How to turn on a Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 without the Power button

It might happen that the power button on your Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 will not function anymore. Actually, it is occasionally enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. When ever this happens, you do not know how to turn on your Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, but you’ll be happy to understand it is actually not impossible. Actually, we decided to write this content to show you the different solutions. We’ll observe first how you can force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time how you can do it manually. Finally, we will recommend you an application to manage the ignition of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 without the Power button.

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Force the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 boot without a power button

Even whenever the power button on your Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 will not work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the smartphone. For this it is necessary to perform the following steps:

  • Keep your main button and volume down
  • Keeping the two prior 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 Tab S3 will start

Once the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 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 Tab S3 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to accomplish this, but know that it may occasionally work. If you unmount the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 and remove the Power button, it is necessary to observe a little step from the Power button. It is sometimes likely to tie the start of Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 power without the power button

Once you’ve successfully started your Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 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 recommend you to download the Gravity Screen application which allows to configure for example a double tap to wake the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3. So, even without your power button, you can actually continue to utilise your Samsung Galaxy Tab S3.