iPhone 4 Home button issue...

Is it become more and more difficult after use of awhile? I just bought mine 15 days ago. I’m out of warranty. I can’t make decision to keep it or sell it. The problem now I can have with the home button; maybe I can live with it as it is now but if it becomes more then it should be very annoying.

I'm still experiencing this annoying problem. Went to the Genius Bar the other day and took my phone and hooked it up to their computer and then handed it back to me and tried to duplicate the issue. Whatever they did (probably just a reset) made it to where the problem could not be duplicated. That night though the problem came right back. I've done all the restores but the problem persists. Of course no there has "ever heard of a problem like this" which I do not believe. Apple needs to fix this issue!

Come on... After 30,000 view on the forum how likely is it that no one in the Apple Store has ever heard of this problem. Come on Apple grow a pair and address this issue!

Message was edited by: bibo24

i ´ve got exactly the same issue. i have got my iPhone 4 since july 2010. in first month everything is working fine. i am not really sure, but i think after the latest software update my home button has got this issue. sometimes i have to push the button 3 times to left the app or the multitask bar came up after 1 push. in 80% the button works normal. this issue *****!

Stupid problem.. Me to. Sometimes doesnt work, sometimes one push works as 2 or 3 times. Stupid stupid stupid error!

I just stumbled on this thread. I can add my name to the affected people's list.

I've had my iP4 since August and it was fine at first but it got progressively worse especially after the 4.1 update (coincidence maybe). Basically sometimes (about 1-2 in 10 clicks - roughly 15% of the time) single clicks will either not register at all or get registered as double-clicks bringing up the multi-task bar (the latter is way more common in my experience).

It's very frustrating and it's the only issue I've ever had with my iPhone 4 which is why I'm so reluctant to get mine exchanged, that and also if it's software related exchanging won't do much.

Add me too. My home button problems didn't seem to coincide with any software updates, they just started happening. 2 or 3 times a day, my single clicks register as double clicks, which brings up the task bar. Every now and then, my double clicks register as single clicks. And the weirdest one is that sometimes my phone registers the click but doesn't do anything. For example, I'm in an app, I click once, nothing happens. I single click again and the phone goes to the home screen and then it immediately goes to the search screen. It's like it saves the first click for later. Incredibly irritating, especially given my history with iPhone 4 so far.....

1st iPhone 4: WiFi problems-->had to have it replaced

2nd iPhone 4: dead pixel-->had to have it replaced

3rd iPhone 4: had very obvious cosmetic damage (big chunk taken out of the antenna band) that I didn't notice until I got it home and then developed gyroscope issues where the screen orientation would lock up and force me to have to reboot the phone.

4th iPhone 4: I hate to admit, I dropped it and shattered the screen--had to have that one replaced. Of course, I do not blame this on Apple.

5th iPhone 4: The one I have now. Was working flawlessly until this home button thing popped up.

This is the first Apple product I have ever owned and I am unbelievably frustrated with it. Apple has been (mostly) cool about all my exchanges, but that doesn't mean it's any fun for me to have to keep going into the Apple store. I have an appointment for Thursday morning and I just know I won't be able to recreate the problem while I'm there. I also know they are sick of me coming in to complain about my hardware. What they don't understand is that I'm sick of having to restore my phones and start all over every time just knowing that the new phone will develop some other crazy issue.

VERY angry about this.

Now this topic has more than 31000 views. Apple should tell us what's wrong and what we have to do.

Today I've meet one of my friends who bought his iPhone4 few days ago, He also has the same problem. He has 16GB version.

I think i'll try a DFU restore and set the phone as new, some users solved the issue by doing that... Maybe that means this is a software issue... I'll report the results later...

i am so sad to have myself in the list as well.
Once in a while my home button is not working. Either it register once when i press twice or non-register when i press once. I am wondering is there anyone of u get your iphone4 from malaysia digi center? Should I sent my phone back to the digi center for replacement? I am just thinking will they exchange 1-1 since this problem is not easily reproduced. Please give me some advise thanks.

Google is your friend: Not sure about Digi but Maxis does give a 1-1 exchange but it is likely a refurbished unit.
http://ringgit.blogspot.com/2010/12/am-i-getting-refurbished-iphone-4-from.html

I have just got my phone for 2 weeks. Will the condition getting worse day after day? I hope steve job recall ip4 haha.

Today i nkticed that my iphone 4 button feels different than tje home button of an ipod 4g of a frined... Is this normal, if the answer is no, then i don't think the DFUmrestore solves the issue and it is a hardware problem after all...

yes the DFU mode will not solve the problem. Today i went to digi center hope that i can get the phone exchange but as i thought, they claim that i cannot reproduced the problem on the spot so they refused to change for me. They say if i want to send for a check it will cost me RM750. The funny thing is they suggest me to wait until the home button is totally not working then only i can claim they new phone from them. Fantastic!!