Need help explaining an odd issue. - myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I really cannot figure out this issue I'm having. Basically, I have the black rubberish/flexible case that T-Mobile sells. Once in a while, while using the touch keyboard ( stock gingerbread, I'm using cm7.) A couple letters become unresponsive. Most work, but others will not.
Weird thing is, when this happens and I take the case off, all goes back to normal. Maybe I'm missing something here, but how could the case cause this?
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kimbernator said:
I really cannot figure out this issue I'm having. Basically, I have the black rubberish/flexible case that T-Mobile sells. Once in a while, while using the touch keyboard ( stock gingerbread, I'm using cm7.) A couple letters become unresponsive. Most work, but others will not.
Weird thing is, when this happens and I take the case off, all goes back to normal. Maybe I'm missing something here, but how could the case cause this?
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Maybe the case is applying pressure to the device and for some reason making the screen less responsive. I have this with my TPU-S Curve case and the one with the kickstand on it.

I actually believe that is a CM7 bug. I have experienced the same problem on recent nightlies. Some keys on the keyboard will go unresponsive, while others will work. Occasionally the entire keyboard locks up. Once, the keyboard worked but the image of the keyboard didn't show up (tapping in random spots on a webpage resulted in text being typed, lol).

synaesthetic said:
I actually believe that is a CM7 bug. I have experienced the same problem on recent nightlies. Some keys on the keyboard will go unresponsive, while others will work. Occasionally the entire keyboard locks up. Once, the keyboard worked but the image of the keyboard didn't show up (tapping in random spots on a webpage resulted in text being typed, lol).
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I have evil's unity rom so it cant be cm only. I havent tried the kb without the case off though.

synaesthetic said:
I actually believe that is a CM7 bug. I have experienced the same problem on recent nightlies. Some keys on the keyboard will go unresponsive, while others will work. Occasionally the entire keyboard locks up. Once, the keyboard worked but the image of the keyboard didn't show up (tapping in random spots on a webpage resulted in text being typed, lol).
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Everyone experiences that in any rom, even stock, once in a while. The point is, some letters work, some dont. The ones that dont work usually are not even close to each other. and EVERY time it happens, I take off the case and it goes back to normal.
As for the theory that the case was causing pressure, the chances of that are slim for two reasons:
1. It hardly even reaches over the glass. at most, a couple millimeters. http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/AddOns...48e2-bb7a-0e5d354aefa7&inCart=True&catCode=21
2. Being a gel skin, it doesn't really cause pressure to the phone at all. (I could be wrong here, it just seems unlikely.)
This just baffles me because I KNOW its the case causing it but I can't begin to comprehend why.

Ace42 said:
Maybe the case is applying pressure to the device and for some reason making the screen less responsive. I have this with my TPU-S Curve case and the one with the kickstand on it.
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Just for kicks I tried applying pressure to the edges of the screen using the gel case while typing. I also wiggled the phone around in the case so I could test all positions, all while typing away and nothing could reproduce the unresponsiveness.

kimbernator said:
Just for kicks I tried applying pressure to the edges of the screen using the gel case while typing. I also wiggled the phone around in the case so I could test all positions, all while typing away and nothing could reproduce the unresponsiveness.
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The only solution is to ditch the case or just deal with the screen not responding.

Ace42 said:
The only solution is to ditch the case or just deal with the screen not responding.
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I've come to this conclusion as well. The only thing keeping me from ditching the case is the fact that this is one dang slippery phone.

kimbernator said:
I've come to this conclusion as well. The only thing keeping me from ditching the case is the fact that this is one dang slippery phone.
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Yeah that's true and I like the case to protect it when it falls.

Perhaps the gel case is electrically conductive? I noticed one day I was caught in the rain and some raindrops fell on my touchscreen, which caused random things to be selected until I wiped the water off.

