No matter how much we safeguard our phones, accidents still happen. If an accident has compromised your iPhone home button, you may feel like you’re forced to get the phone repaired, or worse yet, replace the entire phone. But you don’t need to replace your phone outright.
Before we get to the point where we can enable the workaround, we need to get you into your iPhone. If your home button is completely broken and you use Touch ID, then you might be wondering how you can unlock your phone. Pressing the power button gets you to your notifications, but you can’t actually unlock your phone without using Touch ID. So what do you do?
Enabling the software-based home button
- Open your Settings app.
- Tap Accessibility> Touch > AssistiveTouch.
- Tap the switch for AssistiveTouch so it shows green.
A context menu will appear, which you can use to imitate the functions of your home button, including asking Siri, opening the app switcher, or even gaining access to your Control Center. Choosing Customize Top Level Menu below Assistive Touch gives you an extensive list of available options to replace the standard virtual keys.
Turning off Touch ID until your home button is fixed
To turn off Touch ID, follow these steps:
- Head back to your Settings app.
- Scroll to Touch ID & Passcode and tap it.
- Enter your passcode.
- Finally, untick the four boxes to turn off Touch ID.
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