Hello, I have recently discovered a very annoying problem with the touchscreen on my Motorola Defy:
I have noticed that the touch screen acts strange sometimes, so I have installed a touch test application(Touchtest by Hermit). In this application I have noticed that if I touch the screen in two different points in a fast succession, a line appears between these two dots. This makes a lot of application that require multitouch pretty much useless, because I have to restart the application to have the touch screen working again.
Is there any solution for this? I have heard that this may be a software issue, so I have e-mailed Motorola, but they have not answered yet.
I have attached two pictures to illustrate what I am saying, one taken before this strange error, and one after pressing on two spots very fast. You can see the line connecting the dots in the second picture. I can make a video if you still can't figure out what I am saying.
Thank you.
Im having a very similar problem here on my defy. When I play games on psx4droid and when I keep pressing x key, it stops working for a while then I have to release the button and when I press it again, it stops working and it continues
I encounter similar problems with my Defy.
When for instance using slide to unlock , 1 / 5 sildes fails. I have to slide 2 - 3 times until it unlock.
It also scrolls very slow in applications and the same thing happens when typing a message.
Solution : Unse lock button.
It currently runs Pays ROM, but the situation appeared since I installed 2.2.1.
I don't remember having this problems on 2.1.
Don't know if the situation is only related to software but it is really annoying.
Found this info regarding touchscreen slowness, but I am using the original charger so it doesn't apply for me.
Motorola Defy Touchscreen Problem
I recently got my Motorola Defy,my Defy's touchscreen acts sometimes really weird, on keyboard it's hard to enter 'r' or 'b' and some other characters, it takes little while to unlock the phone, it automatically opens applications, I don't know if it's due to faulty handset or software, I am considering it returning to Phone4U and get a replacement handset.
What version of Android are you using ?
Same problems here, but I think it is a software issue.
I'm having the same problem on my Defy.
After a while, the multi touch stops. I posted on the Motorola Forums
https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/44733
but no response.
I used YAMTT and when having two touches, after 20 seconds, one of them disappears
This is repeatable
2.51.1 UK with 2.1 Android
Well, it is clear that this is a problem that affects many Motorola Defy users. But I wonder if someone could fix this thing?
Looks like the new software version 2.51.1 did not fix this bug. I haven't tried it yet, but I see some of you have.
So it looks like our only solution could be a developer from XDA. Could someone help please?
This is ridiculous...i've sent my phone to motorola only because it was giving this problem and basically what i think is that their own software is causing this problem so i'll be waiting for 3 weeks and when i get my defy...it'll still have that problem...Ridiculous...
I did a bit more experimenting.
I flashed the 2.2 Finnish blur, multitouch still disappears after 20 seconds using the touch testing programs
I also booted into Safe Mode (vol up + vol down during boot)
The same problem persists; I was using gallery image zoom to test.
However, I got my friend who has a Motorola Droid to install YAMTT. The multitouch lasted about 30-40 seconds. Not sure what to make of that. He's running some version of Cyanogen Mod on Android 2.3
efpob said:
I did a bit more experimenting.
I flashed the 2.2 Finnish blur, multitouch still disappears after 20 seconds using the touch testing programs
I also booted into Safe Mode (vol up + vol down during boot)
The same problem persists; I was using gallery image zoom to test.
However, I got my friend who has a Motorola Droid to install YAMTT. The multitouch lasted about 30-40 seconds. Not sure what to make of that. He's running some version of Cyanogen Mod on Android 2.3
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Defy doesn't support cynogen mod and 2.3
I was messing around today and even the single touch disappears after a while
30 seconds or so
Mine sometime stop response after few seconds
really wierd
Tell me who is on stock rom and is having problem..because im on 2.2 leaked..so i cant really say if u hv this problem on 2.1...
I got this response from a Motorola employee. Anyone know of a way around this?
Motorola Employee said:
If you touch the screen and don't move for a long time, the screen will eventually try to ignore that touch as it'll be considered invaild. That's what you're seeing. If you continue to move your finger(s), touch will continue to work. Also, when you release the screen, it acts to clear the invalid touch region that you generated earlier.
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https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/44733
have simular problems............100 procent hardware problem..... if i twist phone a little it will go back to normal for a while
any ideas for disable it?changing some parameter or something?
I have the same problem. screen sometimes go crazy. i am using stockrom eclair SEA 2.59. sometimes it seems that it tap icons or part of the screen even without I actually tap on something. and it seems it affect the capacitive button under the screen. I am not touching the search button but the search box suddenly appear.
I have to push the power button and unlock the screen to make it normal.
somebody please help us. I am also having this weird problem. Touchscreen gets pressed itself not everytime but it happens very frequently. Tried everything, hard reseted too.
At least I gotta hope that its not a hardware problem as many of u are also facing this problem. Any body please confirm if flashing cm7 has helped u or any other solution.
brjshshrma said:
somebody please help us. I am also having this weird problem. Touchscreen gets pressed itself not everytime but it happens very frequently. Tried everything, hard reseted too.
At least I gotta hope that its not a hardware problem as many of u are also facing this problem. Any body please confirm if flashing cm7 has helped u or any other solution.
