It may happen that the power button on your Samsung Galaxy S5 will not function anymore. Actually, it is sometimes enough to fall or a little moisture for the button to break. When ever this occurs, you will not know how to turn on your Samsung Galaxy S5 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a mobile phone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to know it’s not impossible. Actually, we decided to draft this post to show you the diverse approaches. We will observe first the method to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time the method to do it manually. Finally, we will recommend you an application to manage the ignition of the Samsung Galaxy S5 without the Power button.
Force the Samsung Galaxy S5 boot without a power button
Also whenever the power button on your Samsung Galaxy S5 will not work anymore, it’s still possible to turn on the mobile phone. For this you will need to 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
- Click on the volume down button
< The Samsung Galaxy S5 will start
When the Samsung Galaxy S5 starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the Samsung Galaxy S5 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 S5 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to do this, nevertheless know that it can sometimes work. In case you unmount the Samsung Galaxy S5 and remove the Power button, you should observe a small step from the Power button. It’s sometimes possible to tie the start of Samsung Galaxy S5 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.
Install an application to manage Samsung Galaxy S5 power without the power button
When you’ve successfully started your Samsung Galaxy S5 without using 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 application which allows to set up for example a double tap to wake the Samsung Galaxy S5. So, also without your power button, you can actually continue to use your Samsung Galaxy S5.
