It may happen that the power button on your Fairphone 3 will not function anymore. Certainly, it is sometimes enough to fall or a little bit moisture for the button to break. Once this occurs, you may not know how to switch on your Fairphone 3 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to find out it truly is not impossible. Certainly, we decided to draft this article to show you the diverse techniques. We will see first tips on how to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time tips on how to do it manually. At last, we will advise you an application to manage the ignition of the Fairphone 3 without the Power button.
Force the Fairphone 3 boot without a power button
Also if the power button on your Fairphone 3 will not work anymore, it’s still possible to turn on the smartphone. For this you have to 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
- Simply click the volume down button
< The Fairphone 3 will start
Once the Fairphone 3 starts, we advise you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the Fairphone 3 without power button.
Start by pressing the buttons of the power button
If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Fairphone 3 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to do this, nevertheless know that it may sometimes work. In the event you unmount the Fairphone 3 and remove the Power button, it is necessary to see a small step from the Power button. It truly is sometimes possible to tie the start of Fairphone 3 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.
Install an application to manage Fairphone 3 power without the power button
Once you’ve successfully started your Fairphone 3 without utilizing the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more easily next time. That is why we advise you to download the Gravity Screen application which allows to configure for example a double tap to wake the Fairphone 3. So, also without your power button, you can continue to use your Fairphone 3.
