Touch screen not responsive along the edges - Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Recently I have started noticing that Touch screen is not responsive on edges of the screen. This is actually annoying while using music players like player pro which has small buttons mainly placed around the edges of the screen. SometimesI have to tap like 2-3 times to register the touch.
Is this a hardware specif or software based problem. And is there anyway to fix this
BTW I'm using official ICS from sony on My Arc S

I want to know this too....
BTJ

I agree, it wasnt like this on GB tho.

Have this on both ICS and Gingerbread. Annoying in games and music players!!!
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Anyone who has this that have flashed CM9 etc? Does it fix the problem? I have always thought it was hardware-related, sent mine to service but did not help.

Think it's kernel related. I'm on ICS and I'm not facing it with Doom Kernel, but I've faced with ArcKnight and XArc. I'm using Doom Kernel v04 without this problem. Still, I have this problem on Doom Kernel v05. Do some testing and flash different kernels.

The same problem
Anyone got an answer?
additionally, my problem is that I have to press very hard in other places for the touch screen responds

.nmn

immynanj said:
I agree, it wasnt like this on GB tho.
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Same problem on GB with DoomKernel...
Ciao
L.

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Weird Thing About ICS's Touch Response for ARC

Hi Guys,
I Flashed Offical ICS Release for Xperia ARC S to my Xperia ARC, like many of us.
After few hours of usage.
I noticed, sometimes my ARC can't response properly to my touch.
Like, i try swipe left from home screen it swipe back itself.
it is also happening when im using Browser (Any Browser)
Sometimes, It's doing weird things after i touch it.
(BTW I checked my all other fingers and they are not touching to the screen )
And i remember, Xperia ARC's and ARC S's display drivers are different.
Is it driver related problem ?
Or is it just me seeing weird things
If it is driver related, will it be fixed when Offical ICS for Xperia ARC released ?
Thank you for reading.
Sorry for my English.
Best Regards.
try restarting your phone...my phone does that kind of thing sometimes while charging..
I restarted it a lot
Thank you for your answer.
i have this issue playing temple run on ics.......swipe to tuen and i jump!
Hm..
So maybe it is Driver related like i thought ?
Thank you for answer.
have you tried selecting in developer options "pointer location". Does it shows you something wrong with the touchscreen?
Are you running the ICS Arc S firmware on the vanilla Arc (LT15)?
If so, that may be it. I remember reading from Sony stating that there is a minor difference in screen (hardware/software...cannot remember which) when comparing the Arc S to the original Arc.
That could explain why Arc users may be experiencing a little touch delay when running the official Arc S ICS Rom.
The same problem on Xperia Ray ST18i too..
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mrloltime said:
i have this issue playing temple run on ics.......swipe to tuen and i jump!
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i can confirm that this happens. using cm9 on the xperia pro
for me even happens on cm9 for arc
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Yep...weird responses even if I didnt select them.
Especially in games.
AFAIK Sony did mention that you would experience lag on ICS as it requires a bit largers specs than the Xperia 2011 devices. Honestly I would expect these kind of situations specially this was the initial release.
Candy[MAN] said:
Are you running the ICS Arc S firmware on the vanilla Arc (LT15)?
If so, that may be it. I remember reading from Sony stating that there is a minor difference in screen (hardware/software...cannot remember which) when comparing the Arc S to the original Arc.
That could explain why Arc users may be experiencing a little touch delay when running the official Arc S ICS Rom.
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oojjii said:
Hi Guys,
I Flashed Offical ICS Release for Xperia ARC S to my Xperia ARC, like many of us.
After few hours of usage.
I noticed, sometimes my ARC can't response properly to my touch.
Like, i try swipe left from home screen it swipe back itself.
it is also happening when im using Browser (Any Browser)
Sometimes, It's doing weird things after i touch it.
(BTW I checked my all other fingers and they are not touching to the screen )
And i remember, Xperia ARC's and ARC S's display drivers are different.
Is it driver related problem ?
Or is it just me seeing weird things
If it is driver related, will it be fixed when Offical ICS for Xperia ARC released ?
Thank you for reading.
Sorry for my English.
Best Regards.
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If so, is there some possibility that some DEV could get the drivers from a LT15a/i to get implemented?
Yupp, This Thing Happens with me When I'm Playing Temple Run
Althouth In Normal Usage, It doesnt.
Anybody tried this : [ICSbeta] finally a responsive touchscreen + battery life *try this* : UPDATED 4/7/12 ??
Also add this line to build.prop:
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ro.max.fling_velocity=4000
I have the same problem with Temple Run (Arc S) on the final ICS release.
I also occasionally open a game like Angry Birds, Frisbee, etc. and the touch controls just don't work at all. Other apps are fine (Draw Something for example). Sometimes a reboot fixes it - sometimes I have to power off/on.
It's driving me nuts.
mrloltime said:
i have this issue playing temple run on ics.......swipe to tuen and i jump!
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I also have the same issue with Tempe run on ICS.
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Yeah, I confirm it too. Happens in all ICS roms I've tried; CM9, JJ's 1.1, Arconium ICS 1.0 etc.
Temple Run is unplayable, what a shame.
I'm using ICS official, touch screen is not what is used to be on GB.
What a shame Sony
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Single touch responsiveness is just as good as GB over here.
Simultaneous dual touch (tapping two fingers at the same time) on the other hand, is a different story. Most of the time it only registers the first touch and the second touch is slightly late.

