How to fix "slide to power off" screen that randomly shows up?

How to fix "slide to power off" screen that randomly shows up?

I dropped my phone on the first step of a pool and immediately picked it up after dropping it. I wasn't aware I should turn the phone off, so I just shook out the water, kept using it and put it on a charger... I know now that was not the correct steps. About an hour after dropping it I put it in a box of rice for a couple hours while still charging it. Then continued to use it for the rest of the night. It's now been 15 days since the water damage and I haven't tried to fix anything on the phone.

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Guest [Entry]

I have an iPhone 5, but it was having a similar problem to many of those mentioned here for the past day seemingly out of nowhere. I went to settings > general > reset > reset all settings. My phone has been working perfectly since, no unwanted screenshots and no slide to power off screens that I have to exit out of. Hope this helps!

Guest [Entry]

"After many things I tried on my iphone 6 plus I decided to open up the phone myself and slid a small piece of paper at the back of the power button and voila no more bugging from this silly bug. Probably a small piece of pin from the power button was touching with the mainboard of the phone triggering the switch. This piece of paper just did the trick preventing the pins from touching the mainboard. The power button works properly even with this piece of paper.

In my opinion you should give it a go and saving loads of money for a fix if your phone's warranty has expired."

Guest [Entry]

"Mine started doing this after being in my pocket while I was in the rain. I tried the rice thing for a day or two and it didn't work. The problem actually got worse over time and it became really difficult to use the phone. Anyway I took the phone apart to look for signs of damage. There was a small amount of rust on one of the screws near the power button but nothing else was visibly wrong. I did notice that even though the phone was powered off the logic board was hot to the touch in the same area. I then unplugged the battery from the logic board. Then proceeded to tear the phone down. I removed the logic board and then the power button frame. Didn't see anything wrong so I reassembled the phone after wiping everything clean with a q-tip. After reassembly the problem was gone.

Don't know if you need to take it as far as I did since I didn't find a smoking gun. I'd start with disconnecting the battery from the logic board for a little while and see if it takes care of the problem."

Guest [Entry]

try replacing the lock screen flex cable that should solve the problem

Guest [Entry]

Change the power flex cable and see if that fixes it.