Touchscreen issues - HTC EVO 3D

For the past couple of months, my screen has been detecting too many inputs on the top half of the screen, primarily in the middle of it. One finger seems to produce up to four inputs sometimes, depending on the amount of pressure. I'm not mashing the screen or anything, but I do play the occasional game of pew-pew.
I've tried a keyboard recallibration and a full wipe to no avail. Currently running ViperROM, but I don't think that's the issue. Any suggestions before I try my luck with the repair plan?

I have the same issue. Looks to be hardware related.

Try uninstall third party lock screen...

I'm using sense for that.

I had that issue for a while. I had to completely wipe and change roms. I think I found a lock screen was to blame. as the other poster pointed out.

Using LeeDroid, I got rid of the sense lockscreen and went back to the droid one. Nothing seemed to change.
When this first happened on a previous ViperROM build, I had been using it for a long time. After doing a full wipe and upgrading to the newest version of it, the problem came back immediately. So, I really doubt it's got something to do with that.

Hssarth said:
For the past couple of months, my screen has been detecting too many inputs on the top half of the screen, primarily in the middle of it. One finger seems to produce up to four inputs sometimes, depending on the amount of pressure. I'm not mashing the screen or anything, but I do play the occasional game of pew-pew.
I've tried a keyboard recallibration and a full wipe to no avail. Currently running ViperROM, but I don't think that's the issue. Any suggestions before I try my luck with the repair plan?
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Download multitouch test free from market.. run it .. set phone on table and watch it.. if u see circles while not touching it.. then you my friend have a bad digitizer (screen)... I've had 3
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That's actually how I noticed the extra inputs to begin with. They only show up while touching the screen.
Edit: A little weirdness. I accidentally left it under my laptop for a few hours. Now, I only get one extra input instead of three. It seems to detect up to four just fine, though.

I found my problem related to this was using a screen protector, the anti glare and clear had these phantoms touches, even from breathing on the screen wrong.
Removed since its got gorilla glass anyways, no more issues.
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This is the first phone I've decided to go without one on. So unfortunately, I can't say that's the cause, either. :x

Ive got your answer guys! its the screen digitalizier had the same exact problems for months to the point of throwing it, sometimes i would put a new rom on it and it would fix it for a couple hours and then it would come back I called a cell phone repair place in st louis called. CRP they have local shops and a website you can send it in. It takes about 2 hours if you have a shop around you or send it off. Call around to see if you have any cell phone repair shops near you Ok by now, you guys are dieing too know the price right, $89.99 plus tax for local repair was my price. Beware you can buy this part from amazon with a kit for $25 and theres video guides online too but unless your use to this kind of work ,pay for a shop to do it or buy the whole lcd screen which is over a hundred dollars anyway. I hope my advice helped you guys because im so happy to have my 3vo running like new again.
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phreezex said:
Download multitouch test free from market.. run it .. set phone on table and watch it.. if u see circles while not touching it.. then you my friend have a bad digitizer (screen)... I've had 3
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thanks for that - sonic was doing my head in - when i would run it would freeze and jump as if i wasnt pressing a direction as well - thought it could be a bit dodgy but it looks like the multi touch is working (I guess evo 3d only has 4 point multi touch?)

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htc EVO 3D display / digitizer failure.

