Touchscreen issues while charging - Galaxy Tab 10.1 General

Anyone else having any issues with the touch screen becoming less responsive when connected to the charger?
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Pretty common with capacitive screens when hooked to mains power. Even more common if you're not using an OEM charger.
Just keep in mind how capacitive touch screens actually work, and why being on AC power might cause this problem.

Im glad I am not the only one with this... I noticed something weird when I went to plug my tab into my power invertor to charge over the weekend. It was pretty much unusable while charging... I bought another invertor and it seems to work just fine... I think the el'cheapo I got years ago from w00t! finally met it's match... Try a different source or adapter, under normal charge mine works great.

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No touchscreen on a/c power!

When I use my sprint charger everything is fine I can use the phone/screen with no problems...but any other micro usb causes the phone to lock up on the screen....any1 else having this problem? Any solution?
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tcat025 said:
When I use my sprint charger everything is fine I can use the phone/screen with no problems...but any other micro usb causes the phone to lock up on the screen....any1 else having this problem? Any solution?
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I made a post about this the other day. Mine seems completely random. My phone will completely lock up and it requires a battery pull. I can go a week using the same charger and it may not do it then out the blue it will lock up.
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It makes no sense at all! Never had this problem with any other phone ever before
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I had the same problem using a clone travel charger from ebay. I also had a clone usb cable that won't recognize the Epic as a mass storage. I bought from this guy on ebay that sells OEM Samsung accessories and they all work perfectly for me.
Be very careful with these things, folks... many charges can have terrible voltage regulators on them. You don't want to kill a very nice phone now, do you. Stick with a good charger and cable. I use the stock cable and the Palm Pre charger cable. I've never had screen issues or lockups with other chargers, but I only use the Palm and Samsung chargers, to be honest.
Yes, be wary of cheapo chargers!
I was able to get a OEM Blackberry MicroUSB charger off amazon for about 4 bucks shipped and it works fine to charge my Epic. My friend also gave me one of her extra HTC chargers which came with her EVO and they also work fine.
my charger is a 800ma sanyo which should not cause issues. I have not had the issue within the past week either.
Guys, check the output voltage of your chargers... specially on the cheap ones. its supposed to be no more than 5V. I broke my Hero's screen with a cheap charger with 5.5 V output. It starts by acting weird , then it looses touch capability when its connected and then stops working at all...

Oh no. Screen calibration issue.

So my main complaint about the nexus 1 was the crazy digitizer. I am sitting here playing pocket legends and all of a sudden my screen starts going crazy just like on the nexus 1. I ran screen test toolkit and on the trace test i got sharp vertical lines that shot out from where my finger was tracing. I did have the phone plugged in at the time and since unplugging it seems to have gone away but the is reason enough to concern. Anyone else had this issue? May just take my phone back and get a replacement just in case.
Update: as much as I feel like a bonehead for admitting this I found the culprit. Apparently the charger i was using is not playing nice with the nexus s. It is the same charger i use for my nexus 1 an apparently it has a different power output that the nexus s doesn't like very much. Hope my mistake will help others.
I tried charging over USB at a friend's house on his dinosaur iMac, the screen started acting completely screwy as well.
this is really an intresting behavior. i didnt know a scren could do such a thing in different charger.. . live and learn
yea, why does this do this? I wonder can it be fixed with software
Why would you even try to charge it with something else since a wall charger came with it.
Because you can charge an Android phone via USB cable?
That's I think an official feature of Android.
And it MUST WORK WELL!
If not, then it is a bug in the software or hardware
I read a lot about this reports, anyone post into Google official forum?
tominater12 said:
Why would you even try to charge it with something else since a wall charger came with it.
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it happens when I charge on both
Darrien13 said:
it happens when I charge on both
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i think you need to check other phones. as far as i know charging from usb less amp than the wall. so it shouldnt show any weird calibration issues or flicker. double check man
ll_l_x_l_ll said:
i think you need to check other phones. as far as i know charging from usb less amp than the wall. so it shouldnt show any weird calibration issues or flicker. double check man
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Yes, max amp from USB is 0.5A. Typical output for smartphone chargers is 1A. But this shouldnt be a problem, and also less amp means longer batterylife on the long run cause it doesnt stresses battery as much.
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I think it's because the touchscreen on the NS seems to be more sensitive than most phones (I can get it to register input without even touching the screen sometimes) that it gets disrupted by other sources of electrical conductivity... such as the charger. Mine is ok, never really tried with the charger plugged in though. I ran multitouch visible test and I was satisfied with the tracking, it's the same if not better than the Vibrant's, which can handle 5 simultaneous inputs.

