How to turn on a Nexus 5 without the Power button

It may possibly happen that the power button on your Nexus 5 does not function anymore. Indeed, it is at times enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. When ever this occurs, you don’t know how to switch on your Nexus 5 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a mobile phone, however you’ll be happy to know it can be not impossible. Indeed, we decided to draft this article to display you the different methods. We’ll learn about first the method to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time the method to do it manually. Finally, we will recommend you an application to manage the ignition of the Nexus 5 without the Power button.

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Force the Nexus 5 boot without a power button

Even if perhaps the power button on your Nexus 5 does not work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the mobile phone. For this you need 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
  • Simply click the volume down button
  • < The Nexus 5 will start

Once the Nexus 5 starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the Nexus 5 without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Nexus 5 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to do this, however know that it can at times work. In case you unmount the Nexus 5 and remove the Power button, you should learn about a tiny step from the Power button. It truly is sometimes likely to tie the start of Nexus 5 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage Nexus 5 power without the power button

Once you’ve successfully started your Nexus 5 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 recommend you to download the Gravity Screen application which allows to configure for example a double tap to wake the Nexus 5. So, even without your power button, you may continue to utilise your Nexus 5.