It may possibly happen that the power button on your Google Pixel 3 doesn’t work anymore. In fact, it is at times enough to fall or a little moisture for the button to break. Once this happens, you don’t know how to switch on your Google Pixel 3 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a mobile phone, however you’ll be happy to understand it can be not impossible. In fact, we decided to write this article to display you the diverse solutions. We’ll observe first the best technique force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time the best technique do it manually. At last, we will recommend you an app to manage the ignition of the Google Pixel 3 without the Power button.
Force the Google Pixel 3 boot without a power button
Even if the power button on your Google Pixel 3 doesn’t work anymore, it’s still possible to turn on the mobile phone. For this you will need to 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
- Click on the volume down button
< The Google Pixel 3 will start
Once the Google Pixel 3 starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Google Pixel 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 Google Pixel 3 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to achieve this, however know that it may at times work. In case you unmount the Google Pixel 3 and remove the Power button, you should observe a small step from the Power button. It’s sometimes possible to tie the start of Google Pixel 3 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.
Install an application to manage Google Pixel 3 power without the power button
Once you have successfully started your Google Pixel 3 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 Google Pixel 3. So, even without your power button, you can actually continue to use your Google Pixel 3.
