with the B&N Clear protector installed, every now and then the screen would go crazy and press buttons, launch apps on its own. It got so bad at one point, rapid fire opening apps, i had to hold down the power button. When i removed the protector it still does it but just every now and then (fingerprints?)
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with the B&N Clear protector installed, every now and then the screen would go crazy and press buttons, launch apps on its own. It got so bad at one point, rapid fire opening apps, i had to hold down the power button. When i removed the protector it still does it but just every now and then (fingerprints?)
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When mine does that, I turn off the screen and wipe with a cloth. Wake screen up, all is well. I do think it is fingerprints. I have an anti-glare protector from B&N. It hides the prints, but they are there.
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I just wanted to chime in that I'm using the clear B&N screen protector without problems. I do wipe it down for fingerprints about once every day or two.
This sounds like the 'ghost touches' issue from the Nook Color.
I know a lot of people with the HD/HD+ seem to have come from having a Nook Color.
It looks to be solved the same way, turn screen off and back on.
Does this only happen with the screen protector, or does it happen in general too? Anyone out there without this screen protector having this issue?
krighton said:
with the B&N Clear protector installed, every now and then the screen would go crazy and press buttons, launch apps on its own. It got so bad at one point, rapid fire opening apps, i had to hold down the power button. When i removed the protector it still does it but just every now and then (fingerprints?)
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mine too, sometimes~~~~
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leapinlar said:
When mine does that, I turn off the screen and wipe with a cloth. Wake screen up, all is well. I do think it is fingerprints. I have an anti-glare protector from B&N. It hides the prints, but they are there.
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mine too, sometimes~~~~
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Mine used to do it a lot. Now much less frequently.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
Mine did it before and after the screen protector. Turning the screen off and on clears it everytime so far...
Yes, this is very common with the Nook's, as their screens are very sensitive (more than any other device I have encountered). Random clicks do occur easily with a screen protector, and even worse with finger prints.
For me though, I find the touch screen unresponsive when I have no screen protector on, but with various finger prints/smudges. I have a few younger siblings who tend to play with the tablet and get it dirty.
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So I am wondering if any of the wonderful people here at XDA are experiencing screen issues with the nook color. I have had my unit about a week, and have had numerous episodes of the screen registering touches randomly. This issue is apparently not isolated as there are youtube videos and a B&N support forum thread discussing the matter.
So is anyone out there having any touchscreen craziness? If so are you doing anything about it? Not sure if I should return my unit and get another or wait for some possible firmware update...
As always any wisdom is appreciated!
http://nookdevs.com/Recalibrate_the_NookColor_touch_screen
Says at the top recalibrating will fixes "phantom touches" or inaccurate touches, or not respond to reasonable touches.
Mine was doing the same. I bought a screen protector and so far it hasn't happened.
My screen wasn't having "phantom touches," but at times I would press near the top and bottom edges, it seems to not be very responsive there. For example, pressing the search button in the marketplace that's at the very top right. Or pressing one of the buttons at the bottom menu.
I wiped my device back to factory and then did the latest Auto-Nooter, and started using Go Launcher. Things are much better now it seems. I think it may still happen occasionally though.
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...recalibrating will fixes "phantom touches" or inaccurate touches, or not respond to reasonable touches.
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Not just the phantom but inaccurate touches which sounds like yours, atm thats all ive seen about fixing screen stuff.
But other threads have been started where others have the same problem on the outer parts of the screen so it could be a Firmware/Hardware problem.
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works for me, in that the process completes, but the touchscreen is the same. The sensitivity issue at the edges is universal and very frustrating.
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Try running calibration while holding a finger on the screen near the edge.
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Screen looks great. But I'm having two issues.
First, the screen feels kinda rough dragging my finger across. By comparison my Galaxy S phone and iPad are very smooth and glide with no resistance.
Is this normal, can it be improved?
Second, the screen seems unresponsive at times. I'll have to tap more than one to get it to recognize an action. Maybe it's just being slow.
Also the calibration seems to be a bit off. I often seem to be clicking items below what I tapped on. Not sure it's completely user error since I don't seem to be having this much trouble with my 4 inch Android phone.
