Ok, so aside from a few barely noticeable dead pixels, my TF Prime is fine.
But 3-4 times I've had this weird issue... the TF will all of a sudden start freaking out, flipping screens back and forth, tapping on app icons, keyboard keys, etc. It's as if a ghost has taken over my Prime, lol... what the??
Just happens at random, doesn't seem to be a particular app or action that's setting it off. Has happened while using the stock browser, Evernote, and typing an email.
Anyone else seeing this? Some kind of software glitch, or do you think I got a dodgy touchscreen?
By any chance, do you have the keyboard dock attached? On a few occasions, I've had the palm of my hand kind of resting on the mouse pad and that will set it off - not a tablet flaw, it's just my hand in the wrong place. Without the dock, I've managed to accomplish the same "flaw" by resting my thumb too close to the screen. With a sensitive capacitive screen, you just need to be really close to the screen to set it off. If not, then you have a real problem.
Bye.
No, I'm not lucky enough to own the dock yet, got one on pre-order, lol.
It's not just one tap or two, I mean the thing just flips out, scrolling home screens back and forth, typing automatically on the keyboard, etc., like it's possessed or something... on auto-pilot. It will go on indefinitely, and the screen will become unresponsive to my own taps. The only way to stop it is by doing a hard reboot by holding down the power button for about 10 seconds.
Now that I think about it, probably a touchscreen hardware issue... seems like it's "holding" the tap on, not releasing the tap off when it happens. I guess I'm gonna return it next week, ugh.
I qwas having this problem also but it started happening after i put on a skinomi screen protector. People thought i got water in tablet but maybee that wasnt the problem. If your having same problem.
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I've had that happen many times on my Nook Color. Drives me nuts. Certain games trigger it for me. Or sometimes it seems to be caused by my hand touching the screen or more than 2 points ( which is all my NC can handle )
Found that if I turn the device to sleep mode and wipe screen good, it usually fixes the issue. Either that or sometimes I have to reboot and it is normal again.
Glad I'm not the only one with a possessed tablet.
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Hi,
Anybody having issues with the webtop application while using the laptop dock and their mouse freezing while using the firefox application. Its really annoying. I have to remove the phone from the dock and put it back for it to start working again. This happens only with the mouse, everything else works... such as the keys.
I've seen this problem before while testing some other things on the webtop and figured it was my BT mouse. Control from the touchpad that the atrix turns into when in webtop mode seemed fine though. I'll see if I can figure out what's causing this.
Stupid question, but a possibility.
When you double click the corner of the touchpad, it turns if off. There is a small indicator light in the upper left. Is this on or off when it freezes?
If it is off, try double tapping that corner to turn it back on.
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Stupid question, but a possibility.
When you double click the corner of the touchpad, it turns if off. There is a small indicator light in the upper left. Is this on or off when it freezes?
If it is off, try double tapping that corner to turn it back on.
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Hey jkrohn,
thanks for your help but I already checked the basics, obviously the light is on because the touchpad is on but when it freezes the light is still on and does not respond to the double touch.. like I said correctly it freezes...
I gues you have not experienced this huh..
No, luckily I haven't experienced it.
The only time I had a freeze was after about an hour of watching hulu.
I had this problem, but I didn't know about the double click option for tuning it on and off. I fixed it by undocking and redocking the phone. I'll have to keep an eye on this next time. I don't think I double clicked the light on the touch pad at all when this last happened, because I never tap the touch pad area.
mine has once or twice. I closed the lid and reopened it and it fixed itself.
I'm hoping there's a software update/bug fix to speed webtop up, and fix the track pad.
Yes mine does it all the time in firefox, i have mine on a uk orange brand with latest updates. How do we go about updating the lapdock? Any fix woul be great as its very annoying.
Thanks
Paul
hi, guys...i have the same problem got a 200$ laptop dock from amazon and my touchpad move around to different area especially to corners of the screeen when the firefox is open. This is really annoying....I have Aura 1.1.3 build 8 with 2.3.4 webtop fixed image [CWM Install] V1 . So much money spent on this phone.....
Moisture?
My trackpad sucks too, and the mouse freezes once in a while, but for me it's usually when I get something on it like if I took a drink of my soda can and had some moisture on my finger, and then touch it. That's when it starts bouncing around all funny and sometimes not moving. Solution is obviously just wiping off the pad with your shirt, or any other absorbent material for that matter... I really did write this in hopes that it would help, but reading it back now almost feels like a waste of space. Oh well, good luck with your trackpad!
I am having the same issue and I just received one from AT&T. Is there a current fix for this?
Is anyone else having an issue with phantom taps on the screen. I know sometimes my screen will pull up the keyboard and start typing. Or if I am scrolling a web page it will think i'm zooming. Or if I go to click and hold a link in dolphin it will just click.
yeah while browsing i had the same problem, maybe some bug that will be crushed after an update.we have to bare with this in the meanwhile.
