Home button lagging, up to hours

Last night my Home button just stopped working. So i started using the AssistiveTouch, then when i was sending a text, then my phone started to use the home button by itself. Like all my clicks had been queued up. I'm talking hours afterwards.
Then for a bit, the button worked like it should. But after i put it to sleepmode, the same thing happened.
And just now, i playing Candy crush(lol!) it just started again. I couldn't play because it kept going using the home button by itself. Starting voice control etc etc..
I have tried resetting rebooting the phone, I have tried to reset the phone and I have tried to recalibrate the home button.
I mean, I could live with a few seconds delays, but 10 hours? Nope
Any advice is appreciated, otherwise i'll guess I have to go to the closest store.

Hello VALLT,
It sounds like your iPhone's home button is taking a very long time to respond. I found an article with some steps to address this. You can skip any of the steps you have taken (like restarting and resetting the phone), but it looks like the next step is to restore your iPhone:
The Home button is slow to respond
If the Home button is slow to respond when exiting one application, try another application.
If the issue exists only in certain applications, try removing and reinstalling those applications. For further assistance in installing and troubleshooting applications see this article
If the issue continues, Try turning iPhone off and then on again. If the iPhone will not restart, try resetting it.
If the issue is still happening, try to restore the iPhone
Seek service is the issue is still occurring.
You can find the full article here:
iPhone: Hardware troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2802
Thank you for posting in the Apple Support Community.
Best,
Sheila M.

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@icassasl
i did not have the problem on my iphone3gs so apparently it has nothing to do with how fast a device is.
i however switched from 3gs to 4 and restored a backup.
may there is something wrong with this.
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Hi,
This is for my wife's iPhone 4
She was on a call and went to end the call and the phone just turned off.
Left it on charge for an hour or so and nothing.
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I tired with the sim out.
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I tried my PC and nothing.
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Tried holding the power button then into PC
I've now been trying different combinations for about 3 hours and now I'm all out of ideas.... :(
Please please can some help before Tuesday when I will have to find someone to repair it.
Thanks,

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