How to activate Assistive Touch on the iPhone

Capture Home button

It is not the first time that Apple has spoken through rumors and iPhone concepts of a future mobile terminal without the classic physical Home button that the apple has always placed in all generations. What's more, before the release of the iPhone 5s, it was one of the leaks that we had the most news about.

However, nothing seems to indicate in Apple's plans, at least in the most current that we know or have come from sources of its manufacturers in Asia, that we will see it soon. What's more, I think that a lot would have to change things in the smartphone world for Apple to choose to give up this physical Home button that some praise so much and that others hate so much.

It is not a whim, not even something related to the minimalist design that would break if the start key, but in the iPhone 5s it has a double functionality, since the fingerprint sensor, the Touch ID has precisely that location.

But if we can't dream of a iPhone without any kind of physical buttons, today in Actualidad iPhone We are going to teach you how to approach that idea, because what we are going to do is show you how to add a touch Home button to your iPhone. Obviously you won't be able to get rid of the physique you already have, but by trying to ignore it it won't be left.

How to add a touch Home button to your iPhone: step by step

  1. The first thing we have to do is close the open applications to avoid any kind of incompatibility.
  2. Once done, we go to the home screen of the iPhone.
  3. We follow the route Settings> General> Accessibility> Assistive Touch
  4. The key is in the last of the phases, in Assistive Touch, which you can see in the screenshot of our post in case you can't find it.
  5. You will have to change the arrow that by default is deactivated and activate the Assistive Touch option
  6. Once done, go back to the home screen on your iPhone
  7. You will be surprised to find the next element that will help us to definitively create that touch Home button on our iPhone. Click on the white circle that appears on the right side of the screen.
  8. Once you click, you will see that you have several options. And surprise! one of them is precisely the Touch Home Button.
  9. All you have to do is select it to see how on your touch screen you find the famous physical start button of the iPhone completely converted into Touch.
  10. As a curiosity, the other options that you have available refer to the creation of multi-touch custom gestures, favorites and various apps that you can configure.

Although the idea of ​​creating a Touch Home button on your iPhone it can be a bit capricious, almost like trying to challenge Apple, the truth is that the tutorial that we have just explained can be the perfect ally in solving problems with the physical key.

Not a few users report damage to the iPhone home button, or failures that prevent its normal operation. Depending on the specific phone, repairing it can be really expensive, and if it is not under warranty, sometimes it does not pay. On these occasions, knowing how to add a touch Home button to your iPhone is a great help.

Now you just have to try it on yourself, and tell us how it went and what it feels like to have an iPhone in your hands that you can handle without resorting to no physical button.

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  1.   khanen said

    It is a pretty good option, although having to press twice to access or that it is a bit intrusive has always thrown me back.
    Personally, if you have a jailbreak (I have done it mainly for this) I recommend using Activator and simulating the home button by pressing the status bar, for example.
    Regards!

    1.    Cristina torres said

      Thank you for comment. Greetings!!

  2.   Emilio said

    Iha in, a great idea, I had not thought about it ... Thanks!

    1.    Cristina torres said

      You're welcome. I'm glad you like it. Greetings!!

  3.   jose andres said

    This is older than walking backwards, I use this since I had the iPhone 4

    1.    Cristina torres said

      Well it can still be used in iOS 7. Greetings 😉

  4.   Daniel said

    It is true Cristina, this is almost as old as the Iphone, this feature appeared in IOS 5 (in July 2011 there were already articles on the net on this subject in the beta launched by apple). Greetings.

    1.    Cristina torres said

      I never said it was new, Daniel. Furthermore, in Actualidad iPhone We had not discussed the topic. The touch Home button works in iOS 7. And if something works and you like it, why not talk about it? All the best

  5.   George said

    -.- ??????? too old

  6.   Juan said

    Thanks for your article Cristina was very useful to me, but I would appreciate it if you would give me an option to control my 3g data consumption, I have an open post payment plan without a consumption limit and I have an iPhone 5s with jailbreak, in my telephone operator I They offer to put a consumption cap but I have to pay a monthly fee, please I need help with this problem.
    Thank you.

  7.   viti said

    I recommend Menu Button Emulator, for those who have the jailbreak done. I used assistive, but it is much more like this button, just like home but virtual. The only flaw that I see is transparency but it will be solved with later versions

  8.   Mario said

    Thanks very good. I'm going to prove it.
    Those who already knew do not be defeatist.
    Many of us who are just starting out do not know many tricks and shortcuts.

  9.   ricardo said

    I had an iPhone 3g thrown away because the home button was bad, now with this solution it works very well, thanks

  10.   Bryan said

    I have an iPhone 2g and the "Acceptability" option does not appear, what do I do ???

  11.   Mario flamenco said

    Although for some it is a simple process to activate the Home touch button, I did not know how to do it, thanks Cristina Torres for your contribution, it was very useful to me

  12.   Save said

    Thank you very much for the article, I knew about the existence of the button but it was misconfigured and I did not know how to put it back. You saved me, thank you very much. A hug:

    Salvy

  13.   Pedro said

    I have an iphone 3g añ that I can not put the virtual button. What I do