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Reduce screen sensitivity

I already have a cab installed that tweaks/ reduces the HD2's screen sensitivity to make typing a bit easier but this is till not good enough.
Typing on the HD2's keyboard is a nightmare as at the slightest touch, it presses unwanted keys as well as neighboring ones, sometimes more than one.
Is there a way to further reduce the screen sensitivity maybe via the registry and/or also to apply a touch input delay?
Thanks very much in advance for the advice!

Yes I am still finding the typing experience a bit of a pain. I hate to say it but it's nowhere near as good as typing on one of those funny Apple touchscreen phones......

adaduk said:
Yes I am still finding the typing experience a bit of a pain. I hate to say it but it's nowhere near as good as typing on one of those funny Apple touchscreen phones......
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Yeap, exactly... the funny Apple touchscreen phones (I have one that I dislike immensely) feature a smaller screen and also smaller/even more crapped-up keyboard, BUT, I type much better there with a fraction of the mistakes i make on the HD2. Why is that? There has got to be a solution... it almost just feels the HD2 is just too fast.. before you want to key in anything, at the slightest touch, you already did!!!!

try out the suggestion from post #3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5786191#post5786191

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try out the suggestion from post #3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5786191#post5786191
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Tried that one a while ago, I ran the screen alignment util whilst holding the phone portrait in my left hand whilst touching the screen with the right index finger. Still not as problem free as typing on the smaller apple screen....

ive tested both the bsbtweaks 'decrease screen sensitivity' tweak, and the stand alone sensitivity tweak in the hints and tips thread, and (certainly for use with swype) the bsbtweaks one does a better job.

samsamuel said:
ive tested both the bsbtweaks 'decrease screen sensitivity' tweak, and the stand alone sensitivity tweak in the hints and tips thread, and (certainly for use with swype) the bsbtweaks one does a better job.
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What about the tap time tweak in bsb tweaks? I thought that would apply more to the keyboard it self.

MobileWon said:
What about the tap time tweak in bsb tweaks? I thought that would apply more to the keyboard it self.
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never used it, it messes with teh buttons on teh incall screen. makes them unpressable.

samsamuel said:
never used it, it messes with teh buttons on teh incall screen. makes them unpressable.
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Thanks for the response. I like my screen sensitivity as it is presently. Is there any cabs or tweaks specific to the keyboard only as far as decrease sensitivity?

Screen sensitivity after T-MO Rom update

I have been patiently waiting for the update that was made available yesterday afternoon so I downloaded and updated my phone. Since it resets everything I really didn't get around to doing much with it last night. This morning I started to get my phone setup and noticed the sensitivity seems to have worsened, sometimes considerably, over what I had before.
Scrolling has become less responsive, the X (close) button needs to be pressed a few times rather frequently, the buttons on the bottom row of the screen do not seem to respond very well either anymore, and lastly it just doesn't quite feel the same. Of all the problems I have been having with my HD2, screen sensitivity (accuracy could be a bit better) was not one of them until now.
Is there a way to calibrate the screen that I was not able to find on the phone? Anyone else notice any difference after updating?
Thanks in advance for any help!

I'm having the same issue but over all the new ROM is more stable.

Align
Start > Settings > All Settings > System > Scroll down to Align
Cheers
Also look for an App called TouchMark (think I found it on OMarket).
Neat little App that shows you exactly where you are touching the screen.
Maybe you have lost your touch
Also I use BsB to lower sensitivity of the screen which assists me greatly with typing.

Thanks for the tip but the "align" button is not in that folder on my phone. I searched and didn't find it anywhere else either.
After having a full day use with my phone the screen sensitivity is still a bit flaky, I would say it is worse than it was before I upgraded the rom. As for stableness, I have had several random data disconnects and small lags here and there that I didn't notice before. Unfortunately the audio lag has not been fixed. I should quit while I am ahead.
The summary is I want them to get the basic functionality of the phone to work and in doing so, please do not mess up the few things that are working, such as screen sensitivity. I am curious how long before the next rom update.
On a separate note, does anyone know where we can see a list of what they fixed in this rom?
Thanks!

Align?
Start > Settings > All Settings > System >"""screen""',, then align on mine hd2

??? are people on this thread a little confused??
going to the screen settings is NOT going to fix what the rom update did... the scrolling is considerably worse... not the accuracy...
for some reason, when i scroll through things.. its slow, laggy, and choppy.. its probably the most ridiculous "update" ever.. it simply made the phone worse... i wish i could go back to my previous rom.. before the official update.. i had absolutely NO problems with the scfreen sensitivty.. in fact.. i had no issues with it at all.. don't even know why i upgraded... pity...
and there is a fix thread floating around the TMobile HD2 forusm somewhere.. but that fix doesn't even get it remotely close to how it used to be.. now if someone could report exactly what the settings are on the stock TMoUS rom in the registry BEFORE updating to the official update.. it would help out enormously for the hackers who can fix what TMo has done to our phones...

people people dont fret!! just install HD2Tweak and look for the option that allows you to increase sensitivity and there ya go! there are 4 levels of sensitivity and i set mine to high and its perfect.

