iPad 3 and iOS 6 - Home button not working

Nope, I haven't experienced that problem. You might want to take your ipad to an Apple store for an evaluation.

Yes, I am having the same exact issue. I haven't found a solution yet.

I have the same problem. Imediately after the iOS 6 update my home button doesn't respond well now. It can takes few tries to get it to respond. This was evident imediately after my iPhone restarted after the update. It seems like too much of a coincidence that the button would have a mechanical problem that just happen to coincide with the update. It seems like even less of a coincidence now that I see that others are having the identical problem.

Exactly the same issue here. Thought Home button was failing, but a reboot brings it back to normal operation.

Problem is intermittent.

I have the very same problem on my iPhone 4. I also thought my button was failing but it is very much intermittent. I have found that rebooting does not change the behavior. I have rebooted and had difficulty with the very first home button press to get to the unlock screen not working for 16-20 presses. Problem can occur with any usage of the phone. Extremely frustrating problem.

I am having the same problem on my iPad 3 and iPhone 4, my friends! I'm also one of the bad lucky ones that the battery has considerably decreased :( in both devices! iOS 6 is very buggy! It increased a little the performance in some aspects, like email, settings, etc.. but it's really different the battery since upgrade.

I tried to restore both devices from zero and backup from iCloud, but no success... The home button is not working properly and I have to press it harder to bright the screen (on both devices!)! You know, I've been very careful not pressing it harder to take care of my devices, but know it seems impossible to be caring!

I really hope that a battery fix, bugs and home button update to come out shortly... I'm really sad and disappointed with Apple :/ always loved it...

I liked maps, and not complaining that it doesn't find things or the fact that the maps are somehow ugly yet. I believe it has potential and that the company will improve everything! I really hope so!

Add me to the list - home button very buggy after the upgrade!

Correction - home button not working at all after upgrade.....

Hi All, I have reported the bug. Its reference number is 12402600. I'll post updates as I hear them.

I'm having the exact same problem, and it's quite annoying because I now have to press the home button on my ipad 3 about 20 times before I can get it to respond, and even then it freezes up. It seemed to have started after upgrading to iOS6, which is really kind of disappointing because you guys (at Apple) charge a lot of money for these devices and create quite a build up prior to releasing new features promising all these new/improved features, but there's always a flaw that overshadows the goo things isn't it? Shouldn't you guys have tested all these things prior to giving us some faulty software and making us go out of our way to try and get these things sorted out for us at apple stores or whatever? I bought my ipad three not two months ago, paid $700 for, and already it's starting to give me issues. I had a similar problem with my iPhone 4, when maybe after you released iOS5 the home button stopped working. I had to go to the store and they couldn't fix it so the solution was to mail me a new device and return the faulty one to Verizon. And when I got the new device, I had to go through the headache of resyncing all my contacts, music, apps, and some features weren't working either. Like for when I tried to sync playlists, I couldn't transfer all the music into the new device because of something to do with protected files purchased from iTunes. I had to do a bunch of research before I could figure out how to actually get my music to sync on the phone.

Now I feel like I'll be in a similar position where, if I go to the apple store, they won't be able to fix this problem and they'll make me mail my device to apple for an exchange for a new one and I'll have to go through the same process again.

If you guys want customer satisfaction, how about you deliver us with products that actually work as they're intended to instead of forcing us to have to do all this extra stuff? It's not like you're going to be willing to return the money I've spent on your faulty product if I've gotten fed up with it are you?

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I am also having the exact same problem updated last night an now my button is not working at all :(

I am also having same issue.!!! all the problems..... first wift and data issue, After upgrading. it got even worse.

Home button not working. ipad 3 super slow and battery drains fast as compared to ios 5 ..... what a crap apple did to it. what direction is apple going ? annoyed with all the issue.

Same here and it is getting me frustrated, also after hard reset and back to factory settings it works for a couple of times but then it gets back to not functioning at all....

same issue here... so frustrating.