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I’ve fixed about a dozen iPhone’s so far (I usually do it for friends, who have a broken screen or LCD or something). Today I replaced somebody’s home button, cuz it was broken. It could be pressed (it popped in and out just fine) but nothing would happen. Because the guy had only told me that his homebutton wasn’t working I thought that the button itself was broken and ordered a new one. Now that I’ve taken the old button out, put the new one in and reassembled everything, nothing has changed. This doesn’t surprise me much as the button I took out seemed to be good… Can anyone give me a hint on whatelse could be the problem? I figured it must be either a software problem or the mainboard, but if there’s anything I could do to fix the problem I’d be glad to know! Thank you guys!!
Hi,, I have just had exactly the same problem. After scratching my head for a while trying to figure out why it was not working. I thought i couldnt loose much by spending $15 on a new dock connector unit that the home button contacts go onto. After spending ten minutes putting it in, turned it on and the hey presto, the home button worked fine. So, i would go for replacing the dock connector unit. Cheers, Chris.
Hi, I have the same problem and am just about to order an dock port, however i’v just surfed the net and someone with the same problem mentioned the two copper prongs that make contact with the dock port. He said that his were slightley bent/curled up so he carefully staightened them and the home button worked!! I dont know if this will help, but it worth a look :) Bev
lift them up in the air- they are incredibly fragile…sometimes it’s just easier to get the flex! i’d also clean all the contacts for home button before buying dock connector
Hi need help i just broke one of the home button prongs by an accident just wondering is there anywhere i could buy a new frame with the prongs to replace it for a reasonable price
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the two prongs have to be straight if bent, button wont work,run along the prongs with a small screwdriver till straight then home button will work
