How to turn on a Xiaomi Mi 4c without the Power button

It may happen that the power button on your Xiaomi Mi 4c does not work anymore. Certainly, it is occasionally enough to fall or a little bit moisture for the button to break. When this occurs, you will not know how to turn on your Xiaomi Mi 4c anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a mobile phone, but you’ll be happy to know it is actually not impossible. Certainly, we decided to draft this article to show you the different ways. We’ll see 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 application to manage the ignition of the Xiaomi Mi 4c without the Power button.

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Force the Xiaomi Mi 4c boot without a power button

Even whenever the power button on your Xiaomi Mi 4c does not work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the mobile phone. For this you should 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
  • Select the volume down button
  • < The Xiaomi Mi 4c will start

When the Xiaomi Mi 4c starts, we advise you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the Xiaomi Mi 4c without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Xiaomi Mi 4c by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to accomplish this, but know that it may occasionally work. If you unmount the Xiaomi Mi 4c and remove the Power button, you have to see a little step from the Power button. It’s sometimes likely to tie the start of Xiaomi Mi 4c by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage Xiaomi Mi 4c power without the power button

When you have successfully started your Xiaomi Mi 4c 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 application which will allow to configure for example a double tap to wake the Xiaomi Mi 4c. So, even without your power button, you may continue to utilise your Xiaomi Mi 4c.