It may possibly happen that the power button on your Wileyfox doesn’t function anymore. Actually, it is at times enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. When this occurs, you do not know how to switch on your Wileyfox anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to find out it’s not impossible. Actually, we decided to draft this article to display you the different ways. We’ll see first how you can force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time how you can do it manually. At last, we will recommend you an application to manage the ignition of the Wileyfox without the Power button.
Force the Wileyfox boot without a power button
Even whenever the power button on your Wileyfox doesn’t work anymore, it’s still possible to turn on the smartphone. For this it is necessary 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
- Just click the volume down button
< The Wileyfox will start
Once the Wileyfox starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the Wileyfox without power button.
Start by pressing the buttons of the power button
If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Wileyfox by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to achieve this, nevertheless know that it may at times work. In the event you unmount the Wileyfox and remove the Power button, you should see a small step from the Power button. It can be sometimes possible to tie the start of Wileyfox by touching with two metal ends part of the step.
Install an application to manage Wileyfox power without the power button
Once you’ve successfully started your Wileyfox without using 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 application which enables to configure for example a double tap to wake the Wileyfox. So, also without your power button, you may continue to use your Wileyfox.
