iPhone 5 home button issue iOS 8

Does the 8.02 update fix the crappy homekey

No, it is not fixed in 8.0.2. It seems to maybe happen less perhaps, but it still occurs.

DDarn you apple! ! ! Fix it Samsung looking better and better every day

8.0.2 installed here : DOES NOT FIX ANYTHING ... okay, just fed up... guess they'll fix it in one or two months now, after the new iPads and Macs etc... are out. That's the problem with Apple, they often release patches when it's convenient for them, not for us. Unless it's an emergency, and they don't consider this home button issue on iPhones 4S and 5 an emergency.

just submitted a report using the feedback form, please everyone do the same:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

... funnily, I had to do it from Windows Explorer as the "submit" button doesn't exist on the page in Chrome 🙂

I fixed this problem recalibrating the home button:

Follow this steps:

STEP 1: Open an app. Any default iOS app. (Weather, Clock etc.)

STEP 2: Hold the Sleep/Wake button (Power) till the ‘Slide to power off’ appears.

STEP 3: Now press and hold the home button till the slide goes away and you get to the homescreen. Done. You’ll notice that the app is closed.

Thanks to http://ios8release.com

Same problem.

After ios8 update when i just tap the home button my I phone mostly operate like the double tap.

**** ******* sure my iPhone didn't break cause that operate normally when I use ios7

N sure did reset!

Zenicom, you've obviously not read the rest of the previous pages and posts where someone else already suggested this and no, it doesn't fix it or seem to do anything at all.

So, iOS 8.0.2 doesn't solve the problem. Now what?

Has anyone exchanged their phone for a new iphone 5? I guess this is the only solution?

Ok, i don't know if i jump the gun here......but it seems as if 8.0.2 has solved the problem for me. I have had this issue since day one with 8.0. Today one press on the home button has taken me to the multitask view perhaps 6 out of 10 times.

An hour ago i updated to 8.0.2 and i haven't seen the home button issue once since then *knock knock*.

We wait. There will be a software fix coming for this. Just because Apple has issued new software to fix SOME bugs, doesn't mean they're done (there are many many more bugs to squash besides this one and many of them are higher priority, so it is what it is).

What can you do? Keep this thread alive so that others can see it and add to it. You can also take your iPhone into an Apple store so the geniuses log the issue. You likely won't get a replacement of any kind, but when the geniuses know, it goes up the ladder and a greater chance it gets fixed via software update quicker.

I def jumped the gun. It was fine for over an hour of use. Then it started happening again 😟 It seems as if its not as often as before now though, but perhaps the frequency of this might come and go somewhat.

Same issue and I've reported the bug. iOS 8.0.2 improved it a wee bit, maybe. The recalibration works for about two screen changes then chaos takes over. I read where iPhone 6 plus uses a double tap to scroll the screen down for single hand use. That makes me take pause.

This has nothing to do with the iPhone 6 plus, which uses completely different home-button hardware. You can't tap the home button on an iPhone 5 like you can on the 5S, 6 and 6+ (those have touchID home buttons, not the old kind like the 5 and every previous iPhone had). Completely different situation. And that's also a feature on the 6+ you can turn off as well (it's called "Reachability").

I dont know that hardware would rule out a SW issue when 6 plus is the first device to use reachabiliy. It might explain why older models are more likely to be plagued.