This week we will take a look at another awesome app called ‘shutdown’ . This app is similar in purpose like wave up but instead of waking up the phone this app shows the power menu that you usually get while long pressing the power button.
This app is especially handy on old phones which has a worn out power button or the one that doesn’t have a floating icon that possess the power menu option. This app can also be used on new phones so that your phone’s power button doesn’t worn out easily.
The app can be downloaded by clicking the hyperlink shown as shutdown. The app doesn’t request any permission as shown below
further once installing this app you need to do two things one is you should add this app in the ‘do not remind list’ in the power optimisation reminder section under battery settings
Next is you should enable this app in the accessibility menu for it to function which is important than the previous option
Once done you can use this app whenever you need to turn off or restart your phone by tapping the icon as shown below
Once you open this app a pop up window comes up with a reminder that tells you to be careful while turning off the phone this is to ensure you don’t get stuck just incase you have a non functional power button
You can ignore this reminder by hitting ‘ok’ and as soon as you do this the regular power menu pops up which comes up while long pressing your power button as shown below
Now you can choose any one of the above options (mostly ‘restart’ & ‘power off’) as per your need. This is really a handy app and definitely a must one to have considering its usefulness.
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