It may possibly happen that the power button on your Alcatel One Touch Idol 4 doesn’t function anymore. In fact, it is sometimes enough to fall or a little bit moisture for the button to break. When this happens, you don’t know how to switch on your Alcatel One Touch Idol 4 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a phone, but you’ll be happy to find out it truly is not impossible. In fact, we decided to write this article to show you the diverse solutions. 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 recommend you an app to manage the ignition of the Alcatel One Touch Idol 4 without the Power button.
Force the Alcatel One Touch Idol 4 boot without a power button
Also whenever the power button on your Alcatel One Touch Idol 4 doesn’t work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the phone. 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
- Press the volume down button
< The Alcatel One Touch Idol 4 will start
Once the Alcatel One Touch Idol 4 starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Alcatel One Touch Idol 4 without power button.
Start by pressing the buttons of the power button
If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Alcatel One Touch Idol 4 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to do this, but know that it may sometimes work. In the event you unmount the Alcatel One Touch Idol 4 and remove the Power button, it is necessary to learn about a little step from the Power button. It can be sometimes likely to tie the start of Alcatel One Touch Idol 4 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.
Install an application to manage Alcatel One Touch Idol 4 power without the power button
Once you’ve successfully started your Alcatel One Touch Idol 4 without using the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more quickly 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 Alcatel One Touch Idol 4. So, even without your power button, you may continue to utilise your Alcatel One Touch Idol 4.
