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bobbdobbs
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The home button on my iphone has gone kaput, it is swimming with the fishes, deceased.
This has left me with a problem lol Using the iPhone without the home button is quiet tedious and I know I will be probably upgrading in the near future but does anyone know how much a repair is? Do I have to go through O2 or can I roll up to an Apple store?
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Fogmeister
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How old is it?
You can go along to an Apple store. O2 will just send it to Apple anyway.
If it's within warranty they might be able to do a while-u-wait jobby.
Book a genius appointment before you go though.
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jasonline
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I don't know if your iPhone is suffering from the same affliction as my iPod touch when its home button died, but I resurrected it by dipping a cotton bud in clear alcohol - the tips I saw online suggested pure alcohol, I just used some vodka we had in the kitchen - and ran the cotton bud round the edge of the home button a few times. Not enough to soak it, but enough to get a little alcohol in there to clear away any gunk that was causing the button to lose contact.
Worked a treat for me - although I make no claims for anyone else. YMMV, buyer beware, force majeure etc.
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bobbdobbs
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I might try that at work tomorrow, plenty of pure alcohol and any other solvent I can wish for  _________________Finally joined Flickr
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bobbdobbs
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Tried a bit of methanol and it appears to be fully functional! Cheers for the tip Jason  _________________Finally joined Flickr
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jasonline
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Ha! Glad it worked. 
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bobbdobbs
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jasonline
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I had the same problem - was all set to buy a shiny new iPod touch. Then I went and fixed the thing. 
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bobbdobbs
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Terminal failure now, so time to get the money back out the account.. win and fail in one go lol _________________Finally joined Flickr
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