It doesn't work in small areas of the screen, at random.
For example, earlier today, when typing on portrait, the "E" key won't work. I went to calibration, and when typing the "E" on the short sentence, it didn't register.
After the E-key starts working, all of a sudden the "N" key doesn't work. Same story with the calibration not working as well for that key...
When this happens, and I switch to landscape, the letter/item/object in that vicinity still doesn't work.
It's as if that small area is dead, and it happens at random, but enough that I am annoyed I can't text.
What's going on...?
I had that problem with the P key a restart made it better again
This used to happen to me on optimized stock roms with the stock keyboard. I would suggest you to find a keyboard on the market such as swype, or flexT9 and use one of those.
I am not aware of a fix for the keyboard not responding to touch gestures, So you have to improvise
Same here, I searched but could not find a fix. When I used another keyboard (if I recall) the problem become less frequent. Now that i am rooted and running a custom ROM, problem resolved.
Its gonna happen no matter what. Read the sensation forums its happening with that phone as well. Not sure if HTC is using the same touchscreen driver, but if they are that would explain it.
Do you know if it is a rooting problem our just the phones driver? I never had any issues when my phone was stock...the keyboard felt better on stock also.
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This also happens to me on occasion but it happened to my captivate also. Both rooted and romed with ASOP source. Maybe thats the cause?
Same here. Rooted and running a CoreDroid rom right now. Annoying.
That happens to me sometimes. Usually when I clean the screen it works.
This sure does appear to be a problem plaguing a lot of people.
I dont know why I've been spared this misery.
The closest I've ever experienced to this sort of problem was occasionally I'd be typing and it would sort of freeze, but all of the characters I typed in that "frozen" period of time actually went through, they just got delayed, like the phone had to catch up, as if they were buffered, but their actual output to the screen lagged by a second or or two. It doesn't do it anymore, and hasn't for a long time.
I can't think of what I did that would have made it disappear... I haven't flashed a different ROM for a long time. Running inspired ace.
What you guys are describing sounds different... Like no matter what you do, a certain key won't register, yet others will register just fine.
Yep that is what happens. No matter what you do the certain key would not register. It would require a restart. But as I mentioned before, ever since I rooted and changed ROMS, I have not experienced this problem again, yet. It wasn't often this would happen. Maybe twice a week or so....
This happens on my inspire as well. For me its the H key sometimes. I'm running cyanogenmod 7.1 and strangely enough its happened for two different keyboards: swift beta and smart keyboard pro. I feel a little relieved its not just me experiencing this
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Anybody had this issue? all of a sudden keys stop working (or parts of the screen) - Default keyboard in the default and Handsent SMS the K and L have stopped working...
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Anybody had this issue? all of a sudden keys stop working (or parts of the screen) - Default keyboard in the default and Handsent SMS the K and L have stopped working...
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My touch screen stop working when I turn the phone upside down.. Not sure if this is the same problem.
Haven't had this happen. I've only had the auto rotate stop working.
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RayYung said:
My touch screen stop working when I turn the phone upside down.. Not sure if this is the same problem.
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Honestly that's a really great idea if it was a feature. Think about it no more accidental answer/deny when pulling it out of your pocket if you put it in upside down. And how often if ever is the phone used upside down. I'm calling for a patent on this one!
I have this issue.
I have this issue and it goes far beyond the keyboard. I will be playing fruit ninja and half the screen will be unresponsive. Its happening quite a bit and I am thinking about exchanging my phone.
Same here
I've been having the same problems but I think it has only happened to me when I use custom ROMs such as Cyanogenmod or Coredroid. When I went back to stock I don't remember it happening.
I was running Coredroid V8.1 a few weeks ago and didn't like it because the font looked terrible but I think the keyboard didn't give that problem, it was with an older version of CD. Right now I am using Cyanogenmod 7.0 and it happens a lot and gets annoying. I now for a fact that is not hardware since the keyboard will work normally on landscape and other stuff will respond to the touchscreen.
Still trying to see if there is some sort of fix or to use a new keyboard. Installed GO keyboard and same thing happened, now using Swiftkey X and it happened also but now I took the protective case to see if that has something to do with it LOL.
edit: disregard.
ive had this problem also for awhile. i dont remember having it on the factory rom, but that was awhile back also. ive had it on every custom rom that i can think of. i used coredroid and cm7 for awhile. right now im using miui. ive tried 3-4 different keyboard at least, and had this problem with all of them. the keyboards accuracy also seems to decline. when switching to a new keyboard the problem initially goes away, but it eventually starts doing it again with the different keyboard.
