Change button setup? (Would fix broken lock button problems!)

Hello there!
My lock button on the top of my iphone 4s is broken. This seems to be a really common problem that costs a lot to fix.
Is there anyway you could simply make another button (for example your increase volume button) have the same functions as the lock button?
This would make people with broken lock buttons able to turn on/off and lock/unlock their phones again!
Any app that does this or something? Shouldn't it at least be possible? Thank you very much!

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