Solution: How to DIY Fix iPhone 7 Home Button

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3 min readFeb 28, 2018

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Home button is the key parts on iPhone devices, at least before the release of iPhone X, of course. It is essential for many function operations on your iPhone. We’ll introduce how to fix iPhone 7 home button in this article. Most of iPhone 7 users get home button problems becuase of dirt, humidity, or any accidental damage. Whatever it is, there is a damaged home button sucking, especially for those you no longer have warranty. But it doesn’t matter, because there are a few solutions you can try to have a quick fix on your iPhone 7. Here are the best 4 solutions:

1. Calibrate Your iPhone 7 Home Button

If your iPhone 7 is unresponsive, you will eventually find that the symtom is due to a small software failure. So how to handle with it? you need to calibrate your home button like this:

First click on the clock icon on the stock app, and keep the sleep button until you find the “sliding to the power” notice. After that, release the sleep button and hold down the home button. The application closes in the next 10 seconds.

If this doesn’t work, restore your phone before you try the next method. Adjust docking port.

2. Adjust Your iPhone 7 Docking Port

Let’s move into the second way, you need to adjust your iPhone 7 docking prot. If the port fails during use, it may cause it to lose its directional key. Most repair shops recommend changing. But you can try this:

Connect your iPhone 7 with a USB. Push down connector. The connector will push the Home button from the rear up. Click the Home button and apply the pressure at the same time. Inspect the status after the disassembly of cable.

3. Clean Your iPhone 7 Home Button

There is another way to fix iPhone 7 home button: cleaning it carefully. iPhone’s Home key are affected by the adhesion, pockets, dirt, and even liquid splash.

What can used for cleaning? 99% isopropyl alcohol can help. This kind of chemical is easy to get from a hardware store. Close the screen with a piece of cloth. Use a cotton swab, tissue paper, and even eye drops to directly distribute 2 drops of chemicals at home. You have to avoid the screen all the time. Now, tapping the button with a dark, narrow object (the back of the pencil) allows the chemicals to penetrate into the frame.

Now, you just need to wait for 15 minutes to check if it works. If not, move into the last solution we offer.

4. Alternative Home Button

This one is more of an alternative to the home button, there is a home button on the screen. If none amongst the above methods can help your iPhone 7 home button, you have most probably hit a completely unresponsive iPhone home button.

But there is an option to activate the on-screen home button. Find the Settings menu, go to the General option, follow Accessibility, and click Assistive Touch.

Enabling the assistive touch will make a small circle appear on the home screen.

If DIY Fix cannot help, perhaps there are some inner home button flex cable or other components get faults, you need to send it to local cell phone repair professionals, maybe they can help you.

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