Resetting iphone with disabled home button

Resetting iphone with disabled home button

(Additional deets: Bought an iphone 2g from a guy this weekend. Worked perfectly fine for a few hours. When I got it home and hooked it up to my computer, the icons started shaking and the home button stopped working. I never managed to get it to connect to itunes and whenever I try it either says "Itunes can't connect due to an error" or "Itunes can't connect because of an invalid response".

I'm not that tech savvy, just want to get phone working. I tried the manual thing where I press both buttons simultaneously, also tried the thing where I press them alternately. Neither worked. Not convinced button is broken, but would be fine with using a home button app. Really more concerned with how to get the thing connected to itunes and working. Thanks.)


It should connect to iTunes even if the home button doesn't work. You may need to download the latest version from Apple's download site.

Also, try holding the power button down until the phone goes off, and then turn it back on.

If the home button is actually bad, then you have a real problem. You can't close apps without it, so you'd be stuck with the phone app open 100% of the time, unless you powered off, back on, and then opened something else.

Call Apple at 1-800-275-2273.

but since it's jailbroken, I can actually use an app that works as the home button. I have a sharp suspicion that the button isn't actually broken. It literally stopped working the second I connected it to my computer, so I think that has something to do with it. I haven't put my sim card in yet, but the phone basically works. It can connect to wifi and the one thing that was in the ipod still plays. So the phone functions. If i could get it to reset I'm sure i'd be in business.