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Is it me or is the touchscreen of the S6 very sensitive?

Does anyone noticing that the touchscreen on the S6 is very sensitive. The screen registers my touches even when my finger is not physically touching the glass. I like highly sensitive touchscreen but it can be annoying especially when I am scrolling webpages.

kojaraty said:
Does anyone noticing that the touchscreen on the S6 is very sensitive. The screen registers my touches even when my finger is not physically touching the glass. I like highly sensitive touchscreen but it can be annoying especially when I am scrolling webpages.
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I might be wrong, but I think since the S4 or Note 3, the phone has had the ability to detect when a finger was hovering over a particular spot. Though that is probably incorect because I only vaguely remember reading something about that 2 years ago when Samsung started introducing crazy features like scrolling based off of tilt and such.

Chocolina said:
I might be wrong, but I think since the S4 or Note 3, the phone has had the ability to detect when a finger was hovering over a particular spot. Though that is probably incorect because I only vaguely remember reading something about that 2 years ago when Samsung started introducing crazy features like scrolling based off of tilt and such.
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Yeah I remember this feature on previous Samsung phones, but there is nothing in the settings that indicates that there is such feature on the S6.

Screens don't even work with the note stylist.

I agree, it is SUPER sensitive. For me, this is a plus, because I tend to be too fast for most touch screens, and the extra sensitivity keeps the S6 on par with my quick hands. I actually love everything about this phone, and I am very picky.

ingenious247 said:
I agree, it is SUPER sensitive. For me, this is a plus, because I tend to be too fast for most touch screens, and the extra sensitivity keeps the S6 on par with my quick hands. I actually love everything about this phone, and I am very picky.
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But, does your device have accedental touches when swiping quickly a webpage or an app?

kojaraty said:
Yeah I remember this feature on previous Samsung phones, but there is nothing in the settings that indicates that there is such feature on the S6.
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I don't have mine till later today, but, on the S5, there are two settings that may be affecting the issue you are having. Can you still search the settings on the S6? Look for "Air View" (main culprit) and "Touch Sensitivity".

kojaraty said:
But, does your device have accedental touches when swiping quickly a webpage or an app?
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No, my device doesn't have accidental touches, but my fingers do. lol
The device can't make me accidentally do it, it's not a fault of the phone

natefish said:
I don't have mine till later today, but, on the S5, there are two settings that may be affecting the issue you are having. Can you still search the settings on the S6? Look for "Air View" (main culprit) and "Touch Sensitivity".
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Both of those seen to have been removed as user options.
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I would like to see the touch response time of this device's screen measured. It's seems very responsive .

Yes it does and it's really annoying. To replicate the issue, scroll down a web slowly and then lift a very little like 0.5-1mm of your finger while you scroll it up. So scroll down and then lift a bit and scroll up without touching the screen. When you do this fast enough, the page will scroll up following your finger movement without touching the screen at all. Weird.

The Air View feature was removed on the S6, it was present on the S5 and Note variants. Same thing with the Screen Sensitivity toggle from the S5, Samsung just opted to make the screen more sensitive by default.

i have an S5 and S6 so I was able to compare.
I used the S5 for about a week and the touch screen was great
once I got the S6 I noticed i keep accidently hitting back/window button . upon tinkering and testing I realized the screen is super sensitive. If you take both the S5 and S6 (one in each hand) and lay them face down on your lap together, the S6 will hit buttons (and thus vibrate), the S5 wont

Hello,
For touch screen problem try this:
-in dialer type *#2663#
-TSP firmware update (general)
You should see "PASS"
That have solve my touch screen problem...

i have the same problem when playing Clash of Clans because sometimes when i launch a spell the screen is so sensitive and it launches alone

kojaraty said:
Does anyone noticing that the touchscreen on the S6 is very sensitive. The screen registers my touches even when my finger is not physically touching the glass. I like highly sensitive touchscreen but it can be annoying especially when I am scrolling webpages.
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Have that as well on my 1st S6 Vodafone EU 32gb.
Returned it for other reasons and will receive new one next week....

