How to turn on a HUAWEI P40 Pro without the Power button

It can happen that the power button on your HUAWEI P40 Pro doesn’t work anymore. In fact, it is oftentimes enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. When this occurs, you don’t know how to switch on your HUAWEI P40 Pro anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, but you’ll be happy to find out it’s not impossible. In fact, we decided to write this article to display you the different solutions. We will discover first how to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time how to do it manually. Finally, we will recommend you an application to manage the ignition of the HUAWEI P40 Pro without the Power button.

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Force the HUAWEI P40 Pro boot without a power button

Also in the event that the power button on your HUAWEI P40 Pro doesn’t work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the smartphone. For this you must perform the following steps:

  • Keep 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
  • Just click the volume down button
  • < The HUAWEI P40 Pro will start

Once the HUAWEI P40 Pro starts, we recommend you to go to the section below which is to install an application to manage the start of the HUAWEI P40 Pro 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 P40 Pro by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to achieve this, but know that it can oftentimes work. If you unmount the HUAWEI P40 Pro and remove the Power button, you must discover a little section from the Power button. It can be sometimes likely to tie the start of HUAWEI P40 Pro by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the section.

Install an application to manage HUAWEI P40 Pro power without the power button

Once you’ve successfully started your HUAWEI P40 Pro 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 application which enables to configure for example a double tap to wake the HUAWEI P40 Pro. So, also without your power button, you’re able to continue to utilise your HUAWEI P40 Pro.