Home button not working after screen replacement
Hi, so I know this is a commonly asked question, but I can’t find anything like my situation. I got a replacement 6s screen a while ago, installed it fine, didn’t rip any cables or anything, the only thing I noticed was that the home button was really loose and would shift around a lot. I reconnected everything correctly, but I didn’t snap in the clips holding the screen down because I wanted to make sure it worked. The LCD issues were fixed, but the home button was very finicky and would only work about half the time or when I held it down for a few seconds. After trying it for a while it just stopped responding at all. I disconnected the battery, digitizer cables, etc. to make sure everything was good, and it seemed totally normal. Now I don’t know what to do. Please help me out, thanks. I never had Touch ID enabled so I don’t know if that works.
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Update: Know how I said the clips weren’t in yet? Well, of course because of that the screen wasn’t lined up quite right with the phone. I lined it up and got the home button to work after a few tries. It’s completely random, it will go from not working at all to 5 minutes later fully working. This indicates to me that @misternerd was right about the gasket being loose. I’ll get a replacement ASAP.
por Jasper Holden
I’d always help a stuck user on a repair!
por Richard Steed
The rubber gasket being missing shouldn't stop the home button from working but it will feel quite flimsy without it.
I'm leaning more towards a worn out home button clicker (the little plastic black dot under the home button) or a home button connector on the screen itself.
por Ben
Interesting. Do you think though that I could use the gasket from the iPhone 6 that I mentioned to try that method before I replace the clicker and or connector? This probably sounds kind of dumb to you, but the home button clicks fine so I don’t know if that would indicate the clicker was okay. It’s just it shifts around a lot and when I click it half the time I get no response.
por Jasper Holden
I don’t think so, gaskets on the iPhone 6 and 6s are glued and when you take it off, the adhesive gets damaged and won’t stick. The reason I mentioned replacing the gasket was because it can cause the button to move around and damaged the cable and that’s where I thought that the button moved around and was ripped.
por Richard Steed