My touch screen was not sensitive at all, very unresponsive
I can verify that this indeed works:
For touch screen problem try this:
-in dialer type *#2663#
-TSP firmware update (general)
You should see "PASS"
I tried a reset, a full system restore, I tried safe mode, I tired uninstalling all apps, I tried screen tests and can verify for me, that this above solution was the only thing that fixed my problem.
Screen is working wonderfully now

Fix doesn't work for me?
-JFK- said:
Hello,
For touch screen problem try this:
-in dialer type *#2663#
-TSP firmware update (general)
You should see "PASS"
That have solve my touch screen problem...
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I tried this and got an error message that this feature is not available on my service. I'm on US Cellular, I don't know if that matters or not. I saw this fix posted on another site and it seemed to work for a few people who were having the same issues that I'm experiencing. I'm not very technically savvy...do you actually dial/call this number sequence? How do I choose or command "TSP firmware update"? Thanks.

Some games are impossible to play because the screen is so sensitive it counts a touch as a swipe and some apps read as two touches. This happens consistently, not just here and there.

Jerameecarson said:
Some games are impossible to play because the screen is so sensitive it counts a touch as a swipe and some apps read as two touches. This happens consistently, not just here and there.
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Not sure if it's just the way I'm holding the phone, but I frequently find myself turning on a timer, only to realise that I've paused/cancelled it like 2 secs after. Great when you put something in the oven and forget lol.

Touch screen sensitivity

Hello. I have an Nvidia Shield tablet k1 on lollipop 5.1.1. Everything is great about this tablet except the touch screen. It is really sensitive. Also, when I am scrolling, it "jumps" and goes faster than I actually scrolled. It scrolls faster than it should. I found this thread on xda. It helped a little with the being too sensitive issue, but scrolling is still really weird. This is my second device since the first one's micro sd card was defective. They both are like this. Is there anything I can do, or do I just have to deal with it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/general/adjust-touchscreen-sensitivity-t2963326

I was opening a thread with this exact same issue. I'm not on stock though (using the latest CM12 nightly), so I don't seem to have the 'Sensor Calibration' option.
Also the touchscreen seems to register a touch even when the finger is not touching the screen.
On the other hand, if I scroll a very small distance (like 0.5 centimetres) the list I'm scrolling doesn't move at all. This doesn't happen on other devices such as my Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 and is very annoying in some cases (some games, or moving the cursor for keyboard input).
I'll try to record a video of this behaviour.
What can we do to fix this?
Update: found a video (not mine) showing the issue I'm talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08uPtusOJHQ

anyone else with this issue?

I also have this issue on/off sporadically on stock rom.
I'll be scrolling and itll jump back the opposite direction
Its like it looses track of the touch then catches it again.
It's irritating as my S5, Nexus 2012 have no problems scrolling smoothly.
I don't recall the original shield i tested in store to have this issue either.
Currently having amazon ship me a replacement to see if its just limited to the one I received. (QA issues)

Calibrating screen might fix the issues: go to About in settings and tap on model number until the calibration screen comes up. then hit calibrate. don't touch the screen then when it asks to reboot, reboot.

variance said:
Calibrating screen might fix the issues: go to About in settings and tap on model number until the calibration screen comes up. then hit calibrate. don't touch the screen then when it asks to reboot, reboot.
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Did it fix the issue I posted the video about? I'm on Cyanogenmod now so I don't have the option to calibrate the screen, but I would consider going back to stock if it fixed this issue...

Calibration doesnt help at all , same issue at brand new k1. Nvidia says thats normal functionality lol

Yeah, very normal for a gaming tablet which would require precision...

Not trying to take up for this thing but I haven't had the first touch screen issue with it . so maybe not all is affected?? I've tried to replicate the issue but just can't everywhere I touch and slide is smooth

You mean it doesn't "jump" like the OP said? I don't seem to have that issue either.
I'm more concerned about the touchscreen's precision, as shown in the video.

