Approx Life Before iP4 Home Button Quits?

[zenio]

The home button on my AT&T (bought on release day) iPhone 4 does not always respond to input. Sometimes it takes two or three very deliberate pushes before it responds.

I don't want a replacement, as long as it doesn't fail to respond completely.

I can tolerate it, while I wait to buy the upcoming AT&T iPhone 5 no matter how long I must wait.

Your thoughts please.

Thank you.

EDIT: Mods, sorry about duplicate post

 

[kemperman]

this seems to be quite a common problem since the iOS 4.1 update there are quite a few people who have experienced the same problem, myself included. I guess it must be OS related.

 

[vincenz]

What do you people do with your home buttons? I've been using mine everyday since launch and have had no problems with it.

 

[Sedrick]

I wonder if it's not that the button is now required to do double duty with all the double-clicking now...

 

[zenio]

I wonder if it's not that the button is now required to do double duty with all the double-clicking now...

Good point !

However in my case I feel that my double clicking is not excessive & much like any other button it should not shorten it's lifespan dramatically. About the only way that might occur would be if it was a substandard part.

 

[ZappBrannigan]

button hell

My button also works sporadically. I'm pretty sure it is a software issue and not a mechanical one. I'm thinking about taking it in, but I'm afraid that they will not be able to reproduce the failure. Like I said it seems random.

 

[ucfgrad93]

What do you people do with your home buttons? I've been using mine everyday since launch and have had no problems with it.

Same with me. No problems with mine.

 

[zenio]

What do you people do with your home buttons?

Perhaps your clairvoyance requires troubleshooting.

 

[John88]

I have an iPod Touch and the home button was going whacko for like a 1 1/2 months. One day it would be completely unresponsive, to working half the time, to working good for a couple hours then go bad again. It was really frustrating, as my warranty expired 2 weeks before it occurred. But now it's been perfect for a few months now.

Maybe just wait it out? I'd still take it into the store and exchange it though.

I recently swapped my new Verizon iPhone. The replacement is awesome, though it took two exchanges to be satisfied.

 

[jacollins]

Mine works fine.