It can happen that the power button on your Google Nexus S does not work anymore. Indeed, it is in some cases enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. When this occurs, you may not know how to switch on your Google Nexus S anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a phone, however you’ll be happy to find out it truly is not impossible. Indeed, we decided to draft this article to display you the diverse techniques. We will find out first how to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time how to do it manually. At last, we will advise you an app to manage the ignition of the Google Nexus S without the Power button.
Force the Google Nexus S boot without a power button
Even whenever the power button on your Google Nexus S does not work anymore, it’s still possible to turn on the phone. For this it is necessary to perform the following steps:
- Keep the 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 Google Nexus S will start
Once the Google Nexus S starts, we advise you to go to the section below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Google Nexus S 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 S by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to achieve this, however know that it may in some cases work. In the event you unmount the Google Nexus S and remove the Power button, you must find out a little section from the Power button. It is sometimes possible to tie the start of Google Nexus S by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the section.
Install an application to manage Google Nexus S power without the power button
Once you have successfully started your Google Nexus S without using 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 app which will allow to set up for example a double tap to wake the Google Nexus S. So, also without your power button, you may continue to utilise your Google Nexus S.
