Pro tip: I keep seeing reviews for the new 'SmartCharge 3000' power bank that miss its best feature, the 15-minute 'emergency boost' mode you activate by holding both buttons for 5 seconds.

I found it buried in the manual after my phone died during a delivery route in Phoenix, and it gave me enough juice to finish my GPS navigation for the last 3 stops, so why don't more people talk about this specific setting?

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james_clark13d agoTop Commenter

Yeah, that emergency mode is a total lifesaver. I got stuck on a long bus ride with a dead phone last month, and doing that button combo got me just enough power to call for a ride when I got off. It's crazy they hide it like that, you'd think they'd want to show off a feature that actually helps people. I almost returned the thing before I stumbled on that page in the manual. Now I tell everyone who buys one about the secret button hold.

michaelnguyen13d ago

That's the kind of feature they should demo in the store. Instead we get twenty minutes on the camera's portrait mode for pets. Glad you found it before sending the phone back.