How to turn on a Nokia X71 without the Power button

It may possibly happen that the power button on your Nokia X71 does not work anymore. Certainly, it is sometimes enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. When this occurs, you don’t know how to turn on your Nokia X71 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a mobile phone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to know it’s not impossible. Certainly, we decided to draft this post to show you the different approaches. We’ll learn about first the best technique force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time the best technique do it manually. Finally, we will advise you an application to manage the ignition of the Nokia X71 without the Power button.

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Force the Nokia X71 boot without a power button

Even if perhaps the power button on your Nokia X71 does not work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the mobile phone. For this you have to perform the following steps:

  • Keep the 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
  • Press the volume down button
  • < The Nokia X71 will start

When the Nokia X71 starts, we advise you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the Nokia X71 without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Nokia X71 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to get this done, nevertheless know that it can sometimes work. If you unmount the Nokia X71 and remove the Power button, you will need to learn about a little step from the Power button. It is actually sometimes likely to tie the start of Nokia X71 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage Nokia X71 power without the power button

When you’ve successfully started your Nokia X71 without using the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more quickly next time. That is why we advise you to download the Gravity Screen application which enables to configure for example a double tap to wake the Nokia X71. So, also without your power button, you may continue to utilise your Nokia X71.