iphone got a mind of it own.

If that happened to my iPhone, I would definitely take it to an Apple Store (or Authorized Apple Service Center) and let them see the issue.

Be sure to take it when you think it's likely the advisor can witness the issue. Then they can advise you how to proceed.

sounds like a periodic defect of the touch layer

Your home button is faulty. It needs to be replaced. Home buttons in iPhone's fail all the time.

Take it to Apple, due to the fact that the fingerprint sensor in the new button will need to be programmed to match it to the motherboard.

Your iPhone is out of warranty if it is more than a year old without AppleCare+ or if it is in a different country than it was purchased.

As to determining fault and determining the remedy, nobody can do that in these communities. That is why you need to take your iPhone to an Apple Store or Authorized Apple Service Center as I said earlier.

james6260 wrote:

will this mean a new phone as it is not my fault or will I have to pay for it I think it may have ran out of warranty.

You would need to talk to Apple, I don't know if they do Home Button only repairs. I've never heard of them doing it. I'm inclined to think you will be offered an "Out Of Warranty Replacement".

sberman wrote:

As to determining fault and determining the remedy, nobody can do that in these communities.

Well to be fair. I have determined the fault. And the remedy. But with Error 53, only Apple can replace the home button as they would need to reprogram the new one... but I don't believe they offer this as a repair service.

SunOfRa78 wrote:

sberman wrote:

As to determining fault and determining the remedy, nobody can do that in these communities.

Well to be fair. I have determined the fault. And the remedy.

Really? Are you certain? After all, you have never seen james6260's iPhone! You're likely right, but I wouldn't think you could say you've determined all this with certainty.

sberman wrote:

Really? Are you certain? After all, you have never seen james6260's iPhone! You're likely right, but I wouldn't think you could say you've determined all this with certainty.

Of course it's not with 100% certainty. This is an internet forum after all. But I'd say it's with a 95% certainty.

I've repaired thousands of Apple devices since the iPhone 3 era. The basic home button mechanism (not talking about touch ID) hasn't really changed much since those days. It's still a very simple switch which fails in a only few different ways. The symptoms which james6260 describes points to one of these ways.

Yep, it would be totally frustrating!