How to turn on a Alcatel 5 without the Power button

It may happen that the power button on your Alcatel 5 doesn’t function anymore. Actually, it is at times enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. When ever this happens, you will not know how to turn on your Alcatel 5 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a telephone, but you’ll be happy to find out it can be not impossible. Actually, we decided to write this content to display you the diverse ways. We’ll see first ways to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time ways to do it manually. At last, we will recommend you an app to manage the ignition of the Alcatel 5 without the Power button.

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Force the Alcatel 5 boot without a power button

Also if perhaps the power button on your Alcatel 5 doesn’t work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the telephone. For this you will need to perform the following steps:

  • Keep the main button and volume down
  • Keeping the two prior buttons in place, plug in the charger
  • The screen should light up with a special menu
  • Unplug the charger
  • Simply click the volume down button
  • < The Alcatel 5 will start

Once the Alcatel 5 starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Alcatel 5 without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Alcatel 5 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to get this done, but know that it can at times work. In case you unmount the Alcatel 5 and remove the Power button, you will need to see a tiny step from the Power button. It’s sometimes likely to tie the start of Alcatel 5 by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the step.

Install an application to manage Alcatel 5 power without the power button

Once you have successfully started your Alcatel 5 without using the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more easily next time. That’s why we recommend you to download the Gravity Screen app which allows to configure for example a double tap to wake the Alcatel 5. So, also without your power button, you can continue to use your Alcatel 5.