Well, I have had the 3D since launch. After the first couple of days I started seeing phantom touches. After 1 week I started to notice this was getting far worse and that the display/digitizer was registering touches when nothing was near the device.
Called Sprint walked through a full wipe of the OS and reinstall. That was a no go and wasted nearly 2 hours of my time on the phone... However the Level 2 tech agreed that it appeared to be a failure of the device and advised that I return it to the Sprint store.
Got to sprint and showed them the video I had made of what the phone was doing. They also agreed that something was wrong with the phone and replaced it immediately.
Just in case I am not the only one that is having this problem I am uploading the video to youtube... I will share that link with you as soon as it is done uploading.
This is a video showing the issue using the "draw" application:
If you run into similar issues let me know!
I've seen some strange things happen but I figured it was the Otterbox Defender case or humidity here in Florida.
Will watch more closely now. Thanks for the report!
I've also been having strange issues, where touches are appearing out of nowhere. Had to turn off the pattern lock as a result, since I nearly got locked out of my device since it wouldn't register my pattern properly. It seems to 'reset' itself after a couple reboots, but starts acting up again at a later random time. Between the poor GPS performance and this issue, I'm starting to wonder if I upgraded from my Evo 4G a bit too early...
Same thing happens to mine while texting I would click a letter but it would click another one. It just did it once tho
never discount the existence of a true phantom pressing those screens ;p
I have heard of several people with the issue. Kinda makes me nervous. Already swapped 1 due to bad camera.
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Same thing happens to my e3d
My touchscreen is having issues lately too. It'll work fine for several hours, then the screen will either be unresponsive or register phantom movements. Sometimes it won't register the lockpattern as I move my fingers, and other times it refuses to swipe left or right between screens. I've been trying to figure out if it's some kind of software or hardware issue, but no luck. I'd hate to return it(since it's my 2nd 3D) but if it continues for the rest of the week, it's going back. I made a video clip of it jumping screens randomly just in case the Sprint store ask any questions.
*update
I installed the paint program like OP did and had similar things happen on mine with the random lines and unresponsive screens. I guess I'll return tonight for 3D #3....
Mine just started doin the same thing lately, any of you have results yet? Did you turn in your phone or did they repair it? I really dont wanna go to the sprint store and turn mine in because i dont want a refurbished unit. 9/10 in the past when ive went through insurance, the phone they send me is broken as well and then it goes round and round. Sometimes my phone will just stop responding to touch, it will have phantom touches and/or on the htc_ime mod keyboard on compact qwerty; the ui, jk, m, . column up and down wont work at all. strange to say the least, never had this happen to any of my phones before.
My launch day EVO 3D is being replaced also due to this issue. She be back up and running with my new phone Wednesday.
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Well mine developed this problem a few days ago.
The top inch or so of the screen and when I get this problem the touch sensitive buttons also dont work sometimes.
My problem and my question is that, I dont have insurance on the phone, I bought it on Amazon from a private party after my EVO 4G was stollen.
If I take it to Sprint can they just replace the digitizer, since this is a defect of the phone and would that even fix this problem?
If you don't have insurance on the phone then you need to go on ebay and search for evo 3d lcd digitizer housing. Yesterday, I paid $50 shipped from usa.
If you cant find a good listing then u can buy the lcd + digitizer (or just the digitizer) without housing. But it's hard work to do these two because those things are glued and painful to disassemble. It will definitely look jacked up after all your hard work. Just get it with the housing (front black plastic)
Here is a usa seller with what i'm talking about but he as no feedback so i didnt buy from him.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HTC-EVO-3D-...ultDomain_0&hash=item1c20adc044#ht_2172wt_286
There is a hi res disassembly video on youtube.
I've been experiencing this issue lately as well. I've had this phone since the month it was released and it only started acting up as of a couple weeks ago. It started off as the touch screen not registering any touches, not even the capacitive buttons. Then this week it started it started doing the crazy phantom touch thing. In order to get it working, I simply shut off the screen then turn it back on again. It seems to happen less if I'm lighter on the screen. Thank gawd I'm not the only one experiencing this.
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I called a sprint store and they told me that they would either replace the digitizer or the phone for a fee of 35 dollars, since I did not have insurance.
So, I took my phone in and they had another screen that was from another phone that had a different problem.
After they replaced it, he did not charge me
I was happy until I started to drive home and I was checking it some more and realized that the new screen also had the same digitizer problem.
I guess im headed back to Sprint tomorrow hopefully they give me another phone. and I will happily pay the 35 dollars.
Wow thats a real good deal. I never considered taking it for repair. I thought it must be cheaper to do it myself. I hope they can get you a working one. I'm sure they won't try to charge you for it when you go back.
I'm having trouble with my Evo as well, not sure if its the same issue or not.. for about the past week my notification bar will be intermittently unusable, I can't pull it down at all.. then sometimes it'll work. Unfortunately the times I've been near a sprint store it's working fine.. UGH. Also it's been giving me some random letters occasionally when texting, or the most aggravating is when it "clicks" the backspace button and that sticks and it erases whatever text I just wrote. Sounds like a similar issue.. I just wish mine was consistent, sometimes it works perfect.
Call me an idiot but whats the app that you were using!?
Edit:nvm found it haha
Well today i paid the 35 dollars and will be getting another phone
A really good app for testing screen problems is call "touch test"
http://www.appbrain.com/app/touch-test/org.hermit.touchtest
Mine seem to get worse when i had more then one finger on the screen. and it got really bad with just a little bit of preasure on the screen.
I'm having a similar problem but it is only with the capacitative soft keys.
I have problems from time to time. It gets so annoying on Swype because it will leave breaks while I'm Swyping and instead of one word I'll get like four weird words instead. Very cumbersome.
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[Q] To those of you who returned your 3VO for a replacement...

