It might happen that the power button on your Xiaomi Mi 5 doesn’t function any longer. In fact, it is from time to time enough to fall or a little bit moisture for the button to break. When this occurs, you don’t know how to switch on your Xiaomi Mi 5 any longer. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, however you’ll be happy to understand it is not impossible. In fact, we decided to write this content to show you the different ways. We’ll observe first the method to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time the method to do it manually. At last, we will recommend you an application to manage the ignition of the Xiaomi Mi 5 without the Power button.
Force the Xiaomi Mi 5 boot without a power button
Even if the power button on your Xiaomi Mi 5 doesn’t work any longer, it’s still likely to turn on the smartphone. For this you need to perform the following steps:
- Maintain your 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
- Simply click the volume down button
< The Xiaomi Mi 5 will start
Once the Xiaomi Mi 5 starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the Xiaomi Mi 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 Xiaomi Mi 5 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to achieve this, however know that it can from time to time work. If you unmount the Xiaomi Mi 5 and remove the Power button, it is necessary to observe a small step from the Power button. It can be sometimes likely to tie the start of Xiaomi Mi 5 by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the step.
Install an application to manage Xiaomi Mi 5 power without the power button
Once you have successfully started your Xiaomi Mi 5 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 will allow to set up for example a double tap to wake the Xiaomi Mi 5. So, also without your power button, you may continue to use your Xiaomi Mi 5.