It actually might not be the case... The myTouch 4G's screen has random spots that die temporarily for no reason, and keeping away from the screen or locking and unlocking it can revive the spots. It's not the case at all, probably just the time it takes you to take off the case that the spots revive and convince you that it's the case. Try letting it sit for about 20 seconds when the screen dies and see what happens.

synaesthetic said:
Perhaps the gel case is electrically conductive? I noticed one day I was caught in the rain and some raindrops fell on my touchscreen, which caused random things to be selected until I wiped the water off.
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Water does that. Wet a paper towel and you'll see.

GazaIan said:
It actually might not be the case... The myTouch 4G's screen has random spots that die temporarily for no reason, and keeping away from the screen or locking and unlocking it can revive the spots. It's not the case at all, probably just the time it takes you to take off the case that the spots revive and convince you that it's the case. Try letting it sit for about 20 seconds when the screen dies and see what happens.
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When at home I use the phone without the case quite regularly. I've never had this issue when the case isn't on.
In fact, I can usually (Without taking the case off) go back to the homescreen and do stuff, all spots being responsive, while the keyboard is acting funky. The keyboard itself has the issue but nothing else, even when using the same touchscreen spots.
It's such an odd correlation, the keyboard software itself and the case. Yet there has to be something that one does to the other.
Also, just to make this clear - this ONLY happens to the keyboard. If that theory was correct I would experience this in any app

I noticed this also when I first bought my phone, bought the rubber case the same day. after a couple of months, the letters towards the end of the keyboard would become less responsive and I had no idea why. took the case off and it went away. so I ditched the rubber case and got a TPU, never had the problem since then. I think over time the rubber case gets a bit stretchier and bigger, causing you to have to sort of roll your finger around/over the case to press the keyboard buttons on the end(unless in landscape mode)

You know I've always had this problem, and I thought I was the lone soul that had this retarded hardware (maybe software?) issue. I was on Royal Ginger 2.1 and never had this problem. But then subsequently left RG and started using ROM's like Virtual Fusion, MIUI, Virtual Unity, CM7 RC1 and other CM7 nightlies and all of them I've had the problem where some of my keys would just stop working, most noticeably the "delete" key. Other keys like the letters "P" and other vowels would cause the same problem as well. So I figured it's just another list to add on to the plethora of hardware defects that plagues this phone. I've used several KB's as well such as Flex T9, SwiftKey X, SmartKeyboard Pro and even the stock GB keyboard and problem still persisted in all of them.
So I thought what the hell might as well flash Royal Ginger 2.1 to see if the problem is still there and after 2 days I have yet to encounter it! So now I'm baffled... I was for sure that it was hardware related but now I don't get why it's not happening ONLY to Royal Ginger...
I have had the same case on my phone, it's a TPU case. I know it is not the cases' fault as it's always on my phone even now when I'm on RG where I have yet to experience that problem even once.
So I'm pretty much dumbfounded...

I don't think it's the case. I thought it was a ROM thing... agreeing with mackster on this... haven't had a problem while on RoyalGinger 2.1, but have encountered it on CM7 RC1, MIUI & Virtuous Unity...
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(SOLVED) Serious screen problem, please help!