Were you happier with the replacement unit than you were with your original? Were there any additional faults with the replacement unit? Was it worse/better?
I just sent out for a replacement for mine because of under screen dust, dead pixel, the screen tilt, and just to pretty much get a brand spanking new one the day before my 30 days is up. Am just a bit scared I'll get something worse off than what I'm giving up.
There isn't really anything internally wrong with it, besides the dust and the pixel, (the pixel is barely noticeable, but once seen, can't be unseen).
Any input from any of you would be greatly appreciated, and perhaps alleviate and fears I have about it.
My wife had the screen tilt and signal defect.
Her new one we just got yesterday is perfect. No tilt at all.
No dropping every call anymore. No issues with data and WiFi at all.
New one is like my phone. Good to go.
She is now FULLY satisfied.
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I too had to get a replacement. I took mine to the Sprint store for random reboots, keyboard errors, dead pixels (5 to be exact). After testing the phone and them saying it is perfect, I began having problems a week later. Took the phone to Sprint, got a replacement and have had no problems. Speed is faster, the phone does not reboot, the pixels are all there, the screen is perfect. There seems to be no problems that I can report. I think that originally the phone had flaws due to trying to push them out so fast. But after realizing the issues, they corrected and seem to have it down.
johnequickiii said:
Were you happier with the replacement unit than you were with your original? Were there any additional faults with the replacement unit? Was it worse/better?
I just sent out for a replacement for mine because of under screen dust, dead pixel, the screen tilt, and just to pretty much get a brand spanking new one the day before my 30 days is up. Am just a bit scared I'll get something worse off than what I'm giving up.
There isn't really anything internally wrong with it, besides the dust and the pixel, (the pixel is barely noticeable, but once seen, can't be unseen).
Any input from any of you would be greatly appreciated, and perhaps alleviate and fears I have about it.
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I switched mine out within the 30 days of return, and I have had absolutely no problems whatsoever. Except for green hornet will not play in 3d Can someone PM me on how to fix this? Btw, i returned it because of two dead pixels
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I switched mine out within the 30 days of return, and I have had absolutely no problems whatsoever. Except for green hornet will not play in 3d Can someone PM me on how to fix this? Btw, i returned it because of two dead pixels
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I don't know if this will solve your problem, but i read somewhere if you add the watch widget to your homescreen and watch it that way it should work fine.
My first had a lot of problems reboots,fc with basic apps, sometimes would not turn on without a battery pull. My second one works great so smooth but I wish the speaker was louder.
Exchanged for screen tilt: new one is perfect in every way.
BTW, between myself and friends, I have access to 6 3vo's and I've tested them all with the dead pixel test on the market. Not a single dead pixel on any of the six, two of which were launch day units.
Mike
My first one was leaking light at the bottom buttons... and the main defect was the Mobile Network and Wifi would shut off randomly... When turning them back on... they would just sit there saying "Turning on..."
Got the new one... Light doesn't leak and somehow Mobile Network shut off. I'm beginning to wonder if it's me messing with the phone... I am happier with the replacement... and most will still be in the first 30 days... so you can get a brand new one.
Gonna get mine swapped tommoro due to if you shake it slightly it rattles and typing rattle is louder slow net speeds sucks. LOL love the phone.
Damn how I'm not having any of those issues with my phone?; may be I'm blessed lol
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First was perfect except no 3g reception. Second was a total defect in every way... except got great 3g coverage. Third seems to be a keeper. So far its perfect.
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So am I lol
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chrischoi said:
My first one was leaking light at the bottom buttons... and the main defect was the Mobile Network and Wifi would shut off randomly... When turning them back on... they would just sit there saying "Turning on..."
Got the new one... Light doesn't leak and somehow Mobile Network shut off. I'm beginning to wonder if it's me messing with the phone... I am happier with the replacement... and most will still be in the first 30 days... so you can get a brand new one.
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I do have heavy light leakage on the bottom of my phone. It looks like the screen didn't set correctly.
It's never bothered me. Can't help but love this phone.
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My first one had random reboots and wouldn't sleep... along with a crooked screen, so I exchanged it. The second one still had the crooked screen, but it didn't have random reboots and would sleep properly. However, the speaker was busted. It was extremely low on volume and it would pop every time any audio was played. The third one (that I still currently have) sleeps properly, doesn't randomly reboot, and has a good speaker. It still has the crooked screen though, but it is much less crooked than the first two. I'm tempted to try one more exchange just to get one that has a perfectly straight screen, but I'm scared of getting one that's the same or worse.
Your lucky you got ur unit swapped I'm stuck with mine the lady was a ***** at the store management wouldn't swap mine due to rattle or net hang reportibg the ***** lady that gave me looks when I took my phone in to there main store.
it seems most problems are fixed in later batches. thats good to hear.
reaper24 said:
Your lucky you got ur unit swapped I'm stuck with mine the lady was a ***** at the store management wouldn't swap mine due to rattle or net hang reportibg the ***** lady that gave me looks when I took my phone in to there main store.
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I think the rattle is the 3D 2D camera switch because mine does that as well but after a quick shake and listen I held the switch and viola no more rattle.

