How to turn on a HTC U11 plus without the Power button

It can happen that the power button on your HTC U11 plus does not function any longer. In fact, it is sometimes enough to fall or a little bit moisture for the button to break. When ever this happens, you do not know how to turn on your HTC U11 plus any longer. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, but you’ll be happy to understand it is not impossible. In fact, we decided to write this content to show you the diverse solutions. We’ll see first the best technique force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time the best technique do it manually. Finally, we will recommend you an application to manage the ignition of the HTC U11 plus without the Power button.

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Force the HTC U11 plus boot without a power button

Also if perhaps the power button on your HTC U11 plus does not work any longer, it’s still possible to turn on the smartphone. For this you need to perform the following steps:

  • Maintain 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
  • Click on the volume down button
  • < The HTC U11 plus will start

Once the HTC U11 plus starts, we recommend you to go to the section below which is to install an application to manage the start of the HTC U11 plus without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the HTC U11 plus by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to accomplish this, but know that it can sometimes work. In case you unmount the HTC U11 plus and remove the Power button, you have to see a small section from the Power button. It is actually sometimes possible to tie the start of HTC U11 plus by touching with two metal ends part of the section.

Install an application to manage HTC U11 plus power without the power button

Once you have successfully started your HTC U11 plus without using the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more easily next time. That is why we recommend you to download the Gravity Screen application which allows to set up for example a double tap to wake the HTC U11 plus. So, even without your power button, you may continue to use your HTC U11 plus.