Sticky unresponsive home screen button

please help

Sapaus,
I believe I solved this problem by turning off all the notifications for apps/games that I really didn't need.  I also removed Open Feint since I rarely play games online with others.
Finally, I had a weather radio app that seemed to be the biggest culprit.  It apparently kept pinging their server even when it wasn't active.
Once I did all of the above, the problem was solved (for 2 days and counting).  Plus, it boosted general performance of my iPhone way up.  So I think all the notifications and constant pinging by the weather radio was bogging the phone down.
I hope this works for you too!

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