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Here's my scenario...phone sitting on flat surface (wooden desk). Occasionally, I feel a vibrate, through the desk, when I turn the phone on, it starts flipping through the touchwiz screens, and vibrating pulses like someone is touching the screen. I don't really believe in ghosts...but?? LOL
Has anyone else experienced "phantom touches" on their home screen ??
Also, sometimes when in the middle of a text, it'll jump to the home screen as well.
THoughts???
One time when I got my screen wet it started doing stuff like that. Have you gotten it wet at all? If not I would take it back to sprint or maybe if you are rooted try a different rom or even odining back to stock to see if that helps. If you decide to take it back to sprint though make sure you un root it because they will laugh in your face and say your the one that messed it up by rooting.
I've seen this issue somewhere here in the Q & A before. I don't know if it was this exact post but similar issues:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446036&highlight=ghost
Happened to my Droid Incredible after taking a swim in the toilet bowl
Thanks guys...never been wet. Ever!!
I've been having the same issues for about 2 months now. I think the only solution is to get a replacement
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I have had my VZW TP2 for a while now, and while I try to keep it scratch free it has had a bumpo and bruise before.
Yesterday is fell while I was stepping out of my car. I picked it up, brushed it off, and got angry when I saw a small knick, maybe 2mm long, in the screen. Angrily I turned the screen off and put it back in my pocket.
About an hour later I went to use the phone, and to my suprise, no touchscreen! LCD is fine, no distortion or damage what-so-ever.
Is it possible for such a small knick to completely trash the touchscreen?
I have tried multiple resets and cannot get it to recognize anything.
Short of replacing the screen and/or digitizer, anything I can do?
Vetack said:
I have had my VZW TP2 for a while now, and while I try to keep it scratch free it has had a bumpo and bruise before.
Yesterday is fell while I was stepping out of my car. I picked it up, brushed it off, and got angry when I saw a small knick, maybe 2mm long, in the screen. Angrily I turned the screen off and put it back in my pocket.
About an hour later I went to use the phone, and to my suprise, no touchscreen! LCD is fine, no distortion or damage what-so-ever.
Is it possible for such a small knick to completely trash the touchscreen?
I have tried multiple resets and cannot get it to recognize anything.
Short of replacing the screen and/or digitizer, anything I can do?
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Not sure if I would calling dropping the phone a few feet from up in the air onto what I can only assume was concrete and not pillows a small "kick"
It sounds like your digitizer is pooched. If your phones under warranty just sent it away to get fixed. It shouldnt shake loose like that I dont think. I know things happen and theres nothing you can do about it when it does. With my touch pro I had a silicone case for it I dropped it so much.. And by dropped it I mean like it would fly 5 feet or more and then the back plate would shoot off and the battery would fly out... not good to do once let alone multiple times! I was sick of my silicone case (which I got after dropping the phone probably a good 10 or more times) so I took it off, a week later I was out on my back patio and had my phone in my shirt pocket. I was on my knees and bent over to pick up something and it slid out. Fell maybe a foot and I picked it up and there was a crack across the screen.. Son of a B$%^&H!
Just happened to land on the corner perfect I guess... Regardless point of that story is I wouldnt call the phone fragile by any means. These things are beasts! But as we know... stuff happens.
Hope it works out for you.
For the last day or so the touchscreen on my Tilt 2 will not respond. I thought Sense was hanging due to text messages so I deleted all of them this morning. That didn't help and neither did multiple reboots so I finally did a hard reset. Now I am really hosed since I can't get through the initial setup. Sounds like the digitizer may have bit it?
I am not at home to flash an official ROM right now but I will try that tomorrow. Other than that does anyone have any other ideas? I am paying for the warranty and insurance so I think I can get it swapped if I have to. Are they still sending out Rhodiums or do they have another device to send in its place now?
Okay, I just flashed the latest official ROM downloaded from HTC. Screen still isn't working. :-( Guess it's time to contact Asurion.
my tilt2 is also doing this, it stopped working about a week or two ago, then started working a few hours later. lately it will work sporadically and most the time not how it is supposed to. i have simplicity. i also have the insurance and i think mine is still under warranty, will i need to put the original sense back on it b4 i send it back in? also, on another note, sometimes when i plug it in to charge it the orange light doesn't come on indicating it is charging, i have to hold the power button for a few seconds. it started around the same time, are these issues related.
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Ok, so I have learned that these screens are pretty sensitive, especially if you put them in your pocket. You can sometimes revive this by sliding your fingernail into the seam along the outer edges of the screen and running it along the seam as if you were trying to peel the front (digitizer) off of the LCD. It somehow releases the stuck screen or something. Mine has been doing this off and on for a while and I've been able to revive it several times with this method, though it's getting too frequent now and I'm thinking of trying to replace the digitizer all together. I'm afraid to make that leap though.
