How To Fix The Huawei P20 Won’t Turn On Issue

The #Huawei #P20 is a premium Android smartphone first released in April 2018. It has a solid build quality made of a metal frame with glass on both the front and back. This phone uses a 5.8 inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080 x 2240 pixels. At the back is a dual camera system while the front has a 24MP selfie camera. Under the hood, you will find the Hisilicon Kirin 970 processor paired with 6GB of RAM. Although this is a solid performing device there are instances when certain issues can occur which we will be addressing today. In this latest installment of our troubleshooting series we will tackle the Huawei P20 won’t turn on issue.

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How To Fix The Huawei P20 Won’t Turn On Issue

One of the major issues that you might encounter with this device is when it fails to turn on no matter what you do. There are several reasons why this might happen ranging from a faulty hardware component to a glitch in the phone software. What we will be doing right now is to troubleshoot the software side of the phone.

Make sure that the phone battery is charged

To eliminate the possibility of the problem being caused by a drained battery you will need to charge the phone by following the steps listed below.

• Clean the charging port of the phone using a can of compressed air. Make sure that any dirt or debris stuck in this port is removed.
• Fully charge the phone using its wall charger.
• In case the phone does not charge then try using a different charging cord and wall charger. You should also try charging the phone from a computer USB port in case charging using the wall charger fails to work.

Once the battery has been fully charged try turning on the phone. If it still does not turn on then proceed with the additional troubleshooting steps listed below.

Perform a soft reset

Sometimes the problem can be caused by a corrupted temporary data. If this is the case then a soft reset can usually fix this which can be done easily by simply restarting the device.

• Press and hold the Power and Volume down key for up to 45 seconds.
• Wait as the device restarts.

Check if the Huawei P20 won’t turn on issue still occurs.

Start the phone in Safe Mode

There are cases when an app you downloaded from the Google Play Store will cause issues on the phone when it is installed. To check if an app you downloaded is causing the problem you will have to start the phone in Safe Mode as only the pre-installed apps are allowed to run in this mode.

• Power off the phone by holding down the power button for a few seconds.
• Press and hold the power button and release it when you see the Huawei logo on screen.
• After releasing the Power key, immediately press and hold the Volume down key.
• Keep holding the Volume key till the phone completely boots up.
• Once the phone boots up,  “Safe mode” should appear on the bottom of the screen

In case the issue does not occur in this mode then it is most likely caused by an app you installed. Find out what app this is and uninstall it.

Wipe the cache partition of the phone

There are cases when the cached data stored in the dedicated partition of the phone can become corrupted. When this happens this will usually cause certain issues to occur on the phone. To eliminate the possibility that this is what’s causing the problem you will have to wipe the cache partition of the phone from the recovery mode.

• Turn off your phone.
• Press and hold the Volume UP button along with Power button on your  device simultaneously for a few seconds
• The phone will enter the stock recovery mode
• Use volume buttons to highlight ‘wipe cache partition’ and use power key to select it
• Reboot the system once the process is completed

Check if the issue still occurs.

Perform a factory reset

In case the above steps fails to fix the problem then you should perform a factory reset from the recovery mode. Take note that this will erase your phone data.

• Turn off your phone.
• Press and hold the Volume UP button along with Power button on your  device simultaneously for a few seconds
• The phone will enter the stock recovery mode
• Use volume buttons to highlight  select wipe cache/factory reset and use power key to select it
• Reboot the system once the process is completed

In case the above steps fails to fix the problem then you will need to bring the phone to a service center and have it checked as this might already be caused by a faulty hardware component.