Power On Volume (Button Fix)

Power On Volume (Button Fix)$0.76

Rated 3.92/5 (268) —  Free Android application by Baron Williams

About Power On Volume (Button Fix)

Power On Volume (Button Fix) is an app designed for phones and tablets with faulty or broken power buttons.

If your tablet or phone’s power button is starting to fail, stop using it and get this app!

POWER ON USING VOLUME KEYS
Using Power On Volume you can wake up your tablet or phone and power on your screen using the physical volume keys on your tablet or phone instead of using a faulty power button.

*** NOW USES MUCH LESS BATTERY POWER ***
Tests showed up to 72% reduction in battery drain compared to previous versions. Battery drain varies by device type and can still be an issue on some devices.

POWER OFF OPTIONS
Using Power On Volume you can power off the screen, lock the screen, and enter power saving sleep mode using three options:
* Waving your hand in front of your device’s proximity sensor (if supported).
* Long pressing the search button (on devices with a search key).
* Pressing a Power Off shortcut icon from your home screen.
* Pressing the Power Off button in the Power On Volume app.
* Pressing a Power Off notification in the notification bar.

The long press search button feature is fully configurable. You can enable and disable this feature, and you can also select other apps to be launched when you long press the search button if they support this feature (such as the Google Voice Search app).

The Power Off shortcut icon can be selected from 16 beautiful HD Power Off icons.

The Power Off feature is compatible with all current versions of Android. Unlike many other apps available, the Power Off function will never turn the screen back on unpredictably like other similar apps are known to do when run on Android OS versions 4.0.4 or 4.1.1.

When the Power Off Proximity function is enabled (on supported hardware), you can turn off your device by waving your hand in front of the proximity sensor or by placing your device face down, putting it in a pocket, etc. Any action that covers the front will turn off your device. The Power Off Proximity function won’t turn off your phone during calls or when the phone is ringing. The Power Off Proximity function doesn’t consume any power when disabled or when the screen is off, saving precious battery life.

ROOT FEATURES
The root features require a rooted tablet or phone. If you don’t know was root is, you probably don’t have a rooted tablet or phone.
* Hot Boot: restarts the android GUI (if supported by your rooted system).
* Power Long Press: emulates long pressing the hardware power button.
* Reboot: reboots the device (if supported by your rooted system).
* Reboot Recovery: reboots the device into recovery mode (if supported by your rooted system).
* Shutdown: completely powers down your device

The Hot Boot, Reboot, and Reboot Recovery features rely on busybox and therefore work on most but not all rooted systems. Support for these features depends on the version of busybox installed, and how your rooted system is configured.

WHAT THIS APP DOES NOT DO
* This app cannot power on your tablet or phone’s screen if it’s not in sleep mode. If it is completely shut down, it is impossible for apps to run. Because this is an app, your tablet or phone must be in sleep mode for it to be able to power on the screen.
* This app cannot reboot a tablet or phone that is not rooted.
* This app cannot completely power off a tablet or phone that is not rooted.

*** TABLET/PHONE COMPATIBILITY ***
This app version was tested on ICS, Gingerbread, Honeycomb and Jellybean Android OS versions using select Samsung, Arnova, and Craig phones, tablets, and netbooks and runs well. Some phones/tablets might not work properly with this app. If you experience any problems please contact me for support.

***UNINSTALLING***
Use the app's built-in "Uninstall" button for an easy uninstall. Uninstalling by other methods can fail.

***REFUNDS***
If you contact me for support and I cannot get the app to work on your tablet or phone after a few attempts I will give you a full refund when requested.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Power On Volume (Button Fix) version 1.0.0.15 on your Android device!
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Android package: baron.williams.PowerOnVolume, download Power On Volume (Button Fix).apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
v1.0.0.15
* Improved the responsiveness of the Power Off Long Press root function for certain rooted devices.
v1.0.0.14
* Made the Power Off Long Press root function support more rooted devices.
v1.0.0.13
* Fixed the Power Off Long Press’s description expand button not expanding the description.
v1.0.0.12
* Fixed a rare startup crash issue.
Price update  Price changed from $0.99 to $0.76.
More downloads  Power On Volume (Button Fix) reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update Power On Volume (Button Fix) was updated to version 1.0.0.15
Version update Power On Volume (Button Fix) was updated to version 1.0.0.14

What are users saying about Power On Volume (Button Fix)

Y70%
by Y####:

Thank you! Does exactly what it advertises. My power button is totally broken but this app is allowing me to still use my phone. It does cause a noticeable battery drain (the app + activating the mediaserver) but the author has acknowledged it and it's hard to avoid with such an app.

M70%
by M####:

Totally waste battery by 80%. Thats my only complaint because it does work ans saves from having to buy other phone.

D70%
by D####:

Eats up the battery like no other app. Had to uninstall. Waste of money. :-

O70%
by O####:

Lots of bugs and it drains the battery fast. The customer service is awful.

D70%
by D####:

Was really in a distress of power button broken. This app really saved my money and made things easy

D70%
by D####:

Why isn't working? I already paid for this, but it can't turn on my phone with the volume keys. I already activated of course. Please explain.