PS. The phone is rooted with AutoNooter and using LauncherPro and Dolphin browser.
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Screen looks great. But I'm having two issues.
First, the screen feels kinda rough dragging my finger across. By comparison my Galaxy S phone and iPad are very smooth and glide with no resistance.
Is this normal, can it be improved?
Second, the screen seems unresponsive at times. I'll have to tap more than one to get it to recognize an action. Maybe it's just being slow.
Also the calibration seems to be a bit off. I often seem to be clicking items below what I tapped on. Not sure it's completely user error since I don't seem to be having this much trouble with my 4 inch Android phone.
PS. The phone is rooted with AutoNooter and using LauncherPro and Dolphin browser.
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My screen is very smooth, and a little bit tacky... I'd prefer a less tacky, smoother feel, but it's okay.
Unresponsive I've not noticed really, but the calibration on the edges and/or corners is funky.. Like hitting the Search button in the market is hit and miss, otherwise other places I personally haven't seen any issues.
There's a thread on here / directions on nookdevs for how to recalibrate the screen. A lot of people have been reporting issues with the calibration on the edge of the screen. It doesn't bother me too much, so I haven't tried, but results are apparently quite good.
http://www.nookdevs.com/Recalibrate_the_NookColor_touch_screen
I've recalibrated the screen a few times. Even did the suggestion with placing the Nook face down for extreme sensitivity.
I still seem to be having the same problem where the touch is very unresponsive. It's most noticable browsing the web, I'll have to tap links multiple times before the browser does anything.
I'm wondering if I have a bad Nook or is this just how it is?
It could be the default browser. I had problems with unresponsive tapping as well but after switching to Dolphin Browser HD I havent really noticed them at all. However, it does seems like only certain apps or portions of them have problems with touch response...I can think of 2 off the top of my head..
1) The search icon in the Android Market. I have to really tap it hard or multiple times for it to open the search ability. Everything else in the market is a light, smooth, responsive tap, except the search ability.
2) ADW's settings menu, specifically the back button. Have to really hit it hard to work yet everything else works perfectly fine.
Maybe it's just me but I swear its only certain things which respond poorly to taps.
In regards to the screen being tacky, goto B&N and buy the Anti-Glare protective screen film. Make sure its the anti-glare one and not the regular screen protector. Not only will your fingers slide perfectly, but it also avoids all the annoying fingerprints the default glass seems to collect. Worth every penny. (You get 2 of them for 15 bucks)
I find that I have better luck ith a light touch & avoid a "tap". It took a bit of practice to know what part of my finger was actually making contact with the screen first & the reason for the perception that the screen was out of calibration.
I do have a problem with the center right area of the screen when playing crossword. Sometimes it is very hard to click on the rufgt side boxes. Interestingly, the same area of the screen is responsive in other apps.
Cheers,
kev
heers,
kev
I purchased the matte screen protector from them and it alleviated the tacky feel of the screen. Also resist oils and smudges so its a must have in my opinion.
Ravynmagi said:
I've recalibrated the screen a few times. Even did the suggestion with placing the Nook face down for extreme sensitivity.
I still seem to be having the same problem where the touch is very unresponsive. It's most noticable browsing the web, I'll have to tap links multiple times before the browser does anything.
I'm wondering if I have a bad Nook or is this just how it is?
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I have the same problem at the very top edges of the screen. Pressing search in marketplace or a new tab in dolphin is really annoying. Requires many taps to work. Rest of screen seems to work fine. I did notice that the 2.2 Froyo was way worse for screen sensitivity. Maybe they can fix somehow with a firmware patch or something.
I have the same problem. Will try recalibrating later.
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It could be the default browser. I had problems with unresponsive tapping as well but after switching to Dolphin Browser HD I havent really noticed them at all. However, it does seems like only certain apps or portions of them have problems with touch response...I can think of 2 off the top of my head..
1) The search icon in the Android Market. I have to really tap it hard or multiple times for it to open the search ability. Everything else in the market is a light, smooth, responsive tap, except the search ability.
2) ADW's settings menu, specifically the back button. Have to really hit it hard to work yet everything else works perfectly fine.
Maybe it's just me but I swear its only certain things which respond poorly to taps.
