It may happen that the power button on your XIAOMI Mi 8 will not function any longer. In fact, it is occasionally enough to fall or a little bit moisture for the button to break. Once this occurs, you don’t know how to switch on your XIAOMI Mi 8 any longer. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, however you’ll be happy to know it is not impossible. In fact, we decided to write this article to display you the diverse approaches. We will 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. At last, we will advise you an application to manage the ignition of the XIAOMI Mi 8 without the Power button.
Force the XIAOMI Mi 8 boot without a power button
Even if the power button on your XIAOMI Mi 8 will not work any longer, it’s still possible to turn on the smartphone. For this you will need to perform the following steps:
- Keep the 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 XIAOMI Mi 8 will start
Once the XIAOMI Mi 8 starts, we advise you to go to the section below which is to install an application to manage the start of the XIAOMI Mi 8 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 8 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to get this done, however know that it may occasionally work. In the event you unmount the XIAOMI Mi 8 and remove the Power button, you will need to find out a tiny section from the Power button. It can be sometimes possible to tie the start of XIAOMI Mi 8 by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the section.
Install an application to manage XIAOMI Mi 8 power without the power button
Once you’ve successfully started your XIAOMI Mi 8 without utilizing the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more very easily next time. That is why we advise you to download the Gravity Screen application which will allow to set up for example a double tap to wake the XIAOMI Mi 8. So, even without your power button, you can continue to utilise your XIAOMI Mi 8.
