iPhone 7 Detects Faulty Home Button, Automatically Enables Assistive Touch [Photo]

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Posted October 15, 2016 at 12:56pm by Shalom Levytam

Apple's new iPhone 7 is able to detect issues with your Home button and will automatically enable Assistive Touch providing an onscreen Home button until your device is serviced, reports MacRumors forum member iwayne.

So plugged in my iPhone 7 to charge and it turned itself off. When i powered it back up this appeared on screen. Really Apple?

The message reads...

The Home Button May Need Service
In the meantime, you can use the onscreen Home button below.

The new solid state Home button on the iPhone 7 is designed to be durable, responsive, and pressure sensitive. It gives you precise tactile feedback as you press by working in tandem with a new Taptic Engine. You can even set its haptic feedback level to your liking.

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Guest - October 17, 2016 at 8:24pm

Lawsuit, potentially knew the home button be defective

Chris - October 17, 2016 at 5:54pm

People say that since apple had the assistive touch automatically enable they must've known this solid-state button won't be as reliable. I think it has more to do with the operating system, iOS 10. The way you unlock your device is by clicking the home button; slide to unlock is gone. So if assistive touch didn't enable, your phone would be unusable until you fix the home button.

Shar - October 16, 2016 at 7:50pm

my home button on my 5s hasn't been working recently, works only 10% of the time, but I think the problem is software not hardware, because it works fine for few minutes after restarting or doing the home button reset procedure. after seeing this, I am starting to think this is a ploy by apple to get people into apple store for "service" for phantom home button issues, those covered by warranty get it fixed, those outside the warranty have to payup for a non-existent issue, that would be smart for them, new source of income.

gamerscul9870 - October 16, 2016 at 9:22pm

My 5s button still works and I haven't once used an on screen button and more often than not, I use touch I.D. besides the passcode.

Snqek18 - October 15, 2016 at 10:38pm

They add fix in software but not in hardware.

Snqek18 - October 15, 2016 at 10:37pm

So it will happen?

gamerscul9870 - October 15, 2016 at 8:07pm

This is all based on how differently designed many phone models are, except the 7 problem here fixes itself (well, 95% of everything is fixed thanks to the on screen home button) but I'd rather deal with many problems iPhones would have rather than the explosion note 7 that was quickly discontinued as quick as a pilot not picked up.

gamerscul9870 - October 16, 2016 at 5:05pm

After you Mr. Contradicter. It is fixed except the part where it's touch I.D.! If you could bother understanding, this is a backup home button that works in SOME ways like the main home button. That's what I was saying!!

stevenlacross - October 17, 2016 at 2:38pm

The iPhone 5 had a faulty power button, Google iPhone 5 power sleep warranty and you'll see the apple page for it

Guest - October 15, 2016 at 4:01pm

It would seems their is circuitry in the button that prevents it from working correctly. Has anyone disassembled it ?

RWR - October 15, 2016 at 3:48pm

It's not a physical button so how did it break??? I had a customer come in with a 7 plus and the power button was already compressed and wouldn't click.