I have been using this phone for about a month now, after a week of buying it, i noticed that the screen had a problem. I can't play a single game or do any task that requires 2 fingers because if i put 2 fingers on the screen and then let go of one of them, the screen will think the other finger (that's still on the screen) is not touching the screen. This is really annoying in a game like Call of Duty because it requires 1 finger to move around and one to move the screen and aim, whenever i took the finger that's aiming off the screen i would stop running because it thought i took my other finger off. Please help me fix this issue without having to root my phone.
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Recently my touchscreen has been acting up on me. Sometimes it will either lock up completely and ill just press power 2x to get it to work again. other times stuff will randomly start to open or if its on the home screen the phone will switch pages left and right at a very high rate of speed the screen almost looks like its flickering.
this just started yesterday, ive ran 2 antivirus apps on the phone and both say its clean so i doubt its a virus, im not sure if its hardware or software related, im thinking about doing a re-flash, but i have a feeling that might not fix the issue..
has anyone else encountered this problem? it can get annoying at times cause it almost stops me from using the phone completely.
Edit: I would also like to note, i thought it was the screen protector i had on, but i took it off and the screen is still acting up
I had this happen last night after I installed a screen protector I got from eBay (they were $4 for 10 with free shipping). I'm guessing it was something in the glue because as soon as I took it off, the phone went back to normal. It always seemed to be 'pressing' in the same spot because I was trying to send a text and it kept popping up with a menu about the contacts info. Also, when that would pop up, the capacitive buttons at the bottom (menu, home, back and search) wouldn't work so I had to lock the phone and unlock it to gain control.
scream_clarity said:
I had this happen last night after I installed a screen protector I got from eBay (they were $4 for 10 with free shipping). I'm guessing it was something in the glue because as soon as I took it off, the phone went back to normal. It always seemed to be 'pressing' in the same spot because I was trying to send a text and it kept popping up with a menu about the contacts info. Also, when that would pop up, the capacitive buttons at the bottom (menu, home, back and search) wouldn't work so I had to lock the phone and unlock it to gain control.
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i had a Skinomi screen protector on, its been on for almost 2 months now and this only started last night so i dont think it was the screen protector
Jc61990 said:
i had a Skinomi screen protector on, its been on for almost 2 months now and this only started last night so i dont think it was the screen protector
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Did any water get in the phone?
i have same problem and make me shock,
my motorola have anti glare screen guard
while iam eat chicken soup and play mini plan , i didnt notice if my finger are wet couz of soup, meanwhile i notice that at that time the touch screen are still good i can play the game, so i quickly try to clean it up using tissue , while i try clean up my phone keep pressing like crazy so i stop to clean it but it keep pressing like crazy, event i have already out from the game, i cannot stop it, so i must pull out the battery and put it back,
i think Atrix the touch screen are too unstable , compare with milestone milestone is better but it's less sensitive then atrix
it normal again after pull out the battery and i clean it up
I never got any water inside the phone, only on the screen protector when applying it to the screen as directed in the instructions for the skinomi screen protector.
the screen protector has been on the phone for 2 months no issues. its only now i see this happening.
i removed the screen protector to see the issue still there.
i have done a factory restore with no changes
i downgraded to 1.52 with the random tapping still going.
i think it might be hardware related.
im going to bring the phone to an AT&T store for a swap
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
Hey guys,
My fascinate has this issue of parts of the screen usually the middle not being responsive to touch. For example if I was doing the pattern lock, when I go to the middle, it would say that I did the pattern wrong like if I took off my finger mid way doing the pattern. If I was say browsing the settings, it wouldn't respond to my swipes in the middle to scroll. Or my favorite when texting. The keys in the middle of the keyboard would not respond to my touch only the sides. If I press enough times, it will register my press. The only thing that would fix this unresponsiveness is to turn the screen on and off. From what I've seen this doesn't happen with the stock roms just with anything else that I flash. I've been flashing since the early gingerbread leaks and with every single rom, I had this problem. Do you guys think its a digitizer problem? I am using currently AOKP milestone 5 glitched.
RyanW114 said:
Hey guys,
My fascinate has this issue of parts of the screen usually the middle not being responsive to touch. For example if I was doing the pattern lock, when I go to the middle, it would say that I did the pattern wrong like if I took off my finger mid way doing the pattern. If I was say browsing the settings, it wouldn't respond to my swipes in the middle to scroll. Or my favorite when texting. The keys in the middle of the keyboard would not respond to my touch only the sides. If I press enough times, it will register my press. The only thing that would fix this unresponsiveness is to turn the screen on and off. From what I've seen this doesn't happen with the stock roms just with anything else that I flash. I've been flashing since the early gingerbread leaks and with every single rom, I had this problem. Do you guys think its a digitizer problem? I am using currently AOKP milestone 5 glitched.
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sounds hardware related...time for a upgrade or a replacement.
Hello, i have an Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3.5 and i am having a problem regarding the touchscreen.
I noticed that whenever i tried to play a platformer game my character would suddenly stop moving while jumping, or just not jump high enough. and there also times where the controls would just lock up for few seconds before it would let me move again.
it was getting really annoying so i decided to use a multitouch testing app. those were the results:
I saw that it only detected 2 touch points and when i had two fingers on the screen far apart, it saw both fingers as separate touch points. but when they were close to eachother it would count as one single touch point in the middle.
Hello folks. I have a Galaxy S5. Couldn't be more happier (!) with this phone. First it had overheating issues since I had updated the phone and now its screen does not open UNLESS I heat the screen with pressure or hair dryer. I had checked this out and it is turned out common problem with AMOLED screens.
What I need is to stay this damn phone awake AND locked or frozen. Why because I go outside and if the screen goes dark I need to heat it up by myself and it takes LONG to heat the screen with my hand. I need to stop this phone goes dark and while stay awake I need it to be locked because I may accidently press something when it opens.
I hope I make myself clear. English is not my native language. Thanks in advance.
No help from XDA but at least I was able to find a workaround so I leave it here
I have found two apps called Stay Alive! and Touch Lock that suit exactly what I need. It is possible to download them at Play Store. One is responsible for preventing the phone goes dark and the other one is lock/freeze touch screen and buttons to prevent accidental touch while the phone is in my pocket. Cheers