A broken power button means your phone needs to be repaired, but here's how to power it on in the meantime.

Once, the power button on a smartphone turned the phone on and off, but an annoying trend is seeing the button repurposed for different duties.

Now, if you, like countless others have been using an Android phone for quite some time, you know that long-pressing the power button on your smartphone pops up the shutdown or restart options.

How to restart an iPhone that has a broken power button? As is the case with Android phones, there are a few tricks that apply to iPhones that can help you turn off the phone without a power ...

By enabling the auto turn off/on feature, your Android smartphone will power on and off automatically during the set time, giving you relief from manually booting the device.

To turn your phone on again, press and hold the power (side/lock) button until you feel a vibration, see something on the screen, or hear a sound from the phone.

To turn off Motorola phones and older Android devices such as the Pixel 4 and 5 phones, follow these instructions: Hold down the power button for a few seconds.

With the latest release of Android, there are even more ways to open Google Assistant. Jack Wallen shows you how to turn a long-press of the power button into one such method.