Intermittent home button failure on i4

During the past couple weeks, I sometimes have to press the home button several times for it to work... this happens when the phone is asleep and when it is awake, when apps are running and when no app is running. And sometimes, the home button works just fine on the first push. The problem seems to be getting worse over time...
Anyone else have this issue? Is it fixable?

IT WORKED!! :)
After growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of responsiveness while both multitasking or simply closing an app, I tried this this little trick rather than taking more extreme measures.
I'm very happy to report that it seems to have worked like a charm!!
The home button works as well as it did when my phone was brand new over a year ago!
THANK YOU Henk B.!!

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I bought one of the early iPad “1” 64GB iPads in June 2010 in the Apple store, Belfast. Used for leisure at home and always within a good case it has provided great service since then; that is until loading the pre-iOS 5 download.
It may have been just a coincidence (a point confirmed at the Belfast Apple Genius Bar yesterday) but ever since then my iPad has contracted an intermittent Home Button failure.
Yesterday, after around 6 weeks of hoping that subsequent iOS upgrades would have corrected the fault I finally took the ailing iPad to the Belfast Apple Genius Bar for a hopefully simple resolution. Unfortunately there was none. The two options provided were:
1.    Live with it and use the accessibility options which has a floating software-based home button overlaid on the screen; or
2.    Pay over £220 for a replacement iPad. – Ouch
That really stung, particularly given the light use the iPad has received compared to the pounding the home buttons on the couple of iPhones I’ve used over the past 3.5 years without failure.
Three questions really:
1.    Has anyone else had a similar Home Button failure on an early iPad 1
2.    Does anyone have any better solution than forking out for a replacement
3.    Could Apple not give their ailing iPads a new lease of life and develop a plug-in home button to fit into the connection socket underneath and clip over the ailing Home Button as an optional override which could also double as an accessibility accessory?

IT WORKED!! :)
After growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of responsiveness while both multitasking or simply closing an app, I tried this this little trick rather than taking more extreme measures.
I'm very happy to report that it seems to have worked like a charm!!
The home button works as well as it did when my phone was brand new over a year ago!
THANK YOU Henk B.!!

TS1398 Have Apple actually admitted the home button failures are a known issue?

I have had two iPads and an iPhone. I have known several people who also have iPhones and all, yes I say all have suffered with the home button failure. Apple should be reworking these devices free of charge with upgraded button technology, or have an app that replaces the home button on the resilient touch screen. I know you can use the accessibility option but it still isn't a tue home button.
What are your views on this?
Does anyone know if Apple have admitted failure?
Love to hear from you all.
Mark

Hi, I don't really want an app to replace the home button. I want apple to admit there is a weakness with the home button design and replace faulty units free of charge. An app would be an improvement... But not the answer.
I am amazed you have not seen a home button failure. Are you in the uk? Everyone I know has or is waiting for the dreaded lack of response from the button.
We were going to roll out these devices to all our staff until this issue appeared, now they have blackberrys. Never mind! maybe the iPhone 5 will not have any physical buttons, they don't need too.
Don t get me wrong, I think apples products are amazing but to fail on such a small detail that is so central to its function is disappointing to say the least.
Anyway thanks for responding.

Intermittent home button

Hi my home button is intermittent and its driving me mad it can go a couple of months no problems then it can be intermittent for a couple of weeks then fine again. I've checked my phones up to date with software.
Regards Karl

It is not unusual for hardware to fail. You can however make sure it is not software related by doing user troubleshooting. Restart, reset, restore. Power off/on, reset is holding the sleep/wake and home buttons together until you see the Apple logo and then release. If necessary, restore from a backup, and if necessary restore as a new device. If that does not help, you can have the device checked at Apple. Since you probably do not have any warranty left, then the only option would be to purchase an OOW device, or upgrade.
You could try to use the Accessibility options and turn on the Assistive Touch, which will put a touch button on the screen for you to use.

My home button is working intermittantly. Have Restored setting. still problem. Any ideas?

my home button is working intermittantly. Have Restored setting. still problem. Any ideas?

Did you actually restore the iPad? Or just restore settings?
If you haven't "restored" the iPad...
iTunes: Backing up, updating, and restoring your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch software
If a restore doesn't work... > Apple - Support - iPad - Hardware Service

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Home button intermittently doesn't respond. At times it takes 20+ depressions to get it to respond. Have tried a reset on a number of times but like the home button it works sometimes and not other times.

