From time to time the main button mobile devices on iOS it becomes less responsive - it starts to work with some delay or stops working at all. In most cases, this is due to a software failure and restoring its functionality is not difficult. It happens that after several years of active use the mechanism Home buttons wears out and requires more serious intervention.

Be that as it may, you can revive iOS devices without contacting specialists service center. There are four ways to fix the broken Home button problem on iPhone and iPad.

Method 1: Software calibration

Sometimes the main button iPhone smartphone and the iPad becomes less responsive - it starts to work with some delay. If this is due to a software failure, then it is necessary to perform a calibration procedure.

To do this, you need to open any standard application, such as weather or stocks. Then, press and hold the power button of your iOS device until the power bar appears. Now you need to hold Home until the bar disappears and the running application is unloaded from memory. After this, the Home button will work as expected.

Method 2: Adjust the position of the dock connector

In situations where the Home button on the iPhone and iPad stops responding to presses, a little trick will help, for which you will need a standard 30-pin cord. First, you need to place the plug into the iPhone connector, and then put your finger under the plug and gently press it from the bottom up. After this, all you have to do is click on Home. Now you can remove the cord and check the operation of the device.

Method 3: Use WD-40 spray.

You can restore the functioning of the worn-out Home button mechanism in the iPhone and iPad using the WD-40 aerosol known among car enthusiasts (or simply “Vedashka”). This product is used in the weapons and aerospace industries, aviation, and electromechanical production.

The spray is also used at home, the “Vedashka” eliminates the creaking of doors, it can be used to lubricate bicycle parts, locks, etc. WD-40 is also suitable in the case of an iPhone - just spray the product on the non-working Home button, and then make 5-10 quick clicks. As a rule, it comes to life and begins to respond to pressure again.

Method 4: Software duplication

If the three previous methods did not work, apparently, the button is really broken and specialist intervention is required here. Until you contact a workshop for repairs, you can use the built-in operating system iOS feature of software duplication of functions.

To do this, go to Settings -> General -> Universal Access and turn on Assistive Touch by clicking the switch at the top of the screen. Now click the circle that appears on the screen and in the window that appears, click “Home”. Once you close Settings, you can call this button at any time to return to the main screen.

In this case, this is a temporary solution that will allow you to use your iPhone and iPad even with a broken Home button.

The breakdown of the Home button is not a common occurrence, however, when this happens, the user is practically deprived of the opportunity to fully use his iPhone. After all, without this button it is impossible to return to the main screen, close applications, switch between running applications and perform many other operations.

The best solution in such a situation is to contact a service center. But you don’t always have the time and money to repair your favorite gadget. Sometimes you need your phone right now, but it doesn't actually work. In such a case, there is a temporary solution. You can display the Home button on the iPhone screen and press it using the touchscreen.

You can use this method on any iPhone models, which has been updated to iOS 5 or higher. And these are models such as iPhone 4, 4s, 5, 5s, 6, 6s, 7, 8 and iPhone X.

How to Enable the Home Button on the iPhone Screen

If you want to display the Home button on the screen of your iPhone, then to do this you will need to go to the settings and turn on the “Assistive Touch” function there. To do this, open the Settings app and go to the General section.

And go to the “Assistive Touch” function settings.

Here, at the very top of the screen, you need to activate the switch, which is responsible for turning off and on the “Assistive Touch” function.

After enabling Assistive Touch, a floating round button should appear on the screen that will look something like the screenshot below.

The appearance of this button means that the Assistive Touch feature is enabled and can now be used to control the iPhone without using hardware buttons, such as the Home button.

How to Press the Home Button on the iPhone Screen

Now a few words about how to press the Home button using the iPhone screen. To do this, click on the floating button for the “Assistive Touch” function. As a result, a menu with several items should appear on the screen. Among other things, there will be a “Home” button here. Press it and your iPhone will respond as if you pressed a hardware button on the device.

If suddenly there is no “Home” button in your menu, then return to iPhone Settings and open the section “General - Universal Access - Assistive Touch - Top-Level Menu”.

Here you can configure which options are available in the Assistive Touch menu. To add a Home button, click on any of the available options.

And in the list that opens, select the “Home” button.

You can also reset Assistive Touch settings here or increase the number of available options.

What else can you do with Assistive Touch?