I'm reading on other forums like the Nook that a screen protector may help fix this.
Plugged in?
Does this only happen when the flyer is plugged in? I had this problem when I was trying to use the flyer while it was plugged in and it just started doing as it pleased. The first couple of times it freaked me out! It just started typing crazy stuff and started navigating from screen to screen as it saw fit every time I went to touch the screen. I thought it was demon possessed (some kind of ouija tablet), but I didn't call a priest I just unplugged it and all was well with it's formerly possessed soul.
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I have a problem when It's plugged into the power. Scrolling pages sometimes zooms and buttons can activate if my finger is just close to them.
In some countries like here in the UAE, the combination of badly earthed mains, leather-soled shoes or bare feet on tiled floors and a very sensitive capacitive screen causes strange tap response.
Ever held a charging phone or laptop and felt a slight electric buzz??
I usually find if I clean my screen and remove any finger grease, it tends to work fine after that.
Also, even if not on power, I have found a problem with tap and hold (say to trash icons) that if you press the screen too hard, the hold does not 'hold' ... If you use a light tap it works fine.
Large finger surface area on hard press seems to confuse it.
It happens when it's not plugged in.
My screen was so sensitive it would open apps, etc. even when my finger was 1/2" away from the screen. It was frustrating. Cutting down one of the matte, anti-glare screen protectors I had left after I returned my Galaxy tab solved the problem.
I bought some screen protectors of Amazon... Thanks for the input... its the only downside to this thing :-D
My nook tablet was opening apps like Facebook and google search and typing unusual letters in the search and status boxes. Anyone seen anything like this? It honestly seemed like the device was being controlled remotely. I wasn't even touching the device and it was trying to type letters. My device has been rooted for about two weeks. I've not seen anything like this until tonight.
What was your battery charge? There are reports of the touchscreen acting weird when the battery is low.
yea, sounds more like a glitch in the touch screen. this happened on my phone. I would warranty it. Make sure you unroot first
It sounds like a defective unit... I have a Droid X that does the same thing; started happening about a month or two out of warranty. I've factory reset / SBF'd it a million times and it still happens, rooted or not.
For me, it seems to happen more frequently when the screen is dirty (but also happens when perfectly clean), and especially bad if I am wearing clothing that generates static electricity (fleece and other synthetics). Makes me wonder if the screen isn't grounded properly.. the phone has a lot more flex in the chasis than it should and sometimes flexing it in just the right way will make the problem stop.
Thanks
Thanks much for the replies. The battery was very low and I was sitting in a chair that could generate static electricity. Also noticed little bits of dog hair caught between the case and the screen. Not sure I'm going to return the unit just yet. It could have been a fluke. The only time I've seen a machine act like that is when someone controls a server at work remotely. It was really strange and seemed like a program was attempting to type on its own.
One other caveat is that I had installed Aurora on the tablet earlier in the night. It's a browser by Mozilla in development. It was running really sweet so I don't think that had anything to do with it. I did notice that the tablet was locking up on a couple pages and really sluggish for a bit while using the default browser. It then responded fine until the ghost took over.
One other question if anyone is still listening: if this happened to you did the keyboard come up? It didn't appear when the letters were being typed in my case.
I was thinking a cover and possibly a shield may be in order. I've got a year, so it if happens again even one time I'm going to return the unit- after unrooting of course.
My Nook Color will do this as well when it has been zapped by static electricity and when there are a bunch of finger prints all over the screen (usually when the finger oil gets built up around the edges of the screen it starts).
A good wipe down with a microfiber cloth (with the screen off) fixes it for me. Granted this is Nook Color and not my Nook Touch we're talking about, but I figure the behavior could be similar.
Good luck!
Merrell
Weird, I could swear there was a thread about this, but now I can't find it for the life of me.
Anyway, it's a known issue- no need to panic and return the NT.
When the battery gets critically low, sometimes the NT will seem to have a mind of it's own and everything you describe starts happening. Apps open themselves, random text types itself, touchscreen completely unresponsive, etc.
I've seen exactly the same thing, and also at first wondered if it was a remote hack. Then I noticed the pattern that it's only during extreme power lows.
Just recharge to at least a minimal level and there's no problem.
zaptoons said:
Weird, I could swear there was a thread about this, but now I can't find it for the life of me.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431091
Ah. I knew I posted there, but thread is strangely missing from my 'find all posts..' results.
macrossmerrell said:
My Nook Color will do this as well when it has been zapped by static electricity and when there are a bunch of finger prints all over the screen (usually when the finger oil gets built up around the edges of the screen it starts).
A good wipe down with a microfiber cloth (with the screen off) fixes it for me. Granted this is Nook Color and not my Nook Touch we're talking about, but I figure the behavior could be similar.
Good luck!
Merrell
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Same thing happens to me but I only switch the screen off and on and then it goes away.
