My iphone 4 home button won't work? - 1

My phone has been taken very well care of I haven't dropped it and its never had water damage and today out of no where the home button just stopped working. This is ridiculous. Is there any way I can fix this that doesn't cost money because I shouldn't have to pay money for this. Will apple fix it for free?

Did you try turning off your phone and turning it back on?

If the home button doesn't work, turning the phone on and off will unlikely work as this method can only be considered useful if it's a software issue; such as the inability to connect to Wi-Fi. It's clearly a fault. Are you sure you haven't dropped it, or pressed it harder than usual? I'm not saying this is the definite cause and nor am I saying that if you have done this, it should be deemed acceptable, especially if you've pressed it harder than usual. It sounds to me as if it's stuck, this happens a lot with the power button on iPhone's. I can't guarantee Apple will replace it for free and if you can't prove you haven't dropped it, it could be trickier still. Though, my cousin dropped her 4S in a glass of Coke and she took it to Apple claiming she hadnt a clue what was wrong with it. Apple didn't want the hassle and gave her a new one immediately! I'm not saying do this, though there's a good chance they will give you a free one. And seeing as you haven't dropped it or anything, your not even lying.

However, the 4 has been discontinued now; the 4S is considered to be the basic iPhone. This would seriously decrease your chances of getting a new one from Apple regardless of whether you were willing to pay. I doubt you will get one in fact. But maybe the fault is to do with the age of the phone? No offense, but the 4 isn't exactly new and these types of faults happen to older phones so maybe consider getting a new one?

I had this happen to my iPod touch 4g, but I actually dropped it on my bathroom's very hard stone tile. It's not under warranty anymore so I haven't had Apple look at it, but I have been using assistive touch instead. (It's in the Accessibility options).So what you first need to do is turn your phone off, then back on (that's so it will go to the home screen without having to push the home button) and navigate to Settings >General >Accessibility and turn the Assistive Touch "On". Then this little circle button will show up on your screen. You can move it anywhere you'd like… And if you click on it, it operates just like a home button.

There are online services that will repair a broken button, but I haven't looked into them too much because I've mostly found them on Ebay. So apparently it is *possible* to fix it; just really hard. Also, if your iPhone is under warranty, Apple may just replace it for free, but the iPhone 4 is ancient now unfortunately. You may be out of luck.

Well you can go in to settings and then accesablility and turn on assistive touch

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