Hi,
So I got an HTC One M8 when it first came out, loved it right from the start. However, since the start, I've been having various software issues. The gesture controls never really worked for me, the on board music player app never really worked for me either (to be fair, I think that's because my SD card is dying)...however, the biggest annoyance I've been having is that the default text messenger app randomly opens.
By that I mean, I can be doing something on my home screen, tapping away in an area that has nothing to do with where my messenger app is, and all of a sudden I'll be in my last text conversation.
I have sent my phone out for repair once and they re-flashed it. The problem persists after that.
Any suggestions?
Majestic8705 said:
Hi,
So I got an HTC One M8 when it first came out, loved it right from the start. However, since the start, I've been having various software issues. The gesture controls never really worked for me, the on board music player app never really worked for me either (to be fair, I think that's because my SD card is dying)...however, the biggest annoyance I've been having is that the default text messenger app randomly opens.
By that I mean, I can be doing something on my home screen, tapping away in an area that has nothing to do with where my messenger app is, and all of a sudden I'll be in my last text conversation.
I have sent my phone out for repair once and they re-flashed it. The problem persists after that.
Any suggestions?
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Does it do that with just the messenger? I mean... The area on the phone where the messenger app is, have you noticed at all while in another program or something that that area gets "tapped". If not then we can probably exclude a hardware related issue kinda like a "stuck button" on the touch pad.
BerndM14 said:
Does it do that with just the messenger? I mean... The area on the phone where the messenger app is, have you noticed at all while in another program or something that that area gets "tapped". If not then we can probably exclude a hardware related issue kinda like a "stuck button" on the touch pad.
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Tried that, just a moment ago. Moved my messenger app over along the bottom and put a browser in the spot the messenger app was. However, now my phone is randomly launching the Car app.
Majestic8705 said:
Tried that, just a moment ago. Moved my messenger app over along the bottom and put a browser in the spot the messenger app was. However, now my phone is randomly launching the Car app.
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better yet check to see if it "draws" on the line test.
*#*#3424#*#* It should give you a screen with "HTC Function Test" at the top, press accept, select Line Drawing test and press on Run. Touch the screen once and wait for it to tell you to start drawing, just leave it then and see if it makes marks on the screen or not.
Just to check if maybe it's an issue with touch pad.
BerndM14 said:
better yet check to see if it "draws" on the line test.
*#*#3424#*#* It should give you a screen with "HTC Function Test" at the top, press accept, select Line Drawing test and press on Run. Touch the screen once and wait for it to tell you to start drawing, just leave it then and see if it makes marks on the screen or not.
Just to check if maybe it's an issue with touch pad.
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Did that, the line appeared on the screen as I drew.
I feel I should mention that the car app is now randomly launching even when I press the home button.
Majestic8705 said:
Did that, the line appeared on the screen as I drew.
I feel I should mention that the car app is now randomly launching even when I press the home button.
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Yeah but I didn't want you to draw anything, I wanted you to check if it draws on its own.
Touch the screen once and wait for it to tell you to start drawing, just leave it then and see if it makes marks on the screen or not
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It might be a hardware problem then I don't think there's much that we can do on this side. I find it funny and odd that the service center you took it too didn't run these kinds of tests themselves and just instead decided to "reflash" (If they even did that).
Hopefully though the problem is software related somehow and perhaps a complete restore would fix it, but we'll see.
BerndM14 said:
Yeah but I didn't want you to draw anything, I wanted you to check if it draws on its own.
It might be a hardware problem then I don't think there's much that we can do on this side. I find it funny and odd that the service center you took it too didn't run these kinds of tests themselves and just instead decided to "reflash" (If they even did that).
Hopefully though the problem is software related somehow and perhaps a complete restore would fix it, but we'll see.
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Sorry, just skipped the last part of that sentence. Bad habit of mine.
No lines appeared when I just waited.
Majestic8705 said:
Hi,
So I got an HTC One M8 when it first came out, loved it right from the start. However, since the start, I've been having various software issues. The gesture controls never really worked for me, the on board music player app never really worked for me either (to be fair, I think that's because my SD card is dying)...however, the biggest annoyance I've been having is that the default text messenger app randomly opens.
By that I mean, I can be doing something on my home screen, tapping away in an area that has nothing to do with where my messenger app is, and all of a sudden I'll be in my last text conversation.
I have sent my phone out for repair once and they re-flashed it. The problem persists after that.
Any suggestions?
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Have you got any mods going? Xposed for example? Something might be on like swipe up/down/left/right to launch an app etc. Must be something like that or it wouldn't only do it on the home screen.
backfromthestorm said:
Have you got any mods going? Xposed for example? Something might be on like swipe up/down/left/right to launch an app etc. Must be something like that or it wouldn't only do it on the home screen.
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No mods, Only thing in terms of swipe commands I have running are the default HTC Gesture commands which launch things like the camera. They don't open any of the apps that have been acting up.
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I have a problem where, I am in a conversation in Whatsapp, and i am done writing a message, and then i lock the screen, and when i unlock it maybe 15 seconds later, i type, but nothing is showing up, its just records what i press but doesn't type. I have to go the the main screen, and reopen Whatsapp to get it working again...
Anyone else notice this?
Its really annoying if you are in an intense conversation and have to act fast
ROM: Codename Android 1.5.5
Kernel: FrancoKernel Milestone 2
I have wiped everything 1000x times and reinstalled everything. Found some people who had the same issue, but no one found a solution.
Thanks XDA,
David
Dubadai said:
I have a problem where, I am in a conversation in Whatsapp, and i am done writing a message, and then i lock the screen, and when i unlock it maybe 15 seconds later, i type, but nothing is showing up, its just records what i press but doesn't type. I have to go the the main screen, and reopen Whatsapp to get it working again...
Anyone else notice this?
Its really annoying if you are in an intense conversation and have to act fast
ROM: Codename Android 1.5.5
Kernel: FrancoKernel Milestone 2
I have wiped everything 1000x times and reinstalled everything. Found some people who had the same issue, but no one found a solution.
Thanks XDA,
David
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Happens sometimes to me too and I am rooted on stock. Pretty sure it has nothing to do with us and everything to do with whatsapp having an ICS bug.
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Whatsapp used to have exact same problem on my Nokia 5800XM too, I think it happens because of Whatsapp.
confirmed this happening occasionally on LG optimus one.
therefore, it is definitely because of the whatsapp app itself
usually i just press back button for once, back to conversation list and go back to my conversation. typing works back so you dont need to go homescreen thats two steps back
Confirmed bug for me too
Galaxy Nexus GSM
AOKP M4
Franco M2
To everyone who replied, thank you! Makes my life easier knowing its not ROM/Kernel etc...
Filed a complain to Whatsapp, such a great app apart from this bug!
Miasmic said:
confirmed this happening occasionally on LG optimus one.
therefore, it is definitely because of the whatsapp app itself
usually i just press back button for once, back to conversation list and go back to my conversation. typing works back so you dont need to go homescreen thats two steps back
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I usually press home button and then my Whatsapp icon on my main screen, usually goes fast, but still... rather annoying
How deep would this 'error' lie? Could devs fix it?
I get this exact same problem with Handcent! Currently using Swype, and like 30% of the time I will have to go back to the conversation list and re-select my conversation to start typing again.
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Quick question, is everyone using NovaLauncher too? It sometimes happen with normal SMS as well. But 95% of the time it is Whatsapp
ohh3nry said:
Quick question, is everyone using NovaLauncher too? It sometimes happen with normal SMS as well. But 95% of the time it is Whatsapp
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I am also using Nova, but I'm not sure why that would affect other apps like this.
Any solution to this problem?
Got the very same at my galaxy s6, too. Android 5.1.1
I'd also like to know if there's any workarounds for this. My wife's having the issue and she's blaming me. :silly:
I may have a workaround. I have the galaxy note 3 and i use a custom rom thats pretty much close to stock and I notice that if I lock the device and unlock shortly after, I can't type anywhere, on kik, what'sapp, gosms pro, even google search. So I've just decided to test things out and see what's going on and here is what I found....
Eventually I can type again if I simply wait, but no one likes to wait but this is the longest solution.
Clearing the RAM using built in cleaner or 3rd party memory cleaner seems to allow me to type again.
I didnt like playing the guessing game in knowing how long to wait before I can type again so in kik or go sms pro, I would type one of the native apps' emoticon and then hold the backspace button down until it erases it...then I knew it was ready to let me type again (I have haptic feedback on for keyboard presses so I can look away as I hold down the backspace button - this would let me know when it eventually erased due to the haptic feedback of the smiley getting deleted).
Since the issue occurred only after unlocking, I tried turning off the lock screen completely and turning off phone and back on again....keyboard types right away with no issues!
Its more secure to have a lock screen on the phone so turning off lock screen isn't the best option unless you're like me and are the only person at home with no worries of someone else taking your phone so I decided to try something else that seemed to solve the issue, and that is..............turning off "Multiple Widgets" in lock screen.....tested and worked! I can totally type again right away after unlocking the lockscreen shortly after locking it.
This is what worked for me and for you developers out there....if you can use this to pinpoint why this happens on android, perhaps you can use this information to rectify it.
Hope I helped!!!
Is anybody getting this weird issue when they're typing: The keyboard all of a sudden just goes away on it's own after 2 or 3 keystrokes. It happens a lot when I use the Bing Search function. I'll get two or three letters down then the keyboard abruptly goes away. So I have to get two or three key presses in each time I restart the process.
Anybody know what could be causing this? It's not just limited to my Bing Search, I literally got so frustrated trying to start this thread through my phone's browser that I had to dig out the laptop instead.
And this is happening on a Lumia 900?
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sorry not I
iiDeadSeriousii said:
Is anybody getting this weird issue when they're typing: The keyboard all of a sudden just goes away on it's own after 2 or 3 keystrokes. It happens a lot when I use the Bing Search function. I'll get two or three letters down then the keyboard abruptly goes away. So I have to get two or three key presses in each time I restart the process.
Anybody know what could be causing this? It's not just limited to my Bing Search, I literally got so frustrated trying to start this thread through my phone's browser that I had to dig out the laptop instead.
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the symptoms are those of the disappearing keyboard issue with mango. Its supposedly fixed in this release of mango. However several people have reported seeing it.
I suggest you report it to Nokia at the web site. You won't be able to fix it on your own.
alodar1 said:
the symptoms are those of the disappearing keyboard issue with mango. Its supposedly fixed in this release of mango. However several people have reported seeing it.
I suggest you report it to Nokia at the web site. You won't be able to fix it on your own.
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This still happens to me occasionally on both my original Focus, and my Lumia 900. Both are updated.
alodar1 said:
the symptoms are those of the disappearing keyboard issue with mango. Its supposedly fixed in this release of mango. However several people have reported seeing it.
I suggest you report it to Nokia at the web site. You won't be able to fix it on your own.
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Ok, I didn't know if it was a symptom of Mango or the Lumia. It's just so weird when it happens, I notice it when I'm low on battery more often, but idk what sort of relevance that would have. Thanks for the tip though.
Yeah, I get it quite often on my Lumia 900. Also my Radar still has it happen occasionally, my girlfriends Radar has it happen more than mine. All updated as well.
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Are you sure you're not accidently rubbing you hand/finger on the back button? The back button, since it's universal, will remove the keyboard if it's on screen. And because Back, Home and Search button all use capative touch instead of having to push them, simply rubbing or bumping them will cause them to activate.
I had this problem when I first got my Lumia, but I've adjusted and adapted.
SwimSwim said:
Are you sure you're not accidently rubbing you hand/finger on the back button? The back button, since it's universal, will remove the keyboard if it's on screen. And because Back, Home and Search button all use capative touch instead of having to push them, simply rubbing or bumping them will cause them to activate.
I had this problem when I first got my Lumia, but I've adjusted and adapted.
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For me, definitely not. I've tested it many times on my Lumia and my Focus. It's definitely something to do with the keyboard deactivating itself. It happens to me a lot if I try to share an article I read in WP7 News app and go to email. When I try to type my name in the TO: field, I get one or two letters, then it goes away and I end up clicking/typing in the message body.
It seems like if I give it a moment to rest, then start typing, it's less likely to do it, but that's a little annoying, since I want to check my stuff and get on with things. Not a huge issue, mind you, but annoying none the less.
No, im not accidentally touching the back buttons.I'll ask my girlfriend if she's having the same problem, but it's gotta be a software issue from what I'm hearing now.
SuperSport said:
For me, definitely not. I've tested it many times on my Lumia and my Focus. It's definitely something to do with the keyboard deactivating itself. It happens to me a lot if I try to share an article I read in WP7 News app and go to email. When I try to type my name in the TO: field, I get one or two letters, then it goes away and I end up clicking/typing in the message body.
It seems like if I give it a moment to rest, then start typing, it's less likely to do it, but that's a little annoying, since I want to check my stuff and get on with things. Not a huge issue, mind you, but annoying none the less.
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Huh, this doesn't happen to me though. Guess it's only effecting certian modles... Nonetheless, this kind of defeats their whole add campaign (Smartphone beta test is over)
iiDeadSeriousii said:
Ok, I didn't know if it was a symptom of Mango or the Lumia. It's just so weird when it happens, I notice it when I'm low on battery more often, but idk what sort of relevance that would have. Thanks for the tip though.
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at&t has not rolled the fix out yet, but the lumia supposedly has it. Other carriers that rolled out the fix, still report some problems, though not nearly as widespread. AT&T says they will roll out the fix around the tango release timeframe..i think it needs more work.
Mine is doing it now after updating to the latest software, this sucks! I hope they fix it asap, very annoying when composing text and the keyboard disappear!
humblehyper said:
Mine is doing it now after updating to the latest software, this sucks! I hope they fix it asap, very annoying when composing text and the keyboard disappear!
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I have actually noticed this problem less and less as the weeks have gone on. It's not so much that I'm getting used to it, cause I notice when it does happen, I think it was just a weird thing. I haven't had a problem personally since the update either.
Hi,
I don't have this issue on my 900 nor does my wife see it on hers. That said, let me offer what I know about the keyboard disappearing from previous hardware/builds.
When I had this issue on earlier hardware (Focus/Focus S) it was caused by apps set to run in the background. When an app is set to run in the background, the app would shift focus away from the current user task for a split second, and if you have the keyboard out the keyboard thinks you've switched to a different task and it closes. The way I worked around it was to disable background tasking for all my apps (settings -> applications -> background tasks. Note that when an app updates itself, it will reset this background task setting so you have to reset it. I never saw this problem again after I updated my Focus S to 8107. Still, it might not hurt as a troubleshooting step to disable background tasks and see if the problem reappears.
Michael
so far, i've not encounter this issue with my phone yet, but seems to be affecting mango version only, coz mine is already on tango....
Hi,
I have a UK sim free model. It sometimes misinterprets a tap or adds a phantom tap. Its not terrible but I'm sure mine has a issue. A quick Google and a tweet tell me I am not alone. Anyone else seeing this? I could return but I'm dubious it's hardware related...just not sure if it's worth waiting for a software update...
RealEvil_UK said:
Hi,
I have a UK sim free model. It sometimes misinterprets a tap or adds a phantom tap. Its not terrible but I'm sure mine has a issue. A quick Google and a tweet tell me I am not alone. Anyone else seeing this? I could return but I'm dubious it's hardware related...just not sure if it's worth waiting for a software update...
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I have same issues with my g4 here in the US.
Unfortunately same here, on a G4, korean model F500S.
I have the same issues on my G4. So probably returning it won't solve it. I notice it the most when I am scrolling in Facebook or web pages I will open a link accidently.
I have the same, occasionally it just won't respond to some taps, i find just pressing the standby on/off button quickly sorts it but it is very annoying.
same here in israel, sometimes do not respond to double tap on lock screen to wake the G4 up
im sure its a software issue, prolly the LP 5.1
Are so you guys using screen protectors? That was the issue for me with g3 and g2.
20degrees said:
Are so you guys using screen protectors? That was the issue for me with g3 and g2.
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I am using the out-of-the-box protector on G4. So the thing u mentioned was it with this kinda protector or after-market glass protector?
Try...SGS Touchscreen Booster - Google Play Store
I have run into this same problem with my Verizon G4 (VS986). Many of my taps have gone unrecognized.
I did find this.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/help/fix-touch-screen-registering-touches-t3128518
I tested the software that was recommended...and IT WORKED!
Give it a try...can't hurt!
nipun1110 said:
I am using the out-of-the-box protector on G4. So the thing u mentioned was it with this kinda protector or after-market glass protector?
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After market but plastic.
Just started to get issues where taps on the far left-hand side of the screen don't work.
blackknightavalon said:
Just started to get issues where taps on the far left-hand side of the screen don't work.
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Okay, I was able to replicate my bug. It happens after playing a game and stops after some time. Turning autorotate back on and switching back and forth from landscape view fixed it.
Hey guys.
I was searching the forums for a fix that solves the phantom/ghost touches I'm getting frequently on my LG G4, H815 model.
Sorry for the long post but my case looks a little more complex than the ones I've been seen in here.
In my case, that's how it happens:
I receive several multi-touches at the same time, usually when Data is enabled. Sometimes it starts right when I switch from Wi-Fi.
It happens often when I'm driving and using Location+Data as well, which drives me crazy. I does also happens (like another user mentioned in this thread) when scrolling down a feed (such as on Facebook) and it suddenly likes/shares a photo/post. It also drives me crazy! And there is also the case where it taps the keyboard and send crazy typos on chat apps when you are real-time texting someone! Another hassle is right after using the camera and opening the gallery to show someone the taken photo...it suddenly scrolls the gallery and open another photo. I just can't make it to see the taken pic. Therefore, I really wanna fix this so bad since it happens every time I need something right away.
A workaround that's been helping, though it's a pain:
I found that pressing the On/Off button and giving it a few seconds will return it to a normal state. The problem is when it happens while I'm driving and are supposed to take an exit/make a turn at the moment. There are some other cases where I'm into something and giving this few seconds is not an option.
Trying right now:
Someone suggested in this thread to use the SGS Touchscreen Booster. I'm giving it a try right now.
Important notes:
This issue has been happening since I got this phone on November, 2015. We got this 6.0 update recently and I was hoping that it would fix it. It didn't.
I have an after market screen protector that I applied in order to see if the issue would go away. It also didn't.
I have been searching about a digitizer replacement but I don't think is a hardware issue, since it just doesn't happens when I'm only on Wifi at home with Data disabled. I believe that the problem is the Data connection that triggers smth.
Any thoughts?
Does anyone have any idea or have experienced the same scenario before? Any thoughts on my guess of data enabling triggering the ghost touches?
Sorry for the long post and thank you so much for reading it.
I think it's both, its hardware and software, LG tried to fixed it but it makes it worst. You can solve the problem for few seconds putting your five fingers at the home menu, It goes crazy and after it stopped making ****. Anyway this phone is great but all the problems make it ****.
I am going to use this thread even though I think my problem is not as serious as yours are.
My problem is that touches are registered, but no action is taken.
For example. Quickly tapping on an icon on the home screen will highlight it, but it will not open the application. I enabled the option in Developer mode to display the touches and the touch is registered. It's just that the app will not load. If I click for a tad longer - it loads. Happens on both stock Launcher and Action Launcher. I have not noticed it happening outside the launcher.
I read something about a keyboard update, but in the Update Center I don't have anything related to the keyboard.
The icons I see it happening with are located in the lower part of the screen.
I am almost sure that this is a software problem, but several updates have not fixed it. Currently on v20d.
Any suggestions or ideas?
After a few more testing and monitoring, I found out that the ghost touches only take place when I'm on LTE.
And even more weird, while driving through some specific areas when I'm commuting.
It's just so weird to think that some towers may send a LTE signal that may cause the ghost touches.
At home, at work, wifi or data, it doesn't happen.
Weird this. I sometimes find that the 'dock' area of the screen will not respond to new touches. Therefore I can't open the phone or the app drawer etc. Odd thing is that I can drag icons from elsewhere over the area which makes me think this is more a software issue than a hardware one. If I open Chrome links can't be opened if they are in the affected area. It's just weird.
Some times this requires a reboot to clear but other times it appears to clear by itself. From my observations it seems to start after using the camera app.
Any ideas? Could this still be down to a defective device?
Matt.
I experienced the exact same thing. Everything else works normal though. It happens after using the Camera app and goes away after I clear the app from the multitasking window (which I have to do app by app since also "Clear all" can't be tapped). I just hope its a software bug that can be fixed by an update.
Clearing running apps doesn't sort the problem on mine. Your problem certainly sounds very similar though especially given the connection with the camera app in your case as well. Tried a factory reset and the problem persists but it is very random and difficult to reproduce. Still not 100% sure it's not some sort of hardware fault as I can't really see any touch screen related problems being reported on the web and this one is very irritating.
I experienced this once - also after having the camera. I rebooted and haven't experienced it again.
I have the same problem where my touch screen doesnt respond in the corners sometimes. Really abnoxious when playing games and then i just lose because of this. I send my phone to HTC and i waited 20 days to get my phone back with the same problem as before. First i downloaded a touch screen test app, and there it didnt show any response in the corners but another touch screen test app registered every touch.
I have the same problem. Seems to be caused by either the camera or the photos app. Closing them doesn't help here, but a reboot does. It's something that started happening recently so I hope an update of some sort will fix this.
Very annoying... If anyone has found a permanent solution I hope they'll share it here.
Skickat från min HTC 10 via Tapatalk
Found a fix
b0ngle said:
Weird this. I sometimes find that the 'dock' area of the screen will not respond to new touches. Therefore I can't open the phone or the app drawer etc. Odd thing is that I can drag icons from elsewhere over the area which makes me think this is more a software issue than a hardware one. If I open Chrome links can't be opened if they are in the affected area. It's just weird.
Some times this requires a reboot to clear but other times it appears to clear by itself. From my observations it seems to start after using the camera app.
Any ideas? Could this still be down to a defective device?
Matt.
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Yes it is a software issue. U just need to revert the photos app back to the factory version. This can be done by going into settings >apps >photos app and the click on uninstall updates. Then reboot your device and the problem should be gone. Try it out and tell us if it works for u as well.
b0ngle said:
Weird this. I sometimes find that the 'dock' area of the screen will not respond to new touches. Therefore I can't open the phone or the app drawer etc. Odd thing is that I can drag icons from elsewhere over the area which makes me think this is more a software issue than a hardware one. If I open Chrome links can't be opened if they are in the affected area. It's just weird.
Some times this requires a reboot to clear but other times it appears to clear by itself. From my observations it seems to start after using the camera app.
Any ideas? Could this still be down to a defective device?
Matt.
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or you could turn off the screen using power button and then turn your screen back on using fingerprint option....
its something to do with incompatible apps messing up frameworkres
Okay this has bugged the heck out of me for ages, maybe someone knows the answer to it.
The top notification bar (and sometimes the row underneath in certain apps) sometimes is completely unpressable, as if it's being blocked. I should note this happens on my Note 7, but has also occurred on my Note 3, my old S2 and even the S7. Which makes me think it must be a setting I choose, or an app I install.
Sometimes, I'll turn on my phone, go past the lock screen and I won't be able to drag the notification bar down. I found a workaround (which has worked on all my old phones).
- Turn the phone off
- Turn it back on
- On the lock screen try to drag the notification bar down (which doesn't do anything)
- Unlock the phone
- Then it works again!!
My mrs had this too, and my workaround fixed it.
This issue has spanned over multiple versions of Android and is now doing my head in.
Any ideas?
Some app overlay is on top of it such as: Flux, blue light filter, and things like that. Once disable the issue is gone. That might be your issue.
jonboyuk said:
Okay this has bugged the heck out of me for ages, maybe someone knows the answer to it.
The top notification bar (and sometimes the row underneath in certain apps) sometimes is completely unpressable, as if it's being blocked. I should note this happens on my Note 7, but has also occurred on my Note 3, my old S2 and even the S7. Which makes me think it must be a setting I choose, or an app I install.
Sometimes, I'll turn on my phone, go past the lock screen and I won't be able to drag the notification bar down. I found a workaround (which has worked on all my old phones).
- Turn the phone off
- Turn it back on
- On the lock screen try to drag the notification bar down (which doesn't do anything)
- Unlock the phone
- Then it works again!!
My mrs had this too, and my workaround fixed it.
This issue has spanned over multiple versions of Android and is now doing my head in.
Any ideas?
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I would place a 90% bet on this being a carried over app problem. Have you tried a fresh reset and reproduced the problem?
Have you also tried the service test for Touch ans S Pen? *#0*#
Kansatsusha said:
Some app overlay is on top of it such as: Flux, blue light filter, and things like that. Once disable the issue is gone. That might be your issue.
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I thought as much. I used to have Twilight installed but I deleted it and it hasn't solved my issue!
alltaken123 said:
I would place a 90% bet on this being a carried over app problem. Have you tried a fresh reset and reproduced the problem?
Have you also tried the service test for Touch ans S Pen? *#0*#
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I think so too. One example I have an issue with is the offscreen memo function. I pull the stylus out and can write on the screen off, but the row of buttons along the top NEVER work! But, I should say on a hard reset it was fine until all the apps were installed and logged into, or a setting was put in place. The service test for S Pen and Touch works perfectly. All I can think is trying to install 1 app at a time, and seeing what happens as a result. Will be painful with 100+ apps though. I'm about to replace my N7 on the recall too so I want to hold off on a hard reset too.
I feel your pain, if it were me I would rather discover the erroneous app now than later. Perhaps a backup via smartswitch on PC (very fast over USB 3) and when you know which app restore the backup and delete the app accordingly?
alltaken123 said:
I feel your pain, if it were me I would rather discover the erroneous app now than later. Perhaps a backup via smartswitch on PC (very fast over USB 3) and when you know which app restore the backup and delete the app accordingly?
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By pure luck. I found it. 3 years of pain and I nailed the bugger! Something you said triggered a thought process.
It was....
Cerberus security! An app that automatically hides itself from the draw once it's installed so usually never crossed my mind.
Disabling the "Block Status bar" feature in Cerberus fixed it.
PHEW!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for this (both of you).
good for you!