How do I get past the "hello" screen with a broken home button?

qmareuse wrote:

Any suggestions for how to proceed?

Yes, get the hardware repaired first. The home button is a primary control feature on any iOS device. Nothing but fixing it is going to help you with your current problem.

Take it to Apple and ask them to fix the Home button.

I know that you can get past this without a working home button--I'll try to remember how I did it last. It will be something like long pressing the power button to slide to power off, then hitting cancel and you will end up at "choose your setup language". If that doesn't work then it will be long press power and slide to power off then turn on and you'll be at language screen. Let me know which one works for you. I am 100% sure this is possible, so if you don't have it figured out by tomorrow I'll check on the exact solution when I get back to the shop.

Restart the phone that should take you the next stage once it boots up... If it works set up the phone then go to Accessibility in Settings and enable Assistive Touch.

If you can get to the Home screen, select settings, then General, Accessibility, Assistive Touch, switch Assisitive Touch on and it will put a “Soft“ Home button on your screen.

If you cannot get to you Home screen, restart your iPhone, this will allow you to enter your password and go to the home screen.

The feature works quite well, you can move the Home button around the screen if it gets in the way.

how do I get past the Hello Screen.

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Yes, restarting got me over that hump – thanks to you and rack0 tack0 for that!

I understand where you're coming from, but not helpful.