Home button issue

blantz · Jul 23, 2012

I have been having an issue with my home button on my Verizon iPhone 4. It seems like I have to push it pretty hard to get it to work. This makes double tapping it very hard, which makes it difficult to close open apps. I assume this is hardware related and I just need to take it in. I have Apple One Care and only have had the phone for a little over a year.
If anyone else has any ideas or experience to the contrary, let me know.
Thanks, Brian

KevinJS · Jul 23, 2012

Here's a fix one of our members came up with on iPadForums.

http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/12/how-to-recalibrate-your-idevices-home-button

blantz · Jul 23, 2012

Thanks, I'll give it a shot.

khahmed · Jul 24, 2012

I repeated given procedure with different way but sorry to say not effective and doesn't work still have same issue looking HW issue will open and cline than let u know. Khahmed

KevinJS · Jul 24, 2012

khahmed said:
I repeated given procedure with different way but sorry to say not effective and doesn't work still have same issue looking HW issue will open and cline than let u know. Khahmed

Sorry that didn't work for you. It worked for the person who was originally given the info which is why I repeated it here. Obviously there are going to be different reasons for failures and anything is worth trying. Hope you sort your problem out.

jamesperez · Jul 25, 2012

If recalibration didn't help I recommend to restore your phone to factory settings (setup as new phone) and check if it helps. At least it did help to fix my iPhone.
If not you will have to visit Apple Store to fix it.

Here are good instructions: iPhone home button not working properly? How to fix it? | Ubuntu Life

EWyatt · Jul 25, 2012

blantz said:
I have been having an issue with my home button on my Verizon iPhone 4. It seems like I have to push it pretty hard to get it to work. This makes double tapping it very hard, which makes it difficult to close open apps. I assume this is hardware related and I just need to take it in. I have Apple One Care and only have had the phone for a little over a year.
If anyone else has any ideas or experience to the contrary, let me know.
Thanks, Brian

Sorry about your problem, blantz, but it's one that many iPhone users have. And unfortunately, I hear that the new iPhone 5 (or whatever it will be called) will have another mechanical Home button. For Apple: how stupid can you get!!!! In any case, you're not alone. My Home button has given me grief for many months. I don't think it's a "software" issue that can be fixed with a Restore or anything like that. I think it's a simple hardware, mechanical issue that ALL switches have after much use. That's why Apple should go like the Androids, and have a touch-type button. Oh well.....

blantz · Jul 25, 2012

Recalibration did not help. I took it to the Apple store and they replaced the phone free since I had the apple care on it.
All better.
Thanks all for the suggestions.

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