Looks like it was my generic charger causing all the problems all along...
Too high output (6.5VDC where it should be 5VDC)
Ordered a replacement, hoping for the best.
Thanks for all the help!
Sometimes my touchscreen is just perfect. Lately, it's driving me nuts!
When I hold my finger on the screen, the touch screen registers rapid multiple touches. Possibly as many as 10 per second.
This makes dragging and long-press actions almost impossible. Scrolling is very hard and typing is a PitA.
The problem goes away at times but keeps returning. I'm not sure if I had it before the recent update.
At first, it seemed like rebooting helped but today it proved useless.
Anybody, please help!!!!
(phone was used and has no warranty coverage )
dfan said:
Sometimes my touchscreen is just perfect. Lately, it's driving me nuts!
When I hold my finger on the screen, the touch screen registers rapid multiple touches. Possibly as many as 10 per second.
This makes dragging and long-press actions almost impossible. Scrolling is very hard and typing is a PitA.
The problem goes away at times but keeps returning. I'm not sure if I had it before the recent update.
At first, it seemed like rebooting helped but today it proved useless.
Anybody, please help!!!!
(phone was used and has no warranty coverage )
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Do you have a screen protector on the screen? Sometimes the cheaper ones are too thick and the screen doesn't register touch like it should.
Talonnb said:
Do you have a screen protector on the screen? Sometimes the cheaper ones are too thick and the screen doesn't register touch like it should.
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Just the one that came on the phone.
Like I said, the phone works beautifully some of the time but registers multiple contacts other times.
I suspect software but it seems I'm the only person with the problem...
do you have a warranty.... sounds like a hardware fault to me.... the only way you can prove it's software (or not).. is to do a factory data reset and then run it with the standard basic build for a few days.. see if you still have problems when you don't have any other apps on the phone.
Do you have wet fingers when you experiment this behaviors?
Happens to me too. I figure its due to gunk on the screen like water, sweat your gf's makeup (a major one)
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This happens to me too.
Only started happening since the last update so I just assumed it was a bug in the new firmware. It's like the phone lags and then catches up with itself, very annoying.
bushbox browser said:
This happens to me too.
Only started happening since the last update so I just assumed it was a bug in the new firmware. It's like the phone lags and then catches up with itself, very annoying.
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I think it is since the update. I'd better reset the phone using SEUS and see what happens.
@ everybody, believe me, I have had the problem through a variety of circumstances and no problem with sweaty fingers etc. It seems pretty random!
I don't have a warranty so re-install here I come!
I would definetly try the factory reset first. I have had similiar issues but its only been while typing quickly. It lags a bit and then it all shows up on the screen plus a few extras of whatever the last character I typed was.
I did read somewhere, can't remember exactly where, that because our screens are capacitive they can malfunction. What I mean is this:
"Surface Capacitive touch panels: a layer that can store an electrical charge is created on the glass panel. When a user touches the monitor with his or her ungloved finger, a portion of the charge is transferred to the grounded user reducing the charge on the capacitive layer. The controller calculates, from the differences in charge at each corner and determines where the touch occurred."
Sooooo if say the ground for the screen is damaged then it will not register your touch appropriately. Hopefully it just requires a reset, cause the latter I think would be a tougher fix.
Let us know
dfan, is it happen only when you charge your phone? What charger are you use? Original?
I did a restore but no change, issue still there, it doesn't happen often though.
Dose seem like a bug and it never happened to me before the last update.
Also it happens to me when not charging.
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very bad.. you cannot drink a cold coke and use the phone. I think that it is a hardware related problem. I was trying to reproduce the same with N1 and Legend (with my fingers flooded) without problems. So.. guys with hyperdrosis keep away from this phone!
No it's not a hardware problem as it only started happening with the last update.
Remember the x10 uses different software to nexus one or desire so can't compare with them.
I believe it's the software lagging, this update is faster overall but just lags occasionally, maybe the next software update will fix it, and if not the 2.1 update should definitely fix the issue.
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bushbox browser said:
No it's not a hardware problem as it only started happening with the last update.
Remember the x10 uses different software to nexus one or desire so can't compare with them.
I believe it's the software lagging, this update is faster overall but just lags occasionally, maybe the next software update will fix it, and if not the 2.1 update should definitely fix the issue.
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Are you pretty sure?
Tested... it is present on old roms
Well the old roms were laggy as hell anyway. It seems like classic software lag so I still think it's software.
Maybe when 2.1 is released we will find out, or even better when we get stock android running though root, that would clear it up once and for all.
My iPhone 3g also suffered from similar lag issues.
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brunswick000 said:
I would definetly try the factory reset first. I have had similiar issues but its only been while typing quickly. It lags a bit and then it all shows up on the screen plus a few extras of whatever the last character I typed was.
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Sooooo if say the ground for the screen is damaged then it will not register your touch appropriately. Hopefully it just requires a reset, cause the latter I think would be a tougher fix.
Let us know
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Hells yeah I don't want a defective screen or this thing is done!
regarding your first comment, this is not lag. It is like I had a turbo button. If I touch for more than 1/15 sec, I get 2, 3 or 4 letters.
instead of one long press, the screen continually registers new presses, no matter how firm my touch is.
Imagine how much fun it is drawing the unlock pattern when my phone's in a bad mood...
That dose sound different to the small lag I occasionally experience, very odd.
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I've reinstalled the FW and it didn't fix it.
The other day I had 5 straight hours of rapid-fire screen during which I couldn't even unlock the phone.
Gonna have to send it in for repair. Anybody know how expensive S-E are for repairs? Is it even worth doing?
I have narrowed the suspects down to my generic charger.
The charger I bought outputs over 5V (claims 6.5V) which seems to be the problem since I don't experience the issue when charging from a USB port.
New charger ordered, fingers crossed.
Thanks for all the suggestions!

