iPhone home button replacement?

zweton

Anywhere in town i could get this done while i wait?

Clareman

What model phone is it? It's surprisingly easy to replace parts in the phones yourself and there are loads of youtube videos showing you how to do it. I've gotten parts from www.syncron.ie in the past

zweton

iPhone4, ya i have seen the vids but all those small parts would test my patience!

biko

Is it completely dead or just unresponsive? There's threads in Apple forum abut home button cleaning.

Clareman

Small screwdriver, blade type tool and a tweezers is all you need, you'd be able to get the part for a few euros as well http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=iphone+4+home+button&rt=nc&LH_BIN=1 the video for doing it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cflsmFSdcmI


Otherwise, most mobile phone repair shops or CompuB will do it for you. You could ask in the Apple forum on here as well of course

johnconway

Yes it can be repaired for €25 and it takes less then 1 hour.

BrendanD

i can recommend the guy in foxes bow alongside blades he fixes phones and laptops too

As Clareman said its easy to do once you follow a YouTube video and in fairness, you need the patience of a saint. I replaced the home button, battery and charge port on mine for about €15 which included the price of the tools (star screwdriver, plastic wedge thing etc). Of course, a week later I cracked the screen so I've to do that next

ShatterProof

you could try

settings
general
acceessibility
assistivetouch
On

and will put a floating home button on your screen, handy till you get it fixed.

ShatterProof

ShatterProof wrote: »

you could try

settings
general
acceessibility
assistivetouch
On

and will put a floating home button on your screen, handy till you get it fixed.

Well thats just brilliant sir! Didn't know about this feature. Went over a week turning off and on the phone to get back to the home screen Very handy!