Hi,
I've noticed that my newly bought EVO 3D's screen is very sensitive, along with the capacitive buttons: Sometimes I just have to get my finger very close to the screen and it gets activated. This is just annoying because some buttons (home and search) are close to the edge and get activated if i hold my fingers from these edges (taking pictures for instance).
Also, if I put my phone on charge then the screen get too much sensitive and everything I type is done twice.
I tried many custom ROMs but the problem didn't go away.
Is that a known problem and if it is how can I fix it?
I have found the same with the capacitive buttons (kept hitting search holding in landscape) but i believe that is normal for this handset. As for the screen it is very responsive but what your describing seems a little over sensitive. Have you tried using a different kernel? I would try backing everything up doing a factory reset and installing fresh see if that helps? but I will say that the screen on the 3vo is far more responsive than my old HD2 so may take some getting used to.
I've tried karma kernel (GSM) and the typing problem is gone. But the capacitive buttons are still too sensitives. Funny that no one found a fix for it
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I think its more the actual capactive area that makes a difference some handsets you have to be dead precise whereas on the 3vo you just have to be close. I have gotten used to it now tho. Glad u got the screen working properly now tho!
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This issue really needs more attention. I'm guessing seven have been ignoring it because some people thinks its cool that you can activate this screen and buttons without even touching it, but that's not how it should work. It causes problems and drives me crazy.
Same here. I only have to hover my finger to make a selection.
On most other touch screen devices, there is a sensitivity adjustment. My Acer tablet has one. Is there anyway to do that on here? Hidden menus or something? REALLY would like to tone it down a bit,
Try using a screen protector if it really bothers you that much... That is likely the only viable option.
You could try calibrating the screen threw the phone settings option to see if will help with the issue at all
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I have tried a screen protector. It's still too sensitive. I can still activate the screen without even touching it even with a screen protector.
mine does the same.. I was going to post a new topic untill i saw this... There must be some l thing that can be done?? im forever hitting the search and home buttons without actually touching the screen!!!
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joehunni said:
Try using a screen protector if it really bothers you that much... That is likely the only viable option.
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Yep. The touch is sensitive as all hell. Screen protector really helps with this. And keeps your glass streak/scratch free.
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When i'm in landscape mode taking photos, playing games.. i find that my palm is accidentally either launching the recent apps screen overlay (from pressing home key a few seconds) or launching the search key. I don't feel like im over doing it. I rest my palm on the bottom right corner. When i now pay attention, I try to hold the Evo 3D in landscape mode with my hands in two C formations facing one another.. so that i dont accidentally launch those quick keys.
Are any of you having this issue too? it's annoying to frame a photo.. and then the Recent Apps screen keeps coming up and I have to back up out of it. Would a case be helpful? possibly looking at one of the TPU cases when they get it back in stock. is there a way to adjust the sensitivity of the keys?
i've done all the OTA's available..
It's normal. Happened on my EVO 4G all the frakking time. You just need to be careful not to touch the capacitive button. You don't actually need to touch the button to activate capacitive button/screens, only be a few microns away.
I also have that problem I'm hoping root will fix it
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Kilmar said:
It's normal. Happened on my EVO 4G all the frakking time. You just need to be careful not to touch the capacitive button. You don't actually need to touch the button to activate capacitive button/screens, only be a few microns away.
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ok thanks that is unfortunate.. that is exactly what is happening.. just barely a tap on the lower edge triggers it. Wish they could've moved the sensor away form the edge.
My otter box defender stopped that from happening to me. I know this may not be a solution you may like but I'm just throwing it out there. I need the case due to me working on cars as a hobby and I will lay down on my phone while under a car not even thinking about it.
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My otter box defender stopped that from happening to me. I know this may not be a solution you may like but I'm just throwing it out there. I need the case due to me working on cars as a hobby and I will lay down on my phone while under a car not even thinking about it.
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cool,, there is some hope.. just ordered a TPU case..im hoping the bottom edge will have enough clearance.
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cool,, there is some hope.. just ordered a TPU case..im hoping the bottom edge will have enough clearance.
