see a play button/volume bar on home screen

[JDawg12]

Hope someone can help. Just got an iphone 3gs like 2 weeks ago. First iphone and no issues so far. i noticed this morning that if i hit the home button when the phone is sleeping it is not responsive on the first try. i have to hit it 2 or 3 times and when the home screen pops up (the one where it says slide to unlock) there is a play button with what looks like a volume bar. i can hit the play button but nothign happens. i can also adjust the voluem slider but i don't know what that does. has this happened to anyone else?

thanks in advance for any help.

 

[pelicanflip]

The unresponsive home button might be a hardware issue. Maybe take it into the Apple store to get looked at?

As for the play button + volume bar, that's just a feature of the iPhone.

Go to:

Settings --> General --> Home Button

From there, you can set it up. Double clicking the Home Button will pop up Home, Phone Favorites, or the iPod, depending on how you set it up.

 

[orionpower]

Hope someone can help. Just got an iphone 3gs like 2 weeks ago. First iphone and no issues so far. i noticed this morning that if i hit the home button when the phone is sleeping it is not responsive on the first try. i have to hit it 2 or 3 times and when the home screen pops up (the one where it says slide to unlock) there is a play button with what looks like a volume bar. i can hit the play button but nothign happens. i can also adjust the voluem slider but i don't know what that does. has this happened to anyone else?

thanks in advance for any help.

Stupid question. do you have any Music on your phone. for me it plays my music. and you can fast forward or skip.
you can also do the samething when your music is playing.. you can also double click on hte mic on the headset to skip ou pause the music