Assistive Touch is a feature designed primarily for people with disabilities. disabilities. As already mentioned, with its help you can display the Home button on the iPhone screen and press it without using a real hardware button on the case. But besides this, Assistive Touch provides a lot of other possibilities. For example, you can use it:

• Open the notification list or Control Center;
• Emulate the use of gestures and shaking the device;
• Control sound volume;
• Enable screen lock;
• Enable screen rotation or orientation lock;
• Take screenshots;
• Manage multitasking;
• Use the camera as a magnifying glass;

If it so happens that your phone’s “Home” button, “Power” lock button or volume control is damaged, which significantly complicates your work with the device and you cannot solve the problem yourself, you need to contact a service center, where specialists will certainly repair the problematic ones buttons for a certain amount.

If suddenly, for some reason, it is not possible to contact the service center, everything is not so bad, Apple took care of its users here too and introduced a wonderful function - which allows you to replace the Home button at the software level, or rather assign its functions by simply pressing on the iPhone or iPad screen. The Assistive Touch menu duplicates the functionality of all the buttons on your device.

How do I enable Assistive Touch?

On your iPhone, go to Settings, then select General → Accessibility → Assistive Touch and turn on this function.

A translucent icon will appear on the display, clicking which opens a functional menu that allows you to control the device without using the Power and Home buttons or volume control.

You can use Assistive Touch from any app, Home screen, or Lock screen. In order to use the Assistive Touch menu, you need to click on the virtual translucent key that appears on the device screen. The key can be moved to any edge of the display for convenience.

If you click on the virtual key, a menu will open, which includes:
Icon "Notification Center"- this is the usual notification center, the button is useful if top part screen stopped working

The section contains a lot of useful functions:

In the Assistive Touch settings you can replace, add and remove icons in the menu virtual assistant, for this you need to go to the item.

Here you can expand the Assistive Touch menu and add those functions that you need, or, on the contrary, leave only those functions that you really need. This is very convenient for those who, for example, the “Power” button does not work; then you can display only the “lock screen” icon on the screen and use it to turn off and lock the screen.

As we can see, if you understand this function well, then with the help of Assistive Touch you can easily replace the shortcomings of your smartphone, because with this function you can indeed replace the lock button, the home button, the volume control and the mute and vibration key .

If you have a problem with your iPhone in the form of a broken Home button, then this problem can be temporarily fixed by turning on the Home button. After repair it can be removed.

I'm talking about the button that appears on the screen of your iPhone and it completely replaces the functionality of the regular home button until the phone is repaired.

Home button on iPhone screen

If you saw a translucent square with a white spot in the center on your device, then this is a replacement for the desired button on your device.

This technology is called AssistiveTouch and it is used in two cases: there is no way to touch the screen or you need adaptive equipment.

If in simple words, then you enable this function if you damaged the screen and simply cannot use the basic functions of the phone.

In addition to the Home button, this technology has Notification Center, Device functions (sound, lock, rotate), Control Center, Siri and User (different taps on the screen).


As you can see, if only a small part of the screen works for you, but you can see everything, then you can still safely use the phone until the problem is fixed.

How to remove/disable the Home button on the iPhone screen

To install, you can say so virtual button Home there are not many actions you need to do on your screen. They are roughly like this:

As you can see, a shortcut has now appeared on the screen that allows you to use the necessary functionality, including the Home button.

This translucent shortcut can be moved to any place convenient for you. In general, it doesn’t really interfere, but still.

Good time! Displaying the “Home” button on the iPhone screen is just one of many () methods of dealing with the breakdown of this key. Of course, the safest thing would be to go to a service center and have it repaired, but this is not always possible “here and now,” and you need to use the phone “well, really desperately.”

It is for this case that you can use the AssistiveTouch function. Initially, this option is intended for people with disabilities. Thanks to it, a certain menu is displayed on the screen, in which all the main keys and functions are located. Including the Home button. How to call it and enable it? detailed instructions already here - let's go!

Now there will be magic...:)

Display the “Home” button directly on the screen of your iOS device!

Option 1 (Old iOS versions)

Step-by-step instruction:

Option 2 (Newer iOS versions)

Step-by-step instruction:

After this, on iPhone screen or iPad, a fairly large white circle appears, by clicking on it we get access to the return button and other functionality.

It's worth paying attention to two things:

• This option works always and everywhere – in all programs, games, etc.
• For convenience, it (this white spot) can be moved to different corners of the screen.

By the way, if you don’t need to display it on the screen, the so-called calibration may well help.

How to remove "Home" from the display?

The only way is all the information. Joke:)

No, in fact, such an operation will certainly help, but you can do something simpler. It is enough to do all the same steps as above, but in reverse order. Go to the menu - settings - general - universal access - AssistiveTouch - turn off the switch. The white circle will disappear from the screen, and along with it the “Home” button.

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