How to turn on a Alcatel One Touch Idol X without the Power button

It might happen that the power button on your Alcatel One Touch Idol X will not function ever again. In fact, it is at times enough to fall or a little bit moisture for the button to break. When this occurs, you don’t know how to switch on your Alcatel One Touch Idol X ever again. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a phone, but you’ll be happy to understand it is actually not impossible. In fact, we decided to write this article to display you the diverse methods. We’ll find out 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 One Touch Idol X without the Power button.

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Force the Alcatel One Touch Idol X boot without a power button

Also in the event that the power button on your Alcatel One Touch Idol X will not work ever again, it’s still likely to turn on the phone. For this you must perform the following steps:

  • Keep your 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
  • Just click the volume down button
  • < The Alcatel One Touch Idol X will start

Once the Alcatel One Touch Idol X 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 X 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 X by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to get this done, but know that it may at times work. In case you unmount the Alcatel One Touch Idol X and remove the Power button, you will need to find out a tiny step from the Power button. It is sometimes likely to tie the start of Alcatel One Touch Idol X by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the step.

Install an application to manage Alcatel One Touch Idol X power without the power button

Once you’ve successfully started your Alcatel One Touch Idol X without utilizing 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 permits to configure for example a double tap to wake the Alcatel One Touch Idol X. So, also without your power button, you can actually continue to use your Alcatel One Touch Idol X.