iPhone 8+ makes bad noise when home button is touched

I was using my phone earlier and I went to double click the home button to close out of some apps, and all of the sudden it made this loud sound every time I touched the home button (which...I have now learned you touch the home button a LOT). I turned all of the sounds off on my phone and it still made the noise. I turned my phone off and back on, and I made sure I had the iOS up to date. Nothing helped.

I was trying to open up an Apple chat with a genius representative when I absentmindedly went to use my phone and the home button stopped making noise! I have no idea what made it start/stop, but I tried searching da interwebz for some information about it and I couldn't find anything (cue panicking and frantically trying to get someone from Apple to ease my mind). I created an Apple account on this discussions website specifically to post this in case this awful sound/noise from touching the home button happens to anyone else with an iPhone 8+. I want you to know that you are not alone, and if you wait around you might get lucky and have that noise stop!

Here's a video of this horrendous sound: iPhone 8+ making noise when touching home button - YouTube

iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 11.1, null

Posted on Nov 8, 2017 7:31 PM

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Ll145

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Posted on Jan 12, 2019 5:15 AM

Hello! I had this same problem. Took it to the Genius Bar and they said this can be caused by two things: the Haptic engine screws need tightened (free of charge) or the screws need replaced ($59 out of warranty). When they took my phone back to work on it, turns out the screws were broken. They replaced my phone for free! I asked how the screws could break, which they said they don’t really know. Seems like may be a manufacture problem if they replaced my phone for free even out of warranty.

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bnmays

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Jan 6, 2019 8:36 PM in response to son173

So, what size screw driver did you use? Like one from an eye glasses case?

Feb 14, 2019 3:31 AM in response to Mr. Unko

get the **** out of here

Feb 14, 2019 3:39 AM in response to sjasenosky

My iPhone 6 has the same issue I’m unsure of the answer of fixing it but it seems that the home button clicking is a problem with almost every version.

grizmom

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Feb 19, 2019 8:26 AM in response to orcen

Mine just started doing it this morning. Like a static sound from the speaker when pressing the home button or with any alert. I have never used an after market cable though

grizmom

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Feb 19, 2019 8:27 AM in response to anafrombayarea

Same :/

Mar 16, 2019 7:38 AM in response to sjasenosky

I also have a weird loud noise whenever I touch the homebotton. It was fine when I went to sleep but in the first thing in the morning it happened and I haven’t dropped it.

Mar 27, 2019 5:33 PM in response to sjasenosky

I’m trying to upload a video because the sound on my daughters 8 is making more of a beeping noise not a clicking when she presses the home button or turns her sounds on or off.

aqfina

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Apr 8, 2018 7:30 PM in response to sjasenosky

I just had this issue. I tried to just lock and unlock my phone and it was still doing it. Panicked thinking it was the case and took it off. Stopped making the sound right away - never restarted the phone, but the button went back to normal. Maybe the case is the issue?

Jun 28, 2018 6:17 AM in response to Nanjaya

Try switching it on and off...... try holding home button and power button together until Apple logo appears then let it restart and see if this fixes the issue. This is what I did to fix mine

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