Screen acting weird

Hi,
I have been using the x 10 for about a couple of months now... one thing I don't get is why the screen goes all weird on you and randomly presses buttons if you have moisture in your hands etc. For example if I get out of a shower and start using my phone, it never presses the keys I want it to press, just randomly presses all the buttons. Sometimes I hit the backspace and it doesn't stop even after I take my finger off of it. Tries to erase the entire line. Even if I have some sort of dirt or dust on my fingers and it comes in contact with the screen, same thing happens.
So is this something that is happening with all of your phones or just mine?
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I guess this is a property of capacitive touch technology. Happens on my synaptic trackpad all the time.
mmsbludhound said:
I guess this is a property of capacitive touch technology. Happens on my synaptic trackpad all the time.
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really? it never happened on my other phones even though i had capacitive... i do agree it happens sometimes with my trackpad as well, but not to the level the x10 does... heck if i get close the screen and blow on it the damn thing will start pressing keys... ever had that?
saketh321 said:
really? it never happened on my other phones even though i had capacitive... i do agree it happens sometimes with my trackpad as well, but not to the level the x10 does... heck if i get close the screen and blow on it the damn thing will start pressing keys... ever had that?
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It was just a guess. And I've just tried blowing hard on my X10's screen, didn't work
hmm... damn i cant even exchange my phone... it doesnt have warranty
I noticed the same issue. To fix it i put on a screen protector (i took off the stock one) and updated to 026. Its been a week with no problems.
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been having same problems....from call log...i ll dial the wrong number.
when i type something,..the keyboard will totally type out some different letters.
especially when hands are moist..which they mostly are...not wet..just moist.
doesnt happen on iphones at all.
thinking of changing the stock screen protector
I have experienced something similar, but not as extreme, when I have damp hands.
Removing the screen protector did cause an issue for a mate regarding over sensitivity.
Capacitive screens certainly do seem to prefer dry skin though.
Swyped from my rooted X10i using XDA.
i have the same problem but mine is with the stock screen protector on, does any 1 have a fix yet it really is driving me mad to appoint its nearly went out my bedroom window!!
It does happen on iPhones (both first and second gen) owned them both and it was pointless to even attempt to use it. The only fix is to keep the screen dry.

