iPad 3 and iOS 6 - Home button not working

I did the same! The technician who took a look at it, said he had some devices with the same issue before, and that it appear not to be software! I also got a replacement for a brand new one, since brazilian laws do not allow replacement with refurbished products. And that was what I worried most since I heard people saying here that in the US they replace with refurbs...

I was having the same problem. My Home button was unresponsive.

I have no idea why this works... I had to do it twice.

http://thehowto.wikidot.com/ipad-home-button

But, it appears my iPad is back to normal...

For now...

I have an iPod Touch 4G that has been having the problem described in this thread since upgrading to iOS 6. Tried almost everything that folks have suggested over the course of this thread to no avail. Today I upgraded to iOS 6.1 which was released a couple hours ago and (so far) the button functionality appears to be working perfectly now. Will be very interested to hear if others see the same as they upgrade to 6.1

Confirmed, I just updated to 6.1 and so far the home button seems to work correctly and it's more responsive.

Thanks a lot for the post!

Just did the update - doesn't solve it.

Ok i just got my ipad 4 couple of hours ago, and right out of the box i was unable to turn it on with home button. Now after playing with for a bit i can tell that i have the same issue. Home button doesnt respond sometimes. After i finally get it to work, which takes five, six clicks, it seems ok for a bit, but after browsing on using some other app for a while it does it again. Installation of ios 6.1 did not solve the problem. Also tried hard reset and home button calibration but still no luck. I dont think that its a hardware flaw because it works flawlessly on the home screen. I dont know what to do now, the ipad is still usable but im kinda disapointed that my 800 dollar device doesnt work the way it supposed to.

Update

After one day of use, my home button finally works fine. As i said i had the same problem majority of people were having plus mine was right of the box. What i did was restore my ipad to a factory settings, then recalibrated home button, after these processes my button still wasnt working properly. Then i did the trick from another topic, i know it sounds stupid but i did it just in case, it actually helped for a bit but same thing as with the recalibration only for short period of time. (Holding your ipad in portrait mode then while holding home button slowly turning it to landscape mode and releasing the button). Still no luck after that but then i simply pushed on home button with my finger, and started rotating it clock ways and anti clock ways and it actually helped. Since last night and trough out the day my home button did not have a single skip. I hope it helped someone.

Me too,

Originally, My Ipad 3 is IOS5. But sometimes, home alawys doesn't work.

Yesterday, I went to APP Store. The staff help me update IOS6 and tlod me, just update it's Ok.

And today, my home doesn't work again.

Hi All

I am still having this problem and I am saddened to see Apple in denial about it. My solution, sadly, has been to buy a Microsoft Surface. I've had it a few days now and it is staggeringly good! It's much better in terms of power and flexibility than the iPad (and my old Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1). There are not as many Apps yet as there are for Android / iOs, but that is rapidly changing!

I know this is an extreme solution, but it's worth considering...

Nick.

Its funny how my home button works perfectly with apps or when ipad is unlocked, however, when its locked i have click it 2-3 times before it actually responses. Thats wierd, but i guess i cant complain about it since i rarely even use this button with newer touch interface.

In my case the same situation. Approx. one times in 2 weeks and always after sleep home button of my ipad 3 is glitch.

ios 6.1 do not fix this problem.

Read somewhere that the apple case could interfere with the home button. Removed mine and low and behold it's been working perfectly for 2 whole full days. Is it just my imagination? iPad 3 owner.

finally solved! thankyou @Seaburn for the link so simple yet sorted at last

Disable Siri in settings, problem fixed! Issue with Siri in latest release.

Update:

I was probably wrong regarding the smart case removal as the home button started to fail on me after a few days. However there was a recent update which seems to have resolved the issue. The home button is working as it is supposed to now. I really hope it does a little longer this time. ;(