How to Recalibrate / Refresh iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad Home Button

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After an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad has been used for some time, the home button may begin to seem unresponsive or slow. While this may be due to a hardware issue (the device may have been dropped, damaging internal hardware), it's worth a shot to recalibrate the device's home button.

To recalibrate the home button, follow these steps:

1. Open a pre-installed app (e.g., Stocks, Calendar, Weather, Calendar, etc.).
2. Hold down the power button until the "Slide to Power Off" option appears.
3. Hold down the home button until the application quits.

This may or may not solve your home button's issue(s) but there is no harm in trying. If you try this tip make sure to leave us a comment telling us whether or not it made a difference for you.
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[iPT2gGeec]

@SAW1A1UFO @Bananas138 That's spot on, bud! As I said in the video's description, after time, the home button may seem to be getting slow. Recalibrating the home button essentially "restarts" it.

[uncfan316]

Just tried it, and am pretty sure that it worked on my iphone 4 with a minute or two of testing. So thanks!!

[iPT2gGeec]

@uncfan316 Glad it worked for you!

[killab50822]

Its wrks!!!!

[Cp6uH1]

Thanks soooo much for this tutorial bro :) ...

[nidamehmood123]

it doesn't work on mine

[krischanborja]

Wow. Made it kinda faster. Thanks!!

[CrusinClassic]

I'm with SAW1A1UFO... Recalibrating? For that I think more of the touch screen not the home button. The home button is well there. Didn't go anywhere. Refresh sounds more like the right description.

[nikplat]

It worked thanks bro

[b3rmi]

Worked for me :) use to take too return to the home screen thanks!

[RockinNoodles94]

Ive got an iPhone 3g and it works great.. it was soo much hassle before the waiting for a response was like 15seconds.. and im really impatient so thanks!