Lock button not working on right side

[alexcohenza]

Hi guys,

So I've already seen that lots of people who experience this problem just walked in to an Apple store and got a replacement phone.

The button works on when pressing it on the left side.

The problem is that I live in South Africa where there is no official Apple store. I purchased the phone from overseas (Australia) and therefore won't be able to get a replacement from my carrier as I didn't get the phone through my carrier.

What are my options?

Thanks in advance

 

[FixBrokeni]

It's a very common problem, which unfortunately will probably just get worst over time. You're going to need to get the lock button replaced to fix the problem.