Apple made a number of compromises in its first bid to make
an “all-screen” handset, but among those key decision made was the ditching
of home button with its integrated Touch ID finger scanner, and replace it with
a Face ID biometric solution, achieved by the TrueDepth camera kit that
warranted a “notch” cutout at the top of the iPhone X display.
an “all-screen” handset, but among those key decision made was the ditching
of home button with its integrated Touch ID finger scanner, and replace it with
a Face ID biometric solution, achieved by the TrueDepth camera kit that
warranted a “notch” cutout at the top of the iPhone X display.
As a result, those coming from a legacy iPhone hit both a
muscle memory wall, and aspect ratio compatibility issues. Don’t cry and
suffer, though, as there is a way to go home sweet home, even on the iPhone X,
albeit in a virtual manner:
- Go to Settings>General>Accessibility on your iPhone X;
- Tap the AssistiveTouch option at the top, and turn on its
switch;
- Tap on the Customize top-level menu option, and mash on the
minus sign until there is only one “Custom” star icon left out of the
six initial options;
- Tap in the custom icon, and pick “Home” from the
long list of actions presented;
- Set the transparency level when the Home button is not
active to 20%, this way it won’t interfere visually when you are scrolling down
in Safari and reading an article, for instance;
- Hold the virtual Home key, and move it to the middle of the
dock at the bottom of the iPhone X’s home screen;
- Now each time you are feeling nostalgic, you can use the
good old Home button, instead of the dreaded swipe-up gesture of your iPhone X.
For unlocking the phone, though… well, that’s still going to be done via a
simple glance at the phone, why do you think Apple went through all that Face
ID kit trouble?