GN Screen occasionally becomes less responsive

I have had a GSM Galaxy Nexus for quite a while. I've had Stock ICS on it, as well as many different non-stock ICS and JB ROMs running on it.
I've noticed that, from time to time, the screen will become considerably less responsive than it usually is. I usually notice when trying to swipe down the Notification Window. I will have to swipe several times to get it to actually work, when it usually works every time, easily. If I swipe slower and apply more pressure, it works. Also, typing on the on-screen keyboard when this issue is occurring is a disaster. The system misses about a third of my touches, and mistypes every word practically.
If I reboot or wait a while, it goes away. I've been trying to shut down various often-used apps while it's occuring to see if I can remedy the issue, but so far I haven't found an app that might be causing the problem.
Anyone else have this issue? It's so noticeable for me that I can try to do the usual motion I do to bring down the Notification Window over 10 times before it will actually respond.
It's either something basic with Android, or my hardware has a little bug. Not sure which.
I see a few posts on the forums of other phones about this, but not on here with the Galaxy Nexus.
I'm having the exact same issues. Its also very noticeable in the keyboard as well. Sometimes in the app drawer. Its extremely obnoxious and only seems to do it on jelly bean Roms... may I ask what kernel you're running? I'm on Franco 223 384mhz gpu
hey man, i've noticed this same thing on mine running Jb (joel's bamf jelly)...i notice it when typing, though. a lot of times i just completely MISS keystrokes, and my words come out all ****ed up. i honestly was starting to think i'm crazy, but i'm glad to see others with JB are having this issue! again, if i reboot as well, it goes away. wtf?
i'm running whatever kernel joel has stock in hsi rom, which i beleive is just the stock JB kernel.
Exactly same issue here, but simply turning screen off and back on solves it. No need to reboot.
susejchristo said:
I'm having the exact same issues. Its also very noticeable in the keyboard as well. Sometimes in the app drawer. Its extremely obnoxious and only seems to do it on jelly bean Roms... may I ask what kernel you're running? I'm on Franco 223 384mhz gpu
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Running one of the early loads of 4.1.1 that required you to load 4.1, then overlay 4.1.1 over it to get get camera working properly. But it's stock minus being rooted/busybox loaded on it. Running the stock kernel with the JB baseband that released, btw.
Before that I was running AOKP and CM9, both of which did the same thing to me - which is what made me think it was an app that was interfering, but I haven't been able to prove that.
Search my thread called touch sensitivity, I wrote all about this. Its an annoying bug that has no fix. Lock then unlock the screen resets it and makes it return to normal. But it eventually happens again.
I also had this issue, and as someone said earlier, just switching the screen off and then back on fixes it for a while. But I recently updated my baseband to XXLF1 (yes, I'm from Europe) and switched to AndroidME CM10 Rom and the issue is gone (had been using the one from team inferno before). Don't know if it was the Rom or the radio...
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Since alot of users are saying it was non existent in 4.0.1 and 4.0.2 was wondering if someone could look into the touchscreen drivers?maybe there is a glitch.btw sometimes it would not appear for a day
Galaxy Nexus w/ 4.1.1 and trinity
dark06 said:
Since alot of users are saying it was non existent in 4.0.1 and 4.0.2 was wondering if someone could look into the touchscreen drivers?maybe there is a glitch.btw sometimes it would not appear for a day
Galaxy Nexus w/ 4.1.1 and trinity
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Yes, that's a good point to start.
I originally thought this issue was due to a kernel malfunction, but looking at the replies here, apparently not. I don't remember it happening on ICS at all, but with jelly bean and project butter being so smooth and all, I have recently become much more attentive to the responsiveness of my screen so it's much more noticeable. I guess the best thing to do is try different Roms and see if the problem persists.
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Well, as stated above, CM10 seems to eliminate this problem completely. I just flashed a CM10 ROM and man is there a difference. It is extremely smooth and battery life seems significantly better than others ROMs on jelly bean right now. I highly suggest giving it a go. I upgraded my cwm recovery to 6.0.Something too. Dunno if that's relevant, but just thought I'd say.
Are you using the euroskank one? If yes then thats what im using too and still have this problem tho not worse than others, my keyboard works properly.just that my scrolling and swiping tightens up a bit which forces you to swipe longer and more pressure than normal
Galaxy Nexus w/ 4.1.1 and trinity
Here's my thread on this bug. Lots of posts.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576739&page=15
dark06 said:
Are you using the euroskank one? If yes then thats what im using too and still have this problem tho not worse than others, my keyboard works properly.just that my scrolling and swiping tightens up a bit which forces you to swipe longer and more pressure than normal
Galaxy Nexus w/ 4.1.1 and trinity
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I can confirm that on AndroidME CM10 the issue is gone. Personally, I didn't hear anything about the one you said you are.
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lorin_93 said:
I can confirm that on AndroidME CM10 the issue is gone. Personally, I didn't hear anything about the one you said you are.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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I will try this today.what kernel are you using?
Galaxy Nexus w/ 4.1.1 and trinity
dark06 said:
I will try this today.what kernel are you using?
Galaxy Nexus w/ 4.1.1 and trinity
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I'm on default now, probably going to flash Franco's later on.
dark06 said:
I will try this today.what kernel are you using?
Galaxy Nexus w/ 4.1.1 and trinity
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Did you find anything fix the sensitivity issue? It's super annoying. Screen off and back on fixes it temporarily.
thanks
I had this issue on 4.0.4 with the Linaro franco kernel and am now having it with JB and the Linaro franco kernel. I too thought it was just maybe my imagination!

