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Completely disable the home button?

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SkyFlakes

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Aug 19, 2010
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Due to water damage my iphone's home button has been going crazy. At first it was manageable to use my phone without pressing the home button because of activator but recently my phone is simulating me pressing the home button over and over, causing it to bring up multitasking, voice control and quitting any app I try to open. Now I ask is there any way to disable the home button.

I've tried using activator to disable it completely but it only gives the "Do nothing" option when you hold down the home button.

any ideas? and keep in mind I can't navigate my phone for more than 4-6 seconds at a time without it bringing me back to the home screen or bringing up voice control.


For those who need a visual of what I'm talking about.
http://tinypic.com/r/2zyjsr9/7
 
False, here is an app from Cydia that you can use:

There’s a jailbreak app that’ll let you do just that!

IncarcerApp for jailbroken iPhones will allow you to “lock up” the current app, leaving it fully functional but disabling the home button. With a quick gesture chosen by you through Activator, you can hand over your iPhone with no worries of them exiting the app and playing around elsewhere on the phone.

It’s a simple but useful tweak if you have curious friends, family, or kids eager to play with an app or watch YouTube without you having to worry about sensitive data elsewhere on your phone.

Once you download the app in Cydia, you’ll find there’s some flexible options to choose from to make full use of the app…

incarcerapp-settings-277x400.png


The first option in the app, “Global” settings, allows you to enable/disable the incarcerate function for all apps. It also lets you enable/disable a status bar icon to indicate incarceration is active, but that hasn’t worked for me. (Possibly a conflict with other status bar tweaks I have).

The second option, “Overrides” settings, allows you to choose specific apps that IncarcerApp will never be enabled for. This is a good place to turn off incarceration for the Phone app, especially if you use the ringer as the Activator function.

The third option, “Control (via Activator)” is where you choose your Activator gesture. Activator is a separate jailbreak tweak that lets you choose actions for apps or the phone based on gestures you decide. (SBSettings, for example, is usually set to open with a slide across the status bar.) For IncarcerApp, I suggest the double tap of the status bar. I found the long hold of the status bar would result in wrongful incarcerations (never a good thing!) because I tapped a button at the top of the screen in an app.

So those are the ins and outs of IncarcerApp, which you can download in Cydia for free.:D
 
try to store it in a closed plastic bag full of dry rice for a good 24-48 hours. it might draw out the moist that is trapped in there. Worked for a lot of people.You could also use silica gell, but most people don't have that in stock in large enough quantities.
 
You can disconnect the home button from the logic board. It’s really easy. Buy an apple style pentelob screwdriver. Unscrew two screws on bottom edge of phone. They’re on either side of power port. For 6S and newer (not SE) Use hot air gun or blow dryer to heat the edges of the glass all around screen till they’re just passed too hot to touch(softens adhesive holding screen on). Use a suction cup and guitar pick to pull up screen and separate from metal housing. For iPhone 7 and newer buy apple style tri-wing screwdriver to remove two or three screws holding down home button cover. Disconnect home button and either cut off connector or put electrical tape over metal pins to prevent partial connection. Reinstall everything. Phone will take a long time to boot up each time because it will look for the home button until it times out.

Alternatively you can follow this same process except remove the water damaged home button and replace it with a new one. This will disable Touch ID permanently btw. Of course if the water damage is on the logic board then replacing the home button prosbbaly won’t make a difference.

I’ll make a YouTube video of how to do this if wanted. Reply for request.


SkyFlakes said:
Due to water damage my iphone's home button has been going crazy. At first it was manageable to use my phone without pressing the home button because of activator but recently my phone is simulating me pressing the home button over and over, causing it to bring up multitasking, voice control and quitting any app I try to open. Now I ask is there any way to disable the home button.

I've tried using activator to disable it completely but it only gives the "Do nothing" option when you hold down the home button.

any ideas? and keep in mind I can't navigate my phone for more than 4-6 seconds at a time without it bringing me back to the home screen or bringing up voice control.


For those who need a visual of what I'm talking about.
http://tinypic.com/r/2zyjsr9/7
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A7ger said:
You can disconnect the home button from the logic board. It’s really easy. Buy an apple style pentelob screwdriver. Unscrew two screws on bottom edge of phone. They’re on either side of power port. For 6S and newer (not SE) Use hot air gun or blow dryer to heat the edges of the glass all around screen till they’re just passed too hot to touch(softens adhesive holding screen on). Use a suction cup and guitar pick to pull up screen and separate from metal housing. For iPhone 7 and newer buy apple style tri-wing screwdriver to remove two or three screws holding down home button cover. Disconnect home button and either cut off connector or put electrical tape over metal pins to prevent partial connection. Reinstall everything. Phone will take a long time to boot up each time because it will look for the home button until it times out.

Alternatively you can follow this same process except remove the water damaged home button and replace it with a new one. This will disable Touch ID permanently btw. Of course if the water damage is on the logic board then replacing the home button prosbbaly won’t make a difference.

I’ll make a YouTube video of how to do this if wanted. Reply for request.



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OP is not going to reply. This thread is 7 years old, OP is still registered as a newbie (2010) with 7 posts total. I highly doubt this is any sort of a problem any more.
 
eyoungren said:
OP is not going to reply. This thread is 7 years old, OP is still registered as a newbie (2010) with 7 posts total. I highly doubt this is any sort of a problem any more.
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I’m sure there are plenty of people that will have a similar issue that will find this thread. Maybe a few will find my comment useful.
 
A7ger said:
I’m sure there are plenty of people that will have a similar issue that will find this thread. Maybe a few will find my comment useful.
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So why not make a new thread about it rather than resurrecting one that's seven years old where your reply is towards the end.

I mean if you want people to notice…
 
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