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

It can happen that the power button on your Samsung Galaxy Y will not work any longer. In fact, it is from time to time enough to fall or a little moisture for the button to break. When this occurs, you will not know how to turn on your Samsung Galaxy Y any longer. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, but you’ll be happy to understand it can be not impossible. In fact, we decided to draft this post to display you the diverse solutions. We’ll see 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 recommend you an app to manage the ignition of the Samsung Galaxy Y without the Power button.

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Force the Samsung Galaxy Y boot without a power button

Even whenever the power button on your Samsung Galaxy Y will not work any longer, it’s still possible to turn on the smartphone. For this you should perform the following steps:

  • Keep the 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 Y will start

When the Samsung Galaxy Y starts, we recommend you to go to the section below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Samsung Galaxy Y 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 Y by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to accomplish this, but know that it may from time to time work. In the event you unmount the Samsung Galaxy Y and remove the Power button, you have to see a little section from the Power button. It can be sometimes possible to tie the start of Samsung Galaxy Y by touching with two metal ends part of the section.

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

When you’ve successfully started your Samsung Galaxy Y without utilizing the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more very easily next time. That’s why we recommend you to download the Gravity Screen app which permits to configure for example a double tap to wake the Samsung Galaxy Y. So, also without your power button, you can continue to use your Samsung Galaxy Y.