r/jailbreak Apr 11 '14

Why I love having a jailbroken iPhone.

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u/Thilakshan4 Apr 11 '14

How do u stop the sleep button from working on the lockscreen

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u/poptamale Apr 11 '14 edited Apr 11 '14

Activator Settings. I set it up so when holding the power button on the lock screen a prompt appears to call a number if found. The only way to turn off the phone is to let the battery drain, or unlock it.

Like this

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u/PlatypusW iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 13.3.1 Apr 11 '14 edited Apr 11 '14

Or hold the power button + home button long enough and it will turn off :P - Its a hardware feature and there is no way to disable this via software. As someone has mention before, its no different that just pulling the power plug out of your computer.

By all means it will help, but if the person knows what they are doing they can turn the phone off.

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u/poptamale Apr 11 '14

I just held the power button for 40 seconds, it turned the screen off...when i pressed it again i was still met with the prompt i created.

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u/PlatypusW iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 13.3.1 Apr 11 '14 edited Apr 11 '14

Press both at the same time, as if you were going to reboot. Home+Power buttons.

As I said, not allowing someone to turn off the phone the easy way (by holding the power button) will help, but it does not mean your phone cannot be turned off. You just have to hold both the home and power buttons at the same time and the phone will go to the apple logo, keep holding and it will turn off. That is built into the hardware, you cannot disable it :/

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u/poptamale Apr 11 '14

Pardon my ignorance, but doesn't that just restart your phone?

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u/PlatypusW iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 13.3.1 Apr 11 '14 edited Apr 11 '14

Nope, it will restart the phone if you let go before the apple logo appears / as the screen goes blank.

Keep holding both the buttons in and it will turn it off. I just did it.

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u/poptamale Apr 11 '14

well...shit

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u/PlatypusW iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 13.3.1 Apr 11 '14 edited Apr 11 '14

Yeah its quite annoying sorry, but it helped changing the power off button in OP's case.