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Just wanted to update.. having a TPU case with the raised ridge on the bottom defintely is helping prevent the unwanted "ghost" launches from the Recent Items and Quick Search capacitive buttons.
ssojyeti2 said:
I also have that problem I'm hoping root will fix it
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Root is going to stop your skin from touching the buttons?
the capacitive buttons on my 3d are ridiculously sensitive! i dont even have to make contact with the glass to make them register as a button press, hovering over them is enough....
its getting rather annoying and im hoping the screen protector i ordered would help it a bit but does anyone else have the same problem?
Nope but I have a zagg on mine... Sometimes it seems I have to press the home button more firmly than others tho
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Yup, hovering will sometimes trigger a press.. isn't a big deal to me though.
vinterchaos said:
Yup, hovering will sometimes trigger a press.. isn't a big deal to me though.
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it is for me because the search button gets pressed just holding the phone because of my fat palm bumps
thesparky007 said:
it is for me because the search button gets pressed just holding the phone because of my fat palm bumps
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Yeah. Pretty freaking sensitive for me as well. Can be annoying sometimes.
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i noticed it too
Also noticed that sometimes when i press, it senses my finger a bit below where i touch. but maybe it's just a problem i have with my fingers :/
I have the same problem with mine too, and i have a ZAGG on it. It annoys the crap outta me. But what can we do?
even with the screen protector, i still find that hovering will prompt a keystroke. another qualm that i have with the phone is the placement of the sensitive power button up top.. being left handed, i seem to be finding it often by mistake.
That's the one thing I never liked about HTC phones, they love to use capacitive buttons. I prefer a mechanical one that can't so easily accidently be touched.
My capacitive buttons are also very sensitive (just like my power button ). Sometimes it is annoying when I bump/hover over the home key in the middle of what I'm doing. Over all, I think the entire screen is more sensitive than the Evo OG, because there have been a number of times when my screen has registered a touch when I thought I was only hovering.
Maybe there's something like a build.prop value that we can adjust for touch sensitivity when we get rooted.
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Maybe there's something like a build.prop value that we can adjust for touch sensitivity when we get rooted.
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Thats what i was wondering too.
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Thats what i was wondering too.
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i hope so too because this hinders regular use quite a bit
The capacitive buttons are overly sensitive with my screen protector on, too. It seems like the buttons have too much juice running to them altogether. (Being too bright and too sensitive.)
On another note; Everyone always talks about their over-sensitive power button, but mine is completely the opposite and hard to find and push sometimes. Especially in the otterbox commuter case, which I'd have to recommend if you have that issue.
Hey, I'm currently on HC for the Flyer and having trouble with my stylus. It'll start writing/marking the page when its about 2-3mm above the screen. This is pretty annoying since thats my natural holding position. Is there something I'm missing?
switt said:
Hey, I'm currently on HC for the Flyer and having trouble with my stylus. It'll start writing/marking the page when its about 2-3mm above the screen. This is pretty annoying since thats my natural holding position. Is there something I'm missing?
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Your stylus must have a stuck tip, because it isnt supposed to write until you put pressure on it. In fact I can move my stylus on the screen and it wont mark it unless I apply slight pressure.
switt said:
Hey, I'm currently on HC for the Flyer and having trouble with my stylus. It'll start writing/marking the page when its about 2-3mm above the screen. This is pretty annoying since thats my natural holding position. Is there something I'm missing?
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Try replacing the battery. I've seen other threads where this behavior was associated with drained batteries.
I had this happen too. It occurred shortly after I installed Quil with the Lenovo app mod I don't know for sure if it was a strange combination of the two or the maybe a stuck pen. All I know is that I did cleared the data, caches (a hard reset if you will) and then reinstalled everything but Quill and I no longer had an issue.
My stylus has a same problem.
It has occured since I bought my flyer.There is always same problem on stock GB, stock HC, cool3D HC, and leedroid HC.
It seems to occurs especially when my hand attatch on the screen...but I'm not sure.
Because of this problem, I can't use non-pen pressure app like tabnotes
Quill is better to use because there is pen prrssure so that stroke is narrow and faint when I can draw a few milimeters above the screen.
