How to turn on a Xiaomi Mi 9 without the Power button

It may possibly happen that the power button on your Xiaomi Mi 9 doesn’t work anymore. In fact, it is occasionally enough to fall or a little moisture for the button to break. When ever this happens, you will not know how to turn on your Xiaomi Mi 9 anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a telephone, but you’ll be happy to understand it is actually not impossible. In fact, we decided to write this content to display you the diverse approaches. We will learn about first the method to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time the method to do it manually. Finally, we will recommend you an app to manage the ignition of the Xiaomi Mi 9 without the Power button.

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Force the Xiaomi Mi 9 boot without a power button

Also if the power button on your Xiaomi Mi 9 doesn’t work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the telephone. For this you will need to 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
  • Press the volume down button
  • < The Xiaomi Mi 9 will start

Once the Xiaomi Mi 9 starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Xiaomi Mi 9 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 9 by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to achieve this, but know that it may occasionally work. If you unmount the Xiaomi Mi 9 and remove the Power button, you will need to learn about a little step from the Power button. It is sometimes likely to tie the start of Xiaomi Mi 9 by touching with two metal ends part of the step.

Install an application to manage Xiaomi Mi 9 power without the power button

Once you’ve successfully started your Xiaomi Mi 9 without using 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 app which will allow to configure for example a double tap to wake the Xiaomi Mi 9. So, even without your power button, you can actually continue to utilise your Xiaomi Mi 9.