[Q] Ridiclously slow!

Hi,
My GN was fine when I purchased it a month ago, brand new, but its so sluggish that its almost unusable. Phone dialer, Messaging and almost all apps load with a 3-5 second delay, even the keyboard opens after a few seconds.
I'm on stock 4.2.1 (deodexed) and even flashed fugumod kernel just today hoping it would fix things, I even factory reset it but no joy.
Could it be a hardware issue? is there any way I could run some quick tests to see whats wrong?
A similar thing happened to me when I decided to try a new kernel I've never used before, and it did not agree with my phone. Try a different kernel like lean kernel or Franco kernel and see if it still happens. If so, go back to stock.
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I was on stock, then tried FuguMod, but it still lags, not as much as before but pretty slow.
Do you have lag spikes? Like many little freezes?
calinoii said:
Do you have lag spikes? Like many little freezes?
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Exactly, many little freezes
I have thr same problem...from like 30 to 30 seconds I have those many little freezes...i tried many roms/kernels but no succes,even flashed the stock images and it's the same...I think something is messing our CPU cuz i had this issue even on stock rom/krrnel
check out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2029246
semihbalcioglu said:
check out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2029246
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Not for me...
What are your kernel settings?
why dont you flash to 100% stock and see if the problems still persist?
Franco's kernel always good. I gave my gf my gnex never had a problem with sluggish she loves it.try going back to stock and redo everything start fresh and see if it still persisting
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I personaly did flash a complete stock image of 4.2.1,worked well for a day and after that the issue reappeared...using franco and lean...both have the same probl like the stock one...the only one that works kind of OK is faux's...
calinoii said:
I personaly did flash a complete stock image of 4.2.1,worked well for a day and after that the issue reappeared...using franco and lean...both have the same probl like the stock one...the only one that works kind of OK is faux's...
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I'll ask again. What are your kernel settings?
063_XOBX said:
I'll ask again. What are your kernel settings?
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Just stock...should i change anything on the gov settings? Or the voltages? It seems that my device won't support some kernels. If you could tell me something to change for making it better,that would be great.
Have you used up almost of your memory in the sd card? I don't know if GN's are affected by eMMC bug brick. I've asked this before but they said GN is not affected. It has something to do with a bad chip.
Here's the link
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39154
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I don't have that chip type

[Q] Phone screen full artifacting on lupus kernel. Help ;_;

