The breakdown of the Home button is not a common occurrence, however, when this happens, the user is practically deprived of the opportunity to fully use his iPhone. After all, without this button it is impossible to return to the main screen, close applications, switch between running applications and perform many other operations.
The best solution in such a situation is to contact a service center. But you don’t always have the time and money to repair your favorite gadget. Sometimes you need your phone right now, but it doesn't actually work. In such a case, there is a temporary solution. You can display the Home button on the iPhone screen and press it using the touchscreen.
You can use this method on any iPhone model that has been updated to iOS 5 or a newer version. And these are models such as iPhone 4, 4s, 5, 5s, 6, 6s, 7, 8 and iPhone X.
How to Enable the Home Button on the iPhone Screen
If you want to display the Home button on the screen of your iPhone, then to do this you will need to go to the settings and turn on the “Assistive Touch” function there. To do this, open the Settings app and go to the General section.
And go to the “Assistive Touch” function settings.
Here, at the very top of the screen, you need to activate the switch, which is responsible for turning off and on the “Assistive Touch” function.
After enabling Assistive Touch, a floating round button should appear on the screen that will look something like the screenshot below.
The appearance of this button means that the Assistive Touch feature is enabled and can now be used to control the iPhone without using hardware buttons, such as the Home button.
How to Press the Home Button on the iPhone Screen
Now a few words about how to press the Home button using the iPhone screen. To do this, click on the floating button for the “Assistive Touch” function. As a result, a menu with several items should appear on the screen. Among other things, there will be a “Home” button here. Press it and your iPhone will respond as if you pressed a hardware button on the device.
If suddenly there is no “Home” button in your menu, then return to iPhone Settings and open the section “General - Universal Access - Assistive Touch - Top-Level Menu”.
Here you can configure which options are available in the Assistive Touch menu. To add a Home button, click on any of the available options.
And in the list that opens, select the “Home” button.
You can also reset Assistive Touch settings here or increase the number of available options.
What else can you do with Assistive Touch?
Assistive Touch is a feature designed primarily for people with disabilities. As already mentioned, with its help you can display the Home button on the iPhone screen and press it without using a real hardware button on the case. But besides this, Assistive Touch provides a lot of other possibilities. For example, you can use it:
- Open the notification list or Control Center;
- Emulate the use of gestures and shaking the device;
- Control sound volume;
- Enable screen lock;
- Enable screen rotation or orientation lock;
- Take screenshots;
- Manage multitasking;
- Use the camera as a magnifying glass;
Why do you need Assistive Touch (virtual Home button)? The feature, one of Apple's developments for people with disabilities, allows you to quickly access specific applications and settings using gestures. This is useful when you are unable to use the physical buttons on your iPhone (for example, the lock button or volume buttons are broken, and you can’t fix the problem quickly).
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How to enable a virtual Home button on the iPhone or iPad screen (Assistive Touch)
Open Settings → Basic → Universal access → Assistive Touch(to quickly find it, scroll down the screen. By the way, appreciate how many useful things Apple has come up with for people with various diseases!).
After this, a square button with rounded corners and a white circle with circles radiating from it in the center will appear in the lower right corner of the iPhone or iPad display. This is Assistive Touch. Now with its help you can also control your gadget.
If you have the function active Keyboard shortcut, turning Assistive Touch on or off on any screen (lock screen, Home screen, application) is done by triple-clicking the physical Home button. Pressing speed can be adjusted along the way Universal access → Home.
You can also activate Assistive Touch using a Siri voice request.
How to use the virtual Home button on the iPhone or iPad screen (Assistive Touch)
Click the Assistive Touch button. You will see six icons - Notification Center, Device, Control Center, Home, Siri and User.
As you might guess, clicking on each of them launches the corresponding action - going to the notification center, control center (there is a flashlight, calculator and other tools), simulating pressing the physical Home button, and so on.
Several useful commands for the virtual Home button (Assistive Touch)
Apparatus → Screen lock- lock iPhone/iPad screen. If you hold down the Lock Screen button for a few seconds, you will turn off your device. If your power button is broken, it is better not to do this - you can turn on your smartphone or tablet only after connecting it to iTunes via a cable;
Apparatus → Off / On sound- switch or wake iPhone from silent mode;
Device → Louder / Quieter- decrease or increase the system volume;
Apparatus → More → Screenshot- take a screenshot;
Apparatus → More → Gestures- select the required number of fingers and attach a specific gesture to it (any one you want. To create a gesture, you need to move the circles on the screen).
This is how Assistive Touch mode works on iOS devices. We sincerely wish you never to use it - so that you are in good health and the iPhone buttons work properly. If something does happen to you or your favorite gadget, now you know what you need to do in order to simplify your life.
Many iPhone owners, after reading the title of the article, will think that why write such obvious things. And I’ll tell you that many people don’t know what the Home and Power buttons are on the iPhone.
Yes, of course, every owner of Apple devices uses them constantly without even realizing the name. And when it comes to some instructions, they start looking for the necessary names on the Internet.
