How to turn on a HUAWEI P20 without the Power button

It may possibly happen that the power button on your HUAWEI P20 doesn’t work ever again. In fact, it is occasionally enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. Once this occurs, you don’t know how to switch on your HUAWEI P20 ever again. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a phone, but you’ll be happy to understand it is not impossible. In fact, we decided to write this content to show you the diverse methods. We’ll find out first how you can force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time how you can do it manually. At last, we will advise you an application to manage the ignition of the HUAWEI P20 without the Power button.

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Force the HUAWEI P20 boot without a power button

Even in cases where the power button on your HUAWEI P20 doesn’t work ever again, it’s still possible to turn on the phone. For this you will have to perform the following steps:

  • Maintain 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 HUAWEI P20 will start

Once the HUAWEI P20 starts, we advise you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the HUAWEI P20 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 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to accomplish this, but know that it may occasionally work. In the event you unmount the HUAWEI P20 and remove the Power button, you should find out a little step from the Power button. It is sometimes possible to tie the start of HUAWEI P20 by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the step.

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

Once you’ve successfully started your HUAWEI P20 without using the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more easily next time. That’s why we advise you to download the Gravity Screen application which enables to configure for example a double tap to wake the HUAWEI P20. So, also without your power button, you may continue to use your HUAWEI P20.