It can happen that the power button on your HP Elite x3 doesn’t function anymore. Actually, it is in some cases enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. When ever this occurs, you don’t know how to switch on your HP Elite x3 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a telephone, but you’ll be happy to know it is actually not impossible. Actually, we decided to write this article to display you the diverse ways. We’ll observe first how you can force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time how you can do it manually. Finally, we will recommend you an app to manage the ignition of the HP Elite x3 without the Power button.
Force the HP Elite x3 boot without a power button
Even whenever the power button on your HP Elite x3 doesn’t work anymore, it’s still possible to turn on the telephone. For this you will need 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
- Click on the volume down button
< The HP Elite x3 will start
Once the HP Elite x3 starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the HP Elite x3 without power button.
Start by pressing the buttons of the power button
If you are more of a manual type, you can start the HP Elite x3 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to accomplish this, but know that it may in some cases work. If you unmount the HP Elite x3 and remove the Power button, you will need to observe a tiny step from the Power button. It truly is sometimes possible to tie the start of HP Elite x3 by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the step.
Install an application to manage HP Elite x3 power without the power button
Once you have successfully started your HP Elite x3 without using the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more very easily next time. That’s why we recommend you to download the Gravity Screen app which enables to configure for example a double tap to wake the HP Elite x3. So, also without your power button, you may continue to use your HP Elite x3.