It can happen that the power button on your Fairphone 2 does not work any longer. Actually, it is from time to time enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. Once this happens, you may not know how to turn on your Fairphone 2 any longer. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to know it is actually not impossible. Actually, we decided to draft this post to display you the diverse solutions. We will discover first the right way to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time the right way to do it manually. Finally, we will advise you an application to manage the ignition of the Fairphone 2 without the Power button.
Force the Fairphone 2 boot without a power button
Also in cases where the power button on your Fairphone 2 does not work any longer, it’s still possible to turn on the smartphone. For this it is necessary to perform the following steps:
- Maintain your 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
- Simply click the volume down button
< The Fairphone 2 will start
Once the Fairphone 2 starts, we advise you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the Fairphone 2 without power button.
Start by pressing the buttons of the power button
If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Fairphone 2 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to achieve this, nevertheless know that it may from time to time work. In case you unmount the Fairphone 2 and remove the Power button, you must discover a tiny step from the Power button. It can be sometimes possible to tie the start of Fairphone 2 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.
Install an application to manage Fairphone 2 power without the power button
Once you have successfully started your Fairphone 2 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 advise you to download the Gravity Screen application which will allow to configure for example a double tap to wake the Fairphone 2. So, also without your power button, you can continue to use your Fairphone 2.
