iphone 4 home button not working

Okay, Don't panic.

I faced the same problem, that my iphone's home button wasn't working. Like most of the people those who all have faced or are facing this problem.

* No Jailbreak app required.

* I tried resetting

* I tried pushing the charging socket to make the home button work.

Cause : This might have happened coz you'd have installed some app, which wasn't properly installed.

What I did was, I entered the " DFU Mode "

How to do that ?

1. Power off your device & keep your phone connected via usb cable to the computer.

2. press the power button [ the top right button which we use to lock the fone ] for 10seconds

3.now keeping the power button pressed, press "home button" along with it. And both the buttons pressed for some 10seconds.

4. Release the power button, keep home button pressed for some 10seconds. And you'll get itunes opened up..

[ If the steps which I've typed below ain't clear to you, check google for " How to enter DFU mode "

it'll remove the application which wasn't letting your home button work properly.

This worked for me,

iphone 4, 04.01.12 BB , IOS 5.1.1

Hi,

Just wanted to update on my findings with having the same issue. I ended up purchasing a new button off of Ebay for $5. When I took the phone apart there was no dust, its a 4 not a 4s and i carry it in my pocket, so I do not belive that dust was the issue,

However if you look at the way the ribbon cable is designed and sits in the phone, it is flexed causing extra tension to be put on the cable and my cable actually appeared to be cracked. I have had the new button in for over a week not and have not had the issue return at all.

I belive this, that the ribbon cable was cracked causing a poor connection sometimes working and sometimes not, which leads me to belive that all of the ways to re-align the button just put the right type of pressure on the ribbon for a temporary "good" connection only to become faulty again.

I wish I would have taken pictures but this is just my observation and opinion. Anyway the new button works like a charm!

Good Luck!

Hey there is a way round it untill you can get it fixed/replaced, you might already know, if you go into settings>general> accessibility > scroll down and turn on assistive touch, that way you can press the home key from the screen.

Hope this helps 🙂

assitive touch will do the trick.. lucky now have such a tool..

It is most likely not the hardware. Mines does the same thing. When i plug it to the cord, it works. I read up on a thread dating back last year and I guess the issue is still not fixed.

I called into Apple a couple of times already wiping my phone a couple of times already, syncing, starting fresh.... it comes back randomly. This started happening to me ever since i upgraded to version 5.0.

Since I've updated to version 5.1.1 its not that big of deal anymore. I do get it once in a while, but i can live with that. Assistive touch does work, but its annoying and it takes up space in that already small screen.

I cleand the buttone and around it with WD-40. Seems to have worked.

Wow! This worked upon first try. Thanks Krypticknowledge.

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Wow! Kryptickknowledge's solution worked. I've been using the "accessability" soft button but this is even better.

You just saved me $400!

Thanks!

Thanks Kryptickknowledge .... worked for me as well. You should work for Apple!

I've had the same issue - Apple cleaned my phone and it worked for a few weeks.

I just followed Krypticknowledge and it works great. Thanks for the pointer.

Krypticknowledge's solution seems to be working for me as well.

Thanks... I've tried other "solutions" but this one actually worked. Makes absolute sense as well.