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Ok, so I have learned that these screens are pretty sensitive, especially if you put them in your pocket. You can sometimes revive this by sliding your fingernail into the seam along the outer edges of the screen and running it along the seam as if you were trying to peel the front (digitizer) off of the LCD. It somehow releases the stuck screen or something. Mine has been doing this off and on for a while and I've been able to revive it several times with this method, though it's getting too frequent now and I'm thinking of trying to replace the digitizer all together. I'm afraid to make that leap though.
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The reason this "fixes" it is there some dust or dirt between the screen & panel. If enough gets in there, the digitizer gets confused and ignores any presses.
If you completely disassemble the screen and thoroughly clean it, I bet it'll be fine - no need to replace anything. However, this is a very tedious and delicate process, so be extremely careful.
On thanksgiving i was having a nice time with my family, sharing with all the relatives and all those typical things that families do on thanksgiving. While i was playing basketball with my kid cousin the little rascal decided to play a little rough so he tackled my legs, to my disfortune this caused me to trip and fall on my side right where i was keeping my Xperia Play(R800at the blue one from at&t), stupid mistake keeping my phone in my pocket while playing i know, and when i take my phone out of my pocket the screen was a grayish fuzzyness like static but with colors, the screen is not cracked and there doesn't seem like any liquidy stuff from the lcd leaked out
I can still answer calls sliding the bottom of the screen to the right and i can feel that the touchscreen responds because it vibrates when i touch the bottom unlock bar. Is my phone done for? I think it might just be that the LCD connection might have received some damage or it might become loose or something but im not sure. Do you guys think that this might be expensive to fix or could it be as simple as just opening the phone and adjusting the LCD connection? Can i send it to Sony Ericsson so they fix it? I got it about a month and a week ago so i don't think i can take it back to at&t since the damages are physical. What are my options any help will be appreciated
The hit was pretty bad it even bent the battery. Also when i turn it off and turn it back on it will start normally by giving me the Sony Ericsson start up but when it boots up itll go back to the fuzzy screen
I would post pics but since im a new member i cant post them until i get 8 posts.
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On thanksgiving i was having a nice time with my family, sharing with all the relatives and all those typical things that families do on thanksgiving. While i was playing basketball with my kid cousin the little rascal decided to play a little rough so he tackled my legs, to my disfortune this caused me to trip and fall on my side right where i was keeping my Xperia Play(R800at the blue one from at&t), stupid mistake keeping my phone in my pocket while playing i know, and when i take my phone out of my pocket the screen was a grayish fuzzyness like static but with colors, the screen is not cracked and there doesn't seem like any liquidy stuff from the lcd leaked out
I can still answer calls sliding the bottom of the screen to the right and i can feel that the touchscreen responds because it vibrates when i touch the bottom unlock bar. Is my phone done for? I think it might just be that the LCD connection might have received some damage or it might become loose or something but im not sure. Do you guys think that this might be expensive to fix or could it be as simple as just opening the phone and adjusting the LCD connection? Can i send it to Sony Ericsson so they fix it? I got it about a month and a week ago so i don't think i can take it back to at&t since the damages are physical. What are my options any help will be appreciated
The hit was pretty bad it even bent the battery. Also when i turn it off and turn it back on it will start normally by giving me the Sony Ericsson start up but when it boots up itll go back to the fuzzy screen
I would post pics but since im a new member i cant post them until i get 8 posts.
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I'd send it to sony, just say the screen started to go fuzzy, can they fix it.. done. if you mess around inside you'll just void the warranty so go for it
You said the SE logo works, but after that it's fuzzy? I wonder if re-flashing the firmware would work. I would assume the SE logo would be fuzzy too if the screen was damaged.
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That sounds strange as you said the Sony logo comes up. You could try a factory reset using SEUS or PC companion. Have you got any kind of damage insurance. Sony's warranty wouldn't cover this as this was caused by something you did and not a hardware problem. Although if your phone hasn't got a scratched screen then it might be worth a shot phoning Sony and saying your phone screen has failed.
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As long as everything looks well taken care of, no big dents or scratches, warranty should work. You said you bent the battery though..
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Simple problem, I live in the UK so the weather isn't exactly brain freezing but at 3 degree Celsius or below the screen just doesn't want to respond AT ALL, the phone is perfectly fine because buttons work and such it's just the touch screen and the touch buttons also the weirdest thing is after restarting the phone when this occurs the screen magically works again however after few minutes of cold weather will disable the touch capabilities. Should I claim on warranty? I really cant be arsed for 2 weeks without my phone, I'm quite addicted to it.
Also I have smashed the screen in the past and had it replaced by HTC if that matters however I can't tell if this issue existed before that because it wasn't exactly cold then. Please give me some good advice?
