If a third-party repair shop replaces your home button and you’re running iOS 9, Apple automatically bricks your phone. Once your iPhone is bricked, there’s no way to unbrick it.

The latest scare for Apple users paints the iPhone maker as a greedy company set on getting every last dollar from you. And while that depiction may have its merits, it’s not supported by the latest ...

Along with the dumping of the headphone jack, Apple could also be preparing to replace the iPhone's physical Home button with a touch-sensitive "Force Touch home button." The claim was made by ...

My iPhone’s Home button doesn’t work any more. I have to press the Home button really hard to get it to respond, and sometimes even that doesn’t work. Is it permanently broken? Is there a fix? iPhone ...

Our devices are an important part of daily life, so a shattered smartphone screen or a broken headphone jack needs to be fixed—the quicker and cheaper the better. But if you have an iPhone and don’t ...

The iPhone 7's home button is definitely a whole new experience. For starters, it isn't even an actual button anymore; it's pressure sensitive and can gauge if you meant to force touch, tap, or push ...

Apple has been granted a patent (number US 11669171 B2) for “devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for providing a Home button replacement” on iPhones and iPads. Obviously, some electronic ...

Fixing any broken phone is a hassle, but if you have an iPhone, you really only have one safe option: repairing your device using an Apple-certified technician. It ain't cheap. You can take your ...

The iPhone X is the first iPhone to ditch the physical home button. But there is a way to simulate a home button using the iPhone's software. It's a bit of a hack, though, and we don't recommend it.

Anyone else have this happen? iPad 2, about a year old (although still within warranty, thankfully). Button would occasionally not register clicks, but it got a lot worse suddenly so I took it in.

The Home button on your iPhone has multiple purposes — unlocking your iPhone, bringing up the multitasking menu, returning to the home screen, invoking Siri, etc. Such frequent use can take a toll on ...