My iPhone 5 home button has scratches, which is to be expected from plastic. Is the 5S home button, which is partly sapphire, resistant to scratches? How durable is the capacitive ring?
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How durable is 5S home button?
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That's not true, but for the purpose of answering the OP's question, it's definitely true enough.
The iphone 5s home button CAN be scratched. If you look on youtube you will see someone doing so to demonstrate the consequences of a scratched touch sensor. The end result is that the touch id no longer works to access your phone!
Here is the YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-3c1NYF8Gw
I think if he would scan his fingerprint again after scratching it would work!
It's not all that strange. Temperature plays a significant part in this. I assume it's getting warmer where you are?
I do recommend that people using one finger primarily have a winter print and a summer print.
Why don't you go to 'Settings" and create a touch Home button that displays on your screen. You can turn off from there too.