How to turn on a ASUS Zenfone 5 without the Power button

It may possibly happen that the power button on your ASUS Zenfone 5 doesn’t function any longer. In truth, it is oftentimes enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. Once this happens, you do not know how to turn on your ASUS Zenfone 5 any longer. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a mobile phone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to find out it is not impossible. In truth, we decided to draft this post to show you the different methods. We will observe first how you can force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time how you can do it manually. At last, we will recommend you an application to manage the ignition of the ASUS Zenfone 5 without the Power button.

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Force the ASUS Zenfone 5 boot without a power button

Also in the event that the power button on your ASUS Zenfone 5 doesn’t work any longer, it’s still likely to turn on the mobile phone. For this you have to 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 ASUS Zenfone 5 will start

When the ASUS Zenfone 5 starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the ASUS Zenfone 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 Zenfone 5 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to get this done, nevertheless know that it can oftentimes work. If you unmount the ASUS Zenfone 5 and remove the Power button, it is necessary to observe a tiny step from the Power button. It is sometimes likely to tie the start of ASUS Zenfone 5 by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the step.

Install an application to manage ASUS Zenfone 5 power without the power button

When you have successfully started your ASUS Zenfone 5 without using the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more easily next time. That is why we recommend you to download the Gravity Screen application which allows to set up for example a double tap to wake the ASUS Zenfone 5. So, also without your power button, you can continue to use your ASUS Zenfone 5.