It might happen that the power button on your Essential PH-1 does not function anymore. In truth, it is in some cases enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. When this happens, you do not know how to switch on your Essential PH-1 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a phone, however you’ll be happy to find out it’s not impossible. In truth, we decided to draft this article to show you the different solutions. We will see first how you can force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time how you can do it manually. Finally, we will recommend you an app to manage the ignition of the Essential PH-1 without the Power button.
Force the Essential PH-1 boot without a power button
Even if the power button on your Essential PH-1 does not work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the phone. For this you should 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 Essential PH-1 will start
Once the Essential PH-1 starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Essential PH-1 without power button.
Start by pressing the buttons of the power button
If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Essential PH-1 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to accomplish this, however know that it can in some cases work. In the event you unmount the Essential PH-1 and remove the Power button, you should see a small step from the Power button. It is actually sometimes likely to tie the start of Essential PH-1 by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the step.
Install an application to manage Essential PH-1 power without the power button
Once you have successfully started your Essential PH-1 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 enables to set up for example a double tap to wake the Essential PH-1. So, even without your power button, you’re able to continue to utilise your Essential PH-1.
