How to turn on a Xiaomi Redmi 4X without the Power button

It may possibly happen that the power button on your Xiaomi Redmi 4X will not work anymore. In fact, it is occasionally enough to fall or a bit moisture for the button to break. Once this happens, you may not know how to turn on your Xiaomi Redmi 4X anymore. Without the Power button it seems hard to turn on a mobile phone, nevertheless you’ll be happy to understand it’s not impossible. In fact, we decided to write this content to show you the different techniques. We’ll see first how to force a boot without Power button. We will see in a second time how to do it manually. Finally, we will recommend you an app to manage the ignition of the Xiaomi Redmi 4X without the Power button.

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Force the Xiaomi Redmi 4X boot without a power button

Also if perhaps the power button on your Xiaomi Redmi 4X will not work anymore, it’s still likely to turn on the mobile phone. For this you have to 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 Xiaomi Redmi 4X will start

Once the Xiaomi Redmi 4X starts, we recommend you to go to the step below which is to install an app to manage the start of the Xiaomi Redmi 4X 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 Redmi 4X by unmounting it. We do not necessarily recommend you to get this done, nevertheless know that it may occasionally work. In the event you unmount the Xiaomi Redmi 4X and remove the Power button, you will need to see a tiny step from the Power button. It truly is sometimes likely to tie the start of Xiaomi Redmi 4X by touching with two metal ends paragraph of the step.

Install an application to manage Xiaomi Redmi 4X power without the power button

Once you have successfully started your Xiaomi Redmi 4X 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 allows to set up for example a double tap to wake the Xiaomi Redmi 4X. So, even without your power button, you can actually continue to utilise your Xiaomi Redmi 4X.