How to turn on a Huawei P10 without the Power button

It can happen that the power button on your Huawei P10 doesn’t work anymore. In fact, it is oftentimes enough to fall or a little moisture for the button to break. When this occurs, you will not know how to switch on your Huawei P10 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a telephone, however you’ll be happy to know it’s not impossible. In fact, we decided to draft this post to show you the different techniques. We will observe 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 recommend you an app to manage the ignition of the Huawei P10 without the Power button.

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Force the Huawei P10 boot without a power button

Also in cases where the power button on your Huawei P10 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 previous 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 P10 will start

When the Huawei P10 starts, we recommend you to go to the section below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Huawei P10 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 P10 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to get this done, however know that it can oftentimes work. In the event you unmount the Huawei P10 and remove the Power button, you must observe a tiny section from the Power button. It is actually sometimes possible to tie the start of Huawei P10 by touching with two metal ends part of the section.

Install an application to manage Huawei P10 power without the power button

When you’ve successfully started your Huawei P10 without utilizing 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 allows to set up for example a double tap to wake the Huawei P10. So, also without your power button, you’re able to continue to use your Huawei P10.