Q: FIX for iPod Touch Home Button

The alcohol trick did not work for me and my ipod 5 ,64 mb is only a lil over a year old. Mine happened overnight.I did not drop it or handle it with dirty hands.Yesterday my home button was working great and woke up this morning to a button that doesn't click at all. It seems like it is stuck.I have to press down on it very hard to get it to work.I don't understand how this can happen overnight like that.

It turns out my home button was stuck.I got in unstuck by taking a needle aound the edges and gently pushing it upwards.It clicks and works fine now.

well my iPod home button is broken to the point where I can spin it around. I'm not sure if it's under warranty if it is how much will it cost to fix it and if it's not under warranty how much will it cost ? Will Apple fix it even though it was purchased at a different store ? Is there any place that will fix it for very little money Other than apple because I know there are a lot of places that only fix iPhones and iPads. Thank you  

My home button will not work when I push it will this fix it?

I am not sure how I got these songs on my iPod, my mom also has them on her iPad. They are downloadable songs from icloud match. I am wanting to permanently delete them. I was able to delete them on my ipod, but I tried to slide to the left to delete them on my moms ipad and they wouldn't delete. Again, I have no clue how they got on there, I'm wondering if maybe my nephew accidentally got them on there or something because it seems like they are recent.

I also have had the issue of my home button not working on my iPods. I had an old iPod that I put the touch help thing on there so I don't have to use the home button, but on my new iPod(it's about a year old now), it's broken and now my iPod wont turn on at all. Is there a way to fix this? I've tried to clean it with a  q-tip and nail polish remover, I'm worried that if I take it to someone professional that they will charge a lot to fix it.  It's an iPod touch, 5th generation and my old one is a 4th generation. My mom has an older iPad, not sure what generation.

teenpower87 wrote:

I also have had the issue of my home button not working on my iPods. I had an old iPod that I put the touch help thing on there so I don't have to use the home button, but on my new iPod(it's about a year old now), it's broken and now my iPod wont turn on at all. Is there a way to fix this?

You can take it to Apple and see what they say but they may simply tell you it is messed up because of the nail polish remover.

If they do replace it, to would cost this much

See this page -> Apple - Support - Service Answer Center

If not, you only option is 3rd party repair.

Ok, I'm going to take it to a third party. Thanks

That helped me. It still sticks a bit, but is better than before.

hi uhm my ipod touch is 5th gen and I've been using it for a year now. the thing is, awhile ago while i was just watching something on my laptop and decided to check my itouch, it suddenly won't open. the thing is, i can't restart it since my home button's broken. should i do the isopropyl alcohol thing or just take this to apple?? i just dont get it why it suddenly shut down when it had enough battery PLS HELP ME

This was super helpful, thanks.  I used a Qtip to apply the alcohol and I had to work the home button a lot.  I could hear grit under it, but after awhile it started working! 

Exactly!!