How to turn on a YU Yunicorn without the Power button

It may happen that the power button on your YU Yunicorn will not work ever again. In fact, it is sometimes 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 YU Yunicorn ever again. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a cellphone, however you’ll be happy to find out it is actually not impossible. In fact, we decided to draft this post to display you the different solutions. We will discover 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 recommend you an app to manage the ignition of the YU Yunicorn without the Power button.

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Force the YU Yunicorn boot without a power button

Also if the power button on your YU Yunicorn will not work ever again, it’s still possible to turn on the cellphone. For this you should 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
  • Simply click the volume down button
  • < The YU Yunicorn will start

When the YU Yunicorn starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the YU Yunicorn without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the YU Yunicorn by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to do this, however know that it can sometimes work. In case you unmount the YU Yunicorn and remove the Power button, you should discover a tiny step from the Power button. It is sometimes possible to tie the start of YU Yunicorn by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage YU Yunicorn power without the power button

When you have successfully started your YU Yunicorn 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 app which allows to configure for example a double tap to wake the YU Yunicorn. So, also without your power button, you’re able to continue to utilise your YU Yunicorn.