How to turn on a OnePlus One without the Power button

It can happen that the power button on your OnePlus One does not work anymore. Indeed, it is occasionally enough to fall or a little moisture for the button to break. Once this happens, you don’t know how to switch on your OnePlus One anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a cellphone, but you’ll be happy to find out it’s not impossible. Indeed, we decided to draft this article to display you the different approaches. We will find out first the best technique force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time the best technique do it manually. Finally, we will recommend you an application to manage the ignition of the OnePlus One without the Power button.

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Force the OnePlus One boot without a power button

Also if perhaps the power button on your OnePlus One does not work anymore, it’s still possible to turn on the cellphone. For this you have 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
  • Just click the volume down button
  • < The OnePlus One will start

When the OnePlus One starts, we recommend you to go to the section below which is to install an application to manage the start of the OnePlus One without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the OnePlus One by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to get this done, but know that it can occasionally work. If you unmount the OnePlus One and remove the Power button, you have to find out a little section from the Power button. It’s sometimes possible to tie the start of OnePlus One by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the section.

Install an application to manage OnePlus One power without the power button

When you have successfully started your OnePlus One without utilizing the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more easily next time. That is why we recommend you to download the Gravity Screen application which enables to set up for example a double tap to wake the OnePlus One. So, even without your power button, you may continue to utilise your OnePlus One.