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

It might happen that the power button on your Huawei Nova 5z doesn’t work anymore. In fact, it is oftentimes enough to fall or a little moisture for the button to break. When this happens, you may not know how to turn on your Huawei Nova 5z anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, however you’ll be happy to understand it is not impossible. In fact, we decided to draft this post to display you the different techniques. We’ll find out 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 Huawei Nova 5z without the Power button.

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Force the Huawei Nova 5z boot without a power button

Also if perhaps the power button on your Huawei Nova 5z doesn’t work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the smartphone. For this you need to perform the following steps:

  • Keep your 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
  • Simply click the volume down button
  • < The Huawei Nova 5z will start

Once the Huawei Nova 5z starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Huawei Nova 5z 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 5z by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to achieve this, however know that it can oftentimes work. If you unmount the Huawei Nova 5z and remove the Power button, it is necessary to find out a little step from the Power button. It’s sometimes likely to tie the start of Huawei Nova 5z by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

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

Once you’ve successfully started your Huawei Nova 5z without utilizing 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 app which will allow to configure for example a double tap to wake the Huawei Nova 5z. So, also without your power button, you may continue to use your Huawei Nova 5z.