iPhone 5 home button issue iOS 8

It's on the back of the phone.

Wow, mine is an A1428 and it works beautifully when removed fromy LifeProof case. Hmmm.

Very strange... Mine is also A1428 and has been happening since upgrading. Since removing my phone from its case (ZooGue) I no longer have the issue. Anyone else?

iPhone 5/ 64GB, model A1429 here, and no case at all and still have this problem since iOS 8 update. Yesterday's excitement of turning Passcode off and then back on seemed to help, but problem is back today. Oh well ...

I guess I spoke too soon... It helped for a few minutes but now it has reverted back to not working. Frustrating stuff.

My phone is fixed Apple sent me a new one so they could have mine back I'm just guessing to investigate the issue Thanks apple

Mine is still working, but not perfectly. I cleaned the inside of the case and of course, the phone, but I don't see why that would make it work better suddenly, unless there was an electrostatic charge. I wonder if cleaning the phone and case followed by grounding each before putting the phone back in would make a difference.

Just got off the phone with an AppleCare Senior Advisor here in Sweden regarding the problem and the response was terrible ending up with the Advisor just hanging up on me, its a totally unacceptable behavior.

Generally its outrageous how Apple treat there customers. I have a fully functioning and working phone, I update to iOS 8 and it starts behaving like crap and Apple doesnt take any responsibility AT ALL and starts blaming the hardware and that I might have mishandled the phone giving me the problem.

Just received this from Apple:

Engineering has determined that your bug report (17913713) is a duplicate of another issue (17769580) and will be closed.

The open or closed status of the original bug report your issue was duplicated to appears in the yellow "Duplicate of XXXXXXXX" section of the bug reporter user interface. This section appears near the top of the right column's bug detail view just under the bug number, title, state, product and rank.

An example of the duplicate section from the bug reporter user interface with your bug and the duplicate bug info is included below:

17913713 Pressing the home button once opens the app switcher.

State: Closed Product:

Rank: No Value

I also tried it without a case for half a day, but it didn't seem to make a difference unfortunately.

I'm seeing this too. iPhone 5. Has been happening sporadically since the iOS 8 update. Things that have not helped:

* restarting the phone

* updating to ios 8.0.2

* "recalibrating the home button"

* resetting the phone to factory settings and restoring from backup.

Might have to visit Ye Olde Apple Store.

One more to the list and just out of warranty too..

Model number MD299B/A

A1429

really driving me mad now.. Please fix.

guys just go to an iphone clinic and repair the "cable" behind the button. after that, the bug is fixed - i have no more problems... multitasking never came back after just one click... costs about 20-40 $

UUnfortunately that won't work for me, I believe. My phone works flawlessly outside the case, so they'll say nothing is wrong with my phone. I don't believe there is. It worked flawlessly in the Lifeproof case for 14 months. Then it acted up the instant iOS8 was installed. Weird.

I transfered my phone from the Lifeproof case to the Otterbox Defender I had replaced it with. So far I have had no problems with it in the Otterbox, except for its being clunky. It is a mystery how iOS 8 would cause the problem, but I'm sure it did.It might be due to static electricity? Maybe the iOS can be sensitive to current levels?