How to turn on a HUAWEI Mate Xs without the Power button

It might happen that the power button on your HUAWEI Mate Xs doesn’t work anymore. Actually, it is occasionally enough to fall or a little bit moisture for the button to break. When this happens, you may not know how to switch on your HUAWEI Mate Xs anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, however you’ll be happy to know it is actually not impossible. Actually, we decided to write this article to show you the diverse approaches. We’ll learn about first tips on how to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time tips on how to do it manually. Finally, we will advise you an app to manage the ignition of the HUAWEI Mate Xs without the Power button.

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Force the HUAWEI Mate Xs boot without a power button

Also whenever the power button on your HUAWEI Mate Xs doesn’t work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the smartphone. 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 HUAWEI Mate Xs will start

When the HUAWEI Mate Xs starts, we advise you to go to the section below which is to install an app to manage the start of the HUAWEI Mate Xs without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the HUAWEI Mate Xs by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to achieve this, however know that it may occasionally work. In case you unmount the HUAWEI Mate Xs and remove the Power button, you must learn about a little section from the Power button. It can be sometimes likely to tie the start of HUAWEI Mate Xs by touching with two metal ends part of the section.

Install an application to manage HUAWEI Mate Xs power without the power button

When you’ve successfully started your HUAWEI Mate Xs without utilizing the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more easily next time. That is why we advise you to download the Gravity Screen app which enables to configure for example a double tap to wake the HUAWEI Mate Xs. So, also without your power button, you’re able to continue to use your HUAWEI Mate Xs.