How to turn on a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold without the Power button

It may happen that the power button on your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold doesn’t work ever again. Actually, it is in some cases enough to fall or a little moisture for the button to break. Once this happens, you may not know how to switch on your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold ever again. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a phone, however you’ll be happy to find out it is actually not impossible. Actually, we decided to draft this post to show you the diverse methods. We’ll see 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 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold without the Power button.

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Force the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold boot without a power button

Even if perhaps the power button on your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold doesn’t work ever again, it’s still possible to turn on the phone. For this you 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 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold will start

Once the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to achieve this, however know that it can in some cases work. If you unmount the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold and remove the Power button, you will need to see a small step from the Power button. It can be sometimes possible to tie the start of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage Samsung Galaxy Z Fold power without the power button

Once you have successfully started your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold without utilizing 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 will allow to set up for example a double tap to wake the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold. So, even without your power button, you’re able to continue to use your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold.