Touch activity lacking - Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A

I'm noticing a problem w/ the touch screen. It's seeming weak lately. I put a ZAGG screen protector on my N7(2013). Going to flash and see if that's the problem. Anyone have any problems like this? I look like a moron sitting there tapping the screen just to type a "r".

hoss9009 said:
I'm noticing a problem w/ the touch screen. It's seeming weak lately. I put a ZAGG screen protector on my N7(2013). Going to flash and see if that's the problem. Anyone have any problems like this? I look like a moron sitting there tapping the screen just to type a "r".
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Yea some do have some screen issues. Mine is like yours. Try plugging your table in via USB, which grounds it, and see if it goes away. If it does then it's a hardware, I think, issue. There are some fixes that can be tried found on XDA but I opted to use deal with it since it's minimal although still frustrating.
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LinearEquation said:
Yea some do have some screen issues. Mine is like yours. Try plugging your table in via USB, which grounds it, and see if it goes away. If it does then it's a hardware, I think, issue. There are some fixes that can be tried found on XDA but I opted to use deal with it since it's minimal although still frustrating.
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Thanks. I flashed. Seems to be writhing fine now. I have a two year warranty so I'm not worried about hardware. I'm on 4.4. I may fall back to 4.3 as a test too.

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Random rebooting

Ok. After having started the vertical lines thread I don't want to seem like a negative Nancy.
But my device has just been rebooting randomly like probably 5-10 times a day. Anyone else have this issue?
I'm assuming its a software issue knowing Samsung. But I just want to confirm with other people. I may exchange mine if I'm the only one having this issue.
I so really like the device though. Runs fast and smooth. Just stop rebooting on me! Lol
It did it once while I was writing this.
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You guys must have got a bad bunch of phones, I bought 2 and they are both awesome, I have not had one problem
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Yeah. Thats odd. I havent had one reboot at all.
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I have had one random reboot that I've noticed... Unfortunately it happened to me today as I was calling to speak with a guy about a possible job... He bought the "my phone dropped" answer I gave him when I called back but there was a frantic moment or two on my end when it happened...
What apps have you installed?
stevekixs said:
Ok. After having started the vertical lines thread I don't want to seem like a negative Nancy.
But my device has just been rebooting randomly like probably 5-10 times a day. Anyone else have this issue?
I'm assuming its a software issue knowing Samsung. But I just want to confirm with other people. I may exchange mine if I'm the only one having this issue.
I so really like the device though. Runs fast and smooth. Just stop rebooting on me! Lol
It did it once while I was writing this.
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id take it back or factory reset without ur apps installed and see if its a app causing it
Knock on wood, but I haven't had a reboot yet. Hopefully its just a bad unit that you have. I love my GS2.
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Hmm. It was doing it since I first got it. I don't think its an app. Laaaame.
It does it even when its on standby.
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I did some reading and it looks like one of the other galaxy sII variants had reboot issues with SD cards.
I have a 16gb Samsung card I put into mine. I'm not sure if that's related. Perhaps I should just exchange.
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stevekixs said:
I did some reading and it looks like one of the other galaxy sII variants had reboot issues with SD cards.
I have a 16gb Samsung card I put into mine. I'm not sure if that's related. Perhaps I should just exchange.
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If its an SD card issue then take out the SD card and see what happens or try formatting the SD card. I also have a 16gb SD card that I took out of my old Hd2 and my phone is working flawlessly. Definitely the best phone I've used to date and I've owned 2 Nexus S, 1 Nexus One, 2 G2x, 1 Hd2, 4 myTouch 4G, 1 myTouch 4g Slide, 1 Sensation 4g, 2 Vibrant's, Hd7 etc.
My point is I know my stuff when it comes to these Smart/Super Phones and I can say this one tops them all.
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Yes, this phone is winning. I suppose the sd could cause your issue, i've had zero reboots here.
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No reboots. I had a friend on a diff phone get random reboots after reloading their SMS and MMS from a backup. I think he had too many
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stevekixs said:
Hmm. It was doing it since I first got it. I don't think its an app. Laaaame.
It does it even when its on standby.
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Same here, and also almost the same amout of reboots per day. I even flashed the Stock, deodexed, rooted ROM posted and still rebooted. It always do it when it's in my leather case. Haven't seen it yet do it out of the case. I'm assuming it might be the magnet on the case.
My opinion the volume rocker & power sticks out a little bit to much.
Anyways I'm getting my replacement from Wirefly today. Let's see how the 2nd unit does.
Not one reboot
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zoth said:
Same here, and also almost the same amout of reboots per day. I even flashed the Stock, deodexed, rooted ROM posted and still rebooted. It always do it when it's in my leather case. Haven't seen it yet do it out of the case. I'm assuming it might be the magnet on the case.
My opinion the volume rocker & power sticks out a little bit to much.
Anyways I'm getting my replacement from Wirefly today. Let's see how the 2nd unit does.
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Hate to necro a thread, but better than starting a new one for the same issue Same problem as zoth...stock rooted deodexed ROM, 16GB SD card (but it was doing it before I put the SD card in), not under or over clocked, maybe 20 installed apps. Mine also seems to reboot when in the leather case. I go to make a call or text, pull it out, and its rebooting.
Is there a known fix? Or just return it? Just got it a week ago.
I've had one reboot but I was messing with clocks and voltages. Other than that, smooth sailing here.
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Hate to necro a thread, but better than starting a new one for the same issue Same problem as zoth...stock rooted deodexed ROM, 16GB SD card (but it was doing it before I put the SD card in), not under or over clocked, maybe 20 installed apps. Mine also seems to reboot when in the leather case. I go to make a call or text, pull it out, and its rebooting.
Is there a known fix? Or just return it? Just got it a week ago.
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Flash a different rom.
2hvy4grvty said:
Flash a different rom.
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OK. I didnt know if it was the ROM or the hardware. Im currently using Mr X's Tmoble SGH-T989UVKL1 Stock, Rooted, Lightly Tweaked, 100% [CIQ Free]
I was having this problem for a while, turned out my internal memory had somehow gotten corrupted.
To test is this is your problem, make a nandroid backup and then restore to it. If there is an error while restoring, then your memory is corrupted and you need to run SuperWipe.
In case you're worried about losing your data, at least in my case, I could still restore to the backup that had the corruption, but restoring it would cause the corruption to be present again, but obviously no guarantees.
stevekixs said:
Ok. After having started the vertical lines thread I don't want to seem like a negative Nancy.
But my device has just been rebooting randomly like probably 5-10 times a day. Anyone else have this issue?
I'm assuming its a software issue knowing Samsung. But I just want to confirm with other people. I may exchange mine if I'm the only one having this issue.
I so really like the device though. Runs fast and smooth. Just stop rebooting on me! Lol
It did it once while I was writing this.
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It's software, definitely not hardware!

Screen won't stay off

Love the phone but for some reason the screen won't stay off when I lock the phone. As you can imagine the battery life is suffering because of it. I am rooted but it did it before I was rooted and Rom'd. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I have my inactive timer set to 30 seconds.
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I dont understand what you are asking. My screen stays off just fine...
njmeyers83 said:
Love the phone but for some reason the screen won't stay off when I lock the phone. As you can imagine the battery life is suffering because of it. I am rooted but it did it before I was rooted and Rom'd. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I have my inactive timer set to 30 seconds.
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U try a different rom after wiping everything?
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What rom/kernel are you using?
I've had the issue with aokp #28 and axiom crossbreed. I have tried doing fresh installs and even going back to stock.
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Right now I'm on Axiom Crossbred with the Franco kernel. I've experienced the issue on the leaked 4.0.4 and stock. Did fresh installs each time.
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njmeyers83 said:
Right now I'm on Axiom Crossbred with the Franco kernel. I've experienced the issue on the leaked 4.0.4 and stock. Did fresh installs each time.
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is not so difficult, put the stock google images, don't install any app, press the power button to switch off the screen..does it stay off? yes: problem solved, no: go for warranty
I was afraid of that. I got the phone in trade for my iPhone 4s. Hahahaha. Worst case scenario I'll do an insurance replacement.
The issue is with the USB port on the phone. Try cleaning it out and using a thin knife or tool bend the inner contacts tab toward the front screen side of the phone.
That should resolve the issue.

Running Hot?

What temps are u guys running at? My phone never goes below 120°F (51°C) which seems kinda hot...isn't overclocked or anything. Thanks.
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Troll 7S said:
What temps are u guys running at? My phone never goes below 120°F (51°C) which seems kinda hot...isn't overclocked or anything. Thanks.
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120°F / 51° C seems very hot to me. My Gnex is on 84°F / 29°C. Even after playing high performance games it doesn´t heat up more than to 111°F / 44°C
What Rom / Kernel / Build are you running?
I'm running the latest Vicious/CM10 w/latest Franco but I've tried several other ROMs...none of my other gnex's ran this hot...it will go up to 160 with the slightest task to the point where it is uncomfortable to touch on the upper part of the screen.
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Troll 7S said:
I'm running the latest Vicious/CM10 w/latest Franco but I've tried several other ROMs...none of my other gnex's ran this hot...it will go up to 160 with the slightest task to the point where it is uncomfortable to touch on the upper part of the screen.
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maybe try the paranaoid android rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619582. there are a few reports about overheating with the stock CM10 kernel, but works perfectly for me. solutions there are switching to trinity kernel or franco as well. but mainly the overheating shoult result from a bad kernel.
If you don´t want to put on another rom, maybe switch back to an older / stable version of francos.
I don't think it is a kernel issue because I just got this replacement...(have had 6 gnex's...long story) was running the exact setup...never had any heat issues until this one. Even when it was bone stock I noticed the upper part of the screen was hot to the touch.
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Troll 7S said:
I don't think it is a kernel issue because I just got this replacement...(have had 6 gnex's...long story) was running the exact setup...never had any heat issues until this one. Even when it was bone stock I noticed the upper part of the screen was hot to the touch.
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then give back to your reseller. sounds like a factory problem then. phone shouldn´t heat up this much. not even it´s uncortable it may crash your phone (or parts of it) in the long run.
That's what I was thinking unfortunately...on to gnex number 7 I guess
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yeah unfortunately maufacturing standarts for the GNex are way below than these for samsungs own devices. but better exchange it now then beeing said it´s your fold if the cpu melts or something
Ya that's too bad...calling Verizon first thing in the morning thanks.
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i feel like you two don't know what you are talking about and idk wtf you are doing to your phone that you've had to return 6 of them? derp but, that's besides the point
now the issue at hand, i've had over heating since jelly bean on custom roms which has shut my phone down ... it seems to be a kernel issue as far as i can tell ... i'd recommend trinity's TNP1344-307-JB-STABLE35 http://goo.gl/jry8c
if the problem persists go back to stock ... and quit sending your phones back you are the reason why carriers don't want people to unlock their bootloaders
50°c is normal operating temp, the gnex has a thermal throttle that kicks in at around 75°c, then it scales down the cpu. You also have to consider the ambient temperature outside. Its 95°- 100°f here during the day, of course your phone will run a little hotter when its hot outside. Just use your phone
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Just dip ya phone in water, that should stop it getting to hot :cyclops:
Most of the phones I sent back I did not modify at all...asurion sent me 5 defective devices that all had hardware issues...(faulty screen, broken buttons, no radio, DOA, etc...probably refurbs), they then reimbursed me for buying a new phone through Verizon and it does not have any of those issues. I tried Trinity and it is running slightly cooler now. As for me not knowing what I'm talking about, that is why I asked in the first place. I didn't know what the average running temp. is.
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Just flash back to stock and see if you still have the overheating. If nothing changes you have a defective phone. I don't think my gnex has ever reached 120° F even with some mild overclocking and heavy use.

