The phone suddenly turned off and will not turn on. How to turn on your phone without the Android power button - several options for getting out of a hopeless situation.

Typically, as a result of some unwanted external influence (or other reasons), the power button on mobile device may cease to perform its function. Then the question arises, how to turn on the phone without a button enable Android.

The situation, of course, is not pleasant, but not hopeless. Solve the problem to get it out necessary information, or even using a smartphone for a while is quite possible. This is what we will talk about now.

There are several options to correct an unpleasant situation, we will consider them further, and all you have to do is choose what is suitable in your case. But, you need to understand that no one gives a 100% guarantee; a lot depends on the brand and model of the gadget, the causes of the breakdown and the depth of the problem. So, let's try.

We start the smartphone if it is turned off and the power button does not work

Method one

First you need to try connecting your phone to a standard charger. Some models may start already at this stage. So, we connect to the charger and try to hold down the volume control key, it is quite possible that after this we will see the boot menu on the smartphone display.



Method two

If we are lucky and the battery is not completely discharged, then you just need to disconnect your smartphone from the network charger and connect to PC using a USB cable.

Method three

If the “USB debugging” mode was enabled on the device, you can try to turn on the phone using the computer command line. What do we need to do in this case.

Install on PC A.D.B., after which we need to open a command line window, connect our device via USB, and in command line enter adb reboot and press Enter.

*Note: ADB is a console application for the computer. It allows you to debug Android devices, as well as emulators.

If the power button does not work and the screen is locked

In this case, you need to worry about saving battery power. On Samsung Galaxy You can unlock the device with the “Home” button. The same function is available on some modern models. You can also “wake up” your smartphone by double tapping on the screen if this option is active.

You can also call the phone from another device, or if you have a physical camera button, try to launch the application of the same name, and from there enter the main menu.

We will look at the next method in the video. In this case, you will need to disassemble the smartphone and close two contacts:

Using special applications

If you managed to start your device without a power button using one of the suggested methods, then you can install one of the special utilities that will help you safely use a gadget with an inoperative button. Let's look at some options.

An excellent application that will be convenient not only in a critical situation. We set the parameters that are comfortable for ourselves and our smartphone will turn off when it is lying on a flat surface or in a pocket, and turn on when you just pick it up:

In an emergency, this utility will transfer the on/off function to the volume button:


Another software that will be useful in the described situation. With its help, we can easily shake our smartphone on or off.