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.

If your iPhone button is not responding and you're out of warranty, here are four things you can do to fix it. Sharon Profis Former Vice President of Content, CNET Studios As vice president of CNET ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For many of its earlier models, Apple launched iPads with physical Home buttons located below their screens. Initially, they were primarily used for navigation, such as a way to return to the home ...

It may sound impossible to imagine an iPhone without a home button. But in some ways, Apple has been preparing users for this eventuality for years. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now ...

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.