IPhone 3GS Sleep button falling off

Recently i went to press my sleep button and it was dodgy and didnt put my iphone to sleep and when i put my iphone down on my desk the sleep button fell off please can you help me what to do?

The sleep/wake/power button is very important. If it "fell off" then you must have a crack or bad defect in the case in that area. Glue, such as Super Glue can work wonders if you know what you are doing. If you are not careful with such strong glue you can also do much worse damage to the iPhone. Until you get this repaired, or better yet buy a new phone, you can use Assistive Touch for perfect Virtual Button. Tap Settings App > General > Accessibility > Assistive Touch > ON > tap the new small white screen button > Device > Lock. You can even use this button to turn the iPhone OFF. To turn the iPhone ON, connect to power ie, charger or USB of computer.

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