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How to Troubleshoot Around a Stuck iPhone Home Button Nov 17th 2012, 00:00 Is your iPhone's home button stuck? Uh oh! The home button to your iPhone is stuck! Given it's a vital button on your iPhone, it's easy to fly into a panic. No worries, read this article for ideas on repairing your phone, or at least making it usable again. Edit Steps Try plugging in your iPhone. Plug in your device. Sometimes that helps unstick the home button. Try wiggling the cord very gently and try again. If this does not fix the problem, try another step. There is a setting that you can add to the device that will enable an alternate "Home" button for your device, that can be used until you get your device permanently fixed. Turn on and unlock your iPhone device. If your phone is currently on an app, you may need to turn off your phone so you can access the home screen. Slide your device over until the first page of default apps appears. Slide your device over until the first page of default apps appears. Click the settings icon. This is usually found in the bottom left corner. It has a picture of gears on it. Tap the General setting, which can be found towards the bottom of the initial positioning of setting-boxes. Tap the General setting, which can be found towards the bottom of the initial positioning of setting-boxes. Tap the "Accessibility" option. Tap the "Accessibility" option. Scroll down the page of settings, until you can locate the "AssistiveTouch" option. Scroll down the page of settings, until you can locate the "AssistiveTouch" option. Pull your finger to the right on the scroll-bar to turn on the AssistiveTouch option. Pull your finger to the right on the scroll-bar to turn on the AssistiveTouch option. Give the feature a few moments to turn on the temporary use Home button, that will enable you to have a home button on your screen at all times. The home button will now be located on the bottom right hand side of the screen. The home button will now be located on the bottom right hand side of the screen. Clicking the home button will bring up a menu. Clicking the home button will bring up a menu. Touch "home" to return to your home screen. Use this Home button as you would your normal Home button on your device. Edit Video Edit Tips AssistiveTouch option is only availabe on iPhone's running iOS 5 and greater. Therefore, it can only be found in the iPhone 3GS and above and iPod touches that are 3rd generation or more. Turning on AssistiveTouch's Home button, will also turn on another menu that contains several other miscellaneous(commonly used features) that some users may find some use in using when their Home button has broken or has been pushed in. Edit Related wikiHows How to Hard Reset an iPhone How to Reset an iPod How to Decide Between an iPhone and an iPod Touch How to Hack an iPhone Edit Sources and Citations http://www.simonblog.com/2011/11/06/iphone-home-button-not-working-assistive-touch-can-be-the-workaround/ – research source http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57524891-285/four-ways-to-fix-an-unresponsive-iphone-home-button/ – research source Article Tools Read on wikiHow Email this Article Edit Discuss Media files: 200px-203-365.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Almost-my-iPhone.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Default-iPhone-Home-screen.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Settingsiphone_462.png (image/png) 200px-General_211.png (image/png) 200px-Accessibility_991.png (image/png) 200px-AssistiveTouch_978.png (image/png) 200px-Touch_Home_Button_198.png (image/png) 200px-Clicking_Home_Button_623.png (image/png)

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