Random screen behavior while charging

It's probably easier to show what's happening with a video:
This happens when charging my phone. But only when placed on a hard surface.
Also when the phone is resting on a surface, it doesn't respond to my touch input.
It acts as if there is an invisible hand touching the screen in random places very rapidly.
I hope this isn't a defective screen, because I'm sure this isn't normal behavior.
My problem is almost exactly the same as this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846941, but the explanation doesn't fit in my case, as it's very hot here (high 30's C), with almost 100% humidity, and the phone isn't the same as mine.
Has anyone had a problem like this with the DHD?
On a side note, does anyone else think of "Dial Home Device" from Stargate when they see DHD, or is it just me?
Mine started doing this a while ago. Also only when charging, and only on a hard surface. Bit annoying, but I can get round is easily. Would be interesting to know what causes it though...
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Mine does this when I'm using a cheap ebay charging cable. It's ok when using a genuine HTC cable.
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Just tested mine again, and it seems ok. Very weird. Was using the same cable too (HTC one). Maybe it bugs out sometimes when it's next to my PC. Seems ok right now.
mjt said:
Mine does this when I'm using a cheap ebay charging cable. It's ok when using a genuine HTC cable.
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Anyone confirm this?
I've just bought 2 cables (cheap, retractable) from ebay for emergency use... :'(
Seen demo/display phone acting like that in best buy although phone wasn't flat but on sort of a stand and always on charge...
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It has been discussed and confirmed earlier. It happens with cheap non-genuine chargers.
The solution is to use only the genuine charger.
I should add I do have a cheap charger and data cable from ebay that do work ok, so this problem is not universal across all non-HTC accessories.
andreasy said:
It has been discussed and confirmed earlier. It happens with cheap non-genuine chargers.
The solution is to use only the genuine charger.
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Lol!
I only use genuine charger and battery no matter what but I hope the cheap cable would not cause this. It's just a cable anyway...
By the way, can you provide the link for the said discussion for my joy reading?
Thanks!
I had this the other day I was holding the phone and had it plug in the HTC charger. I was browsing the web and could not move up and down it just zoomed in or out like I had two fingers on-screen I restarted the phone but still did it I then unplugged it and it was ok.
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Just some extra details here, the charger I was using in the video was a generic usb charger, but using the genuine charger doesn't stop the problem.
The screen is in perfect condition, not a single scratch, phone is less than two months old and I only have a genuine cable.
Also this happens on ANY hard surface, a book, tiles, wood, but soft things like wool or upholstery don't cause any problems.
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Just some extra details here, the charger I was using in the video was a generic usb charger, but using the genuine charger doesn't stop the problem.
The screen is in perfect condition, not a single scratch, phone is less than two months old and I only have a genuine cable.
Also this happens on ANY hard surface, a book, tiles, wood, but soft things like wool or upholstery don't cause any problems.
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Sounds like a proximity sensor issue.
I had this exact same problem as shown on the video on both the HD2 I had previously and the DHD. In both cases the culprit was not the cable but a cheap charger.
What the...never seen s.th. like this before...
Faulty phones?
DN41
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Same **** here ;-(
Happens when using a eBay noname docking station! Phone is not laying on a surface! The last time i charged with this docking station there was no problem.
I will try the htc charger...
Slightly off topic but whilst my DHD is charging, if I run my fingers across the aluminum body it feels like its vibrating. I had this on my Hero too.
I'm almost positive its the current, as unplugging it stops the "vibration".
the erratic behavior of the DHD is caused by improper grounding, as the small current from the ungrounded charger is passed on to the phone's body, mostly by a other then HTC cable, there will be a current on the phone, small, but none the less there, as the digitizer measures the electric resistance against the screen on spots, as a human finger(flesh somewhat differs from nothing or non organic objects touching it) it measures a touch, this small current also can give a false touch, thus creating this erratic behavior.
hope this explains it clearly to you all.
so, if you properly ground the phone somehow, it will stop

Different charger matters !

