How to Turn On iPhone 5 With a Broken Power Button

See how you can turn on the iPhone 5 with a broken power button. So your power switch is faulty and you can't use it to turn on the device, what can you do? The solution lies in the charging port. You will need to plug in the charger cable with the power adapter switch on and once the phone receives power it will switch on the device, therefore omitting the use of a power button.

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[gremlinmuncher]

my iphone 6 power button is broken i turned off my phone with full battery and now i cant get it back on even with doing this usb trick any ideas ? i would wait for battery to die and then plug it in but as i can not get it on i cant drain the battery

[jolincao]

That’s what I do when I can’t use my power burro

[ivdelrey]

never occurred to you that a broken power button may mean it will again turn itself off rendering this "fix" useless and stupid.