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I have also had this issue and it seems to clear when I hold the erase button and clear the markings made when 2-3mm above the screen. After that it seems to work normally again. That's just in the Notes app, haven't come across the problem anywhere else.
Hi all!
Please tell me who know....!
Htc Scribe Digital Pen D500 (from Flyer) is compatible with the HTC Evo View 4G ???
I remember when I had this issue, someone in the apps thread advised me to try using the stylus with the buttons facing up. I haven't had a problem since.
I S-OFF`ed my EVO 3D, flashed a custom recovery and a custom ROM (LeeDrOiD's latest), so I'm not on stock (if that's what's causing this).
Back in January, when it was cold outside (5-10 degrees), at times, after extensively using the phone outdoors (like 15-30 minutes), once I went into a warmer place (warmer by a few degrees Celsius, like 5 or so), the touchscreen was completely unresponsive. I could only lock or unlock the phone, but was unable to do anything else (which means using the touchscreen or capacitive keys, for that matter). I figured it may be because the screen was very cold or something...
I had to wait ~30 minutes for it to recover!
I figured that has something to do with the screen being somewhat covered by a very thin layer of water/ice or something... which rendered it almost completely useless (I was still able to drag the lock ring up a milimeter one time, out of ~20 attempts ).
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Now, it's almost April. It's warm here, alright, which means no more moisture outside (regarding the temperature, at least).
But there was drizzle outside yesterday, and I had to text someone. Several tiny water drops landed on my phone's touchscreen (not too much, covering like 1 centimeter in lenght), and the phone began to register mistaken touches...
The same happens when I try to use my phone with my fingers BARELY wet. I have to wipe the screen ENTIRELY to make sure it's not registering 10105909 touches all by itself...
This is ridiculous. Not even the HTC Desire (which had only 2 multi touch points, and even those, not so accurate) didn't have this problem! Nor the Desire HD.
Am I the only one?! Are you experiencing this, too?!
Same
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As far as I know there is a small current running on top of the screen. Any kind of moisture will make your screen go crazy. Thats why I use a screen protector, because my sweaty hand dont play nice with any touch screen phone like the Evo 3D
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As far as I know there is a small current running on top of the screen. Any kind of moisture will make your screen go crazy. Thats why I use a screen protector, because my sweaty hand dont play nice with any touch screen phone like the Evo 3D
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As a matter of fact, I do use a screen protector. I've used MOMAX Anti-glare, MOMAX Clear, and right now I'm using a no-name crappy sheet that makes the screen look all wavy and shyte... I'm gonna apply a MOMAX Clear again soon.
Still, that's not the issue. Screen protector or not, the issue remains.
If you ever had such problems, please tell me what device are you using. CDMA, or GSM (for Europe - golden or for US/Asia, like me - red)?!
Same here, even when screen is completely dryed out.. What can we do about it?
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rahditzz said:
Same here, even when screen is completely dryed out.. What can we do about it?
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I cleaned the screen with my blouse after I've been playing on it outside for 30 minutes. Cleaning did nothing...
Yesterday, it was raining. Not too big rain drops, but I let about 20 of them to cover the screen, some were little, a few were huge. The screen performed wonderful (in the time I tested it : scrolling across the menus, typing a fast message, probably less than 20 seconds).
What the hell...
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NO responses?! Come on, I can't be the ONLY guy this is happening to !
There are 2 common types of touch screens. Resistive, which respond to flexing a thin sheet of plastic, and capacitive, which responds to an electric current. Resistive is not accurate so no one really uses it anymore except on knock off Chinese tablets. We have capacitive touch screens, same as apple products and every other popular android phone.
Any kind of moisture will interfere with the touch screen. Even if the air is very humid. There isn't much you can do if you are having those issues. And all electronics have specific temperature ranges they will function in. I don't know what the evo is rated for, but I'm sure it's somewhere.
Best advice is to keep dry. And no, a screen protector won't do much to help.
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gk1984 said:
There are 2 common types of touch screens. Resistive, which respond to flexing a thin sheet of plastic, and capacitive, which responds to an electric current. Resistive is not accurate so no one really uses it anymore except on knock off Chinese tablets. We have capacitive touch screens, same as apple products and every other popular android phone.
