Reset didn’t do it today my nieces husband said he can do it Thursday night ?.!! Had a go with friends iPhone 12 today with face recognition she said to get one of those as will get new Apple updates with it being just 2 years old !
I agree with your friend getting a newer model. As Isaid previous it would have better security and recieve IOS updates.
Maybe your nieces husband will hit it with a hammer as that often works lol. Seriously its worth him having a try even if its only cleaning the button again or a factory rest but I doubt that will work if a hard rest didn’t, plus youd loose all your data if the phone wasn’t backed up.
At the moment you still have a phone that works even without a functioning home button. Why dont you sit back and have a think about what to first 🙂