How do I force an iPhone to shut off with broken power button, unresponsive screen?

Hold down the Home button and the sleep button at the same time. If you wait a while, the "apple" will appear which means that your phone has now restarted itself. I just ran into the same issue. Lol. Hopefully this works for you! 😉

The only option is to bring the iPhone in to the Apple store genius bar for evaluation and replacement.

AntonioMS wrote:

If the touch screen isn't working:

- Run down the battery, to run it down fast record videos with the flash on (in Slow Motion if you have a 6, 6s, SE or 7).

How does one fast record videos with the flash on if the touch screen is unresponsive?

ClareIA wrote:

I can't shut it down because my screen is unresponsive. Waiting for the battery to die out would take days or weeks.

Why do you want to shut it down if it doesn't work?

Take it in.

Best Buy will not likely be of much help...they are not an Apple Authorized Service Provider, that is, someone Apple has certified to do repairs. If the screen is not working properly in a 4s, Apple would not replace the screen, they only do that at some of the US Apple stores for the iPhone 5 series. Their solution would probably be to replace the iPhone 4s entirely.

You might also check with your carrier and see if you are elligible for a new iPhone, that may be a good option for you.

It's pretty simple. There is a little bubble that you can bring up on the screen called assistive touch.

Go to;

Settings, general, accessibility, go right down to assistive touch and switch on.

A bubble should appear on screen, then just click the bubble, click device, then simply hold down the lock screen icon.

To just lock the screen tap it once. The bubble icon will stay there when on all of you apps. You can move it around your screen until you find a spot that doesn't disturb you. You can also use this to press the home screen button if it is broken and lots more.

Hope this helps!

The point that Chris and I were making all along is still the same, a non-working screen is a non-working screen. Running the battery down to shutoff and charging will not make the screen work. The only fix for the iPhone 4s at this time is replacement at an Apple store genius bar. The iPhone 4s is not being repaired at this time by Apple stores. All they do is replace the entire unit, $199 in the US.

RajPatel8472 wrote:

Man, Repply Thanks To You. I just pressed home button and sleep botton together for a 5sec and its restarted, u just saved my day and money buddy. thanks.

This worked !!! Thanks Man.

So your power button works unlike this thread...

My 5s Home button doesnt work and my screen is cracked, blacked out and does not allow touch. It continues to play my alarm as i turned it on before bed and knocked it off in my sleep. It has played my alarm for two days now and i have to continue snoozing it. I dont have the money to take it into the apple store straight away so i want to turn it off. Is there anything i can do?

kirkyirk wrote

My 5s Home button doesnt work and my screen is cracked, blacked out and does not allow touch. It continues to play my alarm as i turned it on before bed and knocked it off in my sleep. It has played my alarm for two days now and i have to continue snoozing it. I dont have the money to take it into the apple store straight away so i want to turn it off. Is there anything i can do?

Don’t plug it in an let the battery die.

Karl_247 wrote:

I Have this problem too. Does anyone know any other alternative ways to turn off my iPhone without waiting for it to die?

If the power button is not working there is no alternative.

Play some videos and it'll eat the battery quickly.

Why do you need to turn it off right this minute?

I can't play anything to make my battery go down I'm getting flashes of white,blue,green,red,yellow and it also has bits of black placed around the screen.

I don't need to right this minute but it would be amazing if I could I can't take the annoyance of my alarm anymore.

The "best answer" given is not the best answer to the question, since holding the home and power does not only shutdown the iPhone but reboots it. To have it shutdown "only", in my experience at least, you must *keep* holding the power and home button after the Apple logo appears, until it disappears.

Hope this helps someone. It is useful when you are testing the screen you are replacing.

Thank you to Cocoahontas for the answer to shutting down the iPhone 5c by holding down the home & off button together. The phone was stuck shutting down & unresponsive until I did this. Then the apple logo appeared, the phone shut down & I was able to log back in. Thank you!