In regards to the screen being tacky, goto B&N and buy the Anti-Glare protective screen film. Make sure its the anti-glare one and not the regular screen protector. Not only will your fingers slide perfectly, but it also avoids all the annoying fingerprints the default glass seems to collect. Worth every penny. (You get 2 of them for 15 bucks)
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I don't think the market search button issue is a screen calibration issue. I initially thought there was an issue with the sensitivity/calibration in the top corner of the screen, but I have the same problem with market search when I am in portrait or landscape. Touching items in the same area of the screen in other apps is fine.
My screen is definitely more responsive after doing the commands.
I made sure to clean it completely with a microfiber cloth before running the commands.
As for the market search issue, it seems to have improved the sensitivity. In fact, to me it now feels as if I am getting the button push through, but it just takes time for the app to register it and take action (lag) and thus we think the button push did not go through and push it again...
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A lot of the discussion on this thread is for locale based calibration, but I had the issue where if you hold still on a drag and drop, before dropping the thing you are holding is jittery, as thugh your finger was being jittery. This calibration fixed that problem.
Under the thought that this might happen again, would be nice if there was a way to run the command locally on the system without having to connect to adb to recalibrate.
Any ideas on how that could be done? I was thinking maybe scripted terminal commands?
Hi guys I'm running into problem that the capacitive buttons sometime do not behave and failed to respond. I have seen a guy on youtube also complaining about the same thing and have it fixed by updating to 1.29. However mine's already on 1.29. Anyone else have the same issue?
Do you use a screen protector that covers the buttons?
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Do you use a screen protector that covers the buttons?
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Not facing any such issue, however it does require to hit at correct place on the bar. I observed lot of times in initial days I was hitting slightly above the back button
raundown said:
Hi guys I'm running into problem that the capacitive buttons sometime do not behave and failed to respond. I have seen a guy on youtube also complaining about the same thing and have it fixed by updating to 1.29. However mine's already on 1.29. Anyone else have the same issue?
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My Xperia S has similar problem... There is point which you need to search and find ( it's easy once u get used to it)
always touch on that pt and the phone should always respond..
I've been trying to get accustomed to swiping through whichever button I need. I put my thumb on the HTC logo (not using any HTCLOGO tweaks), and then swipe over the back or over the home button depending on which I need. It rarely if ever fails this way and it feels pretty slick using a pseudo-gesture to navigate :good:
The only issue with the buttons i'm facing is bringing up the menu on back button long press. Probably works about 75% of the time but that 25% where I inevitably exit the app is frustrating
henrybravo said:
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Yea I do. Is it really the screen protector that is causing the problem tho?
KY Wildcats said:
I've been trying to get accustomed to swiping through whichever button I need. I put my thumb on the HTC logo (not using any HTCLOGO tweaks), and then swipe over the back or over the home button depending on which I need. It rarely if ever fails this way and it feels pretty slick using a pseudo-gesture to navigate :good:
The only issue with the buttons i'm facing is bringing up the menu on back button long press. Probably works about 75% of the time but that 25% where I inevitably exit the app is frustrating
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Same. The swiping doesn't work for me sometimes. I'll have to keep tapping and swiping until it finally works. Double tap on the home button is not really a good idea IMO. Sometimes it doesn't register as double tap and brings you back to home.
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Yea I do. Is it really the screen protector that is causing the problem tho?
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Yes your screen protector could be causing the problem. There are multiple posts in this thread where people are complaining about their screen protectors (especially the official HTC branded ones) that are causing the capacitive buttons to be considerably less sensitive and problematic.
raundown said:
Hi guys I'm running into problem that the capacitive buttons sometime do not behave and failed to respond. I have seen a guy on youtube also complaining about the same thing and have it fixed by updating to 1.29. However mine's already on 1.29. Anyone else have the same issue?
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So myself and a buddy of mine are both having issues with the capacitive buttons as well. We both have screen protectors. I wish someone could confirm if they are having issues even without screen protector. The guy at the tmo store put it on perfectly and I suck at putting these damn protectors on my phone
i am sure this is screen protector problem , i had no screen protector before and i faced none of those problems and now i have one ... its all problematic.
