iPhone 5 not waking up! Have to press home/sleep button numerous times

The "iPhone 5" is the very best & & & the worst iPhone ever too! Its full of problems. Very first unite was defective with its aluminum unibody i.e. dent, broken sleep/wake button, purple tint on camera. Now first unit's issues has been gone & new issues has been introduced i.e. slow to respond or hangs home & sleep/wake button, camera not functioning randomly or permanently.

Here is my experiences with iPhone 5:

1. I have brought an iPhone 5 (most provably one of the first unite) immediately when its was released with some dents. After two or three months I got problem with sleep/wake button. It was broken due to very soft material used on it.

2. So, then Apple had changed my iPhone with new one. Surprisingly that one had not any dent & I noticed they have changed the sleep/wake, silent buttons & the volume rocker with different materials which is more dark (black) and hard. But I discovered a big issue that, the home and the sleep/wake buttons was not responding randomly. The screen went off & couldn't be turned on due to not responding buttons.

3. Again, Apple had replaced my iPhone with new one. That time camera didn't work. So, I had sent that to the Apple again.

4. And Yes, they have change that again with another ne device without any question. But after two days I got the problem again that is " the home and the sleep/wake buttons was not responding randomly" and this time is more frequeint!

So, now what should I do? Will go to Apple Genius again to get another new faulty device???

Same thing happening with my iphone 5. but it only started recently, has worked well for the previous 6 months. And yes, it is frigging annoying, even to the point where sometimes it doesnt wake up when I am receiving a call!

Tx Wheetie for starting this. It's good to see that my iphone isn't the only iphone with "not waking up" problem. i'll see a Genius soon. wish me luck providing proof:D

lots of people are having problems with the sleep / wake buttons not working as well as me , i made a appointment at the apple store and took it in and they replaced the phone no questions asked as it was still under the 1 year warranty

It's the Facebook app. Out of your entire list, Facebook is the only app consistent with the issue.

I have had the problem occur for as long as most people here. I even got my iPhone 5 replac3ed on warranty because of the issue. As soon as I got home and set it up to my latest backup and worked the phone for a good afternoon..... boom, it happened again.

Only app I use and have consistantly on in the backgroud is... you name; Facebook.

Maybe we should all test this and if it's so, send in feedback to Facebook of the issue and hopefully they can bring out bug fix update. Just a thought.

I'm willing to try it. I realised that it's nothing got to do with the memory. Same problem with the replacement as well. Although, it hasn't been happening lately. I'll make sure I quit Facebook app every time and if it the problem doesn't happen for a week I'll post again.

I am having the same problem on my iPhone 5 running 6.1.4. When I restored as a new phone, I had no problem. As soon as I restored my apps (not a backup), I started to have intermittent wake issues. Hope a solution is ironed out soon. Very annoying.

Hi!guys,

I'm not using Vodafone, instead of Optimus in Portugal.

&...&..& I finally found the solution!

This happening becoz of some apps (most probably Facebook). Now, I always close all the apps before to lock my phone. & the result is: last one month to now I have not that problem anymore!

So, you guys can try this instead of replacing with new phone becoz this will happen with new device too...

Yes, I am using Vodafone. My phone became unresponsive without the Facebook app running in the background today so Facebook app is not the "absolute" culprit. It's been getting better though. Today was the first time it happened in 4-5 days. My sister who was using Vodafone but switched to Telstra is not experiencing the problem so maybe it coincides with what you're saying.

Hi

Yes I am using Vodafone and I suspect it's Vodafone. I purchased my iphone5 in China and stayed there for 2 months and it worked just fine. But when I got back in Melbourne and start using my vodafone sim, the problem happened````so many tiimes`````It's the same Iphone5!! Let's hope they fix it soon!

Hi Everyone....

SAME ISSUES WITH 5 Differant IPHONE 5's

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i have been deleting one app a day to see when it stops... when i delete one i install it again the next day to proove that its not that app.....

Deleted FACEBOOK... Problem stopped... installed it again and it started again.. i have had it deleted for about a week now.. and NOT ONE ISSUE...

SOLVED....

Let me know how you all go!

Hope this helps you...

Same problem here with home button nd I went got replacement totally 4 times but still have the same f..king problem .but today I update my iPhone 5 to IOS beta through apple dev. And been playing around nd so far works perfectly fine .anyway I will keep y'all update nd let I know if it happens on ios7.