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After having the home button on his iPhone 7 fail, some guy over in the MacRumors forum discovered that iOS puts a virtual home button on your screen so that you aren't completely hosed. On a side note, iPhone 7 home buttons are already breaking. :(
 
The virtual home button has been around for ages.

My father used it when the home button temporarily died on his iPad 2 a few years ago.

The major problem with it is that the UI wasn't designed for it, so it obstructs part of your screen. Although, they may have fixed that.
 
Button broke happened after wiping with a wet paper towel.
Really?
I find that hard to believe. I have not 'broken' phones like that ever.. even with a freaking full keyboard.
 
Im on ios 9 on my 6 and been using the virtual home button for a while as my physical one broke a few months ago.
 
It could be a software issue to be honest. One of the iOS 6 updates knocked out my home button for a few months. Would work off and on and I was sure it was a hardware issue. Next software update and it worked perfectly again....
 
Ocellaris said:
Millions of iPhone, one button fails...
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First post...

On a side note, iPhone 7 home buttons are already breaking.

PLURAL...

iJunk. They did not raise price so they had to cut corners and keep that percentage they are making high.
 
BloodyIron said:
So what about the devices that only unlock with fingerprints?
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There may be no "only". You need the passcode anytime the phone reboots and then the fingerprint reader works.

Anytime after that, if the fingerprint reader fails to read your finger multiple times (like if your hand is wet), it asks for the passcode.
 
If you have a broken home button on your iPhone 7 (or any iPhone), you can take it to an Apple store for a quick, no-questions-asked replacement.

If your Note 7 bursts into flame, Samsung will send you a replacement that bursts into flame. Then they'll send you a box that prevents your fire-damaged replacement from exploding on the journey back to Samsung.
 
MC FLMJIG said:
First post...

On a side note, iPhone 7 home buttons are already breaking.

PLURAL...

iJunk. They did not raise price so they had to cut corners and keep that percentage they are making high.
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Yeah its clearly a junk phone because one or two home buttons have broken. But youll probably still praise samsung regardless if their phones literally catch on fire or not.
 
Commander Shepard said:
If you have a broken home button on your iPhone 7 (or any iPhone), you can take it to an Apple store for a quick, no-questions-asked replacement.

If your Note 7 bursts into flame, Samsung will send you a replacement that bursts into flame. Then they'll send you a box that prevents your fire-damaged replacement from exploding on the journey back to Samsung.
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One failure is better than another?
Maybe that's why we are getting crap $700-1000 products because the phone makers are playing kids games like "at least mine doesn't...".
 
Places I have worked strive for 3% failure rate, usually better but it is not a problem until it gets higher than that. The issue is it isn't evenly distributed so you could just end up with a whole box of bad units and then it creates pockets of high failure rates that cause alarm in consumers.
 
nvgrim said:
Yeah its clearly a junk phone because one or two home buttons have broken. But youll probably still praise samsung regardless if their phones literally catch on fire or not.
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On the other hand "my home button broke" doesn't quite hit the headlines like "my phone burned down my house" no matter how few cases there are of either one. Phones catching fire are sensationalistic to the point of being clickbait while broken hardware is just average "stupid phone" stuff.

And Samsung did actually admit fault and recall their phone even though they have no idea why it spontaneously combusts even after the fix. Apple has a long history of never admitting that their products are flawed in any way ("You're holding it wrong!").
 
Dwango said:
On the other hand "my home button broke" doesn't quite hit the headlines like "my phone burned down my house" no matter how few cases there are of either one. Phones catching fire are sensationalistic to the point of being clickbait while broken hardware is just average "stupid phone" stuff.

