Power button is one of the three or four physical buttons available on a smartphone nowadays and it is all powerful with varied functionalities such as it helps unlock the phone or lock it, helps turn on the phone and turn it off, screenshots, enter into the lockdown mode (Android Pie), end calls and much more. But what if it stops working? What will you do if you come across the power button not working the problem on your smartphone? A lot of our users sporting Archos and other Android-enabled smartphones asked us this question and that is why we decided to provide a resolution on how to fix the power button not working problem on your smartphone.
Guide To Fix Archos Power Button Not Working Problem?
Because you can commence with the guide, you need to know that there are different methods that you can employ in different conditions. First is when the phone is switched on and unlocked which is the easiest to replace a broken power button, second is if the phone is locked but switched on and lastly, the third one is when the phone is switched off.
Condition #1: What to do if the phone is unlocked?
Extend the screen timeout duration
Since your phone is already unlocked i.e. screen is alive, you need to keep the screen alive as it will eliminate the need to use power button which is broken. You can extend the screen timeout duration by extending the duration available at Settings >> Display >> Screen timeout. But the maximum duration is half an hour which means, you need to provide stimuli every 30 minutes to keep the screen alive.
Keep Ambient Lights ON
If your phone has ambient lights, you can enable it as the screen will never turn off thus, eliminating the need to press the power button for good. Simply tap on the screen and the phone is alive again and it will continue to do so until you have enabled the ambient lights but this isn’t a feature for all.