My home button doesn't work, how do i fix it?

One day i noticed my home button wasn't working. I tried a lot to try and fix it, like restoring it on itunes. That did not help whatsoever. It has been like this for about1 month. Whenever I need to get out of something I need to turn my phone off and turn it back on which gets really annoying. Is there an easy way to fix it? Please help!

You may be having a physical hardware issue so take it to the Apple store if you are in warrantee. You can use a digital home button if you go to Settings>General>Accessibility>Assistive Touch>On. Also make sure you quit your apps (double click home button and hold and hit the minus sign. No available resources will cause the home button to not respond.

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