How to turn on a Xiaomi Mi 6 without the Power button

It may happen that the power button on your Xiaomi Mi 6 will not work anymore. In fact, it is sometimes enough to fall or a little moisture for the button to break. When this occurs, you will not know how to switch on your Xiaomi Mi 6 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a phone, however you’ll be happy to find out it truly is not impossible. In fact, we decided to draft this post to show you the different techniques. We’ll discover first how you can force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time how you can do it manually. At last, we will advise you an application to manage the ignition of the Xiaomi Mi 6 without the Power button.

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Force the Xiaomi Mi 6 boot without a power button

Also in cases where the power button on your Xiaomi Mi 6 will not work anymore, it’s still possible to turn on the phone. For this you should perform the following steps:

  • Keep the 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
  • Simply click the volume down button
  • < The Xiaomi Mi 6 will start

Once the Xiaomi Mi 6 starts, we advise you to go to the step below which is to install an application to manage the start of the Xiaomi Mi 6 without power button.

Start by pressing the buttons of the power button

If you are more of a manual type, you can start the Xiaomi Mi 6 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily advise you to accomplish this, however know that it may sometimes work. In case you unmount the Xiaomi Mi 6 and remove the Power button, you must discover a small step from the Power button. It can be sometimes possible to tie the start of Xiaomi Mi 6 by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the step.

Install an application to manage Xiaomi Mi 6 power without the power button

Once you have successfully started your Xiaomi Mi 6 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 will allow to configure for example a double tap to wake the Xiaomi Mi 6. So, even without your power button, you can actually continue to utilise your Xiaomi Mi 6.