Any help for stuck power button?

[kaitlyn2004]

Have had my phone for months, but suddenly the power button stopped working properly.

It's stuck in a recessed state and has no "click" to it anymore. It's very hard to press, but if I use my nail and push it in the power button does feature, but again no "click" or response to the button press. More than anything I am worried about it becoming permanently broken, likely leaving the phone unusable.

Due to some location/warranty issues, I think getting the phone replaced (for now) is near-impossible/not really feasible.

I am in New Zealand where Google doesn't have any presence and I am unsure if any local "phone repair" shops might even be able to fix it - especially if any replacement parts are needed.

Does anyone have any thoughts or advice to try and fix the button myself? It was in a case since day 1 and I cannot recall any single time a drop would have happened or some dirt/sand/etc. would have gotten in and stuck. I used a "rocket blower" I use for my camera gear to just blow the button area, but no change.

Happy to provide more info if needed... all help is more than greatly appreciated!!!

 

[a_wiegmann]

Have had my phone for months, but suddenly the power button stopped working properly.

It's stuck in a recessed state and has no "click" to it anymore. It's very hard to press, but if I use my nail and push it in the power button does feature, but again no "click" or response to the button press. More than anything I am worried about it becoming permanently broken, likely leaving the phone unusable.

Due to some location/warranty issues, I think getting the phone replaced (for now) is near-impossible/not really feasible.

I am in New Zealand where Google doesn't have any presence and I am unsure if any local "phone repair" shops might even be able to fix it - especially if any replacement parts are needed.

Does anyone have any thoughts or advice to try and fix the button myself? It was in a case since day 1 and I cannot recall any single time a drop would have happened or some dirt/sand/etc. would have gotten in and stuck. I used a "rocket blower" I use for my camera gear to just blow the button area, but no change.

Happy to provide more info if needed... all help is more than greatly appreciated!!!

There's a way to just use a setting to unlock ur phone instead of using the button.

 

[kaitlyn2004]

Yeah right now I'm using the fingerprint unlock and trying to not use the power button, but worry it'll get jammed still and maybe even stuck in a "pressed" state, in which case it may try to continually reboot or whatever... I'm just trying to prepare for/prevent it from getting worse...