Possible fix for digitizer/touch screen issues

Like many with the 3d I was having touch screen issues. Ghost touching and inaccurate touches. At first it was infrequent and random but started getting worse and to the point where it became unusable today. I have tep but no stores around here had a digitizer in stock. My phone was useless so in a desperate shot in the dark, I tried putting it in the freezer.
That's right.
I took the battery out, put it inside two ziplock bags and froze it for a few hours. The I took it out. Left it in the bags to return to room temp and then powered it on. I've been using it for a few hours now and haven't had one issue yet.
Please note this might somehow kill your phone and don't try it unless you are desperate.
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My Phone just started acting up bad. I'm looking at replacing the digitizer.
HVAC Wars said:
My Phone just started acting up bad. I'm looking at replacing the digitizer.
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Mine usually does this when its cold. I have thought about replacing the digitizer but its not frequent enough and locking and unlocking a couple of times fixes it. I would rather deal with it then get the hboot 1.5 crap...
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Mine was fine until last night. Now I can hardly use it. Landscape works somewhat, the only problem is not all apps support it. I found a digitizer+lcd with the full housing for $55 so I jumped on that.
xavier86 said:
Mine usually does this when its cold. I have thought about replacing the digitizer but its not frequent enough and locking and unlocking a couple of times fixes it. I would rather deal with it then get the hboot 1.5 crap...
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Odd, I always have had some sort of problem with my digitizer when I go outside for a cig. I live in WI, so it's about 0 degrees out right now or colder lol (actually tonight it's rather warm outside but meh)
Anyway, About an inch below the top of my phone to about an inch and 1/4 my screen is dead, I could post a screenshot of it if someone wants. I've been thinking about brining it back to sprint but I don't want to risk them updating the hboot to 1.5 lol
It did seem to temporarily fix the device but came back the next day.
They did it to me I hnow have 1.5....they agreed my phone needed to be replaced...then said the 3D is on back order... They asked if i would take a photon...I said yes....that was a week ago....I called today and they said 'oh, the photon is on back order too' that was a 3rd party retailer....
So I called Sprint and there is actually a corporate store close to me....I'm going to get a new phone tomorrow, I hope! Any suggestions on a replacement if they still don't have a 3d!?
I had the same problem. One of the guys at best buy was tryin to say I probably dropped it... I'm like fk u, I got it like this... The other guy checked it out and said,"ive never seen this happen, but looks fine, physically I guess". Checked it for water damage and just replaced it since it hadn't been 30 days. Then I'm seeing more people with the same problem. If u have insurance with sprint, it should be somethin they take in and give u a refurbished one at no charge. At a Sprint repair store
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I got a call today that my replacement 3D was ready to pick up....I was expecting a photon....guess I need to find a tutorial about root w 1.5 and software 2.08
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I am an EVO 3d GSM user for a week.I don't have any problems with ghost touching etc
Is this a problem only for the CDMA users? Some of my friends also got the GSM version and also they don't have any problems.
My digitizer has been acting up lately as well. I may take it into a sprint store and see what they can do with it..... I don't want them to replace my phone with one that has hboot 1.5 or update my hboot to 1.5.
Be careful....when I brought mine in they tried to say "the touch screen is fine, it looks like a software issue..." And despite saying in advance, I left w 1.5 and the promise of a replacement which also came w 1.5
