# Why does POWER ON STATE not work?

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**Created:** [September 23, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/why-does-power-on-state-not-work/134 "2021-09-23T02:43:42Z")\
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Why a device does not return to the last state after a power outage but remains off?

This may be caused by your inching settings for the device. When inching is enabled on a device, the power on state settings will not work. According to the firmware, when a device is in inching mode, its final status will be off. Therefore, they will override the settings of power on state and remains off directly.