How to turn on a Lenovo K5 without the Power button

It might happen that the power button on your Lenovo K5 does not work any longer. Indeed, it is at times enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. Once this occurs, you do not know how to switch on your Lenovo K5 any longer. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a telephone, but you’ll be happy to know it is not impossible. Indeed, we decided to draft this post to show you the diverse techniques. We’ll find out first ways to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time ways to do it manually. Finally, we will recommend you an application to manage the ignition of the Lenovo K5 without the Power button.

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Force the Lenovo K5 boot without a power button

Also in cases where the power button on your Lenovo K5 does not work any longer, it’s still possible to turn on the telephone. For this you should perform the following steps:

  • Maintain 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
  • Select the volume down button
  • < The Lenovo K5 will start

Once the Lenovo K5 starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the Lenovo K5 without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Lenovo K5 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to do this, but know that it may at times work. If you unmount the Lenovo K5 and remove the Power button, you must find out a little step from the Power button. It is actually sometimes possible to tie the start of Lenovo K5 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage Lenovo K5 power without the power button

Once you have successfully started your Lenovo K5 without utilizing the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more easily next time. That’s why we recommend you to download the Gravity Screen application which allows to configure for example a double tap to wake the Lenovo K5. So, even without your power button, you can continue to utilise your Lenovo K5.