...just my experience....
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I take great care of my phone and this bs started happening to me.
Well, sort of.
My phone will register touches on the screen randomly if I smack the back of the phone (not hard or anything, just a quick smack, like sitting it down on a desk type deal) and it will randomly stop registering touches at all until press the power button to put it in standby, then again to turn it on.
What kind of crap is this? God I can't stand HTC's terrible quality control. I don't have a single mark on my phone. It has NEVER been dropped. It is in flawless condition.
So mad right now.
I feel ya bud.... I am hoping to ride out this replacement till my upgrade in June....
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If I had to take a stab at it, that cold weather means cold fingers, which means no touch screen.... Which means it will appear to be an issue when in fact your fingers r just cold..... Try it out, hold onto a cold drink, let your fingers get nice and cold and touch your screen... No response.... But what do I know... I'm in Florida where its 80 degrees outside
I do know our phones do have issues and I'm not saying the cold is the cause of everyone's issue... Just looking at the big picture... Or trying to. Hope everyone gets it worked out.
Shot from my sharp shooter in 3d
Yeah.....it is a tad colder here in Boston...
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hitman4274 said:
If I had to take a stab at it, that cold weather means cold fingers, which means no touch screen.... Which means it will appear to be an issue when in fact your fingers r just cold..... Try it out, hold onto a cold drink, let your fingers get nice and cold and touch your screen... No response.... But what do I know... I'm in Florida where its 80 degrees outside
I do know our phones do have issues and I'm not saying the cold is the cause of everyone's issue... Just looking at the big picture... Or trying to. Hope everyone gets it worked out.
Shot from my sharp shooter in 3d
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A friend of mine has the EVO 3D (it's GSM, not CDMA - and I'm seeing a lot of you having the CDMA versions) and I am a Desire HD owner. Both touch screens are great! Also, I can use them with gloves (well, the place where the finger tips are, the material got somewhat rare). In any case, we are not experiencing any problems with his touch screen, and it's -5 to -15 Centigrades outside .
I'd say it's because of the CDMA?! I also heard that some Galaxy S (I9000) users were having troubles with their phones bought from the EU, then brought to US. Screen displaying colours/bars like crazy etc...
I'd say the network pretty much interferes with the internals of the phone. That's just my opinion...
Both the Desire HD and EVO 3D touch screens DO act strange, but that's when it's snowing outside, so the screen gets a bit wet and... you know... it's making it too horny to focus on the touches anymore... he wants more than just a touch... XD
This is an HTC issue, I believe HTC should almost have like a recall for this. Fix it for free. Not by us paying money to get it fixed. I'm dropping HTC phones and going elsewhere for a phone.
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FIX~~maybe
Ok so after 24 hours of testing I got ghost touches only 2 times.anyway my phone used to have ghost touches every like 2 min...
Solution: search for "pimp my rom" in the market.(it requires root access btw)
After you install it go to tweaks->touch screen and display and set min. Velocity to 2500 and max velocity to 4500. For your phone the values may differ.so feel free to test other values till you get the best results. Also max events per sec should be at 60. After ur done just apply your settings.top left check Mark.
If this didn't work it could be a hardware issue.but for me it did the trick.I still get some ghost touches so they are not gone forever but its way better now.
Hope this helps peeps.
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[Q] Why would an Atrix touch screen randomly go completely unresponsive?

