1st gen Ipod Touch

So, almost a year ago, like right after my Apple warrenty expired, the home button on my Ipod Touch stopped working. Naturally, right? You know, since my warrenty just had to expire... I know its been almost a year know, but does anyone have any suggestions for me? Because, when I open an app, I can't exit it unless I turn my Ipod off and restart. So basically, the only app that is useful to me is music because everything else can't be used anyway...

You can try basics from the manual:
Restart
reset
restore
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPod_touch_3.1_UserGuide.pdf
If this is a hardware issue, this is unlikely to help.

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