How to turn on a Fairphone without the Power button

It may happen that the power button on your Fairphone will not work any longer. Indeed, it is sometimes enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. Once this occurs, you may not know how to switch on your Fairphone any longer. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a phone, however you’ll be happy to understand it can be not impossible. Indeed, we decided to write this content to show you the different ways. We’ll find out 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 Fairphone without the Power button.

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Force the Fairphone boot without a power button

Also whenever the power button on your Fairphone will not work any longer, it’s still possible 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
  • Simply click the volume down button
  • < The Fairphone will start

Once the Fairphone starts, we recommend you to go to the section below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Fairphone 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 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to do this, however know that it can sometimes work. In the event you unmount the Fairphone and remove the Power button, you should find out a tiny section from the Power button. It can be sometimes possible to tie the start of Fairphone by touching with two metal ends part of the section.

Install an application to manage Fairphone power without the power button

Once you’ve successfully started your Fairphone without utilizing the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more very easily next time. That’s why we recommend you to download the Gravity Screen app which enables to set up for example a double tap to wake the Fairphone. So, even without your power button, you may continue to use your Fairphone.