I’ve seen a surprising number of people mention in forums and elsewhere recently that their iPhone Power/Sleep buttons are broken.  Always sorry to hear that – but here’s a bit of very good news for all those muddling by with busted buttons … Today’s release of two single-purpose utilities from Hackintosh forum member XianLi – […]
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iPhone Sleep / Power Button Broken? Lock & Shutdown Apps Have Got You Covered

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I’ve seen a surprising number of people mention in forums and elsewhere recently that their iPhone Power/Sleep buttons are broken.  Always sorry to hear that – but here’s a bit of very good news for all those muddling by with busted buttons …

Today’s release of two single-purpose utilities from Hackintosh forum member XianLi – Shutdown.app and Lock.app – should prove a *big* help for anyone getting by with a crippled Power/Sleep button.

The two utilities let you turn off the iPhone or place it into sleep mode without needing to use the hardware button – and they work as advertised.

Shutdown and Lock are available now on Installer via the iClarified repository, which is: http://installer.iclarified.com/

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