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Hi folks, please insert standard disclaimers here (I've searched for my answer on this forum and google in general - no luck so far...)
Have had my verizon wireless Galaxy S3 for about 3 months now. In the last couple weeks a problem has manifest itself that I can't figure out: hitting the home button almost always requires two presses before it does anything. I'm not talking about a rapid double-click to bring up S-Voice (which I've disabled). Frequently (not always though, which further confuses me), I'll be running an app and hit the home button - nothing happens... wait a few seconds... press it again and it works. Or when the phone is in standby mode (screen's off) and I hit the home button to wake it up... nothing... then click home again and it wakes up. Or I'll long-hold the home button to bring up the recent app list and jump to another app... and the long hold won't work the first time. But it works if I try it again. But NONE of this was a problem for the first 2.5 months of usage... something has definitely changed.
In my searches so far I've found discussions talking about the quick double-click for S-Voice being the culprit. The idea being that the home button waits for that second click to see if you meant a double-click, and that wait could make it feel like the phone was lagging if all you meant was a single-click. However that's not the issue here. It's not that there's a lag, it's that there's no action at all. But to be safe I disabled S-Voice. However the problem persists.
I know this seems like a trivial thing, but it's really become annoying as this is core functionality when using the phone. If it matters, here's some "about device" information:
Model: SCH-1535
Android Version: 4.1.2
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may have!