I would try come non CM based roms as I have seen this come up a few times and the omr thing most have in common is that it shows up on CM based roms like MIUI. I have never had this issue on any sense based rom so that would lead me to think like wifi and Bluetooth that it is due to the non OEM drivers CM uses.
Coreddroid is a sense rom, and I had it back then. I've been using absolution, which is cm7 based, and have not since had the problem. The problem has also been reported to occur on non rooted, stock phones.
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Nevermind that, I still have it.
Hi All,
Im having a very frustrating time with my back button, this doesnt seem to be Rom or Kernal caused so im just wanting to see if it is a common Mez prob or if i might have a hardware glitch? My back button just seems to randomly start activating, no set pattern sometimes just one step sometimes several. I thought for awhile that i just had an over sensitive screen response but it will do it occasionally when im not even holding the phone. Not app dependent either. I am currently running EF 3.4.1 with the EC01 radio, but it has done the same thing on EC10 PNP and SFC 2.9. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
BTW: have tried FR and Reboots many times to no avail, prob with haptic?
I give up I,m stumped
I have been putting up with the same problem for about a month now. Doesnt matter what Rom/Kernel/whatever I am on, even happens in stock. Thinking about just returning it, but this is the one they gave me last time I did, hate to see what is next.
Note: I have noticed this happens a lot more on 3g than WiFi. Something to do with spotty reception?
Have you cleaned your phone around the Back button? If you've got gunk on your phone it can cause issues with these touch displays and soft keys.
Yeah I thought about that and did clean it unfortunately still happens. Thx for the response thou. I'm beginning to think I have a hardware problem, if not I will just have to live with it.
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I too have this problem. It does get annoying every once and a while but It doesn't happen to often.
I have had an otterbox case on so my buttons are clean I thought it might have been the screen protector on my case casing it but now that i hear other people have the same problem idk.
Yeah, it happens to me sometimes too. Usually when I'm at the home screen, and I try to lock it it takes a screen shot. If I just tap the back button a couple times or seems to stop. Its annoying, but it doesn't happen very often.
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Talked to uscc cs (nicest people I've ever had the pleasure of talking too) yesterday and I don't know if it is a known prob or if its just a company that likes to keep long time customers but they r sending a replacement out Monday.
Ill tell you one thing, not bad mouthing any other carrier but short of free phones and free service for life as long as I live in uscc coverage area nothing could get me to switch!
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Yeah, got my replacement coming also. Second phone in about a month, no questions asked, great customer service!
This has happened to me for a while. In trying to discern any sort of pattern I've noticed it happens the most in my web browser (Miren), but that by no means is it restricted to that app. I've also been unable to narrow down any triggering factor - it seems to be totally at the phone's whim.
I can also say that this is my second Mesmerize with this issue, so I suspect it's simply something about the Mes's hardware that causes this problem. Must be something about the way it's designed.
Very annoying.
I have had this problem from day one with this phone. I have since gone to many different roms and kernels and never have had an improvement, even with USCC stock updates they came out with. My brother and 3 of his friends and 1 of mine that have this phone also have the same issue and half of them are stock and untouched 1 or 2 even running 2.1 still. My girlfriends son has a Fascinate with verizon with the same issues. I was just on vacation this weekend with some friends and one running another touch screen phone from Samsung on USCC network with also the same issue and his is not even a Mes. I think this is a samsung issue and it sounds like they may have used similar if not the same hardware in different phones.
When I try to type on landscape mode the "t" will not respond when touching. Could this be an issue with a Rom or screen?
I had mine do that with the backspace button, i flashed another rom and the problem went away, not saying that this your problem just a thought...
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I had mine do that with the backspace button, i flashed another rom and the problem went away, not saying that this your problem just a thought...
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Thanks. I'm on coredroid 7 right now. I may try another Rom to see if it goes away.
Though I haven't experienced this personally, thankfully, this sounds like the "unresponsive keyboard" problem experienced by others across several different roms.
Most people tend to automatically assume the ROM they are running at that moment is responsible, when in actuality, it just happens to be the first time the problem surfaced for them.
It is suspected to be a bug in the touchscreen driver for the phone itself, not ROM-specific.
If we're talking about the same thing...
I believe Scott_S to be correct, LeeDroid reverted the kernel to the older FroYo touchscreen drivers on his kernel a revision or so ago and since then my screen has not had any "dead spots"
So you could possible try his kernel on your ROM of choice and see if the problem goes away
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I have had this happen on random letters with completely random ROMs. A reboot usually fixes the problem for me. Sometimes just opening and closing the app I am using will correct it as well.
