My iphone 4 home button won't work at times?

My question is pretty simple the home button on my Verizon iPhone 4 won't respond at times. It pretty much has a mind of its own. What can I do to fix it without having to take it to a repair place or is there no way around it?

I can't tell you how to fix it, that would be Apple's department. But you can turn Assistive touch, which is made for phones for broken buttons. It's under Settings > General > Accesibility > Assistive Touch. It puts a white square at the top of your screen (which you can move) that brings up a menu of things you can do, including the home button.

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