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It seems the touchscreen of my Desire gets less responsive at random times. Anyone else who has this problem as well?
The touchscreen of the Desire is very sensitive in most cases. But it sometimes (randomly) becomes less responsive. I have to give more pressure for the screen to register the touch. This is especially annoying when typing an e-mail or text message.
But for example: when sliding between the screens at the homescreen (Sense), you have to barely touch the screen to slide. When my 'problem' appears, I can actually feel and slide on the screen but nothing happens. When applying more force it does work, but is not as comfortable...
When I reboot the problem seems to be gone for a while, but at some point it becomes less responsive again.
Obviously I have tried uninstalling apps and widgets and see what happens then. But the problem remains. Hard reset/factory reset appears to be working at first, but again after some time the screen becomes less responsive again. This can be after a few minutes or after a few hours. The only way to 'solve' this is to reboot the phone again.
So! Is there anyone who is experiencing the same problems? Because of the factory reset (and obviously not installing any apps after that reset) it seems to me this is some sort of hardware problem.
Any takes on the issue?
I only get such a problem when my hands are sweaty or sticky and when the screen is smudgy. I'm a cleanliness freak though so I naturally keep my hands and the screen very clean avoiding this problem. Otherwise everything is pretty darn consistent on my side... except for one oddity.
I struggled with this phone for months and then gave up trying to type or even just use the touchscreen while it's laying flat on any surface. Most of the touches just never registered, honestly. Even when applying a lot of pressure. Until last week, quite unexpectedly, the touches started registering perfectly. Just as good as when holding it vertical. I was quite amazed and baffled at how something just changed automatically to improve it significantly. The only other observational change in sync was that some apps that kept changing the phones layout based on the way I'm holding it even when I had disabled this feature (like the Tapatalk XDA app) have started working correctly as set now. Just all of a sudden.
I haven't made any setting or config change. I did root a while back but unrooted very soon after by flashing the stock T-Mobile ROM and things were still as bad as the beginning. That's something like 2 months back.
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Ok, weird!
Since I am able to reproduce this with and without installed software (hard reset, no sim, no sd, no nothing) I can only assume it's some sort of hardware problem.
So off to repair department it goes! Thought I'd post it here and perhaps someone would have a solution saying:"Oh! That's this or that". You never know
What I found is sometimes it's unresponsive but it's *puts on black roll neck and jeans* the way that I'm holding it.
I think if you squeeze the phone too much it registers a touch on the side of the screen. Also so times when I'm using it one handed the ball of the bottom of my thumb touches the screen and this is registering, making the rest of the screen unresponsive.
I'd consider this to be the problem first (as annoying as it is). I used to have the 2nd problem on the iPhone, but not the first. It's a bit upsetting but I got over it.
RaptorRVL said:
It seems the touchscreen of my Desire gets less responsive at random times. Anyone else who has this problem as well?
The touchscreen of the Desire is very sensitive in most cases. But it sometimes (randomly) becomes less responsive. I have to give more pressure for the screen to register the touch. This is especially annoying when typing an e-mail or text message.
But for example: when sliding between the screens at the homescreen (Sense), you have to barely touch the screen to slide. When my 'problem' appears, I can actually feel and slide on the screen but nothing happens. When applying more force it does work, but is not as comfortable...
When I reboot the problem seems to be gone for a while, but at some point it becomes less responsive again.
Obviously I have tried uninstalling apps and widgets and see what happens then. But the problem remains. Hard reset/factory reset appears to be working at first, but again after some time the screen becomes less responsive again. This can be after a few minutes or after a few hours. The only way to 'solve' this is to reboot the phone again.
So! Is there anyone who is experiencing the same problems? Because of the factory reset (and obviously not installing any apps after that reset) it seems to me this is some sort of hardware problem.
Any takes on the issue?
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Are you using a screen protector at all?
Since you have the same problem after performing a hard reset, maybe you should consider taking it back to the vendor for a warranty repair or replacement as it could be a faulty digitizer.
