “Touch,” tap “AssistiveTouch.”
4.Next, turn on the switch beside “AssistiveTouch.”
5.A special AssistiveTouch button will appear on the side of the screen.
To put your iPhone or iPad to sleep without using the power button:
1.Tap the AssistiveTouch button once.
2.In the menu that appears, tap “Device.”
3.Under the device menu, tap “Lock Screen.”
4.After you tap, your screen will go dark and locked your screen.
To completely restart your iPhone or iPad using AssistiveTouch:
1.Tap the AssistiveTouch button.
2.Then navigate to Device > More and tap “Restart.”
3.This is equivalent to powering off your device and then turning it on again.
How to Wake Your iPhone or iPad without a Power Button:
You can awaken your iPhone by pressing the power button. You can also go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Tap to Wake or by physically lifting the device (if “Raise to Wake” is enabled).