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iPhoen takes unwanted screenshots
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Sep 28, 2008, 07:41 AM
 
Recently my iPhone started to take unwanted screenshots, it's like the home-button is pressed even if it's not, so when I press the sleep-button to make the phone sleep, it takes a screenshot instead. Sometimes I have to press the home-button several times to "release" it before I can press the sleep-button.

Does anyone else have this or seen it reported somewhere?

The 2.1 update worked very fine until around a week ago, when apps started to crash when launching, as well as this very annoying screenshot thing.

I've restored the phone once but it didn't help.

I'm not sure if it's a bug or an actual physical damage of the home button. I've also noticed that sometimes the home-button is extremely sensitive, I just have to put my finger on it, don't even have to press it, to activate it. I'm not sure if it always been like this though.
(Last edited by supertoom; Sep 28, 2008 at 07:51 AM. )
     
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Sep 28, 2008, 11:15 AM
 
It's the new Big Brother function.

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Sep 28, 2008, 12:37 PM
 
If I were you I'd take it in to an Apple Store to have them take a look at it. To me it sounds like a damaged Home button, but I'm no Genius™.
     
   
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