Iphone 4 homescreen button will not work. At all

I've had my iphone 4 for almost a year now, but for some reason the home screen button went haywire and will not work now. Does anyone know any techniques or has any advice on ways I can fix this? The phone itself is fine, and has a crack in the lower back but I've had that for awhile before the homescreen button became falty.
Thanks,
DJ

Try a restore as new and if the issue persists it is going to be a hardware issue.
If this is the case you could pay for the back glass to be repaired and then have the button fixed under warranty, usually the back glass is considerably less to pay for the repair than a whole repair.

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