Touchpad randomly activates

Has anyone else experienced their cursor randomly moving around while trying to type or pages scrolling while they're trying to read? My G2 has been doing this fairly frequently and I can send it back but I'm somewhat afraid to since mine does not have the hinge issue and (so far) has pretty damn good battery life. I don't want to just swap one problem for two more
It happened to me once, but I have yet to see it happen again. Strange though.
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Mine is rediculous. Can hardly type. I also don't have the hinge problem, but the trackpad is all over the place.
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my screen with wake up sometimes for no reason, it seems there may be a bug with the the Sense, cause it hangs up on calls all the time, and makes selections
Dalamak said:
my screen with wake up sometimes for no reason, it seems there may be a bug with the the Sense, cause it hangs up on calls all the time, and makes selections
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You have the Desire Z?
Mine does the same thing with the cursor. Makes it very difficult to type a lot of the time. The only thing I can think of is maybe it's a lighting condition... maybe light reflects on the trackpad a certain way that makes it think your finger has moved over it.
I hope there's a way to fix it!
Im curious, are you folks charging when youre having these issues? i had the problem temporarily when i first got the phone so i unplugged the usb cable and havent had it since.
no mystery here guys. it's changing light conditions that are affecting the optical pad. it's the same notion as an optical mouse, if the light doesn't reflect back right it can go all over the place. try finding someplace with a strong overhead light and angling the g2 back and forth and you'll see it activate the pad. that's how it works, light not touch.
Had the same problem, only when charging tho.
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scotolsen said:
no mystery here guys. it's changing light conditions that are affecting the optical pad. it's the same notion as an optical mouse, if the light doesn't reflect back right it can go all over the place. try finding someplace with a strong overhead light and angling the g2 back and forth and you'll see it activate the pad. that's how it works, light not touch.
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I think you are correct...the desk at work has spot where light can come through...when I have my phone laying flat the screen starts to go crazy!!, I was like wtf. It ONLY does it in this spot,no where else...I guess that explains everything
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Yes, I'm definitely having this issue. I started a thread a while ago about it. I took a video of it happening, too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=799435
I have track lighting in my apartment, and that's what I think is triggering it. Mine's not as bad as the rest of yours seem to be. It very rarely "goes all over the place" for me. It just highlights random buttons once in a while. I can see how if it activates during typing that it would be a huge pain in the ass.
Stupid optical trackpad... was was wrong with a track ball? I never had a problem with my G1's trackball. Doesn't HTC test these things?
Yup, that explains it. That was my suspicion. Especially since when using Swype (where my hand covers light going to the trackpad) it never does it. It's never been while charging, though - not specifically, at least.
Try holding it towards a light and wave it around. You'll see the cursor jump around. Makes sense. Kind of annoying, but at least it's not a defect.
linkage2424 said:
Yup, that explains it. That was my suspicion. Especially since when using Swype (where my hand covers light going to the trackpad) it never does it. It's never been while charging, though - not specifically, at least.
Try holding it towards a light and wave it around. You'll see the cursor jump around. Makes sense. Kind of annoying, but at least it's not a defect.
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I actually had to stop using swype because it would happen EVERY time I tried to write in portrait mode
Strange, but it could just be the difference of how we hold our hands or something to that effect. I think the lighting thing does explain it, though.
linkage2424 said:
Strange, but it could just be the difference of how we hold our hands or something to that effect. I think the lighting thing does explain it, though.
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That was my thought as well, T-Mobile should include a "how to hold" guide in the box
This happens to me whenever I try to use the phone when I'm sitting on the couch with my back to the window. Only place it happens.
Called T-Mobile a few days ago about this and the hinge issue and they immediately issued me a replacement. Probably won't be any better but worth a try right? And if it keeps giving me problems then I'll keep exchanging it until the Nexus Two comes out lol

