Power Off Menu,Side Button

[SCOVINIE_TECH]

Nowadays thieves are everywhere,and they can steal your phone and turn it off easily. This can not make it be accessible when trying to reach.Now you can change your option of Power Off Menu using Side Button. To change just follow these steps;

1.On your Samsung phone,go to settings

2.Scroll down till you find Advanced Features and click

3.Go to side Button 

4.Click Long Press

5.From Power Off Menu,select Digital Assistant 

This will not allow anyone to power off your phone using Side Button,and protect your phone. When you press side Button for a long time,will open Google Assistant, Gemini.

To Power off your phone ,you can scroll notification panel and select power off icon,on the right side behind settings icon.

[SherlockHolmes222B]

Hi SCOVINIE_TECH
Great suggestion however

✅ Changing the side key to “Open Assistant” DOES NOT stop thieves from switching off the phone

Even if you change your side key settings:

Long-press → Assistant

Double-press → Camera


A thief can still:

1. Force power off (hardware level)

Holding the side key for 10+ seconds will ALWAYS force the device to shut down.
This bypasses Android and all settings — it’s a hardware fail-safe.

2. Use the Power Menu from lock screen

On Samsung:

Hold Volume Down + Side Key together → Power menu appears

They can turn it off


So changing the side key to assistant does NOT protect the phone from being switched off.


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❌ Myth: “Thieves won’t be able to switch off your phone if side key = assistant”

This is NOT true.

The hardware override will still turn it off.


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✅ If you want real protection against phone theft

There are only two things that actually help:

1. Lockdown Mode

This disables:

Fingerprint

Face unlock

Notifications

Smart Lock


And prevents thieves from unlocking the phone.

You can activate it from the power menu.


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2. Samsung’s “Offline Finding”

This allows your phone to be found even if it is switched off.

Go to:

Settings → Biometrics & security → Find My Mobile → Offline finding (turn on)

This is the best protection Samsung offers.


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🟢 Conclusion

Changing the side button to open the assistant is safe —
but it does not stop thieves from switching off your phone.

If you want maximum security, enable Offline Finding.

[SCOVINIE_TECH]

Which Samsung phone are you using now?

[SherlockHolmes222B]

Samsung Galaxy A07

[SCOVINIE_TECH]

Ooh that's a reason. I use Samsung A24.Nobody can power off my phone, using volume down or anything else without my password. Try to update your phone now

[Neolyn]

I'm using a A24 and you can still power of the phone by pressing and holding volume down and power button at the same time.

It is the same for all 2023 and newer Samsung phones.

[SCOVINIE_TECH]

You can power it off when it it is locked or not?

[Neolyn]

No you can't while it is locked, it's always been like that as well. The only thing you can turn change is letting Wi-Fi and Mobile Data be turned off while locked, but you already mentioned it.

[SCOVINIE_TECH]

What is I see,is that you can power off your phone while the screen is on,not locked

[Neolyn]

Yes. And if you lock it again with the Samsung Find My Mobile, it also prevents you from restarting the phone.