IOS 8 Home button bug

For 4s try General--> Acessibility-->Home click speed. Change to Slow.

Has anyone tried restoring to factory settings and then setting up as a new phone?

Once I deleted the Swiftkey keyboard, the problem decreased by a lot, but still persists here and there.

Even though Swiftkey was designed for iOS 8, I'm thinking maybe there are apps that haven't been upgraded to be compatible with iOS 8 and are making the iPhone glitch...but then again, everyone would have this problem.

I don't know. I'm honestly running out of ideas. I have literally tried everything possible (except setting up as a new phone).

Steve Jobs is probably turning in his grave right now.

General--> Acessibility-->Home click speed. Change to Slow.

It looks like this has worked for me on iPhone 5. ✅

And after setting it to Slow, changing it back to Default also works.

pgr_ wrote:

General--> Acessibility-->Home click speed. Change to Slow.

It looks like this has worked for me on iPhone 5. ✅

And after setting it to Slow, changing it back to Default also works.

This does not work on my 4s. Some of these tips occasionally seem to work for a little while because the problem is intermittent. This is a bug, which Apple needs to fix. I'm currently looking for a new phone and it will NOT be an iPhone unless Apple gets its act together soon.

I've gone back to using my old HTC One X for now, it got really annoying.

HI,

why Apple does not respond? Anyone went to the appleshop to look what they tell?

it seams that there is mostly afected 4S. so it looks like they what to make that movil useless...

thats quite sad!!!

i dont want to buy a new phone so i will have to life with that.really ********.

one thing is clear, the ipad will get sold before getting destroyed by apple.

and my next pc will not be a macbook like planned

How can we restore?

same issue in iPhone 4S.. too bad ios 8

Same problem after upgrading to 8.0.2. Tried reset, hard reset, button calibration, issue still persist. If someone from Apple is reading this post please send a signal

Looks like "General-->Acessibility-->Home click speed" was only a temporary fix.

Problem continues...

All of the fixes people have posted here turn out to be temporary or not at all - eg. changing click speed, getting rid of Emoji, turning off mobile data, restoring factory settings, setting up as new, etc, etc, etc. Sometimes I think the problem has gone but that's just because of its intermittent nature. It always comes back, so I think people are wasting their time trying to fix it. I know people are trying to help and they mean well, but I've come to expect that the latest fix will not work.

There is probably a hardware element to the fault and for some reason ios8 sometimes thinks it received one two or three clicks - but who knows?

Two things seems certain - one is that relatively few devices are afflicted by this bug. The other is that, due to the low incidence of this problem, it is a very low priority - or a non-priority - for Apple.

I suspect that the only solution for those of us who have this bug will be to buy a new phone. Mine will not be an iPhone, but I don't think anyone over at Apple will lose a lot of sleep over that.

Hi,

nice summary. I think you made a perfect resum. Don't try more restore, delete or anything else. It's all useless.

I confirm the problem is sometimes more sometimes less but always there turning my 2 year old 600€ Iphone in SCRAP.

I just ordered the homebutton and i will change it to look if it has to see with the home button hardware but i don't think it

will help. After i will have to see my Iphone like "broken" (with homebutton bug" and buy another one eg. google nexus...

or HTC...

VERY DISAPPOINTED OF APPLE..THEY DO NOT EVEN ANSWER HERE TO HELP OR LEAVE HOPE TO FIX IT...

--> i recommended apple to all friends and family this is over now...good bye...

I've turned Assistive Touch on in Accessibility and I'm using the soft on-screen home button. It's not brilliant but it works - at least until Apple fixes the bug or I get a new phone.

I'm sorry to say - but you are probably right! :-(

I've got the same problem on my 5 and I've tried all the tricks - nothing helps.

I have the problem on iPhone 5 as well.

Would be good to know if the issue is being investigated..