Whatever wad going on has stopped. My guess is the kernel too. For some reason my phone doesn't like the leedroid kernel.
Hi, has anyone had the problem where certain keys on your keyboard randomly don't work but the keys around it do? I have to turn the screen off a few times to get it to work again. It happens very often, is there any fix? This is the first android phone that I've had a issue with the keyboard with. (nexus one and g2 were fine)
Using Gingeritis (beta IV) (Happens on the other roms too) and smart keyboard pro (tried the gingerbread keyboard same problem)
Thanks
I get this problem too.
I've noticed it on all of the ROMs I've used.
Doesn't matter if it's stock keyboard, SwiftKey, or SlideIT, I still get that problem.
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I get this problem too.
I've noticed it on all of the ROMs I've used.
Doesn't matter if it's stock keyboard, SwiftKey, or SlideIT, I still get that problem.
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yeah its very annoying, makes me just want to get a new phone haha, anyone have a solution??
U and E randomly sometimes a or s sooooooo annoying lol
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U and E randomly sometimes a or s sooooooo annoying lol
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yeah very, can't wait till the bionic comes out haha damn GS2 isnt coming
Double check that you are not accidentally resting your finger on one of the touch buttons on the phone. i had this problem when i first got my Thunderbolt and realized it was how i was holding the phone.
I've noticed this too, and like the person above me said, its usually because my hand barely rests on the search button. I guess its far enough off that it doesn't register it as touching the button, but still a part of the touch screen? Either way, moving my hand fixes it.
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My buddy had this problem where the screen was unresponsive and he called VZW about it and they acknowledged that it is a known problem. Sorry dont know a fix but apparently VZW knows about it.
for me, the problem hasnt been a key on the keyboard not working, but lits of times when i am in the middle of typing, the keyboard will disappear & when i bring it up again, the cursor will be in a completely different place.
additionally, sometimes when i press on a link nothing will happen. ill have to press 2-3 times before it registers. and as with the unresponsive key issue, this is also with any rom.
the cursor issue though seems to be worse on aosp roms.
I get this issue as well. It is VERY frustrating. I'm using swiftkey
I had trouble getting letter "k" to work today in smart keyboard pro . It took 4 tries.
I'm trying TouchPal, so far so good.
I've had this problem happen with EVERY ROM I've flashed and with multiple keyboards (HTC KB, GB KB, Swiftkey, etc.)
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My buddy had this problem where the screen was unresponsive and he called VZW about it and they acknowledged that it is a known problem. Sorry dont know a fix but apparently VZW knows about it.
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So will they replace phones? It's hella annoying.
They did offer to swap it for him. He is a unique case though, he is on his fourth or fifth tb. he has called vzw so many times and complained about his phone, they are going to give him a bionic when it comes out. so he declined the swap, but it was offered.
Hey guys,
I tried looking for this issue but I can't seem to find it, I doubt I'm not the only one (I hope I'm not the only one...)
I've been flashing roms for a while now, fiddling with different settings/kernels/etc. and then all of a sudden I'm having issues with my Softkeys. I'll be using the phone and then they just go blank. What also happens is that the Search key gets held down (by a ghost, it seems) and it opens up the voice search option. I've also seen my Back button flicker as if it's being pressed repeatedly.
Right now I'm on CodeName Android 1.4 but I've tried 1.6, CM9 and it seems to be the same issue. I'm assuming that since this is consistant accross all ROMs that it's a hardware issue (I could be wrong) but I'm wondering if this has happened before and if there's a way to fix it.
Thanks gents
Hi friend,
The same happened to me once. It was very weird. I panicked, and locked the phone. Then when I unlocked it everything was as before. It must be some kind of a glitch, coming from CM9 built roms (almost all roms that are around). Try doing a totally clean install with a popular rom and see how it goes.
Now I remember that the same happened once again, when I got a drop of water on my screen, as the touchscreen seems to detect water as a form of touching and then all sort of weird things happened. Hope its a rom issue, not a Touchscreen failure.
Thanks man,
I'm really hoping it's not a hardware issue either as I'm not sure what the process is in terms of sending my phone in for repairs.
I'll try a clean wipe and install tonight and see how it goes.
Thanks again
Update: Alright so I ended up calling Samsung because I had come to the conclusion that it was a hardware issue because every ROM I flashed I had the same damn issue.
I got the ok to send in my phone and all that, I went to return my phone to Stock and when I installed the OEM operating system everything was okay... I seriously doubt that every ROM I downloaded was bugged.
I'm thinking it's just a general glitch or is it possible that 1 ROM I downloaded was bugged and everyone after that inherited the same problem? I don't know...