Iquigley- Unfortunately I do not have a "Screen" button in my system folder...
Just to clarify my original post in case it was confusing, although I believe accuracy could be better I did not notice a change in the accuracy of the screen, just a drop in sensitivity. Scrolling now has a tendency to stick and launch an app instead of actually scrolling. That doesn't seem to be happening as much now so I might have just adjusted to the new "feel" of the phone.
Can anyone confirm that it is just a setting that needs to be changed? At this point I avoid adding new apps to the phone if possible since I am afraid it will break something :s
Thanks!

The screen option in settings is hidden on the T-Mobile HTC HD2. You can make it visible in the registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Pen
Set the value of "Hide" to 0 (currently it is 1). Then the screen option will be visible in the system folder under all settings.

i went to do the registry change and cant find pen under control panel, is it under another sub folder?

Thanks Tobiascrystal. I am confused why they would have that hidden in the first place. I have been trying to avoid having to change registry settings but I might just be shooting myself in the foot by doing so. I will check it out.

Touch speed in SGS2

Hello,
SGS2, has a bit lag with touch dragging over the screen.
I will explain : try to touch any movable object on the screen, for example a scrollable internet page.
Now try to move your finger up and down, up and down, for a couple of time,
you will feel a little bit delay of the moving object.
Now, I did try MIUI for example, and the problem doesn't exist.
So, this is absolutely software issue, I guess the kernel is responsable for that.
Is there any solution for this one ?

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Thanks, but this is not exactly what I meant.
Even when the screen begins to move, and you are moving your finger, the screen is moving lazily after your finger, and not like it was stuck to your finger as it suppose to be.
Maybe is't a performance issue, but, again, in MIUI for example the screen moves as it was stuck to your finger.

Also for me it seems to stutter for the first second or so after touching the screen, then going smooth as butter. I haven't tried any custom roms so I don't know if it's a software issue or not.

isotoper said:
Thanks, but this is not exactly what I meant.
Even when the screen begins to move, and you are moving your finger, the screen is moving lazily after your finger, and not like it was stuck to your finger as it suppose to be.
Maybe is't a performance issue, but, again, in MIUI for example the screen moves as it was stuck to your finger.
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Try that app, as I remember something like that, and changing it to 0 or 5 fixes it.
Or try a custom kernel with the fix applied.

this might be because the touch system is figuring out if you're doing a CLICK or a DRAG or a SLIDE or whatever. it will take around half a second for it to figure out if you just touched the screen once or you held down the screen and slide it across.

Some kernels address this issue , most roms will have it fixed and those who don't just flash different kernel , only stock rom will have this problem.

Touchscreen issues on ICS roms

Hi all.
Is it just me, or the touchscreen is just "too sensitive" (don't know if that's the correct expression ) on all ICS roms i tested. It's quite hard to do anything, even pushing the menu icon. Typing on qwerty is really hard. Using the sliders in notification area is impossible without a stylus. So, i was wondering if there is any way to tweak stuff like that.
Also, TS calibration on my device is a bit offset, with no calibration tools doing the job. I'm used to that from gingerbread, but on ICS it renders the device quite a pain to use.

Screen sensitivity P3110

I would like to use my P3110 to take notes. At the moment i have stock ROM and KERNEL but when I use a stylus the screen is not sensitive enough, it's almost impossible to write on it. I was thinking if there exist a ROM, KERNEL or and tweak to make my tablet more sensitive in order to be able to handwrite on on it. Does anyone know if any ROM or KERNEL will do that?

Can anyone suggest me a way to use a stylus with P3110 tablet? The screen is not responsive enough. Can anyone easily write on it?
Cellulario said:
I would like to use my P3110 to take notes. At the moment i have stock ROM and KERNEL but when I use a stylus the screen is not sensitive enough, it's almost impossible to write on it. I was thinking if there exist a ROM, KERNEL or and tweak to make my tablet more sensitive in order to be able to handwrite on on it. Does anyone know if any ROM or KERNEL will do that?
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I tried some custom ROMs and your KERNELs but still I have the same issue, when I daw a diagonal line it's more like a zigzag line.
I have also noticed that when scrolling from right to left or left to right in portrait, or top to bottom bottom to top in landscape the scrolling goes step by step, not fluidly... Has anyone ever heard of something similar? How to fix it? It's seems like there are some hot-points, like a grid. I tried pipm-my-rom but it has not effect.