How to turn on a Google Galaxy Nexus without the Power button

It may possibly happen that the power button on your Google Galaxy Nexus will not function ever again. In truth, it is sometimes enough to fall or a little moisture for the button to break. Once this happens, you will not know how to turn on your Google Galaxy Nexus ever again. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a cellphone, but you’ll be happy to know it’s not impossible. In truth, we decided to draft this article to display you the diverse ways. We will find out 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 Google Galaxy Nexus without the Power button.

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Force the Google Galaxy Nexus boot without a power button

Even if perhaps the power button on your Google Galaxy Nexus will not work ever again, it’s still likely to turn on the cellphone. For this you have 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
  • Press the volume down button
  • < The Google Galaxy Nexus will start

Once the Google Galaxy Nexus starts, we recommend you to go to the section below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Google Galaxy Nexus without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Google Galaxy Nexus by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to accomplish this, but know that it may sometimes work. In case you unmount the Google Galaxy Nexus and remove the Power button, it is necessary to find out a little section from the Power button. It can be sometimes likely to tie the start of Google Galaxy Nexus by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the section.

Install an application to manage Google Galaxy Nexus power without the power button

Once you’ve successfully started your Google Galaxy Nexus without utilizing the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more quickly next time. That is why we recommend you to download the Gravity Screen app which will allow to configure for example a double tap to wake the Google Galaxy Nexus. So, even without your power button, you can continue to utilise your Google Galaxy Nexus.