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i returned my defy months ago but what you can do is, try to flash cyanogenmod on your defy...that should fix the problem.
Hi, I've registered myself just a minute ago, reading the link that efpod left here and I've remembered that I charged my Defy with a Galaxy S i9000 charger friday (I've charged it once the batery was drained later with my original charger) and today it is failing A LOT, it's really anoying.
I got Cyanogen Mod (latest) installed on my phone so that doesn't fix the problem.
I'm uncharging it with "StabilityTest - CPU / GPU Test" and when the battery drains out I'm gonna charge it with the original one, after that, I'll test it during the day and I'll leave a messege to keep you informed.
Hey guys,
I am currently dual booting Linux and Android, was using Clean Rom, and I keep having a really weird problem. My screen keeps randomly clicking in the bottom corner (where the notification bar is in landscape), and sometimes the screen will shake if the page has a scroll option, like moves slightly down and up, and I cant really click on anything. Im trying to see if I can reinstall linux/cleanrom with a different kernel, but having some issues atm. Any suggestions? Note that this happenswithout my case on and without my keyboard too
Hi - I have tried multiple Lollipop based ROMs on my OPO. All the Lollipop ROMs have exhibited the same failure on my OPO: When the phone wakes up, I will randomly see a totally black - and basically unusable - desktop, but have a fully working Status Bar and working pull-down Navigation Bar. Holding the power button also brings up the shut-down options. so, I know that my phone isn't dead or frozen, I just can't see anything on my desktop. If I press the power button momentarily to lock the phone, I will see the unlock 3x3 pattern grid when I power on, and I can unlock the phone - but, I see a black desktop.
I recently loaded the official CM12 nightlies, and I am seeing the exact same thing. One thing I have finally determined (which I suspected previously), is that there was some sort of App crash during the phone sleep that had a pop-up message on the screen when the phone woke up. After a lot of random finger mashing and loud screaming at the phone, I saw my desktop again, and saw that "Google App" had crashed. After clearing the error pop-up, my phone has worked fine without rebooting ... for now.
The problem with this is that the black desktops become more frequent as time progressed, eventually reaching the point where I would reboot my OPO and it would power up to a black desktop. In the past, I occasionally saw a flash that looked like a pop-up message before the black desktop, and now I have confirmed that is what is happening.
Does anybody know what is going on?
The problem can be the gapps package you're flashing. Try another one.
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The problem can be the gapps package you're flashing. Try another one.
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Thanks! Do you have a suggested gapps I should try? I loaded pa_gapps-modular-mini-5.0.1-BETA7-20150111a-signed with this build.
Hi,
I have an AT&T Note Edge recently updated to 5.0.1.
Since the update, I noticed the device started to have touchscreen issues: it clicks itself randomly.
Some times I am writing on the virtual keyboard and it duplicates pressed keys, or maybe presses other keys. When scrolling an app, some times it may recognize a click before sliding, which results in e.g. open a link on browser instead of scrolling the page.
Does anybody have this same problem?
Regrads, David
dacohen said:
Hi,
I have an AT&T Note Edge recently updated to 5.0.1.
Since the update, I noticed the device started to have touchscreen issues: it clicks itself randomly.
Some times I am writing on the virtual keyboard and it duplicates pressed keys, or maybe presses other keys. When scrolling an app, some times it may recognize a click before sliding, which results in e.g. open a link on browser instead of scrolling the page.
Does anybody have this same problem?
Regrads, David
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I get this every now and again as well. I think they bumped up the sensitivity on the panel with the new firmware since it only happens to me when my finger is close to the screen.
Yesterday it kept pressing backspace many times in a row even with my fingers far from screen.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N915A using XDA Free mobile app
Same problem here..
dacohen said:
Hi,
I have an AT&T Note Edge recently updated to 5.0.1.
Since the update, I noticed the device started to have touchscreen issues: it clicks itself randomly.
Some times I am writing on the virtual keyboard and it duplicates pressed keys, or maybe presses other keys. When scrolling an app, some times it may recognize a click before sliding, which results in e.g. open a link on browser instead of scrolling the page.
Does anybody have this same problem?
Regrads, David
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Yes. This happens frequently on my AT&T Note Edge. Also, the screen freezes, the phone overheats, the battery dies in a couple of hours of medium (I now carry 3 spares), apps crash all the time....and so on. This was a great phone that was destroyed by the Lollipop update. When I get back from this trip, I plan to feed it to AT&T and get something that works. There are no fixes, by the way, just nonsense about rebooting.
Hello, everyone.
I tried to install AOSiP 9.0 pie official on my Huawei GR5(I even check 256sum, and make sure nobody touched the original ROM), everything works fine, and i like that os, the only thing is bothering me is the home screen at bottom, there is a Google sign "which can drag up) taking some space, i can not get ride of that. It is not a big problem. I still can use it, i like that simple and customed interface.
Then there is a problem on my phone yesterday, I accidently pressed "power key" several time, then my phone had no response, like brick. I only can see there is light on my charging display light. The full screen is black whatever i do. When i got home, i use ADB command to wake phone up again.
Then i flashed back LineageOS 17.1 again.
What happened to my phone? did anyone have this problem before?