So tired of this.

How many of you were trying to use your rooted stock galaxy s3, and when you were using it, it froze, resulting in a battery pull? I am sick of this. Either after writing a long post, message, or status and it freezes and losing it all, or just now, when I was downloading the MOAR ROM (800 mb), it took an hour and thirty mins, and then at 94% it froze. I returned a galaxy s3 STOCK NOT ROOTED for this same problem, and got another and it still does it. How many of you have the same problem? This is one of the few reasons I wish I havent gotten this phone. Do not get me wrong, I love this phone and all its features, but there are these few tiny things that make me really mad that is does it, that makes me regret it too.
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I had this issue.
Download Fast Force Close from the market.
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ubigred said:
I had this issue.
Download Fast Force Close from the market.
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Oh okay. Thank you. I just find it very annoying. Wanted to see if other people had problems like this.
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I can say I'm not experiencing this. Rock solid, could be the Rom you're on, or kernel. Any oc or uv?
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Can't say I ever had this problem...
socos25 said:
I can say I'm not experiencing this. Rock solid, could be the Rom you're on, or kernel. Any oc or uv?
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First phone it happened on stock rom rooted/not rooted (happened on both) and it happens on stock rom rooted on 2nd phone. I dont mess with kernals or CPU or Overclocking/ anythinf like that because i am scared of breaking my phone. So it has been bone stock other than root
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Can't say I ever had this problem...
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Neither have I, I was having overheating issues but found a way around it. Hope a solution comes your way. This does remind of the bad chip issues the orig tmobile galaxys were having tho
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Tell us the full story. It's your phone refurb?
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My phone froze once. I've had it for 9 months. I'd start looking at things like a badly written app or an issue with the SD card if I were you. BTW, you should be able to force a reboot by just holding the power button for 10 seconds.
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Tell us the full story. It's your phone refurb?
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First phone was brand new, this one is refurbished.
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Jataadroid said:
Neither have I, I was having overheating issues but found a way around it. Hope a solution comes your way. This does remind of the bad chip issues the orig tmobile galaxys were having tho
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My first one over heated bad. Take it to sprint and they can fix it. Helped me. It was my first big smartphone and I thought it was normal.
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Have never once had this problem on my GS3. Day one purchase too. Sorry to hear that.
I've had freezes due to custom kernel overclocking and undervolt testing, but once I found the right settings, I haven't had a single freeze...and it's been months.
Phone has ran its longest at 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours.
Never had this problem. Rooted since 2nd week in July.
No issues here either; rooted and blue-tified not long after getting it 6/21.
My first phone I had was a dud. The screen would flicker and freeze up. The only way it would fix itself was a battery pull. But it would start doing the same thing within a few minutes. I got my replacement and haven't had problems since. Maybe it's possible you got another dud? There worse thing that can happen is you get another bad phone, or you get a good one. If you'd get another bad one you could just see if they'll let you upgrade to a new phone early. Have a buddy who just that same thing, not with a s3 though.
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Overheating means one of two things.
1. You phone is in an extremely marginal signal location and keeps switching between cells. Lots of radio activity at full power will heat up the phone.
2. An app is using lots of CPU power and/or data and may be "running away".
You should be able to get some clues on this by looking at battery stats to see what's using the most power.
freeza said:
Have never once had this problem on my GS3. Day one purchase too. Sorry to hear that.
I've had freezes due to custom kernel overclocking and undervolt testing, but once I found the right settings, I haven't had a single freeze...and it's been months.
Phone has ran its longest at 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours.
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kennyglass123 said:
Never had this problem. Rooted since 2nd week in July.
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No issues here either; rooted and blue-tified not long after getting it 6/21.
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godbilla said:
My first phone I had was a dud. The screen would flicker and freeze up. The only way it would fix itself was a battery pull. But it would start doing the same thing within a few minutes. I got my replacement and haven't had problems since. Maybe it's possible you got another dud? There worse thing that can happen is you get another bad phone, or you get a good one. If you'd get another bad one you could just see if they'll let you upgrade to a new phone early. Have a buddy who just that same thing, not with a s3 though.
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I always thought it was something I did, but I took my first one in and it froze and heated up, now this one just freezes. I don't wanna take the 2nd one in because that is just extra work for sprint and I can deal with it. If my computer worked or I could download the moar rom (or any for that matter) without it freezing or restarting the download I wouldn't have this problem. Oh well. Nothing I can't deal with. Heck, it is a great phone.!
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Whiplashh said:
How many of you were trying to use your rooted stock galaxy s3, and when you were using it, it froze, resulting in a battery pull? I am sick of this. Either after writing a long post, message, or status and it freezes and losing it all, or just now, when I was downloading the MOAR ROM (800 mb), it took an hour and thirty mins, and then at 94% it froze. I returned a galaxy s3 STOCK NOT ROOTED for this same problem, and got another and it still does it. How many of you have the same problem? This is one of the few reasons I wish I havent gotten this phone. Do not get me wrong, I love this phone and all its features, but there are these few tiny things that make me really mad that is does it, that makes me regret it too.
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Must be some rogue app you install consistently.
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Must be some rogue app you install consistently.
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I wonder what it could be though? I mean all I have are top notch apps that are like in the top 100 on play store. I don't download from play store without reading reviews.
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Whiplashh said:
I wonder what it could be though? I mean all I have are top notch apps that are like in the top 100 on play store. I don't download from play store without reading reviews.
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Hard to tell. Perhaps someone here knows a diagnostic to tell which app freezes the phone.
But it's most likely something that runs as a service (under Settings/Apps/Running), probably something you yourself installed. I'd start there first. If you have a quick and reliable way to determine if it will lock up (like running some stress test, maybe a benchmark), perhaps you could "freeze" some of those apps in Titanium Backup and find out which app is responsible.

