Replace Phone 4 Home button

[Nicolas4ever]

today my iphone 4 home button replacement came. and before i start disassembling the phone to replace it i was wondering if i have to apply adhesive again? or i am good to go?

 

[Nicolas4ever]

actually its urgent:/ i need to know before i start..i was dealing with a dead home button for 2 months.

 

[Macman45]

I fixit. Step by step


http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing-iPhone-4-Home-Button/3144/1

 

[Nicolas4ever]

I fixit. Step by step


http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing-iPhone-4-Home-Button/3144/1

thats the site i will use to replace my home button..just wanted to know if i have to buy adhesive to put back to the bezel...anyway

 

[BlueGummiBear]

No you don't.

 

[Nicolas4ever]

Thanks for the reply. i am going to do it tomorrow . I hope i dont break sth during the disassembling and the reverse .

 

[iClive]

Just take your time, handle the delicate components very carefully, and follow the step by step guide suggested above.

The trickiest parts of this job in my experience are removal and re-installation of the LCD/digitizer and refitting the home button connector.

 

[BlueGummiBear]

Make sure you don't lose the little piece of metal on the wifi antenna. If you do then you won't be able to get a wifi signal.

Also, be careful when removing home button flex cable from the connector port. If you don't release the clip just right it will break off easily.

 

[Nicolas4ever]

well i wasn't at home and i will replace my button one of these days...thanks everyone for the help...i hope everything will roll out well lol..and for the wi-fi antenna as i understood is to not loose the metal under the screw? ;P

 

[yegon]

Jailbreak, install Zephyr, forget about the home button.

 

[Nicolas4ever]

well i prefer to use the home button is more practical and i prefer having everything working in my devices.

 

[Nicolas4ever]

damn =.= today i replaced the home button everything went good...started up my phone and still the same problem.

 

[j.dstasio]

If you replaced the actual home button itself, It probably wouldn't be fixed. It likely wasn't your button. The button is just s little plastic disc that covers the contact in the flex cable. Not much can really go wrong with a plastic button. The problem you are having is more likely a bad flex cable. If the flex cable is good, the metal disc that the flex cable rests on may have slipped out of place. Does your button still click? or does it press down without any tactile response?

Replacing the flex cable isn't that hard. Same process as replacing the button and as an extra step, peel the adhesive off the new cable, attach it to your home button, then thread it through the midplate to the backside. you will see the lever type connector that it connects to.

I fix iPhones & iPods at a shop 15-20 hours a week, feel free to PM if you need help.

 

[Nicolas4ever]

If you replaced the actual home button itself, It probably wouldn't be fixed. It likely wasn't your button. The button is just s little plastic disc that covers the contact in the flex cable. Not much can really go wrong with a plastic button. The problem you are having is more likely a bad flex cable. If the flex cable is good, the metal disc that the flex cable rests on may have slipped out of place. Does your button still click? or does it press down without any tactile response?

Replacing the flex cable isn't that hard. Same process as replacing the button and as an extra step, peel the adhesive off the new cable, attach it to your home button, then thread it through the midplate to the backside. you will see the lever type connector that it connects to.

I fix iPhones & iPods at a shop 15-20 hours a week, feel free to PM if you need help.

no i replaced and the plastic and the flex cable:/