Xperia XZ firmware 41.2.A.7.8 – keyboard issues!

Hi guys!
I've updated to 41.2.A.7.8 but the one bug I hate the most on this device is still here on Android 7.1.1 – some of the keypresses are recognized as a straight swipe line when typing fast and thus Swiftkey keeps assuming wrong words. This happened as well on all past firmware versions I’ve tried.
You can easily check this behaviour by entering *#*#SERVICE#*#* on your dialer, choose Service Tests, then Touch, then Free Drawing test, and then pretending you're typing (both thumbs) at high speed.
This is even more evident when you are using Stamina mode, and more so in the more aggressive Stamina options, which leads me to believe it’s processor dependent. Xperia X also had this very same bug but was corrected with firmware updates so… come on, Sony! Stop screwing things up!

MegaSharkXDA said:
Hi guys!
I've updated to 41.2.A.7.8 but the one bug I hate the most on this device is still here on Android 7.1.1 – some of the keypresses are recognized as a straight swipe line when typing fast and thus Swiftkey keeps assuming wrong words. This happened as well on all past firmware versions I’ve tried.
You can easily check this behaviour by entering *#*#SERVICE#*#* on your dialer, choose Service Tests, then Touch, then Free Drawing test, and then pretending you're typing (both thumbs) at high speed.
This is even more evident when you are using Stamina mode, and more so in the more aggressive Stamina options, which leads me to believe it’s processor dependent. Xperia X also had this very same bug but was corrected with firmware updates so… come on, Sony! Stop screwing things up!
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It's an issue with Sony moving to swiftkey as stock. Sony's own keyboard worked much better on older versions, you can still use it on Nougat, but it's a bit slower in touch response. This is why I use Gboard. If I could disable predictive engine in swiftkey, I wouldn't mind using it that much, it's annoying and I hate that blank bar above the keys, uses up the screen space. I also don't use gesture typing in any form, so the old stock xperia keyboard was always my favorite.
Ditch swiftkey, try something else and see if it's better. The issues people describe with keyboards in 7.0+ are non-existant for me. Or at least disable the gesture typing in swiftkey settings. But still, the predictive engine makes it laggy and glitchy, even though it is by far the best predictive and gesture keyboard out there.
The free drawing test isn't really a good measurement here, it's for drawing lines, not tapping. Use tap test and you'll see no matter how fast you tap, the digitizer registers taps. When you tap on the drawing screen and manage to tap a single pixel without touching the next one, it will stay black, it looks like it didn't register a tap.
The keyboard, and the entire UI in general, being laggy and slower in touch response while using Stamina actually makes sense and is completely normal. It lowers the screen refresh rate, the touch responsiveness and the framerate of the rendered content.

Atrax2010 said:
It's an issue with Sony moving to swiftkey as stock.
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No it is not. This is an issue with the way touch screen inputs are processed, regardless of the keyboard you are using.
Atrax2010 said:
Ditch swiftkey, try something else and see if it's better.
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It isn’t better. Every other keyboard behaves exactly the same when the wrong inputs are interpreted.
Atrax2010 said:
The issues people describe with keyboards in 7.0+ are non-existant for me.
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These issues existed for Xperia XZ on 6.0 as well.
Atrax2010 said:
Or at least disable the gesture typing in swiftkey settings.
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That is even worse because when you disable gesture swiping, right to left (wrong) swipes are interpreted as deleting the previous word.
Atrax2010 said:
The free drawing test isn't really a good measurement here, it's for drawing lines, not tapping. Use tap test and you'll see no matter how fast you tap, the digitizer registers taps.
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No, really, free drawing test is exactly what we’re after here.
Atrax2010 said:
The keyboard, and the entire UI in general, being laggy and slower in touch response while using Stamina actually makes sense and is completely normal. It lowers the screen refresh rate, the touch responsiveness and the framerate of the rendered content.
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When these touch screen issues were solved for Xperia X, you got perfect typing behavior even when Stamina mode was on.

