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.

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 ...

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, ...

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.

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