Switching my screen protectors from fosman to amfilm helped me. I'm assuming because the amfilm is thinner than the fosman. It's been about a day since I switched and the back key hasn't failed me once.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
disc0rdian said:
So myself and a buddy of mine are both having issues with the capacitive buttons as well. We both have screen protectors. I wish someone could confirm if they are having issues even without screen protector. The guy at the tmo store put it on perfectly and I suck at putting these damn protectors on my phone
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I have no screen protector and I am having the same problem although it is worse when a screen protector is on.
I think the button detect area needs to be bigger and the sensitivity needs to go up or they need to respond immediately regardless of whether the app has frozen, especially the home button.
biffsmash said:
I have no screen protector and I am having the same problem although it is worse when a screen protector is on.
I think the button detect area needs to be bigger and the sensitivity needs to go up or they need to respond immediately regardless of whether the app has frozen, especially the home button.
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And you have also updated to 1.29?
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And you have also updated to 1.29?
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yes, mine is Trickdroid 5.5.1 with ElementalX 0.10, but once I putted my tempered glass protector on, those capacitive buttons not even work at all...
angelky said:
yes, mine is Trickdroid 5.5.1 with ElementalX 0.10, but once I putted my tempered glass protector on, those capacitive buttons not even work at all...
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I was having a problem with this as well without a screen protector but I have a tempered protector on it now and it is considerably worse now.
what's funny is that I think the screen's touch sensitivity actually needs to come down for me and the button sensitivity needs to go up.
Maybe there's an app for that.
Anyone notice their proximity sensor is very flaky?
The screen will not shut off when I close my wallet cover over it. It will shut off when I start talking on the phone, but then will not "wake" when I move it away to hang up. I actually couldnt find anyway to wake it up so i just waited until the other side hung up (it was a recorded msg).
Any ideas? I may just shut off the proximity sensor and wait till I can swap it in store. Of course this was right after i installed a tempered glass screen .... would that impact it at all??thx!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2922645
It seems that certain brands of tempered glass screen protectors are causing the same issue that you describe.
k2buckley said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2922645
It seems that certain brands of tempered glass screen protectors are causing the same issue that you describe.
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thanks. mine was from extremeguard. i removed it. wait and see until the next person calls me. i contacted ATT and they said i have 11 days to return it (no exchanges available), and to try a master reset first
didnt seem to work after moving the glass. did a full reset and now it works....
ill try the glass again tomrrow and see if it stops working again. bizarre.
k2buckley said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2922645
It seems that certain brands of tempered glass screen protectors are causing the same issue that you describe.
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this fixed the problem. thank you for saving me time and anguish returning the phone
eb50 said:
this fixed the problem. thank you for saving me time and anguish returning the phone
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You're welcome. I'm glad you got it straightened out
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You're welcome. I'm glad you got it straightened out
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My tempered glass has a cutout for the 2 sensors on the left, are there any sensors on the right of the speaker? My proximity sensor also is not working. I will probably return my tempered glass also if this is the case...
This is happening to me and I don't have a screen protector. It's really getting annoying.
I'm having issues as well.... Not using any screen protector or whatsoever...
Yeh same here.. Looks like the sensor is maybe too sensitive. Hope sw can fix this.
+1 for the issue.
Cannot hang up after a call because the screen is black. Have to push the power button to wake it up first.
No screen protector.
mikkelwe said:
+1 for the issue.
Cannot hang up after a call because the screen is black. Have to push the power button to wake it up first.
No screen protector.
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I just restored a backup of the original rom and the problem went away. So it's probably an issue with cm. Was on cm nightly from 01-13-2014
Did you try going to settings , accessibility , power button ends call, toggle that on and off.
After completing the above mentioned step. Reboot your phone and try making a call. I hope the issue get resolved.
I tried this step on an unrooted phone, which was recieved just yesterday.
I got this fix from some other thread.
Is there a way to turn off proximity sensor without rooting? Looked through setting and must have missed it. Thanks in advance.