MegaSharkXDA said:
No it is not. This is an issue with the way touch screen inputs are processed, regardless of the keyboard you are using.
It isn’t better. Every other keyboard behaves exactly the same when the wrong inputs are interpreted.
These issues existed for Xperia XZ on 6.0 as well.
That is even worse because when you disable gesture swiping, right to left (wrong) swipes are interpreted as deleting the previous word.
No, really, free drawing test is exactly what we’re after here.
When these touch screen issues were solved for Xperia X, you got perfect typing behavior even when Stamina mode was on.
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I don't see the keyboard issues when using gboard or atock xperia keyboard, although the stock one is a bit slower in response, so I don't use it.
The way it behaves under Stamina seems normal to me because it's how my ex z3 and z5 behaved and it makes sense. The performance of the phone is reduced, ofcourse it will be less responsive and laggy.
Not until we recieved the swiftkey, I havent seen this issue.
The way they "fixed" the tapping responsivness on the X was by not using so restrictive and conservative stamina profile, it didn't reduce the digitizer responsivness as much. It's a battery saving mode, after all, you can't have both with equal efficiency.
I'm sure they could do the same with the xz, but it would mean affecting battery life as well well.
Free drawing test makes no sense if you are testing tapping speed...
Or are people complaining about swipe input? If that's the case, than drawing test would be useful. For normal tapping on the keyboard, I see no issues.

Atrax2010 said:
I don't see the keyboard issues when using gboard or atock xperia keyboard, although the stock one is a bit slower in response, so I don't use it.
The way it behaves under Stamina seems normal to me because it's how my ex z3 and z5 behaved and it makes sense. The performance of the phone is reduced, ofcourse it will be less responsive and laggy.
Not until we recieved the swiftkey, I havent seen this issue.
The way they "fixed" the tapping responsivness on the X was by not using so restrictive and conservative stamina profile, it didn't reduce the digitizer responsivness as much. It's a battery saving mode, after all, you can't have both with equal efficiency.
I'm sure they could do the same with the xz, but it would mean affecting battery life as well well.
Free drawing test makes no sense if you are testing tapping speed...
Or are people complaining about swipe input? If that's the case, than drawing test would be useful. For normal tapping on the keyboard, I see no issues.
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Looks like you haven't even actually tried the Drawing Test yourself...
Some of the taps are recognized as a straight swipe line when typing fast and so this problem will always be present regardless of the keyboard software you're using.

Can anyone check this is still present on 41.2.A.7.35?

MegaSharkXDA said:
Looks like you haven't even actually tried the Drawing Test yourself...
Some of the taps are recognized as a straight swipe line when typing fast and so this problem will always be present regardless of the keyboard software you're using.
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I have tried the drawing test when I read the post, also the tapping test, otherwise I wouldn't even engage in the conversation.
The lines in the drawing test do not appear on my unit, when I tap quickly on the drawing test it doesn't draw these huge lines.
Does this happen in normal mode as well or only in stamina? Cause I didn't try in stamina.
I'm on Customized CE 41.2.A.7.8, and the device is rev.1

Atrax2010 said:
I have tried the drawing test when I read the post, also the tapping test, otherwise I wouldn't even engage in the conversation.
The lines in the drawing test do not appear on my unit, when I tap quickly on the drawing test it doesn't draw these huge lines.
Does this happen in normal mode as well or only in stamina? Cause I didn't try in stamina.
I'm on Customized CE 41.2.A.7.8, and the device is rev.1
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You have to type even faster
This happens in normal mode as well as in stamina mode, but it becomes much more frequent in Stamina mode - in fact it becomes more noticeable the more aggressive the Stamina mode chosen.

