How to turn on a Sony Xperia Z4 without the Power button

It may possibly happen that the power button on your Sony Xperia Z4 does not function anymore. Certainly, it is sometimes enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. Once this happens, you may not know how to turn on your Sony Xperia Z4 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, however you’ll be happy to find out it is not impossible. Certainly, we decided to write this content to show you the different ways. We’ll find out 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 advise you an app to manage the ignition of the Sony Xperia Z4 without the Power button.

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Force the Sony Xperia Z4 boot without a power button

Even in the event that the power button on your Sony Xperia Z4 does not work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the smartphone. For this you should perform the following steps:

  • Keep the main button and volume down
  • Keeping the two prior 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 Sony Xperia Z4 will start

Once the Sony Xperia Z4 starts, we advise you to go to the section below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Sony Xperia Z4 without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Sony Xperia Z4 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to accomplish this, however know that it can sometimes work. In case you unmount the Sony Xperia Z4 and remove the Power button, you have to find out a tiny section from the Power button. It’s sometimes likely to tie the start of Sony Xperia Z4 by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the section.

Install an application to manage Sony Xperia Z4 power without the power button

Once you’ve successfully started your Sony Xperia Z4 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 advise you to download the Gravity Screen app which enables to set up for example a double tap to wake the Sony Xperia Z4. So, also without your power button, you can actually continue to utilise your Sony Xperia Z4.