Today will not be a very long article, I’ll just tell you where exactly these buttons are and talk a little about their main purpose.
Home and Power buttons on iPhone
So, well, let me start with the fact that these two buttons can be found both in the very first iPhone model and in the newest one. I think everyone will like this option for controlling the device.
POWER button. This button performs two main functions: locking and turning off the device. Over time, the situation has changed a little.
Before the iPhone 6, it was on top, but then it had to be moved to the right side due to the large diagonal of the screen.
After all, not everyone would be able to reach it and controlling the device with one hand would become completely unrealistic.
The design has changed a little depending on the case, but overall it’s still the same button that you use absolutely every day. And fortunately, it rarely fails.
HOME button. You can find it on the front of the device below. This is what helps you return to the main screen or trigger multitasking. 
It was she who became a symbol of recognition of the iPhone and other Apple devices. It is also used to read your fingerprints and today, for unlocking.
The most global changes occurred starting with the iPhone 5S, when Touch ID was added and because of this the well-known square had to be removed.
The second change happened not so long ago and now we can see, starting with iPhone 7, the touch Home button. Works in conjunction with Taptic Engine technology.
Failure of this element does not happen very often, although in my opinion, it is probably replaced most often. After all, physical pressure makes itself felt a large number of times.
But now we forget about it, because there is no button as such anymore. There is simply an area that replaces it and does its functions.
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Replacing both the Home and Power buttons is very expensive for owners, so many try to press them very carefully from the first days of use.
It seems to me that you were looking for where the buttons are due to the fact that you simply need to restart your iPhone. If I'm right, then this material may be useful.
If not, then write the reason for reading the material. I will be very interested and perhaps if you have any questions, I can help.
If you have a problem with your iPhone in the form of a broken Home button, then this problem can be temporarily fixed by turning on the Home button. After repair it can be removed.
I'm talking about the button that appears on the screen of your iPhone and it completely replaces the functionality of the regular home button until the phone is repaired.
Home button on iPhone screen
If you saw a translucent square with a white spot in the center on your device, then this is a replacement for the desired button on your device.
This technology is called AssistiveTouch and it is used in two cases: there is no way to touch the screen or you need adaptive equipment.
In simple words, you enable this function if you damaged the screen and simply cannot use the basic functions of the phone.
In addition to the Home button, this technology has Notification Center, Device functions (sound, lock, rotate), Control Center, Siri and User (different taps on the screen). 
As you can see, if only a small part of the screen works for you, but you can see everything, then you can still safely use the phone until the problem is fixed.
How to remove/disable the Home button on the iPhone screen
To install, so to speak, a virtual Home button on your screen, you don’t need to do many steps. They are roughly like this:
As you can see, a shortcut has now appeared on the screen that allows you to use the necessary functionality, including the Home button.
This translucent shortcut can be moved to any place convenient for you. In general, it doesn’t really interfere, but still.
Several convenient buttons make it easy to turn your iPhone on and off, adjust the volume, and switch between beep mode and silent mode.
On/Off button (Sleep/Wake)"
When you're not actively using iPhone, you can lock it to turn off the screen and extend battery life.
When iPhone is locked, nothing happens when you touch its screen. But iPhone can receive calls, text messages, and other data updates. You also can:
Listen to music;
Adjust the volume using the buttons on the side of iPhone (or on the iPhone's headphones) while talking on the phone or listening to music;
Use the center button on your iPhone's headphones to answer or end a call, or control audio playback (see “Controlling Audio Playback” 07).
By default, iPhone automatically locks if you don't touch the screen for a minute.
To change the amount of time before your iPhone locks, see Auto-Lock 26.0. To set up your iPhone to require a passcode to unlock it, see Password Protect 26.
Home button
The Home button □ lets you go to the Home screen, which displays your iPhone apps, at any time. To launch any program, click its icon. To view a list of recently used apps, double-click the Home button. See “Opening and switching between programs” 3.
Volume buttons
When you're on a call or listening to music, watching movies, or other content, the buttons on the side of iPhone let you adjust the volume. The rest of the time, these buttons control the volume of ringtones, alarms, and other sound effects.
WARNING: For important information about preventing hearing loss, seeProduct manualon the website www.apple.com/ru/support/manuals/iphone.
To adjust the volume, use the buttons on the side of your iPhone.
To set volume limits for music and videos on iPhone, see Music.
Ring/Silent switch
Press the sound on/off button to put your iPhone into ringing mode or silent mode
In ringing mode, iPhone plays all sounds. When in silent mode, iPhone doesn't play ringtones, alert sounds, or other sound effects.
Important: When iPhone is in silent mode, alarms, sound apps (like iPods), and many games still play sound through the built-in speaker.
By default, when a call comes in, the iPhone starts to vibrate, regardless of whether it is set to ringing or silent. When iPhone is in ringing mode, you can mute the ringing sound by pressing the On/Off button. (“Sleep/Wake”) or one of the volume buttons. A second press forwards the call to voicemail.
To change the sound and vibration settings, see Sounds and the Ring/Silent Switch.