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I have Iphone 4 and the home buttonis erratic, it starts as just a mild glitch needing me to push it twice to make it work and it then gets worse to the point where it doesnt work much at all, if i do a reset it seems to clear up for a few days. I have done a restore and cleared out all apps adding them back one by one but no difference I had left the phone for 2 days with no apps and a complete restore and it was still intermittently glitchy.
I think i will take it in for a refund.

sanmau wrote:
I had same issue , to install again or go to repair center for maintance?
which one is perferrable? Thx !!!!
first do a hard reset. hold the home button and the sleep/wake button at the same time for 10 seconds until apple logo appears. See if that helps. If no change, try a full restore. if still no change, take it back to the apple store and get it fixed/replaced.
As for me. my home button usually works fine. Sometimes it's like if i hit the home button twice, it takes me to the first home screen. Some times if I click the home button once to close the app, it's as if I clicked it twice and opens up the recently bar apps. Doesn't happen all the time but I'm going to keep my eye on it. I'll probably end up going to the genius bar and see what they think.

IPhone 5s intermittently powers off. I have to do a hard restart (simultaneously hold down power button and home button). Is there a cause and a fix for this?

iPhone 5s intermittently powers off. I have to do a hard restart (simultaneously hold down power button and home button). Is there a cause and a fix for this?

Hello TJLapplesupportcom,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Please follow the troubleshooting steps below to resolve this issue you're having with your iPhone.
Will not turn on, will not turn on unless connected to power, or unexpected power off
Verify that the Sleep/Wake button functions. If it does not function, inspect it for signs of damage. If the button is damaged or is not functioning when pressed, seek service.
Check if a Liquid Contact Indicator (LCI) is activated or there are signs of corrosion. Learn about LCIsand corrosion.
Connect the iPhone to the iPhone's USB power adapter and let it charge for at least ten minutes.
After at least 30 minutes, if:
The home screen appears: The iPhone should be working. Update to the latest version of iOS if necessary. Continue charging it until it is completely charged and you see this battery icon in the upper-right corner of the screen . Then unplug the phone from power. If it immediately turns off, seek service.
The low-battery image appears, even after the phone has charged for at least 20 minutes: See "iPhone displays the low-battery image and is unresponsive" symptom in this article.
Something other than the Home screen or Low Battery image appears, continue with this article for further troubleshooting steps.
If the iPhone did not turn on, reset it while connected to the iPhone USB power adapter.
If the display turns on, go to step 4.
If the display remains black, go to next step.
Connect the iPhone to a computer and open iTunes. If iTunes recognizes the iPhone and indicates that it is in recovery mode, attempt to restore the iPhone. If the iPhone doesn't appear in iTunes or if you have difficulties in restoring the iPhone, see this article for further assistance.
If restoring the iPhone resolved the issue, go to step 4. If restoring the iPhone did not solve the issue, seek service.
My issue is still not resolved. What do I do next?
Contact Apple Support.
iPhone: Hardware troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2802
Take care,
Alex H.

My home button does not respond most of the time. Is this a hardware failure?

I've had quite a bit of difficulty with getting my home button to respond. Sometimes, the only way to get back to the home screen is to do a hard reset. I constantly close any open apps, thinking that this might be the problem (memory issue).
Hoping you can help!
Thanks!

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My IPAD 2 home button has developed a fault, sometimes it works, sometimes it does'nt, when the fault is there I am unable to do anything with my Ipad apart from restart it and even then this doesnt always cure the issue.

Here's a trick to calibrarte the home button:
Open a stock iOS app (e.g., Clock). Once the app is open, press your iPad’s power button until the ‘slide to power off’ screen appears. From that screen, press and hold your Home button until iOS force quits the stock app you have open. You’re done!

IPhone Home Button not working after upgrade to ios 5.1.1

Hey everyone,
I'm pretty sure this is a software failure due to the symtoms the iPhone is showing;
0 - the home button does not work at all when the phone is turned on and running ios 5.1.1, well it used to work okay when i had ios 5.0.1, I upgraded to 5.1.0 and started working randomly, upgraded to 5.1.1 to see if it was fixed with no luck at all.
1 - When locked the screen does sometime light up, like when you press the home button and don't slide the unlock button. but it does not exit apps anytime, I mean it doesn't act like it's pressing the home button randomly but only when the phone is locked.
2- The button does work perfectly when iOS is not running: I can get in and get out of recovery and dfu mode at will, that wouldn't be possible if the button were broke.
3- what else? Oh yea, not really a symtom: Tried the 'home button calibration' several times.
4 - It's not filthy, since I really cleaned it thoroughly with a powerful tiny nozed air blower I got and gave a rubbing alcohol treatment too.
5 - when I shut the phone down it instantly turns back on, I can interrupt the turning on for turning the phone into dfu mode (i'm sure It's in DFU mode because the tinyumbrella log monitor tells me)
I'm now using the 'soft' home button that goes in the accesibility options, but hey, I didn't pay a ton of money for a phone that the same Apple is gonna break down.
It's out of warranty and I don't have apple stores where I live.
I'd downgrade to 5.0.1 in a snap if I could but I'm not into jailbreaking, so the shsh blob thingie is not a possibility.
Any apple dev around that can give me a workaround?
thanks a lot in advance
Added more info ~

