How to turn on a Samsung Galaxy S2 without the Power button

It might happen that the power button on your Samsung Galaxy S2 does not work ever again. Actually, it is sometimes enough to fall or a little bit moisture for the button to break. When this happens, you don’t know how to switch on your Samsung Galaxy S2 ever again. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a mobile phone, but you’ll be happy to find out it is not impossible. Actually, we decided to draft this article to display you the different ways. We’ll see 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. At last, we will advise you an application to manage the ignition of the Samsung Galaxy S2 without the Power button.

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Force the Samsung Galaxy S2 boot without a power button

Also in cases where the power button on your Samsung Galaxy S2 does not work ever again, it’s still possible to turn on the mobile phone. For this you must perform the following steps:

  • Keep 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 Samsung Galaxy S2 will start

When the Samsung Galaxy S2 starts, we advise you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the Samsung Galaxy S2 without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Samsung Galaxy S2 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to accomplish this, but know that it may sometimes work. In case you unmount the Samsung Galaxy S2 and remove the Power button, it is necessary to see a tiny step from the Power button. It is actually sometimes possible to tie the start of Samsung Galaxy S2 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage Samsung Galaxy S2 power without the power button

When you have successfully started your Samsung Galaxy S2 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 advise you to download the Gravity Screen application which allows to configure for example a double tap to wake the Samsung Galaxy S2. So, even without your power button, you can continue to use your Samsung Galaxy S2.