my ipad 3 home button didn't work, so I blew on it .. seems to work now, is it a ticking time bomb now, LOL?
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iPad ipad 3 home button question
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Just blowing on it fixed it? Haha. If only so many more technical problems were that easy to fix! 🙄
If it stops working, the best fix in my opinion is this: take some rubbing alcohol (preferably 90+ higher alcohol percentage), and put literally just one drop (no more) in the middle of the home button. Then take a new pencil and use the eraser end to press the home button quite a few times. Call it ten or so. Then take a paper tower or something and wipe off the access alcohol. Alcohol like that is quick to dry, don't worry about whatever is left under the button.
My iPad 2 home button has been fixed many a time using the same method. Cheers!
If it stops working, the best fix in my opinion is this: take some rubbing alcohol (preferably 90+ higher alcohol percentage), and put literally just one drop (no more) in the middle of the home button. Then take a new pencil and use the eraser end to press the home button quite a few times. Call it ten or so. Then take a paper tower or something and wipe off the access alcohol. Alcohol like that is quick to dry, don't worry about whatever is left under the button.
My iPad 2 home button has been fixed many a time using the same method. Cheers!
Before you fix it, take it in to Apple and see about getting it replaced under warranty. A hardware problem is going to happen more frequently, not less frequently.