My iPhone 6s home button is really hot and the device won't turn on

I have a 64 s plus rose gold Samsung chip and i always set my phones up as new. When I discovered it to be hot it was from walking from work to my car. And the other time my phone was on the couch while I was watching tv. It's been 8 days since it happened. And I haven't changed anything. It happened even while on 9.0.2.

Same my iPhone 6s . It showdown and the Home Buttin is hot!

Wow my iPhone 6s did the same thing yesterday - Ive only had it a week!! It shut down out of nowhere and the home button was on fire. I tried plugging it into charge, and no signs of life showed. I hard resetted, and that did not work. Finally, after waiting a while and freaking out, I tried the hard reset again and it came back to life, the home button cooled down.

Why did a BRAND NEW device do this?? How can I rely on it?!

I turned off the fingerprint ID functionality.

Does anyone have a clue @Apple?

I am so disappointed.

It's not your charger... I've got all apple accessories and see the same issue.

It's happened twice to me in the past week and the phone is working (I can see that the Apple watch still can place a call, etc). BUT the phone's screen can't be turned on, the buttons don't respond and the only way to get out is soft reset via <power> + <hot touch ID> for 10 sec.

Have folks seen this happen without the Apple watch I presume?

I've got mine (6S 64G gold) going back for "repair."

I'm just chiming in here in case Apple data mines this to link to my case. I guess I'm glad that it's documented and sad to see that there are more people seeing this - let's hope Apple can get to the root and hopefully deploy a SW fix for this, or new chips / sensors are being slipstreamed into the production lines. If we want traction on the issue, my advice would be for everyone to report this to support to have the issue start costing Apple money; I'm a big fan of Apple but all businesses address issues based on a risk / reward calculation and if this is an unsolved issue, it'll only get attention when it's impactful.

I'll report back after a few weeks of using the replacement phone...

I Also have a paired Apple Watch running with software 2.0. My phone is a 64 GB 6s which is a replacement phone since I was having so much trouble with the first. When mine was hot and had a dark screen, my Apple Watch said that it was disconnected from my phone. That is what actually prompted me to check on my phone since I knew that it was fully charged.

I contacted apple support yesterday about the sudden shutdown & hot home button issues. After many useless suggestions by lower some low-level tech who was obviously following a script, I was directed to and spoke with a senior advisor. This advisor directed me to do a factory reset followed by a restore from my backup. Her logic behind a factory reset was that previous updates may not work as well wirelessly because the data can "sometimes become corrupt" when done over the air. Geeze - can't tell if she was just completely inept or also following a script. I tried arguing my case but ended up with no choice but to waste my time and oblige her request. So fast forward to today and the problem happens again while using a simple weather app. This time again, however, the home button was not hot right away, and I ended up resetting before waiting to see.

The first tech claimed that apple reads all the forum posts, but both claimed there were no other reports of the issue and that apple is not even aware of the reports on the many tech sites! So Apple, if you're reading this, you're meaning to tell me no one there cares about release-date problems with your flagship product?

I don't have time to waste getting the run-a-round doing all the leg work for apple's inept support, and I don't have time to keep returning devices (again) that may have the same problem. I'm going to be contacting tech sites that have highlighted this previously and see if they can bring apple to admit to the problem. I suggest everyone else do the same.

Have had the same issue, went to bed one night only to wake up with a Hot Touch Sensor and blank screen. Had to do a soft reset with Home +Touch ID.

Not very reliable for setting alarms to wake up to.

Issue has plagued me twice, causing me to setup a backup alarm on a non-apple product.

Hope they fix this in a new IOS release if Software related.

for ANYONE on this thread, why don't you just update to the latest PUBLIC beta.. essentially everyone on this and other forums has noted since .9.1b4, that solves this problem whatever it is.

From what I see, the beta5 is not fixing the issue (comments in link). http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/iphone-6s-other-ios-devices-not-waking-up-co nfirmed.1922995/page-30

Besides, I suspect many of us don't want the hassle/risk of running betas, which can come with its own issues.

64GB iPhone 6S Plus

Setup as new phone

Running iOS 9.0.2

I had the locked screen, warm home button issue mid-day yesterday while trying to wake up the unplugged phone. As others have stated, I was able to clear the issue with a hard reset. Afterwards I called Apple Support. After arguing with a low-level support person who wanted me to wipe the phone, I was transferred to the Safety department due to the hot home button. After interviewing me in detail about the circumstances under which it happened, that person told me the issue is being tracked and a software fix is in the works. She couldn't provide a timeline, but I'm guessing we'll see the fix in 9.1.

Same problem here, 16gb 6s, black screen, really hot home button, discovered when i got an incoming call. phone was ringing (vibe + sound), but screen was black. phone was not plugged in, approx. 25% battery. read this forum and solved by pressing (hot) home button and power for 10 seconds.

Yeah this is definitely a defect of some kind, 9.0.1 update, burning hot button, top of the line 128gb space gray, only apple to apple software and hardware. was sitting in my glovebox at 40% charge and maybe 10 windows in the background, medium reception. I expect apple to fix this garbage asap otherwise I won't be planning on wasting 1300$ for their next phone, should have stuck with nokia. Massive disappointment!

Either I've had unfortunate luck today, or this problem is quickly getting worse. As of this morning, the freeze/shutdown has happened at least 5-6 times. I've made no software changes before then, so I have my doubts that an iOS update will fix this.

Same issue here today for the first time. iPhone 6S+ 64GB space gray with iOs 9.0.2. Phone was unused over night and as I woke up the problems as explained occurred. Phone was not plugged in and the Home Button was overheated. The hard reset worked. Still not sure if I should return it or wait for an update.

This just happened to me. A reset fixed it. This is discouraging as I need a working phone 24/7 as I am a physician who takes call. Posting with the hope that Apple sees this and issues a fix. I will be using my old 5S as my alarm from now on. I have an iPhone 6S 64gb Space Gray with a TSMC chip.