Hi folks,
since monday I have got my HTC Desire Z and it's my favourite phone of all time until now.
But there is a small problem with the touchscreen.
I get SMS messages and read them.
After that I want to answer the messages and begin to write with the HW-Keyboard.
Then the party begins. The Screen which shows my answer while I'm writing begins to jump up and down. If I try to stop it with my finger, like hunting a small bug or something , it shows me the little zoom windows for marking,copying and cutting text.
I've factory resetted the phone, but the problem is still there.
It has got the Stock ROM and 2.6.32.21-gd2764ed Kernel.
(I overclocked the phone yesterday, bu the problem appears since the first day, not since the OC)
Thanks guys,
sergioka
There's a known issue described at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829535
But on my phone at least, it just "jumps" once, it doesn't go up and down if that's what you're seeing (unless you specifically go and start swiping it etc).
Hi, I made two videos.
This time such a thing didn't happen in the Messaging Mode, but in the homescreen.
Should I send this phone back?
Thanks in advance
Sorry for the bad quality, had to record and recode it as fast as possible.
Edit:
second video had problems
sergioka said:
Hi, I made two videos.
This time such a thing didn't happen in the Messaging Mode, but in the homescreen.
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I've had some weird things happening with my touchscreen in the last few days. But I'm pretty sure this is connected with a new screen protector that I put on, because the problems happened around the same time. If I lift the screen protector and touch the screen when it's gone non-responsive, it works.
Have you got a screen protector ?
Hi, I have a screen protector,
but the problem happened the same before.
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Now, I have lifted my protector to test the device again without it.
The Screen responses in the same way without the protector and in cyanogenmod
It's like having a high end gaming pc which has sometimes problems with fifa soccer 2000
Did you do full wipes when flashing your rom? It looks to me like it's the rom glitching as it gets stuck between screens, then like a millisecond freeze up before it catches up again?
Does it happen all the time? Is it ever OK after a reboot? Do you have setcpu installed?... settings please. Any setcpu profiles?..if so, are the frequencies being set correctly at wake up?
Download your rom again, check the md5 checksum. Full wipes.
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Tried all the things you've described. At first I thought that it's ok, but after a while in some situations the saga continued
I'll send it back to get a new one
Your problem looks exactly like mine, except that mine seems to have been the particular screen protector. Given that's not the case for you, I can only think that your touch screen is faulty.
Send it back.
It's on its way to the grave now I think
Now, after I've sold my Nokia N900 and lent my homeboy my HTC Kaiser,
I don't have a phone with me.
Time for morsing my messages!
i agree. send it back. i just tried it with mine and it was fine no matter how i held it. This is supposed to be a high end phone that isnt very cheap...
you need to get your money's worth.
So recently my mytouch has been getting worse and worse. I'm not exactly sure if it's me or if it's the stupid phone because it's been degrading over time for some strange reason. First of all, the camera is **** for some reason, this is my second replacement phone from T-Mobile and it's extremely blurry for some reason(apparently it's a common problem but not common enough apparently for the tmobile representatives I've met with have seen before). Secondly, it's been becoming unresponsive at times although i kill my apps after i'm done with them(I probably only have internet, and facebook running most of the time). Third, ever since I've factory reset it, it's become very glitchy for some reason. One of the problems is that I would close the physical keyboard but after sending a text and all of a sudden the screen goes black and the only thing to fix it is to hit the power button and press it again to get it off of sleep. Another problem is after i send a text i close the keyboard and the screen repeats but the location of buttons is still where they're suppose to be on the screen.
Pics of what I'm talking about :
First problem(Camera)
http://i.cubeupload.com/s9YJX1.jpg
Decided to take a picture of me creating the thread if you can even see it lol
Third Problem(Glitchy screen)
http://i.cubeupload.com/ANHZ0t.jpg
As you can see the buttons are on as the phone is on but the screen is black and unresponsive, i realize i can still go to apps while like that somehow but to fix it i just hit the power button which shouldn't be happening though
Fourth(Repeat Screen)
http://i.cubeupload.com/ZLSu8o.jpg
As said before unless you didn't read this happens after i send a message and close the physical keyboard...
