Powering On Nexus One Without The Power Button

Powering On Nexus One Without The Power Button

My Nexus One phone has been suffering for a long time now, but lately the power button stopped responding. I knew it is a matter of time that the phone will be turned off somehow and I won't be able to turn it back on.

I bought a new phone Galaxy SIII and started planning the migration.
First of all I had to remove the SIM card from the nexus one without turning off the phone otherwise I won't be able to access my apps and stuff.

I had to practice removing the SIM card without removing the battery, I do have another Nexus one "which I borrowed from a friend of mine 2 months ago to do some testing after he fed up with it and migrated to another phone" :) 

After a few exercises I mastered the removal by sliding the battery a little bit "30 degrees" then removing the SIM card.

SIM was removed successfully and the Nexus One was still powered on.
After removing the SIM card I went to the store to cut the SIM it to Micro-SIM to fit in the new phone.

The SIM is now working on the S3 and migrating apps was very smooth.

The other day I forgot to charge the poor Nexus One and found it dead on the desk.

Then I wanted to go through the extra mile and try to find a way to power it on.

After a while I found out that if you do the below steps you will be able to turn it on again without the power button.

1. Get the Nexus One, a USB charging cable and find a power source.
2. Plug the USB cable into the power source and connect it to the phone
3. Wait for the charging indicator LED to come on.
4. Disconnect the battery (leaving the USB cable connected)
5. Wait for the charging indicator LED to turn off
6. Reconnect the battery: the phone will turn on

Note: Step 6 above must be done before the charging-indicator starts flashing. This will take 2-3 seconds from the time you've disconnected the battery (Step 4). Then the phone will indicate the battery was disconnected by flashing the indicator and then the indicator will become solid again. You have to reconnect the battery while the indicator is off.


Do you have an Android Phone? Does the above method work for you?
If it does, please reply and mention the device model. Thanks!