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iphone home button is dead, everythings else seems to work but i have to turn my iphone off to end programs, it's unusable at this point.

The tough part here is that it's an iPhone 2G, the menu button replacement is difficult. What you really need is a new midboard. Take it to the apple store first, they may give you a replacement. If they refuse, all you can do is replace the actual part. It's a difficult repair on an iphone 2G but there are websites that show you how to do it.