Still having this issue as well. I tried toggling the power button option then restarting my phone, it seems to help for a very short period of time (few hours maybe). I have tried several different screen protectors, the most recent ones having a cut out for the sensor and there is a decent gap between the two. Reloaded my phone several times and installed 5.0.1
The sensor doesn't really work to turn on the display when I go to pickup the phone and is spotty when making a call. In the first minute or so of the call, I can take the phone away from my head and it will register, illuminating the screen, after that it stops working.
I can't understand how it could be the screen protector at this point, it's no where close to obstructing the sensor.
Guess it's time to send this thing back. I must be nuts because I keep trying this power button suggestion and it just doesn't work for me longer than a few hours.
Same here, using a plastic rinkage screen protector no bubbles in it and the edge falls a good few MM from the sensor.
CM12 nightly builds still do it I'm on the 2/19th build with Franco kernel.
Best solution is get rid of the junk and get a Note 4. Mine is such a crap phone. It doesn't even do anything special except be big.
Hi,
Just to tell that I've got this pb since I installed the Spigen crystal protection, not even a tempered glass.
Before that I still had the original cheap film you get when you unbox, with the white corner.. the crystal is really nicer but it screws the sensor...
I believe it is software related. I have a tempered glass screen protector that does not cover the proximity sensor. I have noticed that about 60% of the time the screen does not turn back on when I move the phone away from my head. It seems to happen more when the phone call is longer than one minute. I also had a tempered glass protector that covered the sensor and had the same behavior. I did use an app to test the proximity sensor and with both screen protectors it worked 100% of the time using the app.
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So since last night I've been having these phantom touches on my note. Whenever and wherever I touch with my finger, an extra touch is made close to the status bar. This makes it impossible to scroll, swipe and pinch to zoom. I've enabled developer mode and turned on the "show touch" function. And it is as I described.. almost whenever I touch the screen, an extra touch is made at the top.
I've tried going in to the special Service menu by typing *#0*#, and I fail the touchscreen test.
However, the spen works fine.whenever I use it, the phantom touches stops.
But it comes back when I use my fingers again.
I did a factory reset last night. Worked for like 3 hours, then it came back.
It comes and goes. So it's not all the time. It can work for an hour without problems. But most if the time, the error is there.
Any thoughts? Or should I just return it?
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So since last night I've been having these phantom touches on my note. Whenever and wherever I touch with my finger, an extra touch is made close to the status bar. This makes it impossible to scroll, swipe and pinch to zoom. I've enabled developer mode and turned on the "show touch" function. And it is as I described.. almost whenever I touch the screen, an extra touch is made at the top.
I've tried going in to the special Service menu by typing *#0*#, and I fail the touchscreen test.
However, the spen works fine.whenever I use it, the phantom touches stops.
But it comes back when I use my fingers again.
I did a factory reset last night. Worked for like 3 hours, then it came back.
It comes and goes. So it's not all the time. It can work for an hour without problems. But most if the time, the error is there.
Any thoughts? Or should I just return it?
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Just a thought as I watched a video on the Note 8 last night and if the screen is or has been wet it won't respond to touch but will to the s pen.
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Just a thought as I watched a video on the Note 8 last night and if the screen is or has been wet it won't respond to touch but will to the s pen.
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It hasn't and aren't wet at all though
are you using any type of screen protector, accessory, or case? when the note 7 recall happened, I was offered a s7 edge as replacement and because of its contour I noticed I contacted the screen "edges" often with my grip which threw off my touch screen, is it possible the same thing is happening?
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wearing any jewelry that may create possible interference? there is a magnetic sensor near the "z" on the portrait orientation keyboard used by the official flip covers that could be being tripped unintentionally
superman77532 said:
are you using any type of screen protector, accessory, or case? when the note 7 recall happened, I was offered a s7 edge as replacement and because of its contour I noticed I contacted the screen "edges" often with my grip which threw off my touch screen, is it possible the same thing is happening?
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wearing any jewelry that may create possible interference? there is a magnetic sensor near the "z" on the portrait orientation keyboard used by the official flip covers that could be being tripped unintentionally
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Yeah sorry forgot to mention that. It's a naked phone. No case nor screen protector. Never been dropped or bumped into anything. I've been really gentle with it thus far.
I think there's something wrong with your digitizer, exchange it!