So my bro's had an Atrix for a little over a year.
Some time back, it started exhibiting this behaviour where the whole screen would just become totally unresponsive.
Searching around, I see issues where people lose responsiveness with a fraction of their touch screen, or the entire screen starts spazzing out with all these presses and swipe actions the user did not enter...
...but his just seems to have these periods. He'll be stuck at the lock screen from anywhere between 1 minute and a whole day... I can usually get it to work with random rapidfire hardware commands... and when it works, it works completely for a certain amount of time.
Thing is, that's only temporary, and the touch-screen ends up going back to an unresponsive state.
Any clue what's going on, or how to resolve it?
What's the software is he currently on? Is the phone bootloader unlocked and/or rooted?
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You know what's (not so) funny about this? All of the things that you think are causing this sound really complicated. Is my phone corrupt? hardware defective?? etc etc.
You know what I found it caused this behavior after numerous factory resets and weeks of research and tweaks to my phone?
The f-ing goddam screen protector.
Yep, that's right. The over-priced, highly (over)rated $20 iShields brand one. I know for a fact that was the cause, after I figured it out and started talking to other atrix owners (minus the liar fanboys that lurk in every forum saying "works fine for me derp!" whenever someone dares to suggest a product has flaws).
Problem immediately went away, forever. I've gone naked since May /11 without a single scratch. IMO screen protectors on gorilla glass is for people who wear a seat belt in a car wash. I'm not sure, but I suspect the problem happens when the screen protector starts to age, and/or when it gets really warm. I also suspect it's a problem with certain phones and the types of touchscreens on those phones not playing nice with screen protectors. Started happening on mine after just one month.
omnius1 said:
You know what's (not so) funny about this? All of the things that you think are causing this sound really complicated. Is my phone corrupt? hardware defective?? etc etc.
You know what I found it caused this behavior after numerous factory resets and weeks of research and tweaks to my phone?
The f-ing goddam screen protector.
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That rant's nice and all, and I'mma let you finish... but there's no screen protector. He's been going bare gorilla all since he got it...
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What's the software is he currently on? Is the phone bootloader unlocked and/or rooted?
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Just to offer some backstory, this started a couple months ago back when he just had the stock AT&T rom (2.3.X or 2.2.X I think? I can't recall clearly) During one of it's "working" periods (last week), I unlocked his bootloader and flashed it with CM9...
Probably won't mean much since the problem existed before I unlocked+CM9'ed it, but while it's not freaking out, I can give you some numbers:
• Model Number: MB860
• Android Version: 4.0.3
• Baseband Version: N_01.77.15P
• Kernel Version: [email protected] #47
• CyanogenMod Version: 9.0.0-RC0-olympus-KANG
omnius1 said:
The f-ing goddam screen protector.
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Yeh, I have had this problem with screen protectors interfering with capacitive screens before, I am now using some really cheap protectors (5 for £3) and have had no such problems since and have a good bit of pocket money left .
TLRtheory said:
That rant's nice and all, and I'mma let you finish... but there's no screen protector. He's been going bare gorilla all since he got it...
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ah ok in that case, I have nothing else, I'm only good for ranting. GL!
My touchscreen randomly does these freak outs and stops working:
Usually for me it is caused when the phone is really warm (like on the charger in the car) or when my hands are sweaty (also could just be the the phone is warm in this case as well)
Once it's done with its freak out, I turn off the screen (my power button still works) and clean off the screen with my shirt, wipe the sweat off my hands and turn it back on...everything is then fine.