keyboard popping up randomly and other strange things

I am running the CM7 with the newest OTB kernal, and I am still getting the keyboard randomly popping up, the back key randomly will work 2 or 3 times in a row. I had the same problem on EF 3.6, com rom and even on the SC roms. Has anyone else had these random key strokes? I heard it was a froyo related issue? Is it hardware related? I had a screen protector that covered the soft keys and removed it, but it is still happening. Any thoughts on how to get rid of it?
FWIW I have odined back to stock, with the atlas pit and even used the ext4 reformatter before I switched to EF3.6.
Any help, advice or thoughts would be great.
I encounter the same issue but it always seems to happen when on the edge of losing cell signal. When going back n forth quickly from service to no service the capacitive buttons (I believe that's what they are called) seem to push themselves. And I have noticed this issue since DJ05 on any rom I have flashed since then and any kernal. I have run just about every rom posted except for miui and cm7. I can not confirm if cm7 has this issue because it is on my other fascinate and not on the cell network. I have terrible signal in the building at work and I have always seen this happen there, at least once a day.
You know am pretty sure I replied to this question before. I guess no one else has really has this issue and the thread died.
Also didn't matter which radio verison I used. I have come to terms that my fassy is just possessed lol
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apparently you and I are the only ones that it happens to. I was hoping someone could give me some insight on how to at least find some relevance to a rogue program, bad kernal/rom combo or something. It's very strange and it does it to me more than once a day, and I have good signal most of the time.
Happens to me all the time when I'm at home where I have terrible signal.
I just started having this happen on CM7. The keyboard or the menu would randomly pop up. For me it happened more than just when I had bad signal, but it did seem to happen more often when I had poor signal.
I have this problem too, it would back out of apps I am in too. Quite annoying.
I've been having this problem as well on CommRom 2.1. Seems to be related to poor signal for me. It's pretty annoying to deal with.
Happens on a stock device also
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Happens on a stock device also
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Um. No. Not in my experience. Its something that has been well known that is associated with weak/intermittent signal. Didn't start for me until Comm Rom and became more pronounced with CM7…
This happens to me too. Oddly though it only seems to happen during the night when it's plugged in and it doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes I will wake up in the mornings and my screen is on and the keyboard is up.
Do a search for phantom softkey presses. It's pretty common and is a hardware issue.
I as well have this happen. Mostly it happens in low signal area. Recent, my keys just stop working, until I got better signal, or sometimes I am forced to restart the phone.
I just went back to stock ED05 mainly because of this ultra annoying issue and I am completely devastated to find out that it's still #$*%ing happening.
I am so pissed too because I called VZ a week ago and they offered me the Charge replacement, but I couldn't make it to the corporate store until yesterday where I was informed they stopped the replacement policy that day and that I was SOL. Argh. So angry.
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I am running the CM7 with the newest OTB kernal, and I am still getting the keyboard randomly popping up, the back key randomly will work 2 or 3 times in a row. I had the same problem on EF 3.6, com rom and even on the SC roms. Has anyone else had these random key strokes? I heard it was a froyo related issue? Is it hardware related? I had a screen protector that covered the soft keys and removed it, but it is still happening. Any thoughts on how to get rid of it?
FWIW I have odined back to stock, with the atlas pit and even used the ext4 reformatter before I switched to EF3.6.
Any help, advice or thoughts would be great.
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I commented on this a while ago in the CM7 thread. I have it on stock ed04.
What I wanted to know was if you guys have a screen protector on yours or not.
I wondered if my Zagg Invisible Shield was what was "pressing" the capacitive buttons.
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lane32x said:
I commented on this a while ago in the CM7 thread. I have it on stock ed04.
What I wanted to know was if you guys have a screen protector on yours or not.
I wondered if my Zagg Invisible Shield was what was "pressing" the capacitive buttons.
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You have a shield on gorilla glass???
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tyler1234567 said:
You have a shield on gorilla glass???
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Verizon makes a metric **** ton selling screen protectors to those spending $200+ on a smartphone that doesn't need it.
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Um. No. Not in my experience. Its something that has been well known that is associated with weak/intermittent signal. Didn't start for me until Comm Rom and became more pronounced with CM7…
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Well, just to back this guy up. I had it happen back before and during the time I rooted my phone, and it still happen after I returned to stock (via Factory reset and OTA updates).
EDIT: To the guy who asked about the screen protector, I did have a ZAGG on there, then took off only the section covering the softkeys. Still did it even after I made sure to fully clean it to eliminate any residue. Took the protector fully off, same full cleaning, and it seemed to have gotten worse (if thats possible lol).
I'm about to call tech support, but wonder if it's worth it now that the good trade-in is over.
ElStormChaser said:
Well, just to back this guy up. I had it happen back before and during the time I rooted my phone, and it still happen after I returned to stock (via Factory reset and OTA updates).
EDIT: To the guy who asked about the screen protector, I did have a ZAGG on there, then took off only the section covering the softkeys. Still did it even after I made sure to fully clean it to eliminate any residue. Took the protector fully off, same full cleaning, and it seemed to have gotten worse (if thats possible lol).
I'm about to call tech support, but wonder if it's worth it now that the good trade-in is over.
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yeah im sure it happens but its fairly rare on a stock phone i would say....
I have it happen semi-regularly. I'm currently on MIUI 1.7.22 / Glich 11.1 / ED05 radio, and never used a screen protector. I also had it happen back before when I was on Super Clean 2.9.2 (don't recall the radio), as well as most any other ROM I've been on.
It's not too uncommon that I would hit the power button to turn off the screen when back on SC2.9.2 and instead it would take a screen shot, because it assumed the back button was being held down!
Gotta love the Fascinate...
jpricesd said:
This happens to me too. Oddly though it only seems to happen during the night when it's plugged in and it doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes I will wake up in the mornings and my screen is on and the keyboard is up.
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Yup, I got the same issues! Although minor, these things just shouldn't be happening? There's gotta be a fix for this?!?!?!

