Recently my phone had some minor water damage, I pulled it apart and dried it but ever since the off button has been going crazy turning the device off when I didn’t press it. Is there any way of disabling input from the button?
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iPhone 7/Plus Disable iPhone off button
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krspkbl
macrumors 68030
I don't think so. It's essential to the functionality of the phone so it wouldn't make sense to let people disable it.
FeliApple
macrumors 601
And there would be no way to force restart it, which is necessary in case it hangs. So OP, this isn’t possible.
canuckRus
macrumors 6502a
Wouldn't adding "assistive touch" to Screen be useful in lieu of? ( Settings>accessiblity>touch>assistive touch )
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canuckRus
macrumors 6502a
zorinlynx
macrumors G3
If you plug a powered-off iPhone into a charger, it will power on.
Source: Had to do this to turn my phone on in the iPhone 4 days when my power button died. 🙂
If the phone is powered off i can plug it in to turn it on and I can use assistive touch to turn it off
Good point. I forgot about that. But there is still no way to disable that button.
Teletypewriter
macrumors member
You can turn your phone case around so it covers up the power button. You will then have to uncover the volume buttons on the left side of the phone.