Also, with my old phone (dell streak) if I kept the phone in my pocket with the screen facing towards my leg it would exhibit this behavior (probably again a case of the screen becoming really warm) but if I kept it screen out it was fine.
I have the same exact problem and have gone back to my Captivate because I couldn't figure it out.
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News on this? Here's my experience.
Any news on this, guys? I'm going insane. Here's my experience: I used to get these touchscreen-stops now and then but then they started getting more and more often. What I do to make them stop for a while is a clean restore, that is wiping boot, system, preinstall, cache, userdata with fastboot before installing a new ROM or restoring from backup. Whenever I do that, it comes back to life. If I flash a new ROM without all those wipes, it doesn't work. What sucks so bad is that, even though that fixes the problem, it's only temporary. It starts again after a few weeks. There is NO way this is hardware, and there's also NO way we can't find a solution for this!!!! Come on, guys!!! HELP US OUT, PLEASE!!!!!!!
Have you tried the raindrop fix? I was having similar problems and it worked for me.
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My screen has ghost fingers if my hands are even the slightest damp.
A buddy of mine had really bad touch screen issues and had to send back for warranty.
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I'm having the same issue
I'm having the exact same issue. It sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. Anywhere from one minute to a whole day, everything you described exactly. No screen protector. I wiped it once and it worked temporarily, but it's back to the old sporadic unresponsiveness again.
I'm still not convinced that it isn't a hardware issue. I'm going to buy a T5 Torx Screwdriver and open her up and see if one of the connections is loose. Has anyone else done this?
I'll post tomorrow night with my results.
Here is a handy trick to determine if your digitizer it going out.
1. Find an appliance like a cable set top box, AV receiver or computer for example
2. Lay your phone face down in the warm air that emits from devices like this.
3. Leave it alone for about 10 to 15 minutes.
4.Pick your phone up and perform some finger swipe heavy tasks.
If you notice its a lot more sensitive like you remember when you first got it then you have a digitizer that is going bad. If nothing changes then its most likely software related.
Okay so I took it apart (removed the motherboard, disconnected the radio and 3 cables, then put everything back together. It's not fixed 100% but it's a lot more consistent than it was. youtube dot com/watch?v=kxuF_73YIIY
cjmillisock said:
Okay so I took it apart (removed the motherboard, disconnected the radio and 3 cables, then put everything back together. It's not fixed 100% but it's a lot more consistent than it was. youtube dot com/watch?v=kxuF_73YIIY
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Could be the ribbon behind the digitizer, if its loose or moves it can kill all response to touch. You may have to replace your digitizer to fix this.
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I'm dying here
I opened it up like the video explained. Everything looked OK. I used a heat gun at 50 C to eliminate any trace of humidity and put back everything in its place. Then, I did a full wipe and a new ROM flash. STILL NOTHING!!! This phone is a little over a year old! This is not possible :crying: Any new ideas???? THANKS!!!!
pichualvarez said:
I opened it up like the video explained. Everything looked OK. I used a heat gun at 50 C to eliminate any trace of humidity and put back everything in its place. Then, I did a full wipe and a new ROM flash. STILL NOTHING!!! This phone is a little over a year old! This is not possible :crying: Any new ideas???? THANKS!!!!
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I would also suspect the digitizer. I replaced mine for $45 (frame pre attached attached highly recommended).
The connections are very small, so there is much that can go wrong while doing this kind of brain surgery and the ribbons will rip easily.
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Same problem here. It is like some Ghost is operating it without my permission
Sometimes feels like is should hit the phone on the wall.
I know its not gonna help.
Anybody there who has solution for this