MegaSharkXDA said:
You have to type even faster
This happens in normal mode as well as in stamina mode, but it becomes much more frequent in Stamina mode - in fact it becomes more noticeable the more aggressive the Stamina mode chosen.
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I was tapping as fast as I could, faster than I would normally while typing a message.
But I guess I'm doing something wrong or I'm just a slowass typer so I don't see the issue.
Good luck eith yours, I hope you solve the issue or Sony fixes it.
Maybe start off by doing a full software reflash to a latest version released today? See if it helps maybe...
Cheers

MegaSharkXDA said:
Hi guys!
I've updated to 41.2.A.7.8 but the one bug I hate the most on this device is still here on Android 7.1.1 – some of the keypresses are recognized as a straight swipe line when typing fast and thus Swiftkey keeps assuming wrong words. This happened as well on all past firmware versions I’ve tried.
You can easily check this behaviour by entering *#*#SERVICE#*#* on your dialer, choose Service Tests, then Touch, then Free Drawing test, and then pretending you're typing (both thumbs) at high speed.
This is even more evident when you are using Stamina mode, and more so in the more aggressive Stamina options, which leads me to believe it’s processor dependent. Xperia X also had this very same bug but was corrected with firmware updates so… come on, Sony! Stop screwing things up!
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Do you have facebook messengers installed ?

100rabh7791 said:
Do you have facebook messengers installed ?
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No

Atrax2010 said:
I was tapping as fast as I could, faster than I would normally while typing a message.
But I guess I'm doing something wrong or I'm just a slowass typer so I don't see the issue.
Good luck eith yours, I hope you solve the issue or Sony fixes it.
Maybe start off by doing a full software reflash to a latest version released today? See if it helps maybe...
Cheers
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Just asked in a different thread whether 41.2.A.7.35 corrects this issue

MegaSharkXDA said:
Just asked in a different thread whether 41.2.A.7.35 corrects this issue
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Unfortunately, 41.2.A.7.35 still shows this bug.

Horizontal swipe sensitivity issues

I am having some issues with sideways swipes - for example on the homescreen (lawnchair v2) or gallery apps, when swiping from one page (or photo) to another, the swipe does not fully register and the page/photo just bounces back to the one you were already on.
It does not seem to have issues if you swipe more forcefully or further across the screen but I have not needed to this with previous phones.
Anyone having similar issues/any way to adjust this?

I believe we are all facing these issues with swiping and scrolling. It almost feels like there is too much "friction" in the software setting and we can't just flick up and down or horizontal anymore.
To me, using Lawnchair has helped somewhat, but hopefully the rest will be fixed with future updates..

keenan316 said:
I believe we are all facing these issues with swiping and scrolling. It almost feels like there is too much "friction" in the software setting and we can't just flick up and down or horizontal anymore.
To me, using Lawnchair has helped somewhat, but hopefully the rest will be fixed with future updates..
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Yep that's exactly what it feels like. Can't see it being a hardware issue as there's no problems panning around a zoomed in image or in the web browser, hopefully we see a fix soon!

Yes i have this too

Same here.

I've used about 8 xiaomi phones and all of them had this issue.

tap registering as part of a swipe

I've noticed my tab dropping inputs in somewhat consistent scenarios when playing games, and just recently found out why exactly that's been happening. It seems that if I tap immediately as soon as I release a swipe with another finger, it just extends the swipe. And the range is just outrageous?!? I mostly just want to figure out if there's something that could be done somehow? or if I should give up on this tab.
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meowmeownyanya said:
I've noticed my tab dropping inputs in somewhat consistent scenarios when playing games, and just recently found out why exactly that's been happening. It seems that if I tap immediately as soon as I release a swipe with another finger, it just extends the swipe. And the range is just outrageous?!? I mostly just want to figure out if there's something that could be done somehow? or if I should give up on this tab.
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I honestly would...
I believe kernel is in charge of touch so a different one might solve it? That's a big might tho and in my experience custom kernels usually are far worse than stock even if it solves the touch issue