Replacing your iPhone’s home button could brick it, and that’s a good thing by James Risley on February 5, 2016 at 10:37 am February 5, 2016 at 10:46 am Share Tweet Share Reddit Email ...

And if you don’t want to make the secure enclave useless, you’ll have to pay between $269 and $329 to replace the home button and keep Touch ID — not the best customer support experience.

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.

Although a repair shop might suggest you replace the home button, this YouTuber offered a different solution. Plug a USB cable into your iPhone. Then, gently push down on the 30-pin connector, ...

The home button has been a staple of the iPhone since the first model launched in 2007, but all signs point to the physical button being removed with this year's flagship "iPhone 8.". Many assumed ...

A user who replaced her home button months or even years ago through a third party won’t notice a problem until she upgrades to iOS 9. The only way to fix the problem is to reunite the original ...

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. About the patent Obviously, ...

Last year, it was the headphone jack. This year, itu2019s the Home button. Innovation requires sacrifices sometimes, and in Apple has sacrificed a lot.

Apple got rid of the home button with the iPhone X, but there's a way to bring it back — if you're willing to compromise.