How to remove the home button on an iPhone. How to display the Home button on the iPhone screen: tips and tricks. What is Assistive Touch. Which iPhone models support

From time to time the main button mobile devices on iOS, it becomes less responsive - it starts to work with some delay or stops working at all. In most cases, this is due to software glitch and it is not difficult to restore its working capacity. It happens that after several years of active use, the mechanism of the Home button wears out and more serious intervention is needed here.

Be that as it may, you can reanimate iOS devices without contacting specialists in service center... There are four ways to fix broken home button problem on iPhone and iPad.

Method 1: Software calibration

Sometimes the home button iPhone smartphone and iPad becomes less responsive - it starts to work with some delay. If this is due to a software failure, then a calibration procedure must be performed.

To do this, you need to open any regular application, for example, weather or promotions. Then, press and hold the power button of the iOS device until the shutdown bar appears. Now you need to keep Home until the bar disappears and the running application is unloaded from memory. The Home button will then work as expected.

Method 2: Adjust the position of the dock connector

In situations where the Home button on iPhone and iPad stops responding, a little trick will help, which requires a standard 30-pin cord. First you need to place the plug into the iPhone connector, then place your finger under the plug and gently push it upwards. After that, it remains to click on Home. Now you can remove the cord and test the operation of the device.

Method 3: Use WD-40 aerosol.

It is possible to restore the operation of the worn-out mechanism of the Home button in the iPhone and iPad using the WD-40 aerosol known among motorists (or simply "vadashka"). This tool is used in the arms and aerospace industries, aviation, electromechanical production.

The spray is also used at home, the "vadashka" eliminates the creak of doors, it can be used to lubricate bicycle parts, locks, etc. WD-40 is also suitable in the case of an iPhone - just sprinkle the product on the inoperative Home button and then make 5-10 quick clicks. As a rule, it comes to life and starts responding to pressing again.

Method 4: Software duplication

If the three previous methods did not work, it looks like the button is really broken and the intervention of specialists is required here. Until you go to a workshop for repairs, you can use the built-in operating system iOS function software duplication functions.

To do this, go to Settings -> General -> Accessibility and turn on Assistive Touch by clicking the switch at the top of the screen. Now press the circle that appears on the screen and in the window that appears, click "Home". When you close the settings, you can call this button at any time to return to the main screen.

In this case, this is a temporary solution that will allow you to use the iPhone and iPad even with a broken Home button.

Button " Home"Performs 6 different day-to-day functions on iPhone: call up the lock screen, return to the springboard (home screen), open ambiguity mode, scan your fingerprint with Touch ID, launch the Siri voice assistant, and mode (" Convenient access") for using iPhone with one hand. In this article, we will tell you about 5 more settings that can be applied when working with the Home button on the iPhone.

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Most of the functions are available on iPhones with iOS 9 (and higher), but some of them may be present on older versions of the Apple operating system.

Disable Reachability to avoid accidental clicks

After Apple decided to increase the diagonal of the display from quite convenient 3.5 and 4 inches to 4.7 and 5.5, with which, holding the device in one hand, it becomes terribly difficult to reach the far corner of the display, the Reachability function was integrated into iOS, well , or " Convenient access»In Russian equivalent.

Its essence lies in the fact that by double-tapping (just by touching, not pressing) the button " Home”, The interface slides down and it becomes easy to reach the most remote areas of the display with one hand.

But no matter how cool the function is on paper and in various videos, I personally use it in my daily activities only a couple of times a year. I will even say more - it periodically gives discomfort due to accidental pressing.

You can disable it, for which you need to go to Settings → The main → Universal access and in the section " Interaction"Opposite the item" Convenient access»Move the switch to the inactive position.

Decrease the velocity of pressing

When working with the " Home»Its double or even triple pressing can be used to perform certain tasks. By default, to implement the plan, you need to press the Home button as quickly as possible. If you are not satisfied with this state of affairs, then you can reduce the speed of double or triple click.

To do this, open Settings → The main → Universal access → Home... Here you can choose such options for double or triple pressing as “ Slowly" or " So slow».

Disable Siri

Long hold of the button " Home»By default launches Siri. But if you do not use it, or, for example, often take screenshots, then to avoid a false launch, you can disable the launch of the voice assistant.

How do I turn off Siri on the lock screen?

Open up Settings → Touch ID and password... After you enter the lock password in the section " Lock screen access"Deactivate the toggle switch opposite" Siri».

How do I turn off Siri completely?

Go to Settings → The main → Siri and turn off the main switch, and then summarize the action in the pop-up menu.

