It may possibly happen that the power button on your Archos Core 50 will not work anymore. In fact, it is occasionally enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. Once this occurs, you may not know how to switch on your Archos Core 50 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to know it’s not impossible. In fact, we decided to draft this article to show you the different solutions. We will see first how to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time how to do it manually. Finally, we will recommend you an application to manage the ignition of the Archos Core 50 without the Power button.
Force the Archos Core 50 boot without a power button
Even whenever the power button on your Archos Core 50 will not work anymore, it’s still possible to turn on the smartphone. For this you need to 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 Archos Core 50 will start
Once the Archos Core 50 starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the Archos Core 50 without power button.
Start by pressing the buttons of the power button
If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Archos Core 50 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to get this done, nevertheless know that it may occasionally work. If you unmount the Archos Core 50 and remove the Power button, you have to see a tiny step from the Power button. It is sometimes possible to tie the start of Archos Core 50 by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the step.
Install an application to manage Archos Core 50 power without the power button
Once you have successfully started your Archos Core 50 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 application which will allow to set up for example a double tap to wake the Archos Core 50. So, even without your power button, you can continue to utilise your Archos Core 50.
