How To Navigate iDevices When Home Key is Faulty - One of the most important buttons on all iDevices is the Home Key. On the average, the home key is pressed 30 times per day in order to achieve various tasks. This is why its very important on an iDevice. There are numerous reasons for this.
- Without home key, navigating the idevice will be very difficult, irritating and a challenging task
- On a non-jailbroken iDevice you won’t be able to access your home screen while running an app if your Home key is faulty.
- Without Home key, you won’t be able to close running apps in the background without switching off device.
- With a faulty home screen, it will be difficult to put device in DFU mode.
The list can be endless, however, Apple understand that this can happen to any of its devices and made a simple intelligent decision check below
How To Navigate iDevices When Home Key is Faulty
Requirement
- An iDevice running iOS 5.0 or above
Compatible Devices
- iPhone 3Gs, 4, 4S, 5
- iPad 1, 2, 3, 4
- iPad mini
- iPod Touch 3G, 4G, 5G
Procedures
Step 1: On your device, click on Settings, General and then Click on Accessibility
Step 2: Scroll down until you see Assistive Touch, toggle it on
Step 3: Once on, a transparent round icon will show up. This icon, will serve as your home key and you can move it around from place to place .
Step 4: Tapping this transparent icon will mimic the same function of the physical Home key. Also, if your ringer doesn’t function, you can use the is icon to activate it as shown above.
Note: For those who have a jailbroken devices, there is a tweak called Activator will help you to set up custom gesture as you like, follow the guide below will help you.
How To Navigate iDevices When Home Key is Faulty on Jailbroken Devices
Step 1: Go to Cydia and search for Activator, then press install.
Step 2: Go to Settings you will find Activator.
Step 3: Click on it and you will see a screen like the one below. Configure your custom gestures from this screen.
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