U70%
by U####:

Stopped working after one day, now I can only turn my screen on by putting my phone on the charger

U70%
by U####:

Surely it works great on my phone but it does drains much my battery. I hope u can fix it for better performance and battery life as well

H70%
by H####:

For those suffering from constant vibrations,,, I basically tore apart the power key,, this app saved the day

D70%
by D####:

Solved my power button problem, works exactly as expected

W70%
by W####:

Saved my phone! I noticed a bit of a lag with the screen pw unlock but otherwise no complaints

S70%
by S####:

Just bought this.. Doesn't seem to be working when phone's locked. Only work when screen is off.

R70%
by R####:

For those suffering from constant vibrations,,, I basically tore apart the power key,, this app saved the day

B70%
by B####:

The only app of this kind that's actually useful. The volume buttons can be made to turn on the screen, AND it doesn't adjust the volume when you do this! (every other app also changed the music volume, useless!) Also, the prox sensor to turn off screen works great. I wish you could adjust the sensitivity of the sensor, but that's a minor issue. Worth the buck.

L70%
by L####:

Fantastic instead of replacing my phone. I would give it six stars!

M70%
by M####:

This app works great. Power button died and this took its place. The downside is it eats a good chunk of battery. My phone says the app is using %25 of my battery throught the day. Yikes. Tighten that up and it will get 5 stars from me.

N70%
by N####:

For those suffering from constant vibrations,,, I basically tore apart the power key,, this app saved the day

N70%
by N####:

Thank you so much for saving my finger from having to mount a three month expedition to the power button at the top of my novelty oversized HTC one every time I want to wake the dang screen! Works beautifully! Other functions like the screen lock, while prettier than others, don't work as quickly, so I use other apps for that. But this app does what I got it for 100%, so five stars from me!

K70%
by K####:

Fixed my issue on the wfs and also using it on the moto g, thanks.

N70%
by N####:

Drains battery really but bad its the only app that I can find with this function so I have to deal with it

N70%
by N####:

Battery dropped from 97% to 27% over 8.5 hours in sleep mode without either of the power saving modes enabled. Low power mode B works for the most part, but it sometimes doesn't unlock and there's a longer delay before the screen turns on compared with waking using the power button.

F70%
by F####:

Saved my galaxy nexus. Thank you!

N70%
by N####:

This really help my galaxy s2 thanks

I70%
by I####:

Stopped working after one day, now I can only turn my screen on by putting my phone on the charger

N70%
by N####:

This app does work well with my incredible 2, it constantly freezes up once I wake it up cause me to take the battery out and re boot.

N70%
by N####:

The only problem I have its the light scensor light stays on. But other then that, I love it. My power button jacked in me, so I was looking for an alternative, & I came across this. .. AWESOMENESS!!!!

J70%
by J####:

Works well. One feature request is to have this app automatically launch on startup of phone.

N70%
by N####:

It's ok but take alot of battery....looking for orther.

J70%
by J####:

Thank you! Does exactly what it advertises. My power button is totally broken but this app is allowing me to still use my phone. It does cause a noticeable battery drain (the app + activating the mediaserver) but the author has acknowledged it and it's hard to avoid with such an app.

W70%
by W####:

Definitely a really usefull app but feel like it needs sum polishing.. when testing it works fine but when I actually dont touch my phone for lets say an hour or two and I try to unlock with volume it wont work it only works for like the first 10-15 minutes of the screen sleeping polish that up and add the option to proximity sensor on because the proximity off is real nice and quality responce would be nice if thats in the next update

N70%
by N####:

Thanks baron for this app... Now i can use the volume button to make my screen on after my power button fail.

L70%
by L####:

You saved my holiday! Works nicely in my HCT One SV.

I70%
by I####:

Very good app. Really usefull

N70%
by N####:

best app worth of your money , unrooted n7 2013 working best... it saves my power button of getting over stressed and busted...

P70%
by P####:

Spilled water on my phone like an idiot and the power button stopped working. This app works perfectly.

C70%
by C####:

Power button went out on my phone and Sprint won't fix it. This app just saved me from needing to buy a new phone.

Z70%
by Z####:

My power button quit on me. Tried a lot of different apps. Some swype, some proximity and some volume button fixes to turn on and off (mostly turn on of cause). This was the only one working for me (at least the last one I tried ;-) Phone: rooted Mavel/WildfireS with OWlProject cm10.1 ROM

P70%
by P####:

Power button went out, this app saved me $ instead of buying a new phone, very minimal battery drain, very fair exchange for being able to power up your device when in deep sleep. Great app!! :-)

A70%
by A####:

I was having hard time with my power button, where i was not able to screen lock/unlock for many days. My stress full days are over now, Thank you.

Z70%
by Z####:

I purchased and installed the app on my Samsung GS 2 because of a broken power button and it worked to put the phone to sleep and wake. Did it a couple of times to check. But when I powered off the phone I had difficulty getting it to turn on! Took quite a while to get the Warning screen by holding volume keys, then hit volume down to just restart. Time to upgrade phones!


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