Any kind of moisture will interfere with the touch screen. Even if the air is very humid. There isn't much you can do if you are having those issues. And all electronics have specific temperature ranges they will function in. I don't know what the evo is rated for, but I'm sure it's somewhere.
Best advice is to keep dry. And no, a screen protector won't do much to help.
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I know... I just thought the 3VO might be faulty, since, as I said, the Desire and the Desire HD never had this problem only with a few water drops...
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I've noticed that the touch screen will sometimes press before I actually touch it. How can I decrease sensitivity. I'm using CleanRom Developer Edition 1.2.
Yes! I've had this same problem too! No answer for you, though.
I believe I've had this all along, on GB, ICS, and a variety of ROMs, so I'm afraid it may be a hardware issue. But, I'm no expert...
Thanks. Definitely no reason to go to the GNexus (Ugghh). I've heard that screen protectors help so I ordered some to try that out.
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Thanks. Definitely no reason to go to the GNexus (Ugghh). I've heard that screen protectors help so I ordered some to try that out.
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I have a screen protector and this still happens. I never tried it without a screen protector so I don't know how much of a difference it will make
Surely there is a way to fix this. Maybe in the build.prop?
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Strangly im having a very sensitive touchscreen to. Especially when trying to use my keyboard. Ive calibrated as well
thanks
Use a screen protector. Helps.
Ordered screen protectors, they come in Monday. This is really the only issue I have with the device. If it's something that the phone just ships with I'm fine with it. If not, I'm wondering if I should return due to a faulty touch sensor.
GrayTheWolf said:
Use a screen protector. Helps.
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I have a lcd protector on and it doesnt help at all.
I have set up many rezounds for our company and the strange thing is that this oversensitive behavior you are reporting is happening with completely stock phones as well. I've noticed it with 3 different Rezounds. Very strange behavior indeed. Complete resets of the phones doesn't seem to help. I rooted one and did a complete reflash of the phone and the problem went away. It's almost like the flash went wrong somehow, but very strange to see from a phone that came directly from Verizon brand new.
Personally I like the sensitivity. I would rather a nice light touch be registered then having to mash my finger on the screen. Makes typing easier.
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I have set up many rezounds for our company and the strange thing is that this oversensitive behavior you are reporting is happening with completely stock phones as well. I've noticed it with 3 different Rezounds. Very strange behavior indeed. Complete resets of the phones doesn't seem to help. I rooted one and did a complete reflash of the phone and the problem went away. It's almost like the flash went wrong somehow, but very strange to see from a phone that came directly from Verizon brand new.
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Thanks so much. I don't care so much as long as it's a device flaw that's not localized. Can it be fixed in any way?
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Personally I like the sensitivity. I would rather a nice light touch be registered then having to mash my finger on the screen. Makes typing easier.
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It's not a light touch. I've checked, it sometimes registers just above the touch screen.
I have yet to have the sensitivity be a problem... Maybe yall came from different phones than me
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My rezound is completely stock/ not rooted/flashed or anything, I've noticed this since the day I got it in Nov. sometimes my fingers can be a few mm above the screen and it registers a touch. sometimes it doesn't bother me but sometimes if my finger is slightly above the search button and it registers it while i'm trying to do something else, it's pretty annoying
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I've never seen this issue. The screen is very sensitive, but not any different from my previous phone (Orig Droid Incredible).
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Personally I like the sensitivity. I would rather a nice light touch be registered then having to mash my finger on the screen. Makes typing easier.
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Same. The sensativity is more like the iPhone. I hate to say it, but I loved the iPhone for that. I used to type so fast. Then I got my first android phone and had to slow down because it didn't seem to always register my input. The rezound I can type really fast again.
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I almost thought it was telepathy.
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Personally I like the sensitivity. I would rather a nice light touch be registered then having to mash my finger on the screen. Makes typing easier.
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I agree with this as well. I do notice it's way sensitive. I remember a few times where it registered a touch and I completely swore I never touched the screen. Anyway it doesn't bother me one bit.