How to turn on a HUAWEI P20 Lite without the Power button

It may happen that the power button on your HUAWEI P20 Lite does not function anymore. Actually, it is occasionally enough to fall or a little bit moisture for the button to break. When this happens, you do not know how to turn on your HUAWEI P20 Lite anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a phone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to find out it is actually not impossible. Actually, we decided to write this article to display you the different ways. We will find out first tips on how to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time tips on how to do it manually. Finally, we will advise you an app to manage the ignition of the HUAWEI P20 Lite without the Power button.

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Force the HUAWEI P20 Lite boot without a power button

Also whenever the power button on your HUAWEI P20 Lite does not work anymore, it’s still possible to turn on the phone. For this you need to perform the following steps:

  • Keep the 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
  • Click on the volume down button
  • < The HUAWEI P20 Lite will start

When the HUAWEI P20 Lite starts, we advise you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the HUAWEI P20 Lite without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the HUAWEI P20 Lite by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to do this, nevertheless know that it can occasionally work. If you unmount the HUAWEI P20 Lite and remove the Power button, you will need to find out a small step from the Power button. It can be sometimes possible to tie the start of HUAWEI P20 Lite by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage HUAWEI P20 Lite power without the power button

When you’ve successfully started your HUAWEI P20 Lite without utilizing the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more very easily next time. That is why we advise you to download the Gravity Screen app which permits to configure for example a double tap to wake the HUAWEI P20 Lite. So, also without your power button, you can continue to use your HUAWEI P20 Lite.