It can happen that the power button on your Nokia Lumia 520 will not function any longer. Actually, it is from time to time enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. Once this happens, you do not know how to switch on your Nokia Lumia 520 any longer. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a phone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to understand it’s not impossible. Actually, we decided to write this content to display 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. Finally, we will recommend you an app to manage the ignition of the Nokia Lumia 520 without the Power button.
Force the Nokia Lumia 520 boot without a power button
Even in the event that the power button on your Nokia Lumia 520 will not work any longer, it’s still possible to turn on the phone. For this you will 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
- Press the volume down button
< The Nokia Lumia 520 will start
When the Nokia Lumia 520 starts, we recommend you to go to the section below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Nokia Lumia 520 without power button.
Start by pressing the buttons of the power button
If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Nokia Lumia 520 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to do this, nevertheless know that it may from time to time work. In the event you unmount the Nokia Lumia 520 and remove the Power button, you must find out a small section from the Power button. It’s sometimes possible to tie the start of Nokia Lumia 520 by touching with two metal ends part of the section.
Install an application to manage Nokia Lumia 520 power without the power button
When you’ve successfully started your Nokia Lumia 520 without using the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more quickly next time. That’s why we recommend you to download the Gravity Screen app which enables to set up for example a double tap to wake the Nokia Lumia 520. So, even without your power button, you may continue to utilise your Nokia Lumia 520.
