Tell Tii - Fixing issues with Home button that stopped working

Hi Rob.  

 

Apparently many iphone users have issues with the home button becoming non-responsive or unreliable.  I took it to the Apple Store and was told to replace my phone (for 149).  After doing full restore to factory condition with no improvement, I stumbled upon an article comment which seems to work: 

 

First make sure that the problem is physical.. when you click the home button several times it does not respond to you .. everything else on the phone works perfect .. The problem is intermittent, that means most of the time the button works and one day it stops responding. Insert the charging cable, (make sure it is not blocked to the wall) Push the cable from the bottom to the top, as if you were trying to slightly rotate the plug around an imaginary axis where it is plugged to the phone. Very slightly, you don’t want to break anything. It is better to put one finger on the bottom across the plug and your thumb right under the home button (not on the home button) instead of trying to bend the cable toward the screen with both fingers holding the plug. When you hear a click while doing that, that is when your home button if fixed. You repeat that several time if does not work from the first time. Trying to bend the plug downwards does not do the trick. Be patient, don’t use too much force and good luck.

 

Rick A