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Problem with home button Iphone 4

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Ocean37
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Hi all,

The home button of my Iphone 4 doesn't always function as it should. I have to press hard or more than 3 times when it'finally responds. I find this pretty annoying! Seems I am not the only one and there are also some remedies. Mostly it is a software issue, you need to re- calibrate your home button. I tried and it seems to work, but not as good as I hoped for. Anyone with the simular issues?

AVLee
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RE: Problem with home button Iphone 4

sounds like the ribbon that connects the button to the board has broken somewhat?

Paul.
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RE: Problem with home button Iphone 4

The part itself costs £7 on eBay if you fancy doing the repair yourself, your average phone repairer should only charge £30 for the work.  In the mean time, if you go to the accessibility menu in the settings, you can enable a software button to use instead.

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