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iPhone7 - Home button - Freeze

Hi all,

I'm using a iphone 7 (black 128GB), iOS 10.0.1

I'm not able to reproduce it but it happened twice. The home button stops responding. I feel the taptic click but nothing responds. Also all the other "hardware" button dont respond. (the power button, mute of volume up /down) after a couple minutesI see all the actions I did ( pressing the home, mute vol up ect) and then the phone responds again.

(The screen keeps responding all the time when the other button don't)

I setup my iphone 7 as a new Iphone.

iPhone 7, iOS 10

Posted on Sep 21, 2016 4:20 AM

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Perry2405

Level 1

8 points

Posted on May 17, 2017 7:31 AM

HI. There is one simple solution to this problem. It is not a software or hardware problem. Its the problem with the carrier. Just change your SIM card you are using and you ll find your iPhone working fine again.

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Dec 1, 2016 12:46 PM in response to mansfired

Mine did the same thing here and there. No common themes I can find. I have a pending public beta software update, I might try that to see if it helps. It doesn't happen too often.

Dec 4, 2016 12:14 AM in response to mansfired

I've had this exact same issue twice now. I have a 128gig 7+ as well, and all of the physical buttons have frozen up on two different occasions now since I first received my phone back on Nov 3.

Both times the touchscreen worked perfectly, but none of the buttons would function for a period of ~10 min or so. The latest time it occurred was last night, when I was using it while it was charging. As soon as I unplugged the charging cable, suddenly all of the buttons went back to normal functionality.

I'm going to try to return the phone back to Verizon, because I don't really forsee any fixes on the horizon. This is just way too much money to outlay for a product that's defective, and that has no potential fixes (or even any known causes) in sight.

rospax

Level 1

4 points

May 11, 2017 9:21 AM in response to Tim the Netherlands

Same for me, home button freezes and the device won't come on or respond. iPhone 7 256gb, rose. 10.3.1. Sometimes I can clear it by hitting the power button. Disquieting though.

May 12, 2017 8:26 AM in response to Tim the Netherlands

i have been facing this issue and i have managed to record an video, if you want a copy i can provide so that attest you can help like us people in this community and show this bug to apple

Sonu0564

Level 1

4 points

Jun 20, 2017 7:34 AM in response to asapdin

Hi iam using I phone 7plus and my home button got freeze twice one I updated my software vers

iPhone7 - Home button - Freeze