It can happen that the power button on your Honor 8X doesn’t function any longer. In truth, it is occasionally enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. Once this occurs, you do not know how to turn on your Honor 8X any longer. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, but you’ll be happy to know it is actually not impossible. In truth, we decided to write this content to show you the different solutions. We will discover first the right way to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time the right way to do it manually. Finally, we will advise you an application to manage the ignition of the Honor 8X without the Power button.
Force the Honor 8X boot without a power button
Even if perhaps the power button on your Honor 8X doesn’t work any longer, it’s still possible to turn on the smartphone. For this you need to perform the following steps:
- Keep your main button and volume down
- Keeping the two prior 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 8X will start
Once the Honor 8X starts, we advise you to go to the section below which is to install an application to manage the start of the Honor 8X 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 8X by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to do this, but know that it may occasionally work. In the event you unmount the Honor 8X and remove the Power button, you should discover a small section from the Power button. It is sometimes possible to tie the start of Honor 8X by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the section.
Install an application to manage Honor 8X power without the power button
Once you’ve successfully started your Honor 8X without using the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more quickly next time. That is why we advise you to download the Gravity Screen application which permits to set up for example a double tap to wake the Honor 8X. So, even without your power button, you can continue to use your Honor 8X.