And thank you for any suggestions you guys have, help is appreciated, also for taking the time to read the thread
Jezussss!!!!
Dude.. you dont need pictures, and if you post them.. resize them first.
Make the thread want to be readable, like-able. Ask yourself, would you read this thread?? and with yellow highlights that no one can even see????????
You also need to post if you're phone is stock, what rom you are on, what version..
xologist said:
Jezussss!!!!
Dude.. you dont need pictures, and if you post them.. resize them first.
Make the thread want to be readable, like-able. Ask yourself, would you read this thread?? and with yellow highlights that no one can even see????????
You also need to post if you're phone is stock, what rom you are on, what version..
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Sorry,thought they yellow would highlight it but it actually made it worse . I think the red is better with the whiteish background....
This is a stock version, I updated the phone to 2.2.2 but i factory reset it and now it says i have 2.2.1 even though i have 2.2.2 features like Wifi Hotspot,Wifi Calling, and images for contacts on messages...
im not sure, i havent had stock phone in a lonnnggg time..
Hopefully someone else can help you out
h3llfire741 said:
So recently my mytouch has been getting worse and worse. I'm not exactly sure if it's me or if it's the stupid phone because it's been degrading over time for some strange reason. First of all, the camera is **** for some reason, this is my second replacement phone from T-Mobile and it's extremely blurry for some reason(apparently it's a common problem but not common enough apparently for the tmobile representatives I've met with have seen before). Secondly, it's been becoming unresponsive at times although i kill my apps after i'm done with them(I probably only have internet, and facebook running most of the time). Third, ever since I've factory reset it, it's become very glitchy for some reason. One of the problems is that I would close the physical keyboard but after sending a text and all of a sudden the screen goes black and the only thing to fix it is to hit the power button and press it again to get it off of sleep. Another problem is after i send a text i close the keyboard and the screen repeats but the location of buttons is still where they're suppose to be on the screen.
Pics of what I'm talking about :
First problem(Camera)
http://i.cubeupload.com/s9YJX1.jpg
Decided to take a picture of me creating the thread if you can even see it lol
Third Problem(Glitchy screen)
http://i.cubeupload.com/ANHZ0t.jpg
As you can see the buttons are on as the phone is on but the screen is black and unresponsive, i realize i can still go to apps while like that somehow but to fix it i just hit the power button which shouldn't be happening though
Fourth(Repeat Screen)
http://i.cubeupload.com/ZLSu8o.jpg
As said before unless you didn't read this happens after i send a message and close the physical keyboard...
And thank you for any suggestions you guys have, help is appreciated, also for taking the time to read the thread
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This is a hardware problem (the repeating screen) that seems to be happening to many people. (it happened to me before which is why i replaced my previous slide). After my 2yr contract is done, im gonna stop getting phones with keyboards because this also happened to my previous htc slider phones
agentg1001 said:
This is a hardware problem (the repeating screen) that seems to be happening to many people. (it happened to me before which is why i replaced my previous slide). After my 2yr contract is done, im gonna stop getting phones with keyboards because this also happened to my previous htc slider phones
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So it's actually because of the sliding part of the phone ?
I'm not surprised, this phone was pretty cheaply made imo, literally a piece of crap :\
I guess I'm getting the new iphone once it comes out and my 2yr contract is done
h3llfire741 said:
So it's actually because of the sliding part of the phone ?
I'm not surprised, this phone was pretty cheaply made imo, literally a piece of crap :\
I guess I'm getting the new iphone once it comes out and my 2yr contract is done
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yeah it's a hardware problem. the ribbon cable is messed up.
ratchetrizzo said:
yeah it's a hardware problem. the ribbon cable is messed up.
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Oh I see, well I tried to get it replaced but HTC was a bit suspicious when they wanted my credit card before anything ......
