It may possibly happen that the power button on your Alcatel One Touch Idol Alpha does not function any longer. Certainly, it is at times enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. Once this occurs, you will not know how to switch on your Alcatel One Touch Idol Alpha any longer. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a cellphone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to understand it truly is not impossible. Certainly, we decided to write this content to show you the different ways. We’ll observe first how you can force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time how you can do it manually. At last, we will recommend you an app to manage the ignition of the Alcatel One Touch Idol Alpha without the Power button.
Force the Alcatel One Touch Idol Alpha boot without a power button
Even in cases where the power button on your Alcatel One Touch Idol Alpha does not work any longer, it’s still possible to turn on the cellphone. For this you must perform the following steps:
- Keep the main button and volume down
- Keeping the two previous buttons in place, plug in the charger
- The screen should light up with a special menu
- Unplug the charger
- Press the volume down button
< The Alcatel One Touch Idol Alpha will start
Once the Alcatel One Touch Idol Alpha starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Alcatel One Touch Idol Alpha 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 One Touch Idol Alpha by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to achieve this, nevertheless know that it may at times work. If you unmount the Alcatel One Touch Idol Alpha and remove the Power button, you have to observe a tiny step from the Power button. It is sometimes possible to tie the start of Alcatel One Touch Idol Alpha by touching with two metal ends part of the step.
Install an application to manage Alcatel One Touch Idol Alpha power without the power button
Once you have successfully started your Alcatel One Touch Idol Alpha without utilizing the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more very easily next time. That is why we recommend you to download the Gravity Screen app which allows to configure for example a double tap to wake the Alcatel One Touch Idol Alpha. So, also without your power button, you may continue to use your Alcatel One Touch Idol Alpha.
