Black screen, white spinning wheel, no response. my home button is broken so i cant do the whole home/power button restart. HELP PLEASE

What deleting all data and restoring settings but then the black screen and white spinning wheel came on and has been on for 3hrs +. My home button also doesn't work so I can't do the whole home/power button restart thing. Please help asap!

Hi there Swapnil_Pandey,
In order to address the other issues, we first need to address the hardware issue with the home button. Please take a look at the article below for more information on your available service options.
iPhone: How to find your iPhone repair options in the United States
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5866
-Griff W.

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I have a Mac Pro 1,1 (bought in Dec 2007)
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Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
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If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
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I saw somewhere to wait for a flash pf the apple logo on screen every 10 min and reboot but after looking at the screen for 30 min non stop, no apple logo....
Please help because I don't want to change my iphone right now because i'm waiting for the iphone 5....

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Hi cybertoof,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like you're seeing a startup issue with your Mac, it's booting to a gray screen with an Apple logo. Try the suggestions in the article linked below, they will resolve most issues related to starting up your Mac.
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
I hope this helps.
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Hi BDAqua,
I just did the repair as you suggested. T ran the disc repair, and twice it cam back, the volume macintosh seems ti be okay, I also ran the verify and permissions repair, both came back okay.
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I have Tech Tool 6, would you recommend to run a repair check on that, or just leave well enough alone.
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The computer is a Sony Viao VGC-R210G running Windows XP Media with 4 GB RAM and an NVIDIA G8500 with a Matrox card.
On running Premiere Pro CS4, the program will appear to be running normally, then crashes and provides an error window. The OS then reboots itself. The Windows splash screen comes up and everything appears to be ready to boot, but all that is displayed is a black screen with a white moveable cursor. There is no way to get back to normal Windows operation after this, short of reloading the OS.
Believe me, I've tried.
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