How to turn on a Wiko Stairway without the Power button

It may happen that the power button on your Wiko Stairway doesn’t work anymore. Actually, it is occasionally enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. When ever this happens, you may not know how to switch on your Wiko Stairway anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to find out it is not impossible. Actually, we decided to draft this post to show you the diverse methods. We will observe first how to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time how to do it manually. Finally, we will recommend you an app to manage the ignition of the Wiko Stairway without the Power button.

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Force the Wiko Stairway boot without a power button

Also in the event that the power button on your Wiko Stairway doesn’t work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the smartphone. For this you must perform the following steps:

  • Maintain 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
  • Just click the volume down button
  • < The Wiko Stairway will start

Once the Wiko Stairway starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Wiko Stairway without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Wiko Stairway by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to do this, nevertheless know that it can occasionally work. In case you unmount the Wiko Stairway and remove the Power button, it is necessary to observe a little step from the Power button. It’s sometimes likely to tie the start of Wiko Stairway by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage Wiko Stairway power without the power button

Once you’ve successfully started your Wiko Stairway without utilizing 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 app which enables to configure for example a double tap to wake the Wiko Stairway. So, even without your power button, you’re able to continue to use your Wiko Stairway.