How to restart your phone without the power button?

Starting or powering down your smartphone can be incredibly frustrating when the power button has broken. Fortunately, there are a few easy hacks that you can implement in order to restart the phone without the power button. Keep reading to know all the different ways that you can turn to in order to reboot the phone without the power button.

Android power button not working? Here’s how to restart! 

The following are a few ways you can restart your smartphone without the power button:

Plug the Phone into the charger

If you forget to check your battery status quite often and end up with a dead phone, this tip can help you restart your Android phone without a power button. All you need to do is plug it into the charger and let the battery charge up. The phone will eventually power itself on. 

Enter Recovery Mode and reboot the phone 

If you need to restart a phone without a power button, this method can help you. All you need to do is open the boot menu on the smartphone. To do so, either press the Home + Volume Up button or the Home + Volume Down button (different phones have different button combinations). Once the boot menu opens up, you just need to select the “reboot system now” tab. This will make your smartphone restart. 

Use the “Double-tap to wake” and “Double-tap to sleep” options

These days, many smartphones come with features like “Double-Tap to wake” or “Double-Tap to 
Sleep”. If this is enabled on your smartphone, then you can use it to restart your phone without the power button. 

If you haven’t enabled this yet, all you need to do is follow these steps: 

• Head to the settings menu
• Select Advanced Features
• Select Motions and Gestures
• Select Toggle to Enable Double-tap to Sleep
• Enable the function

Scheduled Power ON/OFF

Here’s a pretty simple way to restart a phone without a power button. By scheduling a power on/off time, you can just program your smartphone to switch itself on and off at specific times, negating the need for the power button entirely. 

Power Button to Volume Button app

Did you know that there are certain apps that can help you with switching on your phone without a power button? One of these apps is called Power Button to Volume Button app. You can download it via Google Playstore and use it to power your phone up or down when the power button stops working. 

How to restart an iPhone that has a broken power button?

As is the case with Android phones, there are a few tricks that apply to iPhones that can help you turn off the phone without a power button. The following steps can help you reboot mobiles:

Use Assistive Touch

Assistive touch is a feature that is available on Apple iPhones. Here’s how you can restart your phone without the power button using this feature:

• Go to Settings
• Select Accessibility 
• Tap the AssistiveTouch button
• Tap the switch next to it to enable it
• A small circle will appear on the screen. Tap the circle. 
• Tap Device
• Head to More 
• Select Restart.

Display the power slider

A great way to force your iPhone to shut down if the power button doesn’t work is by pressing the Home and Volume down buttons. This will display the power slider after some time. You can slide it to the correct side to switch the phone off. 

While these hacks can certainly help you reboot a phone without a power button, it makes sense not to rely on them for too long. Make sure you head to a smartphone repair shop to fix the issue and enjoy a seamless experience with your smartphone. 

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Kajoli Anand Puri

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