Comments on: iPhone Home Button Not Working or Unresponsive? Try This Fix

By: Amber

Amber — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:00:37 +0000

Thank you for this tip! Saved me another day until I could get my phone replaced!

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:47:49 +0000

This is ridiculous. I’ve had an occasionally unresponsive home button for about a year and this fixed it. How is this even a thing?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:24:38 +0000

So, judging by all these replies, this is a design fault in the iPhone? My wife’s started doing this at just over two years, when her contract had finished. Do you think two years is the lifetime of these phones?

Oh, and the problem recurs later. It is only a temporary fix. I would guess it is just cleaning the contact on the microswitch until it corrodes or gets bunged up again.

Still, the assistive technology soft icon fix is a nice touch. Stick a back button and recent apps button on too and iOS might start to look half as good as Android.

By: Alizio

Alizio — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:24:36 +0000

Awesome works for me

By: Xtra

Xtra — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:22:04 +0000

Great one. Responsiveness is perfect now.

By: Dorel

Dorel — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:21:18 +0000

You can avoid taking the phone to a service by doing a very simple thing. Just push down the button and blow around it very hard. The airflow will clear the dust and stuff like that and the button will become very responsive. Worked for me (the re-calibration did not help).

By: habtom

habtom — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:31:08 +0000

great! it solved my problem. i think i have a hardware problem.

By: ghost

ghost — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:38:18 +0000

how can it be a hardware problem if there is a software fix? anyway, just doing the thing with calculator,power button, home button actually worked for me,so, sweet..

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:36:00 +0000

Mine is not working ….:(

By: Mictan

Mictan — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:02:34 +0000

It worked! Thanks heaps!

By: John

John — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 14:34:24 +0000

Perfume works too if you dont have alcohool

By: alyssa

alyssa — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:34:18 +0000

thank YOU i dropped my phone in top ramen! ugggh home button not working this is a life saver!! never knew about this…

also mine i had to go to settings; general; accesibility and then assistive touch!

By: Mirit

Mirit — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 06:56:25 +0000

OMG! This actually works. Pure magic

By: Ellie P.

Ellie P. — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:39:26 +0000

This worked for me. If your button is still not working, you can set up a button that works as the home button that you touch on the touch screen. You go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Assisted Touch > On. Then you can move the button around the screen. Clicking on it will give you the option to go to the home screen, plus many other options. This option is less convenient than getting the physical button fixed, but it is free, as replacing your device is quite expensive.

By: jowie

jowie — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:39:13 +0000

the above process didn’t work for, but 1 unusual thing that works for me, hold your phone facing down, then flick the home button repeatedly, youll notice that dust come out on the button, repeat if necessary, this process works for me, now my iphone has a soft touch home button