I have the same issue with my phone
As I was looking at your photos I realized I have the same issue going on with my phone. Does anyone have suggestions on ways to fix it? Personally, I do not believe it is a hardware issue. I do believe it is more of a software issue. That update that HTC offered is definitely screwed up! Ever sine I updated my phone, all of these problems started. This problem did not occur beforehand! My phone was working fine - before this "software update."
Same Problem
I had the same exact problem with the Repeating Screen (and completely agreed about the camera lol). Yesterday I tried demonstrating to my friend the problem, and permanently blacked out my screen. Now, the phone works in the sense that it receives calls, the home keys light up, and the camera still takes pictures. However, with no screen to select any options or perform any functions, the phone has been rendered completely useless. I, too, would like to figure out what the problem is and if there is any possible fix.
Sorry I couldn't be of much help. Just know you're not the only one lol
My girlfriend had the repeating screen issue back in May/June of this year. It was more than likely a software issue, because it became incrementally worse as the phone opened and closed until it came to a point where absolutely nothing could be done when the phone was moved horizontally.
I had T-mobile replace the phone at the time. Unfortuntely an idiot I work with who was supposed to mail it back didn't, I got stuck with an extra $360 on the bill.
Worked out paying for the phone with them yesterday morning, this morning my girlfriend messages me to let me know the screen is acting up again.
Potential Fix?
joodlovesfood said:
I had the same exact problem with the Repeating Screen (and completely agreed about the camera lol). Yesterday I tried demonstrating to my friend the problem, and permanently blacked out my screen. Now, the phone works in the sense that it receives calls, the home keys light up, and the camera still takes pictures. However, with no screen to select any options or perform any functions, the phone has been rendered completely useless. I, too, would like to figure out what the problem is and if there is any possible fix.
Sorry I couldn't be of much help. Just know you're not the only one lol
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I would recommend replacing your flex ribbon. It worked for me, and from other threads I've read, I believe it's the cause of these issues. It's a pretty easy fix ( coming from me, who's far better at breaking electronics than fixing them, lol ).
Here's the flex ribbon that I bought off of Ebay ( it's the cheapest I found and it comes with the tools too ):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/170647168235?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
And here's a good video on disassembling your Espresso:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jgFHuVWlig
P.S.: I'd recommend being more delicate than he was with the volume ribbon though, as mine seemed very frail. Also, this video is for replacing the digitizer, so you only need to follow it to get to the flex ribbon.
A month ago, I had issues very similar to the ones you posted. Sliding my keyboard out ( in any way but gently ) would occasionally split the screen or freeze the phone. Even without using my keyboard, the phone would occasionally freeze while "settling" after the boot animation, and sometimes even during the boot animation. Slowly, those "occasionally"s become more and more frequent, until my screen just went black one day. The phone still seemed to work ( lit up when turned on, made sounds, etc. ), just the screen seemed dead. Figured that I was having a combination of software issues ( the random freezes ), and hardware issues ( split & black screen ), but replacing my flex ribbon suprisingly fixed everything.
This is what worked on my MyTouch 3G Slide
i just keep sliding the phone. and turn off the screen then turn it back on. but not turning off the phone.
joodlovesfood said:
I had the same exact problem with the Repeating Screen (and completely agreed about the camera lol). Yesterday I tried demonstrating to my friend the problem, and permanently blacked out my screen. Now, the phone works in the sense that it receives calls, the home keys light up, and the camera still takes pictures. However, with no screen to select any options or perform any functions, the phone has been rendered completely useless. I, too, would like to figure out what the problem is and if there is any possible fix.