I had the same problem with Home button not responding after upgrading from iOS 5.1 to iOS 5.1.1 on an iPhone4.   I solved it but not sure exactly what fixed it.   Here is what I did.
1. Took it local Apple store Genius appointment.   They used a special tool and took some lint out of the connector opening.   The Home button started working.   They said even though the phone was out of warranty, I could buy a new replacement one without a contract for $150.
2.   The Home button stopped working when I got home.   I got some compressed air in a can and blew the air through the connector to try and clean out more dust.   I now keep the phone with the connector opening facing down in my pocket.   I also struck the phone downward on my hand or other soft surface to force as much dust out as possible.
3. The Home button still was intermittent. I then tried to do a hard reset by holding the power on key and the Home button simultaneously for about 10 seconds. This doesn't work if the Home button doesn't respond.
4. I connected the iphone to Itunes via the USB to sync the phone. While connected, I did a Hard Reset by Holding the Power button and Home button simultaneously. I noticed the Home button responded better when connected to ITUNES via the USB.
5. I did a backup of the iphone4 by highlighting the iphone 4 while connected to ITunes and right mouse click and selecting BACKUP.    I was prepared to reset my phone4 in iTUNES and restore it from the backup.
The phone worked consistently before I had to do this.
6. As a last resort which I didn't need to do, I was going to copy all my settings for the iphone by selecting the phone in iTUNES and looking at all the sync settings.   I would then have restored the iphone to original factory settings and then sync the phone using the copied settings. This would have made sure that the backup didn't include the bug.
Fortunately, I didn't have to do step 5 and 6.   Things started working after Step 4. So I don't really know if it was the iOS 5.1.1 upgrade or pure coincidence that the Home button stopped working immediately after the upgrade.

Iphone 4 home button not working

For the second time in a month, the home button on my iPhone 4 stopped working. First, it stopped intermittently, then it stops entirely. Last time, I powered my phone off and it was fine - until today. I'm syncing now so I don't lose any data, but this time, I think I am going to reset it in iTunes to see if that helps.
Is anyone else experiencing this issue? I got my phone in February of 2011 so it isn't covered by AppleCare, but apparently the hardware is covered under a thing I did at Verizon. Should I just get a fresh phone, even if it is another 4 and not a 4S?

Hey, My home button would not work either and noticed it would work on and off sometimes. Finally I realized that it would work on and off after I plugged it in to charge.
So I figured out how to make it work without any reset. It is VERY simple:
1. Plug in you phone with the provided charging connector. (doesn’t matter if it is plugged in to a power source, the connector is going to be used simply as a tool)
2. Use slight force to push the connector a little deeper into the phone. The point is to slightly shift the hardware under the home button.
3. Keep pushing the connector into the phone and or wiggling it until the home button works again. Then carefully and slowly unplug your phone.
I realized that the home button must shift out of position for some reason. By using the connector, you can push the hardware back into place. That is prop why resynching helps. Thats because you have to plug in the phone causing the hardware to shift. I’m no engineer, but it makes sense to me, most importantly, it works!
Good Luck

The Home Button on my iPhone 3GS is working off and on.

Sometimes when I press the Home Button it works immediately.
Other times it does not work at all,or I have to press it three or four times,and quite hard,to get to the next screen.
It is an intermittent problem but is not happening more often.
Any advice on how this can be resolved?

Hi, I had the same thing with my iphone 4 not so long ago. It had a problem and i sent it to the apple store (it had lesss than a year so i didn't pay). If you send it and you have apple care then they would send you a new one for free.
try this: https://selfsolve.apple.com/GetWarranty.do

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I have the third generation iPad and have been having intermittent problems with the home button. The iPad seems to work just fine,
but sometimes the home button doesn't do anything. If I am in Safari and want to change to Mail, for example, the only way to get that done
is to turn the iPad off, let it rest a short time, turn it back on and then go to the screen I want. I can navigate within an app, but can't change apps
without going through the above...a real hassle! I had an appointment with the Genius Bar (Have Apple Care), but then the Home button started
working for a while and at this time of year, I really don't want to go to the Apple Store! Any ideas? Thanks for your help.
Mary Lou

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- If you have iOS 5 and later you can turn on Assistive Touch it add the Home and other buttons to the iPods screen. Settings>General>Accessibility>Assistive Touch
- If not under warranty Apple will exchange your iPod for a refurbished one for:
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My iPod touch 5th generation had white screened an it won't let me rest it by holding down the home button an the power button for ten seconds I've pulled it in to iTunes an its not being detected what can i do as its starting to over heat?

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If you can't get it to shut down or restart when holding down the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons and you can't get it recognized in iTunes to restore it, the iPod may have suffered a hardware failure and will need to go to Apple for service. Someone else here may have additional suggestions, though.
There is no "fifth generation" iPod touch, by the way, just for the sake of clarity; not yet, anyway.
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