Iphone 4 Home Button

Eircom_Sucks

my home button seems to acting strange

you have to push the home button hard to get it to respond , i could be there 4 or 5 times before it would respond , any idea whats causing this ???

Gumbo

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

my home button seems to acting strange

you have to push the home button hard to get it to respond , i could be there 4 or 5 times before it would respond , any idea whats causing this ???

Known issue. Apple will relace the phone if inside the warranty.
How old is the phone?

Eircom_Sucks

kceire wrote: »

Known issue. Apple will relace the phone if inside the warranty.
How old is the phone?

over a year at this stage

CathalDublin

Best replace the button, it'll cost you €25-€45 depending on who does it.
DON'T do the WD40 trick if you plan to keep your phone(The solvent used in WD40 breaks down plastic)

Eircom_Sucks

well im gonna be selling it in a few weeks , so best get it sorted first

how much would a 16gb iphone 4 go for these days ???

locked to vodafone

7ofBrian

it needs to be recalibrated. Do the following...

1. Open a native app (Like Compass)
2. Press and hold the power button on the top of the phone until "Slide to power off" appears.
3. Press the home button until "Slide to power off" disappears.

Hey presto... home button should be working fine

wellboy76

7ofBrian wrote: »

it needs to be recalibrated. Do the following...

1. Open a native app (Like Compass)
2. Press and hold the power button on the top of the phone until "Slide to power off" appears.
3. Press the home button until "Slide to power off" disappears.

Hey presto... home button should be working fine

Never heard that, tried it anyway but no luck.
Get a Hoover and try suck out as much dust from the pin area. The older your phone is, the more likely this is to happen. Could be a factor why they changed the dock connector type

guil

7ofBrian wrote: »

it needs to be recalibrated. Do the following...

1. Open a native app (Like Compass)
2. Press and hold the power button on the top of the phone until "Slide to power off" appears.
3. Press the home button until "Slide to power off" disappears.

Hey presto... home button should be working fine

That works sometimes but if the button inside is worn down there's not a lot you can do but replace it

mad muffin

Should Apple not fix this with the 2 year eu warranty?

kjl

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/iPHONE-4-4G-WHITE-HOME-MENU-PLASTIC-REPLACMENT-BUTTON-FLEX-IPHONE4-LCD-IRL-/120957484973?pt=UK_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item1c29a0bfad#ht_2591wt_1163

donalg1

Cant you go to settings and turn on the accessibility feature and put a home button on the screen instead, or did I imagine reading that a while ago.

Try open any app and hold the power button till the slide to shutdown screen appears release the power button and gently hold the home button. If that doesnt work go to Settings - General - Accessibility, scroll to bottom of page and tap "assistive touch" set it to ON to activate it and you should get a home button on the bottom right of the screen.

biko

Could be dirt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNwr_mxgs9Q

Deep Thought

biko wrote: »

Could be dirt

Video....mmmm...and if its Tuesday, and you are wearing yellow socks and one brown shoe and the wind is northWest, but sunny in the West and its snowing in your bathroom....

afatbollix

If you have insurance they will replace it. Mine was 2 weeks out of warranty and they replaced it as Apple wouldn't.

kjl

if you are jailbroken you can use activator to reassign something else to represent a home button click

Andy Magic

7ofBrian wrote: »

it needs to be recalibrated. Do the following...

1. Open a native app (Like Compass)
2. Press and hold the power button on the top of the phone until "Slide to power off" appears.
3. Press the home button until "Slide to power off" disappears.

Hey presto... home button should be working fine

Thanks for that, my home button is now working first time again

PADRAIC.M

Can't believe it... That video just fixed my home button which I have struggled with for the last year!!!!!! But I do work in quite a dusty business.

biko

You're welcome

Davey Devil

That video worked a treat for me too, except I didn't even bother with the rubbing alcohol. I just turned my phone facing down and slapped the back of it for a few minutes. Now my home button is working like new. Cheers Biko!

Andy Magic

My home button is back to the way it was (needs to be pressed 5 times).. I will try that video tonight.