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

Hi, Thank you to everyone for posting how to fix this issue. I've had my phone for 6 months now, and this is the first time I've encountered this problem. I realized that since I do not have a house phone, that I would be unable to call anyone without their numbers.

I feel like I should go to the Apple store to have this phone replaced before the year is up. The cost of the phone should warrant a replacement if it is not working correctly. I had my blackberry for over 4 years without an issue, but everyone kept telling me I needed to get out of the dark ages and get an Iphone.

Has anyone else been able to get their phones replaced from Apple without a problem? I have the Iphone 6S Plus.

Thank you.

Jeanmcw wrote:

Has anyone else been able to get their phones replaced from Apple without a problem? I have the Iphone 6S Plus.

As long as the phone has not been dropped or exposed to liquid, there should be no problem. However, only Apple can tell you what Apple will do. But you should absolutely take the phone to Apple while you are still under warranty.

I had the same thing happen today but my phone overheated. I had it in my car with the sun roof down in the direct sun light while driving and realized when I got back to the office that it overheated so it shut down. I let it cool down for a while and went to try to start it up and noticed that the home button was hot while the rest of the phone was cool. I held down the home and power buttons and it started back up and no more problems.

Same here... Is it restarting after a while or it is dead for ever?

This is very helpful. I was able to get my phone back on again. I'm still bringing it to the Mac center to have it checked though. It gave me a mini heart attack of sorts.

Had the same problem , fixed it by exactly doing your steps .

Had exactly the same issue as a number of these posts. iPhone 6 S was not responding and thought power had drained, was at 50 % when used 10 min earlier. About hour later I Plugged in to charge it back up. No response from phone on charging, however after 5 min the home button was Red hot ! Thanks to these posts I followed the reset, and phone back on working, now down to 20 %. Clearly this is an issue as we can't all be having thos issue without some system glitch. Apple please investigate, before someone has a fire.

RichieR87 wrote:

Clearly this is an issue as we can't all be having thos issue without some system glitch. Apple please investigate, before someone has a fire.

Apple is not reading here. If you want them to investigate your problem, you'll need to make arrangements for them to examine your phone.

Thank you- this fixed it for me too! ---- "what fixed my phone was to hold the home button and the power button for about 10 seconds. The apple symbol popped-up and looked like a reboot."

I experienced this today as well. Same thing. Non responsive home & power buttons, black screen, hot home button. Like most others, simply rebooting my phone by holding both buttons down until the logo came up fixed it. Quickly, I might add. By the time my phone rebooted, the temperature of the home button was already back to normal.

6s Plus 64GB, owned 1 year

Thank you for your help

mollylou12 wrote:

My main question is, why did I spend $650+ for an iPhone 6s not 3 months ago, and I am going through this right now?

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Because things made by humans are not always perfect. That's why manufacturers provide warranties. If you purchased your phone three months ago, it's under warranty.

I Had same problem today. Very hot home button on my iPhone 6S. Finally got it to restart with hard reset (holding down side button and home button for ~10 seconds). The home button was (very) hot to the touch.

NO need to reply to my rhetorical question, Meg, but thank you. Knowledge of a warranty is cold comfort when one is considering that a major manufacturer creates defective product intentionally in order to pull a fast one on the public. I don't know if you work for Apple, or what, but please spare me your platitudes, especially in relation to my $650 piece of instant obsolecence. Thanks.

mollylou12 wrote:

NO need to reply to my rhetorical question, Meg, but thank you. Knowledge of a warranty is cold comfort when one is considering that a major manufacturer creates defective product intentionally in order to pull a fast one on the public. I don't know if you work for Apple, or what, but please spare me your platitudes, especially in relation to my $650 piece of instant obsolecence. Thanks.

Why is the warranty "cold comfort"? If your device is covered by warranty, it will be replaced.