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Here are the five easy methods that you can use to power on your mobile phone without using the power button: 1. Plug in your chargerIf you want to restart your phone, and your battery has died, simply connect your charger to turn on your phone. 2. Using recovery modeThis method works on Android devices only, for this, you need your Android phone to be turned off. Simply plug in your USB cable and keep holding down the volume down/volume up button to enter the recovery mode. Here when the menus appear, simply tap exit, and reboot the device. This may vary by different manufacturers using different Android versions. 3. Using third-party apps on Android mobile phoneThird-party apps like Power Menu and Shutdown can invoke the power menu instantly, where you can directly give permission to restart your device.
4. Scheduled power on/offMost of the modern smartphones nowadays come with scheduled power on and off features. If you simply want to restart your phone, simply set the timing as such. Select the turn-on timing too, let’s say 11:58 PM and turn on at 12:00 AM. This will also come in handy. You cannot exactly turn off your iPhone at a scheduled time. But, if you have an alarm set and the device is off, the device will automatically turn on without using the power button when the alarm goes off. 5. Restart Android phone using ADBThis method also works on Android exclusively. For this to work, you need to enable the developer options of your smartphone and enable USB debugging.
Type adb reboot and press Enter. It will soon restart the phone. How to restart your iPhone without power buttonUsing assistive touch buttonFAQsHow to prevent my phone’s power button from getting damaged in the long run?The answer is pretty straightforward. Nowadays, most of our smartphones are now equipped with a fingerprint scanner or a FaceID. It is always recommended to unlock your phone using this, so your hardware power button can stay safe for the long run. Also, enable features like Raise to wake or Double tap to sleep/wake so that you will skip the use of a power button almost entirely. Is there any way to power off/on my device using those buttons?Yes, you can. In Android phones, you can remap your volume button (either up or down) to open the power menu using apps like Button Mapper.
MORE STORIES How do I force my Samsung a51 to turn on?If your device is frozen and unresponsive, press and hold the Power button and the Volume down button down simultaneously for more than 7 seconds to restart it.
How can I turn on my Samsung without the power button?Tap on Volume buttons, then toggle customize in volume up or volume down option. Select the single tap, double tap or long press option, and tap power dialog. Now perform the action you have selected, and the power menu should be triggered. Now you can shut down or restart your device.
What if Samsung Power button is not working?If you've got a Samsung phone and the power button is not working, then you can restart your device using the Auto Restart feature. This works if your phone screen is turned off and your battery is above 30%.
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