How to turn on a Google Nexus 5X without the Power button

It can happen that the power button on your Google Nexus 5X will not work any longer. In truth, it is oftentimes enough to fall or a little moisture for the button to break. Once this happens, you do not know how to turn on your Google Nexus 5X any longer. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a telephone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to know it can be not impossible. In truth, we decided to write this article to show you the different approaches. We’ll 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 Google Nexus 5X without the Power button.

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Force the Google Nexus 5X boot without a power button

Even in the event that the power button on your Google Nexus 5X will not work any longer, it’s still possible to turn on the telephone. For this you have to perform the following steps:

  • Keep 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
  • Press the volume down button
  • < The Google Nexus 5X will start

When the Google Nexus 5X starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the Google Nexus 5X without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Google Nexus 5X by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to achieve this, nevertheless know that it may oftentimes work. In case you unmount the Google Nexus 5X and remove the Power button, you must see a tiny step from the Power button. It truly is sometimes possible to tie the start of Google Nexus 5X by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage Google Nexus 5X power without the power button

When you have successfully started your Google Nexus 5X without using 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 permits to configure for example a double tap to wake the Google Nexus 5X. So, also without your power button, you can actually continue to use your Google Nexus 5X.