Do you wake your iPhone with the sleep/wake or home button?

[hierobryan]

Vote!

Please explain why you wake your iPhone the way you do. I'm just curious. I always use the sleep/wake button, never the home button, because I've seen stories where the home button becomes unresponsive, so I don't want to wear it out. I've also seen a case where the home button would stop working because there was a build up of dust/crud under it.

 

[celticpride678]

I use the home button. It is always easier for me.

 

[fireshot91]

uhh...

It's a spur of the moment thing.

 

[David G.]

The home button. I assume there will be a poll coming, right?
Edit: Yay, a poll!

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

Voted home button because it's easier to do with one hand especially for right-handed people. If you go for the sleep/wake button you have to change your grip.

 

[Etnies419]

Both. It usually depends on how I'm holding it. If my thumb is by the home button, I'll use that. If my pointer finger is by the sleep/wake button, I'll use that.

 

[TSX]

95% of the time i use the home button.

 

[daveishere]

I always wake it with the home button and send it to sleep with the sleep/wake button.

This is becuase when i grab my iPhone out my pocket my thump is always covering the home button, therefore if i press it when pulling it out my screen will be on when its out on my pocket!

 

[apfhex]

Sleep/wake button, because my finger rests on it when I hold the phone in my left hand.

 

[malachiman]

usually sleep/wake but thats because it's more convenient as I keep my phone in my left pocket but am right handed and so as I change hands I use my left index finger to press sleep/wake. Seldom do I use home.

 

[hierobryan]

Wow. I'm surprised that most of you use the home button. How odd.

 

[TheZimm]

usually sleep/wake but thats because it's more convenient as I keep my phone in my left pocket but am right handed and so as I change hands I use my left index finger to press sleep/wake. Seldom do I use home.

Now see I put my phone in my right pocket, and whenever I put it away I put it top down (home button up) so whenever I take it out I directly put my thumb on the home button, so it's the quickest way to turn it on.

 

[thatappleguytoday]

really with this? is it that serious?

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

Wow. I'm surprised that most of you use the home button. How odd.

If you're doing the unlocking one-handed, there is no way you can do it more conveniently with the sleep/wake button.

Using the home button, you're already gripping the phone properly to slide. Using the sleep/wake with either hand you have to change your grip before sliding to unlock.

 

[soopamac]

sleep/wake button. got used to it from all the years of using windows mobile phones.

 

[i3igsmooth5769]

Wow. I'm surprised that most of you use the home button. How odd.

it would appear your method is even more odd

 

[chrmjenkins]

Where's the "With breakfast in bed" option?

 

[Mad Mac Maniac]

both.

There are 3 options.

If i get my iphone out of my pocket to unlock it and do something on the phone. I will use the home button 99% of the time. It's simply the most convenient place to have your finger to then unlock the phone.

If I get my iphone out of my pocket to check the time, or see if I've missed any calls or texts, I use the wake/sleep button 99% of the time. This is because after I've seen the time I like to put the phone back to sleep in an attempt to preserve battery life.

If the iphone is sitting on a table/desk or whatever, it really depends on positioning and how i grab it, and where my fingers are, and variables such as these. So in this case I do both.

 

[iHateMacs]

Neither. I always wait for someone to phone me.

 

[entity]

If I'm pulling the phone out of my pocket, than my finger is usually rest on the sleep button. If I'm already hold it say off a desk, than it is the home key =].

 

[mynameisrichard]

both.

There are 3 options.

If i get my iphone out of my pocket to unlock it and do something on the phone. I will use the home button 99% of the time. It's simply the most convenient place to have your finger to then unlock the phone.

If I get my iphone out of my pocket to check the time, or see if I've missed any calls or texts, I use the wake/sleep button 99% of the time. This is because after I've seen the time I like to put the phone back to sleep in an attempt to preserve battery life.

If the iphone is sitting on a table/desk or whatever, it really depends on positioning and how i grab it, and where my fingers are, and variables such as these. So in this case I do both.

I just thought about it. That's exactly how I do it too... but then again, I'm unlocking my phone probably 95% of the time, so more than not I'm using the home button.

 

[Telp]

Whatever is closest pretty much. If its in my pocket with lock button up ill use that, if the home button is up ill use that.

 

[Switz213]

uhh...

It's a spur of the moment thing.

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[SFStateStudent]

Closest button always seems to be the sleep/wake from my front pocket....

 

[Mad Mac Maniac]

Neither. I always wait for someone to phone me.

well that's unfortunate for you. as soon as you hang up the iphone goes back to sleep