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IPhone bottom edge only allows slide functions.

IPhone bottom edge of touch screen doesn't accept taps, however it does let me use slide functions.

Does anyone know what I can do to alleviate the issue?

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(For restore issues) When hard resetting the iphone unit, sometimes the 2 button reset will not work to force the restore mode. In this situation you should hold the 2 buttons until the display turns off. Then hold the HOME button and while holding it in, plug in the USB cable (powered- ie: plugged into AC adapter or computer USB port). This will power on the phone and bring up restore mode in itunes. iTunes will produce a message which says: "iTunes has detected an iphone in restore mode" -your friendly neighborhood MacGenius from the Apple Store

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Try a hard reset on the iphone. Hold don both the sleep/wake button at the top right and your home button at the same time. Continue to hold both buttons for about 20-30 seconds (do not slide to power off) until you see a white apple appear. Let go once you see the apple log appear, wait for phone to power cycle back on. If that doesn't work, try a restore. You must connect to itunes, choose restore as new. If it doesn't work after that, you'll need to get a replacement.

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