As has been mentioned, charge it, clean the screen, wash your hands. This should take care of the "autogibberish". As far as opening software... do you mean that it is opening foreground applications? Or that software will just load in the background? If the latter, this is NORMAL behavior of Android -- it will load software into memory so that it is instantly available when you try to run the software. If the former, probably related to the dirty screen.
I do NOT believe that this is a hardware defect. It rather is a side-effect of a LARGE touch surface. The bigger the touch surface, the more likely it is to be subject to random static charges.
Whoops didn't realize how this thread was!
Well, the only problem that I can't live with on my prime is a very weird glitch on the screen. I've noticed this in the Repligo reader app and I am not sure if it happens only in that app. The screen flickers in a noisy fashion. I don't mean that the brightness varies but what I mean is part of the screen momentarily appears like a kind of static signal that you may observe on an old TV (dunno if new TVs do it too).. sometimes the glitch looks a bit different. let me add that this happens rarely... like today :/
Anyone else ever encounter this?
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try a soft reset to see if it clears it. put paper clip in hole underneath micro SD card slot. or it could just be a compatibility issue with app itself. do you have force gpu rendering enabled? if so, this is known to cause some graphical issues with certain older apps or whatever. if its enabled, turn it off. it should be off by default. to check, go into Asus settings. then developer options. scroll down and look at force gpu rendering to see.
demandarin said:
try a soft reset to see if it clears it. put paper clip in hole underneath micro SD card slot. or it could just be a compatibility issue with app itself. do you have force gpu rendering enabled? if so, this is known to cause some graphical issues with certain older apps or whatever. if its enabled, turn it off. it should be off by default. to check, go into Asus settings. then developer options. scroll down and look at force gpu rendering to see.
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No, it is off. I checked it immediately once I had the problem. It is a weird bug and happens very rarely. And since it is rare, I dunno if it is problem with that app or it is a coincidence when I am running it. Seems like there is no way to reproduce it consistently to check out the cause. Oh well, at least it is rare.
mine also does this. except not in any particular app, just randomly.
Did it in the camera yesterday, it did it on the home screen 4 days ago when i got it. i am going to take it back next time it does it i think. but am guessing i will need to show them what it is doing.
I had this problem last night, I think its time my BCKOKAS goes home for a cleanup.
Can you guys do a little test?
Steps to reproduce:
1. take the tablet out of the dock (if you have one), turn the screen on.
2. hold it in landscape with your left hand
3. draw an imaginary line between the little arrow guide on the bezel and the clock on the status bar
3. find a point somewhere around half way on that line
4. squeeze the tablet at that particular point using your thumb (on the bezel) and the index finger (on the aluminum back, exactly underneath the thumb)
Please tell me whether you get static on the screen. I have it happening on mine (I have the champagne, CO1 version). One of my friends with a CO2 doesn't have this however, and I'm curious whether this is a widespread issue with CO1, or mine has a bit of a problem. On a side note, it doesn't really bother me, I have it happening very rarely, only when I squeeze it that way or sometimes when I use my right hand on the back next to the right edge to tilt the screen towards me.
Today my Atrix 4G started acting like a ghost was controlling it. It can be just sitting there with the display on, and somt part of the screen will be pressed and a program started. I have Elixir 2 buttons, Multicon buttons, and the regular app buttons installed on the display by the basic ATT controls. All three have had buttons "pressed" in a seemingly random way. I have rebooted several times. The phone is quite unusable.
Then I also get my regular reboot problem. The phone will be fine all day, but at some point, it just starts rebooting every 2 minutes. The little LED in the upper right corner turns often purple (it is usually green.) I get the process stopped message a lot then, too. It happens even if it is fully charged.
Part of your problem can be after having widgets on screen if you then froze the program which is for the widget the widget remains but as a ghost. You don't see it but its there. I had this issue with something like beautiful widgets and it played hell with my phone. Just a thought.
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No wifi, nothing frozen
I have not frozen any programs. It happened after several reboots. I also did not have wifi turned on.
Thanks for your suggestions
ziva1 said:
I have not frozen any programs. It happened after several reboots. I also did not have wifi turned on.
Thanks for your suggestions
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I have this issue too, but it happens at random times and I can stop it by turning the screen off then on.
I think it might be the digitizer going bad.
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Mine was accompanied by dead zones. I had to rotate the phone to get certain spots and keys on the keyboard to register. Sometimes pressing a spot on the lower left side registered on the upper right.
When I finally replaced the digitizer, I found the left side ribbon had detached and was being held in place by pressure. if the ribbon moved around, it caused spurious connections. I even had one ROM install itself with the Aroma installer because it kept thinking I was hitting the "next" button.
Digitizer replacement fixed.
Will replace phone, need to copy old phone to new
I think my phone needs a new digitizer. The wty expires in a week, so I'm going to a service center tmw. Thanks to all who made these useful suggestions.
Do I need to unroot it before I return it?
Do you know how to ghost my old phone to my new one?