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How to Turn on iPhone Without Lock Button

Parvinder Singh · Aug 22, 2015 ·

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The sleek, minimalist design of the iPhone is just one of the things that makes it a must-have gadget for many. However, since the iPhone only has just a few buttons, if just one fails, it can be a major pain. Don’t replace a powered-off iPhone with a broken power/lock button just yet — it’s possible to turn it back on by simply connecting it to its charging cord.

Your device might have a frozen screen that doesn’t respond when you touch it or press buttons. Or maybe your device begins to turn on, but gets stuck during start up. These steps can help

How to Turn on iPhone Without Lock Button – Using Computer

How to Turn on iPhone Without Lock Button
Restarting iPhone without lock button

Turn on iPhone with broken lock button

  1. Attach your iPhone Plug the device into a computer.
  2. You can also connect your iPhone to a running computer
  3.  Using the cord, plug your iPhone into computer or any other charging device
  4. Once connected to a power source, the iPhone should turn on and begin to charge.
  5. When you see the normal “unlock” screen, you can simply move the slider across the screen to unlock your iPhone.
  6. It will take few minutes for your iPhone to get switched on. Once, it happens, you will see screen lights with “slide bar” option
  7. Swipe this option to unlock your iPhone.
  8. if your iPhone’s battery is depleted, it may take several minutes of charging for your device to power on.

Restart iPhone without lock button Using ‘Assistive Touch’ feature on iOS devices

Restart iPhone without lock button

  1. In order to enable Assistive touch on iPhone Go to >  Settings.
  2. Now On your iPhone, tap on General,
  3. Then Go to >Accessibility.
  4. You’ll see the Assistive Touch icon appear right after you turn it on
  5. Now Swipe on the “Assisitive Option” to turn it on
  6. You will a grey-white color icon, which can be placed anywhere.
  7. A menu of ‘Gestures’, ‘Device’, ‘Favorites’ and ‘Home’ will be displayed.
  8. You may also tap and move it around the screen.
  9. Now, whenever you have to switch off your iPhone, tap on this icon.
  10. You will “Device” option, swipe on it and then tap on “Lock Screen.”
  11. It will take you “Power off” screen mode.
  12. Slide to switch off  iPhone.

How to Turn on iPhone Without Lock Button, Turn on iphone with broken lock button, Restart iphone without lock button

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About Parvinder Singh

Senior Author; Parvinder Singh is a technical writer with a background in Information Technology and Business management, passionate about technology, gadgets and video games.