KF Touchscreen Sensitivity Issues

Hello everyone,
I have been playing with my Kindle Fire, since I got it, and I am about ready to chuck it out the window, or just call Amazon for a new one, but I first wanted to see if you guys had any suggestions. My touchscreen is oversensitive. WAY oversensitive. Oversensitive to the point that if I have to type anything into the keybaord, I will be three letters in, the keyboard will close, and I will have to start over. So sensitive/messed up that when scrolling an article in landscape mode, using only my left hand to scroll, random links will click on the right side of the page. The opposite happens if I do it with my right hand. I like the device, and look forward to rooting it, and ICS goodness eventually, but I wanted to know I have a dud and need to return it, or if there is some hidden setting somewhere or what. I am open to trying anything. Side note: I also own a thunderbolt, and find its touchscreen too sensitive, but nowhere NEAR the KF. I am making sure to make deliberate presses and swypes, and trying to make sure no extraneous part of my hand interferes at all. (sometimes even using one hand to poke at the keyboard with the device sitting on the table will still produce the problems.)
Thanks for the help!
Brock
Hey Brock!
I've noticed that my screen is a little more sensitive than my epic 4g but not to the extreme you are talking about.
Perhaps your screen is bugged or something try calling amazon and see what they say.
Also as a side note try rubbing your hands over the screen smudge it up pretty good. Does that make a difference? I know it will look ugly but maybe there was a film or something on the screen. Just to test
*forgive any grammar or spelling mistakes I injured my right hand and it is hard to type with bandages *
Hi
I have a bunch of problems too. Mine is sensitive, and its sometimes a problem not overscroll, but yours seem to be extreme.
As a way out, if you have time drop by a BestB** and try it there, if yours is the same, not to much left to do....
I've been using mine all day and I don't even need to touch the screen. If I get my finger really close to the screen it reads as a touch. I'd say that's a tad too sensitive.
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johnsmith970 said:
I've been using mine all day and I don't even need to touch the screen. If I get my finger really close to the screen it reads as a touch. I'd say that's a tad too sensitive.
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They are all like that. Its because the touch screen is capacitive. My Screen at work does that.
I'm having the opposite problem...I'm finding the touchscreen not sensitive enough....
The Dreamer
TheDreamer68 said:
I'm having the opposite problem...I'm finding the touchscreen not sensitive enough....
The Dreamer
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Same here. I have to sometimes tap things a couple of times to register...
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I'm having the opposite problem...I'm finding the touchscreen not sensitive enough....
The Dreamer
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Same here, I feel like I have to push the screen really hard to get it to register. I hit the screen lightly and it does not register my touch. I'm used to my EVO 4g, maybe it is just a lot more sensitive than the fire.
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I'm having the opposite problem...I'm finding the touchscreen not sensitive enough....
The Dreamer
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Same problem here.
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I'm having the opposite problem...I'm finding the touchscreen not sensitive enough....
The Dreamer
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Same here, but it's not as simple as it not registering the touch. Most times the button will animate to show I've touched it but nothing happens. It happens most often with the back button, but happens in the browser and some other apps occasionally. I've had some luck with slower more deliberate taps, but it seems like a software bug to me.
