How to turn off a Maxwest Astro 8R from the settings

How to power off a Maxwest Astro 8R

If you need to turn off your Maxwest Astro 8R, either because you need to save battery at night, get on a plane, protect your privacy, or switch it off to take it in for repair and you don't know or remember how to do it, in a few simple steps we show you the instructions to completely turn off your device.

In recent updates to the Android operating system, the power button is no longer used to turn off the Astro 8R, but has been replaced by the virtual assistant, so the shutdown option has been a little more hidden.

Table of Contents:

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

1- First step:

With the Maxwest Astro 8R locked or unlocked, long press the power or unlock button until a screen with several options appears.

2- Second step:

Among the options displayed on the screen of the Maxwest Astro 8R, choose "Power off". If a confirmation message appears, tap accept.

3- Third step:

The screen will go dark and the Maxwest Astro 8R will turn off, wait a few seconds or minutes for the shutdown to complete. When it is turned on again, it will request the PIN code of the SIM card and the pattern, fingerprint or unlock code.

If the Astro 8R power button does not work or activate the assistant.

1- First step:

First of all, display the quick access or settings bar of your Maxwest Astro 8R. To do this, with the Maxwest Astro 8R unlocked, you can slide your finger from the top of the screen downwards, the shortcuts to device settings will be displayed.

2- Second step:

Swipe a second time to fully display the shortcuts panel. You will see in the lower right part a button with the symbol to turn on / off, click on this button to continue.

3- Third step:

Several options will be displayed on the Astro 8R screen, including activating emergency mode, restarting, and the option you are looking for: "Turn off". Click on the "Turn off" button to continue.