[Q] touch screen unresponsive help?

Hi, I just recently bought my nexus 7 about 2-3 weeks ago and suddenly the screen has become unresponsive. The lock button works and will lock and unlock and rotating the screen still works but I cannot unlock it or do anything involving touch. I've reboot at least 10 times and it doesn't do anything. I've never dropped it and I baby it. Is there anything I can do? Has this happened to anyone else?
Return it, no need to mess with it, shuls still be under store warranty for an even replacement
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z0phi3l said:
Return it, no need to mess with it, shuls still be under store warranty for an even replacement
It's past the 15 day return date so that isn't an option so I'm going to need an attempt to fix sadly
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I have read over the forum and it seems like a lot of people have some kind of touchscreen problems.
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oadam11 said:
I have read over the forum and it seems like a lot of people have some kind of touchscreen problems.
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Yes, this is a VERY common problem (I went thru 3 before i gave up all with the same screen issues). I don't know why so many people are saying the screen issues are normal (my original Nexus 7 doesn't have any issues). The problem is apparently a grounding issue since it is completely eliminated when the USB cable is plugged in.
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rmn6 said:
Yes, this is a VERY common problem (I went thru 3 before i gave up all with the same screen issues). I don't know why so many people are saying the screen issues are normal (my original Nexus 7 doesn't have any issues). The problem is apparently a grounding issue since it is completely eliminated when the USB cable is plugged in.
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I'm sort of confused. I purchased my nexus 7 2013 in November and I've only had screen issues a few times but nothing too annoying (maybe it did not respond while selecting something). How do I know if my nexus has or will have the same issue? Is there any way to see when it was manufactured? Does it affect if I have installed a custom rom? Thanks in advance
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This is the problem, people are OK with the screen not being responsive (that is a major problem) the original 7 has no issues with this, so obviously they know how to make a responsive screen.
To answer your question, If you plug your 2013 Nexus 7 in and it corrects the issue your tablet is in fact defective.
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Over the last couple of days I'm having a lot of trouble with touch. If I lock and then unlock it it fixes it for a while.

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