A while back installed the lupus kernel and android 4.Whatever on my xperia play.
I wasn't exactly happy with a lot of things but at least it worked.
Just now without any reason it started showing mad artifacting and while booting up there is rainbow colored tv static. i can barely make out anything and crashes are everywhere. Especially the developer settings menu.
could this have to do with the lupus kernel and the 4.?? Android version i have, or is this a hardware problem?
All the information is in the only thread i ever made. Since my pc is broken and im posting from my psvita i cant copy the url here.
If you search my username itll pop up.
I can enter the recovery menu but i don't remember if i have a backup on it.
I'D like to reinstall the original android 2.1 or whatever i had, if that helps anyway, but i need someone to help me through the steps.
CatnipPhilosophy said:
A while back installed the lupus kernel and android 4.Whatever on my xperia play.
I wasn't exactly happy with a lot of things but at least it worked.
Just now without any reason it started showing mad artifacting and while booting up there is rainbow colored tv static. i can barely make out anything and crashes are everywhere. Especially the developer settings menu.
could this have to do with the lupus kernel and the 4.?? Android version i have, or is this a hardware problem?
All the information is in the only thread i ever made. Since my pc is broken and im posting from my psvita i cant copy the url here.
If you search my username itll pop up.
I can enter the recovery menu but i don't remember if i have a backup on it.
I'D like to reinstall the original android 2.1 or whatever i had, if that helps anyway, but i need someone to help me through the steps.
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First of all what do you mean by android 4? please be more specific are you meaning to say the advanced ftf? and from the sound of your issue if at first when still entering CWM or initial boot you are having the screen problem i can confidently say that is a hardware problem however if not the best way to solve this is flashing the original ftf for xperia play search in google i assure you can find it, and you can start from there you will need to have that pc fixed before anything else though
fritzbored said:
First of all what do you mean by android 4? please be more specific are you meaning to say the advanced ftf? and from the sound of your issue if at first when still entering CWM or initial boot you are having the screen problem i can confidently say that is a hardware problem however if not the best way to solve this is flashing the original ftf for xperia play search in google i assure you can find it, and you can start from there you will need to have that pc fixed before anything else though
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after you posted i got kind of sad and i said to my bro: i dont want my phone to die ;_; and i hugged it close to my face. then when i looked at it later the screen was back to normal! if you want to know my reaction type in will smith video games on youtube. the moment he enters the room.
Anyways i then realized i might have hugged something back in place and started messing with the slide system for the playstation buttons. artifacts started appearing and disapearing again in reaction. So thats where the problem originated from. its now 12 hours later and its still working. So all in all you were right about it being a hardware problem. :silly:
Still i am going to reinstall the original os. If i google ftf for xperia play will i be able to find instructions on it to do the whole process?
CatnipPhilosophy said:
after you posted i got kind of sad and i said to my bro: i dont want my phone to die ;_; and i hugged it close to my face. then when i looked at it later the screen was back to normal! if you want to know my reaction type in will smith video games on youtube. the moment he enters the room.
Anyways i then realized i might have hugged something back in place and started messing with the slide system for the playstation buttons. artifacts started appearing and disapearing again in reaction. So thats where the problem originated from. its now 12 hours later and its still working. So all in all you were right about it being a hardware problem. :silly:
Still i am going to reinstall the original os. If i google ftf for xperia play will i be able to find instructions on it to do the whole process?
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try to search in the dev section for xperia play the complet instruction on how to flash the ftf, install kernel, and custom roms can be found there. heres the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1093.. and maybe your phone just needs a little love after all lol
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try to search in the dev section for xperia play the complet instruction on how to flash the ftf, install kernel, and custom roms can be found there. heres the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1093.. and maybe your phone just needs a little love after all lol
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I've now spent more than 6 hours on and off trying to research this **** again and i'm about done.
I don't know how i did it but i now have the turbo kernel and pacman rom installed. thank you very much for posting the link. i was messing around with stupid **** on google before that and couldn't get it working. my phone is much faster already.
I think you enabled show screen updates in the developer menu haha
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crazymonkey05 said:
I think you enabled show screen updates in the developer menu haha
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hah No, but i did try that once. a whole different type of flickering.
I have tried the new turbo kernel and pacman rom. normal stuff is a lot quicker, but playing epsxe is actually slower than on lupus ics beta and uh...the rom had before. forgot which one.
most important, my hardware keys arent working anymore. they just don't do anything. do i need to flash an extra plugin to get it working?
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im an idiot. pacman doesn't say it supports game keys. i just assumed so.
and i just found out that for best performance i'd want lupus gb kernel. from this i can conclude that the thing that was making my first flash slow was the rom and not the kernel.
what would be the fastest rom with camera, gamepad and standard functionality? and is there any difference between 480p and 720p? besides from the difference in quality?
CatnipPhilosophy said:
hah No, but i did try that once. a whole different type of flickering.
I have tried the new turbo kernel and pacman rom. normal stuff is a lot quicker, but playing epsxe is actually slower than on lupus ics beta and uh...the rom had before. forgot which one.
most important, my hardware keys arent working anymore. they just don't do anything. do i need to flash an extra plugin to get it working?
*edit*
im an idiot. pacman doesn't say it supports game keys. i just assumed so.
and i just found out that for best performance i'd want lupus gb kernel. from this i can conclude that the thing that was making my first flash slow was the rom and not the kernel.
what would be the fastest rom with camera, gamepad and standard functionality? and is there any difference between 480p and 720p? besides from the difference in quality?
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480p doesn't take full screen videos you'll see black lines on the sides but its good enough and gives you more ram
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CatnipPhilosophy said:
hah No, but i did try that once. a whole different type of flickering.
I have tried the new turbo kernel and pacman rom. normal stuff is a lot quicker, but playing epsxe is actually slower than on lupus ics beta and uh...the rom had before. forgot which one.
most important, my hardware keys arent working anymore. they just don't do anything. do i need to flash an extra plugin to get it working?
*edit*
im an idiot. pacman doesn't say it supports game keys. i just assumed so.
and i just found out that for best performance i'd want lupus gb kernel. from this i can conclude that the thing that was making my first flash slow was the rom and not the kernel.
what would be the fastest rom with camera, gamepad and standard functionality? and is there any difference between 480p and 720p? besides from the difference in quality?
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why dont you try to test the roms on my signatures, these are my daily driver roms, if you want more ram but less video quality use 480p if you want better video recording but sacrificing a little bit of ram go with 720p, we really couldnt say which is the best rom because usually once you start flashing rom you would notice there are things that you want thats not in the rom and there are also things that you need that that is in the rom.
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why dont you try to test the roms on my signatures, these are my daily driver roms, if you want more ram but less video quality use 480p if you want better video recording but sacrificing a little bit of ram go with 720p, we really couldnt say which is the best rom because usually once you start flashing rom you would notice there are things that you want thats not in the rom and there are also things that you need that that is in the rom.
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actually my plan was to use the lupus v9 kernel and auroraplay rom. after i flashed lupus using flashtool it just did nothng at the lupus logo. even when mashing back or volume down. then i tried flashing the rom to see if that did anything but nothing.
so i flashed back turbo and pacman which is actually really nice. but still slower in games than what i had and the gamepad isnt working. i don't get what i'm doing wrong. flashing it is all i need to do right? i did lupus before so i dont get why its not working.