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I was using my mom's so I could teach her how to use it, and see if I wanted one. Her was also not sensitive enough many times. It wasn't just that I am used to my Droid 2 because my mom who never used a touch screen before had the same issues. Sometimes it would take 3 or 4 taps to make it work. I just thought it was a bug that would be fixed. It was minor. I ordered my one, so on Tuesday I will see how mine is.
OP I say contact tech support immediately.
My screen is fine, the only problem I'm having is the menu gets pressed, it shows that it was pressed but nothing happens
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The two kindle fires I've used have the same touchscreen issue: there is a jerk (along the longest direction of the screen) on touch down. Once the finger is down the reported position is fairly stable, but the initial touch down needs to be smoothed out (or the first few samples from the touch screen should be thrown out).
This causes most of the issues I've seen on mine, where pressing buttons is either inaccurate or they go down and come up without activating (because the touchscreen reported a touch down inside the button and then jerked out of the button area and reported a touch up).
I've spent way too much time on touchscreen drivers (way too much!) and this is a fairly common electrical issue, and the software workaround is fairly straightforward to implement in the kernel. It's surprising that Amazon shipped the device like this (as well as various SGX drivers issues on some apps), especially as every review mentioned it as an issue!
Anyway, once we can build and flash kernels reliably I'm sure we can fix most of the touchscreen issues.
My kindle too !!!
Because of this, I'm getting very stressed ㅠㅠ
It's a matter of the touch panel... would be fixed by software?
If this is not possible... Then I'll be selling the Kindle
I downloaded an app called ILITEK Touch Utility which appears to have made my touchscreen work better. It is in the Google Market.
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I'm having the opposite problem...I'm finding the touchscreen not sensitive enough....
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Exactly x100
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krelvinaz said:
I downloaded an app called ILITEK Touch Utility which appears to have made my touchscreen work better. It is in the Google Market.
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I'll have to try that out, would be nice to tweak it some Thanks!
mine is not too sensitive, sometimes i have to press multiple times for it to register
Bumping this thread, because this issue is annoying the hell out of me. Those having the touchscreen not being sensitive enough, it's the same issue as those finding it too sensitive. The problem in reality is that it's ridiculously sensitive, and as your finger presses down on the screen, it's sometimes reading that as an attempt to swipe/scroll rather than a tap/press, which is why you see things light up still, but not launch.
This is frustrating me more and more as time goes on. I've tried this, which I can tell adjusts some of these settings but doesn't really make much difference for the problem. I've also tried this, which didn't help any after calibration.
Some people have speculated (or confirmed, for all I know) that this can be adjusted via the kernel. Does anybody know of anything that might help with this? It's so sensitive it's making me want to avoid the damned thing. I'm about ready to restore the stock ROM and give it to my sister as an early Christmas present.
The awesomeness that is Hashcode is working on 3.0 kernel over in the dev section. The kernel is still a work in progress and has come a long way. At the end he is apparantly going to update the touchscreen driver. I hope that will fix any said issues.
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