How to turn on a Google Nexus 4 without the Power button

It may possibly happen that the power button on your Google Nexus 4 does not work ever again. In truth, it is at times enough to fall or a little bit moisture for the button to break. When this occurs, you will not know how to switch on your Google Nexus 4 ever again. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a cellphone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to find out it’s not impossible. In truth, we decided to write this article to display you the diverse solutions. We’ll observe 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 Google Nexus 4 without the Power button.

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Force the Google Nexus 4 boot without a power button

Also in cases where the power button on your Google Nexus 4 does not work ever again, it’s still likely to turn on the cellphone. For this you must 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
  • Press the volume down button
  • < The Google Nexus 4 will start

Once the Google Nexus 4 starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Google Nexus 4 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 Nexus 4 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to achieve this, nevertheless know that it may at times work. In case you unmount the Google Nexus 4 and remove the Power button, you should observe a little step from the Power button. It’s sometimes likely to tie the start of Google Nexus 4 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage Google Nexus 4 power without the power button

Once you’ve successfully started your Google Nexus 4 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 app which enables to set up for example a double tap to wake the Google Nexus 4. So, also without your power button, you can continue to use your Google Nexus 4.