How to turn on a OnePlus 5T without the Power button

It may possibly happen that the power button on your OnePlus 5T doesn’t work any longer. Certainly, it is sometimes enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. When this happens, you don’t know how to turn on your OnePlus 5T any longer. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a mobile phone, but you’ll be happy to find out it’s not impossible. Certainly, we decided to write this article to display you the different ways. We will observe first the best technique force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time the best technique do it manually. At last, we will recommend you an application to manage the ignition of the OnePlus 5T without the Power button.

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Force the OnePlus 5T boot without a power button

Also in cases where the power button on your OnePlus 5T doesn’t work any longer, it’s still likely to turn on the mobile phone. For this you have to perform the following steps:

  • Keep 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
  • Click on the volume down button
  • < The OnePlus 5T will start

When the OnePlus 5T starts, we recommend you to go to the section below which is to install an application to manage the start of the OnePlus 5T without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the OnePlus 5T by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to get this done, but know that it may sometimes work. In case you unmount the OnePlus 5T and remove the Power button, you must observe a small section from the Power button. It is sometimes likely to tie the start of OnePlus 5T by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the section.

Install an application to manage OnePlus 5T power without the power button

When you’ve successfully started your OnePlus 5T without utilizing 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 application which enables to configure for example a double tap to wake the OnePlus 5T. So, even without your power button, you can continue to utilise your OnePlus 5T.