Nope, that would counteract intended default use of the device. You can take it away from one known network and it should still carry on doing its other duties (sensor reading, controlling, ...) and when it aproaches another known network just join this and offload its collected data.
If you really can't use the solder pads at the bottom you can find some threads mimicking some of the SETUP functions.
e.g. like this
Photon won't enter listening mode while connecting to wifi (works using setup button but not using external button) - #12 by ScruffR
... snippet about 60sec listen follows ...