How to turn on a Honor 5X without the Power button

It can happen that the power button on your Honor 5X does not function ever again. Indeed, it is oftentimes enough to fall or a little bit moisture for the button to break. When this occurs, you don’t know how to turn on your Honor 5X ever again. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a phone, but you’ll be happy to know it truly is not impossible. Indeed, we decided to write this article to show you the diverse techniques. We’ll discover first the best technique force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time the best technique do it manually. At last, we will advise you an app to manage the ignition of the Honor 5X without the Power button.

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Force the Honor 5X boot without a power button

Also if the power button on your Honor 5X does not work ever again, it’s still likely to turn on the phone. For this you have to perform the following steps:

  • Keep your main button and volume down
  • Keeping the two previous buttons in place, plug in the charger
  • The screen should light up with a special menu
  • Unplug the charger
  • Press the volume down button
  • < The Honor 5X will start

When the Honor 5X starts, we advise you to go to the section below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Honor 5X without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Honor 5X by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to get this done, but know that it can oftentimes work. In case you unmount the Honor 5X and remove the Power button, you will need to discover a little section from the Power button. It truly is sometimes likely to tie the start of Honor 5X by touching with two metal ends part of the section.

Install an application to manage Honor 5X power without the power button

When you’ve successfully started your Honor 5X without utilizing the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more very easily next time. That’s why we advise you to download the Gravity Screen app which will allow to set up for example a double tap to wake the Honor 5X. So, even without your power button, you’re able to continue to use your Honor 5X.