Assigning a triple click action

Pressing the button three times Home»You can also assign a specific action. To do this, open Settings → The main → Universal access and scroll all the way down the list until you find the menu “ Keyboard shortcut", Which is disabled by default.

Here you can activate one of the following functions:

Cleaning up RAM

Using the Home button, you can also clear the RAM of the device, which will also be relevant on older iPhones and iPads.

To do this, hold down the " Power supply"(Power) until the device shutdown slider appears (" Switch off»).

Then press and hold the " Home»Until the desktop appears (about 10 seconds). Everything, RAM cleared.

The iPhone X does not have a Home button and most of the action is now done with gestures. Perhaps not all of them are comfortable for you, at least until you are used to them. There is a solution - a virtual Home button. AssistiveTouch is essentially a virtual Home button that can not only return you to the home screen, but also do much more.

Previously, AssistiveTouch was used when the Home button was broken or during iPhone times 4s to avoid breakage prematurely.

When you turn on and configure AssistiveTouch, you can add 3D Touch gestures or long press on the virtual button. When you click on it, several options will appear, including activating Siri, switching apps, taking a screenshot, and more.

How install virtual buttonHome on iPhone

Step 1: Go to Settings -> The main -> Universal access -> AssistiveTouch and click on the switch at the top. After that, a virtual button will appear on the screen. Place it wherever you like.

Step 2: Then press Menu top level ... You will see buttons that will appear after clicking on the main one. Typically these include Control Center, Siri, Home and Notifications. It is worth adding the functions Multitasking and Screenshot.

Step 3: You can customize one-tap, double-tap and long-press or 3D Touch gestures.

The most important actions can be set on these gestures. For example, a single tap will open the home screen, a double tap will open multitasking, and a long press will open the Control Center. For 3D Touch, you can leave Siri activated.

That's all, now you have a handy virtual Home button on your iPhone.

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Nothing on earth lasts forever, not even the details of gadgets! Time and work affect the condition of not only people, but also equipment. Wear occurs.

Gadgets are subject to wear and tear

In this case, your iPhone is no exception to the rule. In the lower part of the smartphone, in the middle, there is a round button - a key called "Home" or "Home". This Home key, the most used key, wears out more often: it sinks, the name is erased.

Home key, on the iPhone bar

The procedure for turning on and displaying the Home key on the iPhone screen

• enter the "Settings" menu, then the "General" submenu
• find the "Accessibility" option
  under the section "Physiology and motor skills" select the "Assistive Touch" option
• notice on the screen a certain character of the displayed key

How to use the key

For less wear on the key, you can use it once, only when you turn on the iPhone. In the future, all work will take place using the "Assistive Touch" option displayed on the screen.

Useful Key Functions

• main convenient function key
• the ability to manage voice messages
• the ability to control gestures in pictures
• the ability to lock the screen itself
• mute function
• volume control function
• function of versatile tasks
• function of "shaking", to correct a mistake in the text

Screen capture using the Home key

Screenshot or screen capture of the device can be taken using the "Assistive Touch" menu

Screenshot of iPhone screen

How do I remove the Home key from the screen?

• go to the "Basic settings" menu
• find the "Assistive Touch" option
• turn off the toggle switch
• watch the white icon disappear from the screen along with the Home key

As you can see, the Home key on the screen of the gadget is very useful! With its help, you can delete, manage sound functions, lock the screen, and so on.
Happy work!

Home key on iPhone screen

The redesigned lock screen is the most requested feature in iOS 10. Now you no longer need to press the sleep / wake button or the button "Home" to unlock your iPhone. Just take your smartphone in hand to wake up the lock screen - thanks to the function « ».

Swipe gesture "Unblock" has now become history. Just click on the button "Home" to unlock your iPhone. Although I initially thought the "Press the Home button to open" feature was a bit odd, later on I liked the feature.

Note: This function works only on devices equipped touch button"Touch ID" such as iPhone 5s or later, iPad Pro, iPad Air 2 or iPad mini 3.

However, if you do not like this feature, then you can disable it. Better yet, you can keep your Touch ID-registered fingerprint unlocked just like before. Do you want to know how it works? Then let's get started!

How to disable on iPhone andiPad mode "Press the Home button to open" iniOS10

Step 1... First of all, launch the "Settings" app on your iPhone → Select "General".

Step 3... Scroll down and select " Home».

Step 4... Finally, turn on the " Opening with a finger ".

How to enable Press Home to Unlock mode iniOS10

If you want to use new way to unlock your iPhone, just follow the steps above and in the last step turn off the " Opening with a finger ".