IOS 8 Home button bug

Hi,

i tried to report to Apple Suport (SPAIN), they just told me that they do not know anything about a Software Problem

so if i want to fix it i should go to change the home button.

I told them "If i turn back to iOS7 the problem disappears, so it cannot be true what he sais he just canceled the conection".

I like to go to a Apple store but unfortunately i'm far away from the next and you have to reservate in before to get attended..

What i see here principally affected is iPhone 4S (so it looks like they want us to "renew")

I looked hours for a Way to comunicate to Apple but it seems they don't like constumer feedback..it's nearly imposible,

for the chat they want to charge me 35€ (garanty expired...)

I always recomended Apple to everyone because it alsways did well, things are easy, i bought even my mother a iphone.

Now the things changed...it does not care anymore the kind of smartphone or system you use...only the rice is diferent.

LAST CHANCE iOS 8.1...lets hope that also for 4S it does fix it (i don't want to spend more time on reestablishing my phone...)

I would turn back to iOS7, but after instaling i cannot conect to iTunes. Does anyone know if it is posible?

Hi all,

i managed to get contact to the suport, its a bit trickey to find it but in the moment when you want

suport and the 35€ button is there on the right side you see "exceptional".

If you click here you go to a window where you can choose IOS8 and then you can reservate

an phone call (so Apple calls you).

The guy called me back and now he comunicated the "bug" and i will get back feedback soon.

Please all of you should do the same.

He told me he does not know this problem but he told me on the 8.1. a lot of bugs will be fixed...

hi, i dont know how to create a new message here, so ill do it in a reply. 😀 after 2 weeks of suffering, i tried to disable recents feature on settings -> contacts -> show in app switcher .. and guess what !! everything is going ok right now!!.

Try this and spread the word if solves your problem too.

wooooooow yeah it's works to me too. Thanks

no dice. although, it appears to happen less often now

Didn't know its possible to switch off the new useless recents/favorites function ! But yeah, this definitely reduced the times of that bug happening but by the 1/3 only 😟.

iPhone 5 here. Same problem wth the home button. Plus severe battery drain. Apple get your head out of your money grubbing @ss and spend some money on quality control.

PLease also comunicate to apple bugreport.the more people coment this bug more posibilities to get it solved!!

you can register here:

https://developer.apple.com/programs/register/

then report the bug here:https://bugreport.apple.com/

I've been having this problem on my iPhone 4 since the update to 8. I've NEVER had an issue with the home button. I wish i hadn't done the update.

I've tried everything recommended here and nothing fixes the problem. And the list of folks with this problem is LONG.

This is working for me right now. Hopefully it won't start up again. Thanks!

Can't someone direct apple to this thread?

After a few weeks of annoying phone use, I made an appointment at the Apple Store. Still under warranty on my iPhone 5 and they replaced the home button. This was one week ago and since then, zero reoccurrence.

I will say that I noticed a few times, with iOS 7, that my home button was acting a little wonky, but it was rare and never to the extreme of iOS 8 problems. That being said, maybe the software is a bit more touchy. Not cool, but possible my button was starting to go after almost 2 years.

I hope that iOS 8.1 fixes the sensitivity for everyone.

Nop, no ideas. Never had this problem before, after upgrading to IOS 8 same problem on iPhone 5, Ipad Mini Ret and Ipad 3 Ret... The remaining iPhone 4s is still on IOS 7 and is problem 'free'.

We have this problem on both of our iPhone 5s. It started when we upgraded to ios8. Tried various software based fixes and none have worked so far. Really don't want to have to replace the home buttons as both phones are out of warranty.

I've seen a few posts that say 8.1 fixes the issue. Guess we'll find out tomorrow. Really, really hoping it does. It's been a month of this annoyance...

I also wish there was more transparency with Apple. A simple "we're aware of the issue and will fix it in an upcoming build" would be much appreciated.

HI,

please do not forget to comunicate the bug to bugreport!

i Have two cases open, waiting for the next update, if its not resolved i will claim again.

YOu can also comunicate by phone or order that they call you.

but important that all of you comunicate to apple!

for me also its sad that Apple does not even answer here after i put this thread to bugreport....

chris