How to turn on a Honor 8 without the Power button

It can happen that the power button on your Honor 8 does not function anymore. Indeed, it is at times enough to fall or a little bit moisture for the button to break. Once this happens, you do not know how to turn on your Honor 8 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a cellphone, however you’ll be happy to find out it can be not impossible. Indeed, we decided to write this content to display you the different methods. 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 advise you an app to manage the ignition of the Honor 8 without the Power button.

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Force the Honor 8 boot without a power button

Even in cases where the power button on your Honor 8 does not work anymore, it’s still possible to turn on the cellphone. For this it is necessary to perform the following steps:

  • Keep the 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
  • Press the volume down button
  • < The Honor 8 will start

Once the Honor 8 starts, we advise you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Honor 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 Honor 8 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to accomplish this, however know that it can at times work. If you unmount the Honor 8 and remove the Power button, you have to see a tiny step from the Power button. It truly is sometimes possible to tie the start of Honor 8 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage Honor 8 power without the power button

Once you’ve successfully started your Honor 8 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 advise you to download the Gravity Screen app which will allow to configure for example a double tap to wake the Honor 8. So, also without your power button, you may continue to use your Honor 8.