[Q] screen pressing itself automatically?!?!

hey guys.
I gifted my mom my Evo 3D a bit over a month ago. It was in perfect condition after a year of use. she says she hasn't sat on it. no screen cracks, no indications of any physical abuse.
we first thought it was the keyboard. and she had been telling me of so many issues she was having. so I updated her to freeza's 5.5 rom, sense 3.6 version (how come I didn't see any JB roms?! I've been on JB for a while...).
same thing kept happening. i started looking into it. turned on the pointer touches thing in developer options...turns out, the screen keeps pressing itself exactly in the middle horizontally, and about 85% of the way down vertically.
sometimes it keeps pressing so when it's a keyboard up, it presses the letter v continuously. but it presses everywhere. so it makes phone calls, selects things in market, selects in root explorer, etc. sometimes it gets "stuck" on pressing down, so nothing else works. you can see the pointer is stuck as if it was being pressed.
in TWRP i couldn't select the last item in the list (the one i was trying to flash!) but all other "lines" could be selected.
there are other issues (since we're on MetroPCS) but I can figure that out after the screen issue. since it happens across roms and in TWRP, I'm fairly confident this is not a software issue?
what can I do? is replacing the digitizer a sound idea? how much would that run me? how difficult is it to do? i'm trying to wonder if it's just a better idea for her to get a new phone....
any help with this is highly welcome. this is WEIRD!
id say the digitalizer. around 80,-, google. since you flashed another rom, it's highly unlikely its software..
Mine also does that. Rarely though. I thought it was because of protective film. Turning screen off and on fixes this.
I also have the same problem when typing with wet fingers.
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Your digitizers are dying
My advice is to keep a stuck ruu in your phone's sdcard in case of scenerios like this one because we all know that sprint techs may not even touch the phone if they discover your rooted and s-off. So, getting back on stock with "locked" bootloader is your next move. Thankfully that procedure doesn't involve using the touchscreen.
Take off any screen protectors, and make sure you are using the default HTC lock screen - HTC hard coded the calibration for the screen into the lock screen. If still problems, then yeah, you need the digitiEr
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Jsparta26 said:
My advice is to keep a stuck ruu in your phone's sdcard in case of scenerios like this one because we all know that sprint techs may not even touch the phone if they discover your rooted and s-off. So, getting back on stock with "locked" bootloader is your next move. Thankfully that procedure doesn't involve using the touchscreen.
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you missed the boat there. i'm on MetroPCS and so is that Evo 3D...not to mention this phone is 1.5 years old and has had its warranty voided multiple times
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Take off any screen protectors, and make sure you are using the default HTC lock screen - HTC hard coded the calibration for the screen into the lock screen. If still problems, then yeah, you need the digitiEr
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that was my first thought. to remove the old screen protector. but no, it's definitely messed up
no problems. the same store I bought that phone from and my other Evo 3D and the two Galaxy S3s from does repairs and they replace the lcd and the digitizer for $80. i've dealt with them for years now so I trust them.
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you missed the boat there. i'm on MetroPCS and so is that Evo 3D...not to mention this phone is 1.5 years old and has had its warranty voided multiple times
that was my first thought. to remove the old screen protector. but no, it's definitely messed up
no problems. the same store I bought that phone from and my other Evo 3D and the two Galaxy S3s from does repairs and they replace the lcd and the digitizer for $80. i've dealt with them for years now so I trust them.
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Uhm... the digitizer for our phone costs about $10 or so... and from what you said your LCD is just fine... so I really wouldn't trust a store that's offering a $10 fix for $80... so bottom line just check if they can just replace the digitizer as it's the exact same procedure...
well looking online it looked like the whole thing was $60-100. on this thread i was told about $80.
that's not the issue though, problem is putting it together. I watched the video of the step by step, and there's way too many ways I can mess it up, and then my mom is out of a phone, instead of spending $80 for guaranteed work.
On my iphone I had a dead spot in the middle where you could see the digitizer was discolored if you looked at it at an angle.
I had a screen protector(or clear plastic, etc) placed between the LCD glass and the digitizer and it fixed the problem.
I guess it kept even pressure between the glass and the digitizer.
Worth a try if you don't mind experimenting but YMMV.
Don't risk it if you aren't confident though... I did it to my iphone because I hated it, lol.
Good luck.
well this is weird.
i'm supposed to take the phone to be repaired tomorrow morning (Thursday) so I decided to beforehand update everything on her phone.
I did a superwipe, installed the latest TWRP, flashed the ICS firmware, including Hboot 1.58 (i'm still S-OFF, thank goodness), flashed Cool ICS 12a...
and the phone is behaving like new. no screen pressing, no difficulty typing, over the last two hours of setting it up for my mom...it's as if it was brand new.
so now i'm wondering if somehow it got fixed and we can save ourselves the expense, or if this is a temporary fix and it'll go back to messing up...
I'm GSM, rom is without sense. But sense rom had the same issue.
Is it possible to calibrate screen without sense?
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I found this
Hey guys I just found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1401365
I haven't tried it yet but it might work.

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