Sorry I couldn't be of much help. Just know you're not the only one lol
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probably not, look on ebay for some digitizers, cheapest way to get them...
hi, had my desire z about a year now, since ive had it, quite rarely ive had a problem of it seeming to have a mind of its own, for example, icons may be selected, or the home screen will slide accross by itself etc. ive always put this down to a trackpad problem.
the other day (after having a miui rom installed for about 2-3 weeks, which was fine untill now), it started acting up strangely, the above problem started happening, but more severe, also the touch screen and softkey buttons would stop working for periods of time (or stop completely untill reset), but screen rotation etc would still be working, which shows that the O/S has not frose and is still working behind the scenes (making me think its a hardware problem).
now, i think ive worked out that this seems to be triggered (mostly) when i open the keyboard. (as also, when the touchscreen stops working etc, sometimes, sliding the keyboard open and close several times, will sometimes seem to unfreeze the touchscreen etc, and will be back to normal, for a while). ive tried doing full wipe and reflashing etc, but i still have the same problems mainly when using the slide out keyboard, which again, makes me think its hardware (possibly keyboard ribbon cable?)
i really dont want to send it off as that means getting it all back to stock etc, and last time i needed the screen replaced, took 6 weeks to get it back!
if anyone could pinpoint the likely source of the problem, id rather replace the part myself..
would anyone have any ideas, as they would be very much appriciated... Thanks...
anyone at all?
I got 2 Zs meanwhile but dont have any problem with the keyboard.
But sometimes when its charging i got the same issues like you - no touch is working and the screens are sliding nearly automatically.
I think this has nothing to do with the keyboard...
Hope this had helped you a bit
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thanks for the reply, unfortunately im still no closer to finding source of the problem, its intermittant, happened lots yesterday, not so much today, maybe the digitiser? its like there is another invisible finger touching the screen..
This would happen when i was on stock froyo, like it would cause the home screen to hang, but if i was ion an app it worked fine. I would use it to refresh of sorts when my phone was hung up or i need to reload my apps from sd lol. Sounds weird I know, but even with stock froyo i had problems with my keyboard but with the prerooted GB its as smooth as butter...
still going on, and getting more frequent, i dont think it is to do with the keyboard anymore. im now guessing it is the digitizer, its like someone is pressing an invisible finger on the screen, roughly in the center. it comes and goes, it happens for about 3 days, then goes away for a couple of days etc.
also there is very little info anywhere on the net that can help, including replaceing the digitizer itself
anyone ever replaced one on a disire z/g2?
I have a HTC One m8 and the top half inch of the screen does not respond but occasionally it does sometimes for a little while. The top half inch generally tends to work when the battery is charged to 100% but sometimes that doesn't happen either. if it helps I use a tempered glass as a screen protector and the screen does not have any physical damage and it doesn't help when u boot into safe mode. I have also tried a hard reset.
Coincidentally i am working on a phone with the same problem (not mine). After a lot google research the owner decided to use another Launcher (Smart Launcher). This did not fix it entirely, if you are in Apps you can use the statusbar, but its not working on homescreen. I dont know why it behaves like that, but surprisingly many people get problems like that. I tend to believe that there is some software problem involved, because changing Launcher or using custom rom has been reported helpfull/fixing the problem (not allways tho..).
Now he had some other troubles with this phone and in the process i did a reset, that did not fix things as you said. I will install a custom rom next and will report back next week.
So i was wrong with saying a new lauchner solved the problem. Statusbar(sb) was accessible in home screen but not in app, said it wrong in the other comment. Now i had some time to test this and i can say that at least the phone i was working on is broken.
The top part does not recognize any touch input. The reason the sb showed some reactions is, that the launcher had a bigger trigger area (i guess), so you could pull it down. But still the top part was not responding. I tested it with stock, S-Rom and one Nougat Rom (dont remember), none of that showed an input in the top part.
Solution for now is different launcher or app that pulls down the bar. There are still some problems in daily usage, that this will not fix, so i guess its time for a new phone.
I am facing same problem. Is it any update which was pushed by HTC which makes the top 1 inch unresponsive ocassionally.. Indirectly, a marketing gimmick to push us by a new phone. So if it is really like that, who would buy a HTC phone again anticipating same problem again. Might go for Samsung (my own preference). huh !!!