How to turn on a HUAWEI P40 without the Power button

It can happen that the power button on your HUAWEI P40 doesn’t function anymore. Actually, it is oftentimes enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. Once this occurs, you do not know how to turn on your HUAWEI P40 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a cellphone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to find out it is actually not impossible. Actually, we decided to draft this article to show you the different approaches. We will see first the method to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time the method to do it manually. At last, we will advise you an application to manage the ignition of the HUAWEI P40 without the Power button.

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Force the HUAWEI P40 boot without a power button

Even whenever the power button on your HUAWEI P40 doesn’t work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the cellphone. 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
  • Select the volume down button
  • < The HUAWEI P40 will start

When the HUAWEI P40 starts, we advise you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the HUAWEI P40 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 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to accomplish this, nevertheless know that it can oftentimes work. In case you unmount the HUAWEI P40 and remove the Power button, you must see a little step from the Power button. It is sometimes likely to tie the start of HUAWEI P40 by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the step.

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

When you have successfully started your HUAWEI P40 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 application which allows to configure for example a double tap to wake the HUAWEI P40. So, also without your power button, you can continue to utilise your HUAWEI P40.