It might happen that the power button on your Sony Xperia 5 doesn’t work ever again. In truth, it is occasionally enough to fall or a little moisture for the button to break. When this occurs, you don’t know how to switch on your Sony Xperia 5 ever again. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a smartphone, but you’ll be happy to know it’s not impossible. In truth, we decided to draft this article to display you the diverse approaches. We will learn about 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 advise you an application to manage the ignition of the Sony Xperia 5 without the Power button.
Force the Sony Xperia 5 boot without a power button
Also whenever the power button on your Sony Xperia 5 doesn’t work ever again, it’s still possible to turn on the smartphone. For this you have 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
- Simply click the volume down button
< The Sony Xperia 5 will start
When the Sony Xperia 5 starts, we advise you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the Sony Xperia 5 without power button.
Start by pressing the buttons of the power button
If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Sony Xperia 5 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to get this done, but know that it may occasionally work. In case you unmount the Sony Xperia 5 and remove the Power button, you must learn about a little step from the Power button. It’s sometimes possible to tie the start of Sony Xperia 5 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.
Install an application to manage Sony Xperia 5 power without the power button
When you have successfully started your Sony Xperia 5 without using the power button, you’ll have to think of finding a way to do it more quickly next time. That’s why we advise you to download the Gravity Screen application which permits to set up for example a double tap to wake the Sony Xperia 5. So, even without your power button, you’re able to continue to use your Sony Xperia 5.
