Q: iPhone 4 Home button issue...

I think the problem is the added camera option in the wake up screen. My iPhone gets mixed up sometimes when the home button does work and gives the single press or double press with iPod controls. Not helpful though when your in a rush and it's quicker to dig in the bag for my old Nokia to make calls.

This might do the trick
1- Open any app
2- hold the power button till the ' slide to power off ' appears

3- then press and hold your home button ( do not press both of the buttons at the same time )
4- your app will close and your home button will be brand new

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how to close an app (or even use your home button's functions) when your home button isnt working :
Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Assisitive touch -> enable assistive touch -> create a gesture -> and a white circle ( that will function as your home button) wiil appear on your screen

Zare3

Many Thanks Zare3, the open app trick worked great. It now works just like under iOS4. Does that some how clear the cached data in memory? Rest of the phone seems quicker too.

Thanks again.

I think it's appalling that Apple refuses to fix the defective sleep-wake button on my iPhone 4 unless I pay $150. Unbelievable. It had a shelf life of 14 months? And even though Apple routinely replaces iPhones 4's with this defect when they're  still within warranty (see above), those of us who are just outside the warranty period, we're supposed to accept that the phone functioned properly for barely a year? When will Apple take responsibility for what -- it seems pretty clear -- is an apparent manufacturing defect? And why isn't Apple concerned that telling longtime loyal customers to take a hike in this kind of situation will eventually turn the customers away and put a dent in the company's profits?

Sometimes bugs in the ios disconects the ios from the hardware ..

This simple trick just reconnects the ios and hardware back together ..

Could you please click this solved my question :)

I could really use the extra 10 points :)

Thx

THIS WORKED FOR ME  (POSTED BY MCBILAL)

"I found an intersting solution which worked for me. When the charger is plugged into the iphone, tilt the charger gently upward while pressing the home button and it starts to work perfectly. If you do the opposite the button goes to unresponsive state again."

Thanks Zare3. Your solution appears to have worked for me.

Any "fix" that involves holding the home button down or wiggling the cable or blowing air into it is going to seem to fix it initially, because the home button has worn out and these things seem to reconnect it temporarlily. When my home button stops working I press it really hard, out of frustration, and it comes back for a while. You don't need to be in an app while pressing the power off button and standing on one leg, that's just someone trying to invent a fix.

I'm guessing we're all heavy users of the iphone? I must have pressed the home button 500,000 times over the last 14 months. Yes it's annoying that we've worn it out, but things wear out. Like shoes and jeans and the C on my keyboard. Apple can't do anything about that. There's no point saying it's only lasted a year, because it comes down to how much you've use it. If you'd have used it half as much it'd probably last twice as long.

newwavecafe,

understand where you're coming from but I was having a major issue with the button - working maybe 5-10% of the time. I performed the procedure Zare3 recommended and have had several days of totally problem free operation. I pressed the key in hard many times prior to perforing the procedure with no change.

Well on 03-Oct-2011 I posted a similar fix in this discussion because I thought it had fixed it too. But it doesn't last and so I'm pretty sure this is a physical problem, not a software issue. But temporarily fixing it like this is good enough for me until the iphone 5 comes out.

Sorry but I totally disagree with you. My last phone was a nokia(n95 8gb) I heavily used it for about 3-4 years and maybe I pressed its buttons, especially the navigation button 99999999999 times. It didnt even gave out once. They are in the exact same condition since I first bought it. Also let me phrase that I love playing games on the go. "Button wears out" is not an excuse for a brand like apple. Buttons should not wear out within a year. Sorry but this iphone is poorly built. The next iphone should have a touch operated home button like its screen.

I didnt understand. What is the solution you are refferring to?

1- Open any app
2- hold the power button till the ' slide to power off ' appears

3- then press and hold your home button ( do not press both of the buttons at the same time )
4- your app will close and your home button will be brand new

Guys seriously all that does is calibrate the sensitivity of how the button is pressed. If your iPhone is playing up take it back. I personally wish I'd never got iphone4 I think it's cheaply made and no where near as good as 3GS in terms of durability I'm on my 2nd one and home button actually felt worse and when I asked I was given a refurb unit despite mine only being 3 weeks old when I swapped it last year and bought in same apple store. Not happy and I'm going android. Even jail breaking can't entice me to stay apple anymore. I give up :)

I completely agree it *****.