Touch Screen Problem becuase of kernel?

Hello! I flashed Icecold kernel on my redmi note 5 plus, its super fast! but my touch screen suddenly acts up, its not major, like when im typing on my keyboard the letters sometimes gets doubled without my intention, or inside a game, when im using too much skill or touches the game exits and goes to home or recent apps.
So im asking is it possible that the kernel is affecting my touch screen? if it is what should i do? or is it my touch screen digitizer? Thank you for the help and answers!
I was using Icecold Kernel 5.1 before and I was experiencing it. Now I am on KangarooX Kernel and so far, I haven't experienced the double tap on keyboard.
RSBluee said:
I was using Icecold Kernel 5.1 before and I was experiencing it. Now I am on KangarooX Kernel and so far, I haven't experienced the double tap on keyboard.
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is kangarooX fast?
Wrong forum
jaedstermedina said:
is kangarooX fast?
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It is actually smooth but the battery life is better on Icecold Kernel.
jaedstermedina said:
Hello! I flashed Icecold kernel on my redmi note 5 plus, its super fast! but my touch screen suddenly acts up, its not major, like when im typing on my keyboard the letters sometimes gets doubled without my intention, or inside a game, when im using too much skill or touches the game exits and goes to home or recent apps.
So im asking is it possible that the kernel is affecting my touch screen? if it is what should i do? or is it my touch screen digitizer? Thank you for the help and answers!
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Because this kernel is for Note 5 Pro (whyred) not Plus (vince), so it's normal that something will break, i was suprised that it actually boots lol.

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