How to turn on a Huawei Nova 5 without the Power button

It may possibly happen that the power button on your Huawei Nova 5 will not work anymore. In fact, it is at times enough to fall or a little bit moisture for the button to break. When ever this occurs, you may not know how to turn on your Huawei Nova 5 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to find out it is actually not impossible. In fact, we decided to draft this post to show you the different solutions. We will learn about 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. Finally, we will advise you an app to manage the ignition of the Huawei Nova 5 without the Power button.

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Force the Huawei Nova 5 boot without a power button

Also whenever the power button on your Huawei Nova 5 will not work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the smartphone. For this you must 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 Huawei Nova 5 will start

When the Huawei Nova 5 starts, we advise you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Huawei Nova 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 Huawei Nova 5 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to do this, nevertheless know that it can at times work. If you unmount the Huawei Nova 5 and remove the Power button, you will need to learn about a small step from the Power button. It’s sometimes likely to tie the start of Huawei Nova 5 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage Huawei Nova 5 power without the power button

When you’ve successfully started your Huawei Nova 5 without using the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more easily next time. That’s why we advise you to download the Gravity Screen app which allows to set up for example a double tap to wake the Huawei Nova 5. So, also without your power button, you’re able to continue to utilise your Huawei Nova 5.