And Samsung did actually admit fault and recall their phone even though they have no idea why it spontaneously combusts even after the fix. Apple has a long history of never admitting that their products are flawed in any way ("You're holding it wrong!").
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But if the home buttons breaking was an actual issue then it would be known by now. Yeah sure out of thousands of iphones sold now, there is going to be a few lemons. Samsung was hoping to use the same approach with the batteries, hope it was just one or two bad ones, dragged their feet by forcing the battery to only goto 60%, etc. Until more and more blew up to where they had to issue a recall. Im sure if every iphone home button started breaking immediately than apple would do something and not just say "you're pressing it wrong!"
 
Stuff goes wrong with electronics. Be it a design flaw or poor manufacturing. I'm sure everyone has their preferences and it seems like so many just enjoy hating on Apple so much for whatever reasons.

The most important thing though is how a company supports their products. Personally I had Apple replace a 6 year old first gen iPod Nano with then current 6th gen and it had 3 times more memory. My wife had an issue with her iPhone screen and they offered to give her a new phone or if we could wait for 30 mins to replace her screen on site at an Apple store. In the case of the iPod Nano it was way beyond their standard warranty.

I just don't see companies like HTC or LG doing that sort of thing. Samsung maybe at their Samsung stores, but not so many of those around.

I would personally never buy one of Apple's computers, but they're good for the people that like them I guess.
 
WorldExclusive said:
One failure is better than another?
Maybe that's why we are getting crap $700-1000 products because the phone makers are playing kids games like "at least mine doesn't...".
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I think a broken home button is preferable to a phone that catches fire and requires an explosion proof box to insure safe passage back to the manufacturer.

But, that's just me.
 
Commander Shepard said:
I think a broken home button is preferable to a phone that catches fire and requires an explosion proof box to insure safe passage back to the manufacturer.

But, that's just me.
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And you're correct, one is a fire hazard and the other isn't. But both are failures that causes inconveniences to the customer.
Many iPhones are still on back order. We won't know the extent of any defect until a year after customer have their devices, and by then many people will be looking forward to the iPhone 8 and forget about prior issues.

We are just now getting around to the iPhone 6 touch disease two years later.
 
Ocellaris said:
Millions of iPhone, one button fails...
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millions of phones, 2 dozen burn up. Welcome to the world of making a big deal out of nothing.

WorldExclusive said:
One failure is better than another?
Maybe that's why we are getting crap $700-1000 products because the phone makers are playing kids games like "at least mine doesn't...".
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Yes, one is an apple issue and one isn't so one is much worse than the other. The only thing worse would be 1 of the 12 windows phones still in use in the world had a glitch that required you to press the power button twice to wake up from sleep. Microsoft issues no matter how actually severe are the worst issues ever, next are any Android issue no matter how bad, then last is apple issues which are always ok and never really a problem.
 
Exavior said:
millions of phones, 2 dozen burn up. Welcome to the world of making a big deal out of nothing.



Yes, one is an apple issue and one isn't so one is much worse than the other. The only thing worse would be 1 of the 12 windows phones still in use in the world had a glitch that required you to press the power button twice to wake up from sleep. Microsoft issues no matter how actually severe are the worst issues ever, next are any Android issue no matter how bad, then last is apple issues which are always ok and never really a problem.
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Ones a safety issues and one is minor annoyance.
 
Uvaman2 said:
Button broke happened after wiping with a wet paper towel.
Really?
I find that hard to believe. I have not 'broken' phones like that ever.. even with a freaking full keyboard.
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It happens with phones. The issue is a little water likely got into it and caused a ground short on the button. It'll probably dry out in a day or so and start working again. I've seen it many times with iOS/Android/etc device.

It's also why you should clean your devices with alcohol and not water. It evaporates much quicker.
 
If they just made phones 1.5 or 2x as thick they could be stronger and carry a larger battery.
 
What usually dies on me is the switch on the side for silencing the phone. Died on my 3, 5, and now my 6 is starting to act up. I use it a lot as I go into a lot of areas that require me to silence my phone calls.
 
same design flaw in iphone 4
looks like they didn't update anything
where is the line to return the new iphones?
 
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