Home button spring can be purchased on Ebay for $9.99
[http://www.ebay.com/itm/Home-Button-Spring-iPod-Touch-2nd-3rd-Generation-/160719272840?pt=Other_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item256b9d7b88|Home Button Spring for iPod Touch 2nd/3rd Generation]
That was the only place I found that sells it.
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The diagram for the home button is like this: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/215/homebuttons.jpg/ In that image when the digitizer is in place 1 and 2 are in contact with each other and 3 and 4 are in contact with each other. The button just completes the final connection. I'm thinking that your spring (#4) is not making contact with (#3) and the spring needs to be cleaned or stretched a little.
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The diagram for the home button is like this: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/215/homebuttons.jpg/ In that image when the digitizer is in place 1 and 2 are in contact with each other and 3 and 4 are in contact with each other. The button just completes the final connection.
If you don't want to pay $9.99 then you can just solder a thin wire between pad 3 and pad 4... that's really all the spring is doing (connecting 3 and 4). The home button when pressed will make the final contact.
Home button spring can be purchased on Ebay for $9.99
[http://www.ebay.com/itm/Home-Button-Spring-iPod-Touch-2nd-3rd-Generation-/160719272840?pt=Other_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item256b9d7b88|Home Button Spring for iPod Touch 2nd/3rd Generation]
That was the only place I found that sells it.
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The diagram for the home button is like this: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/215/homebuttons.jpg/ In that image when the digitizer is in place 1 and 2 are in contact with each other and 3 and 4 are in contact with each other. The button just completes the final connection. I'm thinking that your spring (#4) is not making contact with (#3) and the spring needs to be cleaned or stretched a little.
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The diagram for the home button is like this: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/215/homebuttons.jpg/ In that image when the digitizer is in place 1 and 2 are in contact with each other and 3 and 4 are in contact with each other. The button just completes the final connection. I'm thinking that your spring (#4) is not making contact with (#3) and the spring needs to be cleaned or stretched a little.
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If you don't want to pay $9.99 then you can just solder a thin wire between pad 3 and pad 4... that's really all the spring is doing (connecting 3 and 4).
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If you don't want to pay $9.99 then you can just solder a thin wire between pad 3 and pad 4... that's really all the spring is doing (connecting 3 and 4). The home button when pressed will make the final contact.
Home button spring can be purchased on Ebay for $9.99
[http://www.ebay.com/itm/Home-Button-Spring-iPod-Touch-2nd-3rd-Generation-/160719272840?pt=Other_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item256b9d7b88|Home Button Spring for iPod Touch 2nd/3rd Generation]
That was the only place I found that sells it.
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The diagram for the home button is like this: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/215/homebuttons.jpg/ In that image when the digitizer is in place 1 and 2 are in contact with each other and 3 and 4 are in contact with each other. The button just completes the final connection. I'm thinking that your spring (#4) is not making contact with (#3) and the spring needs to be cleaned or stretched a little.
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If you don't want to pay $9.99 then you can just solder a thin wire between pad 3 and pad 4... that's really all the spring is doing (connecting 3 and 4).
Home button spring can be purchased on Ebay for $9.99
[http://www.ebay.com/itm/Home-Button-Spring-iPod-Touch-2nd-3rd-Generation-/160719272840?pt=Other_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item256b9d7b88|Home Button Spring for iPod Touch 2nd/3rd Generation]
Home button spring can be purchased on Ebay for $9.99
[http://www.ebay.com/itm/Home-Button-Spring-iPod-Touch-2nd-3rd-Generation-/160719272840?pt=Other_MP3_Player_Accessories&hash=item256b9d7b88|Home Button Spring for iPod Touch 2nd/3rd Generation]