Unresponsive home button fix

[johnboy1974]

Guys I was having a nightmare with my home button on my iPhone 4. I was on the verge of putting it in to the shop until I read this. It has completely fixed my home button and I'm recommending it.

The home button is the main button on the iPhone. Sometimes it can become unresponsive and even fail to work at all. Mostly this is caused by the ingress of dust and dirt getting inside the internal workings of the button itself. If this happens to your iPhone here's a fix that works really well. Do it at your own risk- dont blame me if it breaks your phone.
Switch off your iPhone and get some whiskey. Carefully pour a few drops over the home button until it forms a small puddle around and over the home button.
Press the home button repeatedly for about 2 minutes. This lets the alcohol run under the button and clean out the internals of the buttons circuit. Leave for 20 minutes on top of a hot radiator.
Switch on the iPhone and the button should be much more responsive.
To calibrate the home button, open up the clock application from your main home screen then press the standby button on the top right hand corner until the message"slide to power off" appears on your screen. When you see this message press down your home button firmly and hold it down until the screen returns to the main home screen again. That's the button calibrated.

[gopher7]

I like the cure, don't know if I'd be brave enough to try it myself.

[deadliner]

How to fix iPhone home button! [Hardware solution] - YouTube best work with alcohol or WD40. My button was broken and i fix it with WD40

[ominimicu]

It works i have tried..put a few drops of alochool..and rung arround the button. but it works for the few next moments minutes..then goes away....i ahve tried
when a button is damged its damaged...must be replaced.usually it s the cable ribbon n the button that fails

[johnboy1974]

It works i have tried..put a few drops of alochool..and rung arround the button. but it works for the few next moments minutes..then goes away....i ahve tried
when a button is damged its damaged...must be replaced.usually it s the cable ribbon n the button that fails

Won't work for everyone, only those whose button is broke due to dirt ingress.

[jabawokee]

Better alcohol than takin it to service

[donau]

Replace the ribbon, alcohol might damage iphone

[andy07841]

better still drink the whisky then try it

[marioam]

use the alcohol and drink the wiskey and enjoy the moment

[Meat-Head]

What would a iShit store charge to fit a new GENUINE iShit 4 home button? Then price of love you longtime copy iShit button?

Just would rather than break it pay an iShit store to do it.

Thankssssssssssssss

[hypersonic]

There is a software fix
Goto settings ~ General ~ Assistive Touch and set to "ON"
A darkened icon will appear on your home screen
When you touch it another menu will appear including "home"
Problem solved

[Meat-Head]

settings ~ General ~ Assistive Touch d

Ffs such a piece of crap, it dont have that iShit 4

[hypersonic]

Ffs such a piece of crap, it dont have that iShit 4

Thanks for your wise comments meaty !

Despite being a piece of applecrap it's still one of the best on the market

hyper

[Meat-Head]

So on my iShit 4 with Duffey (iShit autocorrect) faulty home button what is solution then?

yez great for viewing dK in bath and bed, emergency googling when on a job, past that power hungry data hungry piece of plastic crap



xsearch. Caulk it blend. Ishit

[mackemdaz]

I used whisky and it worked a treat. My home button was not completely broke though! It just required a very firm push to work. Works much better after this fix.