How to turn on a ASUS ROG Phone 5 without the Power button

It may possibly happen that the power button on your ASUS ROG Phone 5 will not work any longer. Indeed, it is in some cases enough to fall or a little moisture for the button to break. When ever this happens, you will not know how to turn on your ASUS ROG Phone 5 any longer. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a telephone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to understand it’s not impossible. Indeed, we decided to draft this article to display you the different solutions. We will see first the right way to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time the right way to do it manually. At last, we will recommend you an application to manage the ignition of the ASUS ROG Phone 5 without the Power button.

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Force the ASUS ROG Phone 5 boot without a power button

Even in cases where the power button on your ASUS ROG Phone 5 will not work any longer, it’s still likely to turn on the telephone. For this it is necessary 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
  • Click on the volume down button
  • < The ASUS ROG Phone 5 will start

When the ASUS ROG Phone 5 starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the ASUS ROG Phone 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 ASUS ROG Phone 5 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to do this, nevertheless know that it may in some cases work. In case you unmount the ASUS ROG Phone 5 and remove the Power button, you should see a small step from the Power button. It’s sometimes likely to tie the start of ASUS ROG Phone 5 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage ASUS ROG Phone 5 power without the power button

When you’ve successfully started your ASUS ROG Phone 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 allows to set up for example a double tap to wake the ASUS ROG Phone 5. So, also without your power button, you can actually continue to utilise your ASUS ROG Phone 5.