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What's your job? I mean where do you work? While I was working for an art exhibition, my fingertips skinlayer got really really thick because I did worked with pug
After that, touchscreens didn't respond to my fingers at all
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What's your job? I mean where do you work? While I was working for an art exhibition, my fingertips skinlayer got really really thick because I did worked with pug
After that, touchscreens didn't respond to my fingers at all
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I'm a college student, my finger tips are definitely soft lmao! No that's not the issue because after restarting the phone everything is fine and my hands are rather warm, I actually thought about that and even tried licking the screen, didn't work.
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I'm a college student, my finger tips are definitely soft lmao! No that's not the issue because after restarting the phone everything is fine and my hands are rather warm, I actually thought about that and even tried licking the screen, didn't work.
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Dude!....never ever lick a screen ! It has more backteria on it than a toilet seat of a highway rest! Anyways, send it back to warranty would be an idea. If it comes to software, you'll most propably get help, but if it comes to hardware, things will get difficult.
Relevant info about licking smartphone screens here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVpkeBYZOrE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
And regarding topic: I succesfully used my HOX at minus 22 celsius the other day so plus 3 shouldn't be any issue.
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I truly don't care, the less bacteria we intake the weaker we are against them
I actually watched that video, I'm subscribed to vsauce
So I should send it off then? Will HTC have any issues with doing this within the warranty? I assume it's their fault I did notice that in the dark the bottom of the screen reveals a little gap where the light from the screen/buttons is shining through, it's not impractical just a little bit annoying and makes it seem like they didn't fit the screen 100% properly also the right edge of the screen seems to be darker, for example if I open something white on the screen it seems as if there was a shadow coming from the right edge of the screen.
Posting an update for future reference. The device has been sent of to HTC on the 18th of Feb and returned today however there was no email or nothing informing me about return of the device, not only that they haven't included any document stating what has been done to the phone if anything has been done at all (except of a hard reset ofc). The gap at the bottom is still there and light shines through it as much as ever, the device came completely dead without any charge what so ever, I have now stuck it in the freezer and after 20 minutes I will check on it to see if my issue still persists, if it does then HTC is just a joke of a company.
At least the haven't charged me... yet. Will post an update.
Hey guys. My brother just got this phone and is having some issues. .. He's coming from Lumia 922.. So it shouldn't be too hard to impress him .. right? Well so far he has gone into airplane mode every call he's taken because the screen won't sleep and his cheek toggles to airplane mode. Is there any setting to help this? I want to give him a chance to like this phone, but if you can't even comfortably make a call without worrying about accidentally bumping the button maybe he needs to trade it ...
Any advice would be appreciated.
Does he have a screen protector on it? Sometimes those mess with the proximity sensor and makes the screen stay on.
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I have a somewhat similar issue. I returned my first phone because I thought the proximity sensor wasn't working. I would be speaking on the phone, press my face to the screen and then would hear an ear shattering beep and then then phone would switch to speaker phone. This happened several times. I did have a screen protector on the phone but removed it. It continued even after I removed the protector.
I swapped the phone for a new one and all was fine for the first several days. Yesterday the problem started again. And, no, no screen protector this time.
I've noticed this with this phone, as well. I have a screen protector, but it doesn't cover the proximity sensor. That's in the metal above the screen, I doubt anyone's screen protector would affect it.
Sometimes when my face is literally pressed against the phone, and by proxy the proximity sensor, the screen still comes on and I can see it out of the corner of my eye. While it happened occasionally with my other phones, this has happened more in the week and a half I've had this phone than a couple months with the others. I think it might be a defect in the model if others are having this issue.
I've also had it turn on the speakerphone for no reason even when it's pressed against my face. Don't know if that's part of the issue or not.
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I've noticed this with this phone, as well. I have a screen protector, but it doesn't cover the proximity sensor. That's in the metal above the screen, I doubt anyone's screen protector would affect it.
Sometimes when my face is literally pressed against the phone, and by proxy the proximity sensor, the screen still comes on and I can see it out of the corner of my eye. While it happened occasionally with my other phones, this has happened more in the week and a half I've had this phone than a couple months with the others. I think it might be a defect in the model if others are having this issue.
I've also had it turn on the speakerphone for no reason even when it's pressed against my face. Don't know if that's part of the issue or not.
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Well it's nice to hear that I am not the only one having this issue, but frustrating that I am too. . If anyone finds settings or a solution let me know. . It's definitely annoying.
Must be a limited issue. Haven't heard of this from anyone I know and I have yet to have the issue.
I think I may have figured out my problem. I had an "el cheapo" TPU case (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Transparent...r-for-HTC-One-2013-M7-Accessory-/330949139388) on the phone. Today I put 3 different callers on speakerphone & mute simultaneously. Took the case off and haven't had a problem since.