In some of the post i had read that touch sensitivity is affected largely when charging the note.I was wondering how mine works smooth without any problem ?
But once i connected galaxy s's charger to note and it influenced the note sensitivity, some touches dint get recognised, too much lag, slow......
When connected back to original charger, was working fine again.
So to summarize, original Note charger doesn't cause any problem with note, but if you connect other android charger to it, it affects touch sensitivity.
I am using an LG adapter since the original that came with Note has a hissing sound when not in charge, and its working fine with no probs.
My charger is the opposite. My Note charger is so bad that when my morning alarm goes off I have to unplug the phone because it doesn't recognise my finger sliding across the screen. I am now using my old iphone charger which is perfect.
To find which was the best I tested them all plugged in individually and used the touch and s-pen tests using the *#0*# test screen.
I tested quite a few various usb chargers that I had around the house and all had different results.
I have encountered this issue with the original charger too. not sure if its an issue with the lcd screen because i previously went to the service centre and apparently they told me they changed my lcd screen and it has in fact gotten worse after the servicing.
any idea what my next step should be?
Anyone using a charger that's under the 1A rating as the original has? I have a bunch of 700 mAh Samsung ones and an afraid to use a lower voltage on the the 2500 mAh battery...
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What I heard, its normal that touch sensitive got affected, when using the phone, while charging and that's one of the flaw with AMOLED screens.
Maybe someone can confirm it?
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ericshmerick said:
Anyone using a charger that's under the 1A rating as the original has? I have a bunch of 700 mAh Samsung ones and an afraid to use a lower voltage on the the 2500 mAh battery...
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they all deliver the same voltage (5V). the Mah rating just changes how fast it charges up.
PANTS !!!!!
The note behaves this way with various roms, mainly KL based, with or without usb cable plugged in and regardless of what charger you use.
You should check these things first, hence why KL7 was pulled by samsung.
I'm using my HD2 charger, and it seems okay.
Can any other ex-HD2 users confirm this?
I used and old SGS charger for a while.. And a very small part of the touchscreen became unusable while charging.. With the charger that i got with the Gnote that problem doesnt exist..
I used the Samsung charger that came with my note for awhile but switched back to my original iPhone charger(The bigger one not the small new ones) both worked fine no issues with the screen or anything. Do notice that the Samsung charger gets hot after a full charge and my iPhone charger didn't other than that no issues.
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DPMAce said:
I'm using my HD2 charger, and it seems okay.
Can any other ex-HD2 users confirm this?
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I am using a desire HD charger which was my last handset, I am not having any issues while using the s pen on the note. Everything seems to be working fine.
HasC said:
I am using a desire HD charger which was my last handset, I am not having any issues while using the s pen on the note. Everything seems to be working fine.
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+1 same with me, dhd charger & its cable..no problem
Disagree with the OP ;P
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I have been using a Galaxy 5 charger, a GALAXY SII charger and a Nokia USB cable. No screen screen issues here either.
dt33 said:
What I heard, its normal that touch sensitive got affected, when using the phone, while charging and that's one of the flaw with AMOLED screens.
Maybe someone can confirm it?
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It's not just AMOLED screens, but rather many touch screen smartphones. My Original Droid and my current Droid X both exhibit touch screen abnormalities when plugged in. I have also heard of iPhones exhibiting issues as well. I've heard changing out chargers does help.
I've also been using my iPhone charger and have not expeirenced any problems with the sensitivity of the screen.
I charge my SGN at night.
I have noticed that my Note gets 41 degree Celcius next morning using an SG2 charger.
On the other hand, if I use a third party charger - 23 degree Celcius next morning.
I have been using a 550ma Sony Ericsson charger for a couple of months and i have had no problems, I have never used the htc supplied one.
John.

Transformer's touchscreen unresponsive while charging.

I searched and can't seem to find any threads on this topic. Odd thing is I don't get any SOD or RR on ICS but can't use my damn tablet if its charging lol. Anyone have any input on this?
just for giggles. switch the orientation of the wall charger plug and try it.
I've seen this when charging on a plane. I assume it has something to do with the voltage being supplied.
Are you using some kind of third party charger? These have been known to cause problems on any sort of technology.
I have seen this on my wifes tf once before, never on mine or my spare...
But with 50% of my micro USB cables it will happen on my infuse... Most frequently while charging in the car. The issue seemed to be a combination of crappy cables and crappy chargers and heat... If my phone was hot it was far more likely to occur than if it was cold. I haven't charged my phone via a plug on months though, I have 4 batteries I rotate, keeping 3 charged at all times
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Black Box said:
I searched and can't seem to find any threads on this topic. Odd thing is I don't get any SOD or RR on ICS but can't use my damn tablet if its charging lol. Anyone have any input on this?
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I think it's a voltage thing. Im a long distance courier and i have an ac adapter in my van. When charging through a regular wall socket everything is fine. Yet when plugged into my inverter the screen is not responsive, as soon as i unplug it is fine. I typically use my tablet for netflix while im on the road. So i usually end up pressing play then plug it in. My inverter is rather weak, i was thinking of buying a higher output to see if it corrected things.
This post doesn't really help you, just letting you know you're not alone. If you can't charge while plugged into a wall socket, perhaps your charger is defective and is not sending out the proper current?
Good luck, i hope you find a solution.
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Hmm. Most likely its my third party power adapter. It's odd that the transformer won't allow variations in voltage. I've never had an issue with any device in the past 10 years using third party power adapters. Guess I'll have to spring for a 30 dollar asus charger . Thanks for the input guys.
Enercell AC adapter cat no. 273-358 with the USB connector piece. from radio shack
Been using this adapter for several months with out a hitch. Plus it has a 6 foot cord... Score!
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Same thing happened with my SGS.
So, it's not a TF only problem.
Happens on Nook Color too.
Sometimes it's not just unresponsive, it's erratic and causes touch events to register all over the screen for no reason. These happen only when plugged in so I assume there's some voltage issue.

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