How to turn on a Wileyfox Swift 2 without the Power button

It can happen that the power button on your Wileyfox Swift 2 will not function any longer. Indeed, it is from time to time enough to fall or a little moisture for the button to break. Once this occurs, you don’t know how to switch on your Wileyfox Swift 2 any longer. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a telephone, however you’ll be happy to find out it’s not impossible. Indeed, we decided to write this content to show you the different techniques. We’ll learn about 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 app to manage the ignition of the Wileyfox Swift 2 without the Power button.

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Force the Wileyfox Swift 2 boot without a power button

Even in cases where the power button on your Wileyfox Swift 2 will not work any longer, it’s still possible to turn on the telephone. For this you have to perform the following steps:

  • Maintain 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
  • Select the volume down button
  • < The Wileyfox Swift 2 will start

When the Wileyfox Swift 2 starts, we advise you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Wileyfox Swift 2 without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Wileyfox Swift 2 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to achieve this, however know that it may from time to time work. In the event you unmount the Wileyfox Swift 2 and remove the Power button, you must learn about a small step from the Power button. It is actually sometimes possible to tie the start of Wileyfox Swift 2 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage Wileyfox Swift 2 power without the power button

When you’ve successfully started your Wileyfox Swift 2 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 advise you to download the Gravity Screen app which allows to set up for example a double tap to wake the Wileyfox Swift 2. So, even without your power button, you can actually continue to utilise your Wileyfox Swift 2.