Picked up the Iconia today and am loving it so far except for the fact that the screen seems, to put it mildly, a little unresponsive.
When changing home screens it can need 2 or 3 swipes to get it to change, typing is very difficult with me having to jab at the letters rather than just touch and things such as Astro are difficult to use because the level of pressure required to scroll the screen up and down is actually selecting the folder instead.
Is this related to a screen coating because it is new, or did I get a dodgy one?
Any thoughts/experiences
Not sent from my Iconia (because it would have take ages to jab out the letters)
Unresponsive Screen?
Maybe you got a defective unit?
I've had mine for a week now and the screen has been a high note for me both in clarity and responsiveness.
I agree with bahurd - I sometimes accidentally almost brush my thumb on the screen - so lightly I don't even feel it but I know I touched it - and it causes things to happen.
Oh dear, looks like an iffy one, pcworld here I come
Can't say I agree actually.. the longer ive had mine (almost 2 weeks now) the buggier and slower it seems. In fact Im typing now and there's quite a delay in how quickly the words appear on screen. I'm using the mortorola BT keyboard designed for xoom. I did a factory reset last night and rerooted, applied my live wallpaper and reinstalled my apps using TiBu and I am back to being as slow and laggy as before. I didnt restore all apps and I really dont have that many. I have 13 gb of free space since everythings on the ex_sd.. I'm getting very discouraged and have till wednesday to decide to return it..
Make sure you've taken off the green metallic sticker from the right bezel. If it's too close to the actual display, it interferes.
markteacher said:
Picked up the Iconia today and am loving it so far except for the fact that the screen seems, to put it mildly, a little unresponsive.
When changing home screens it can need 2 or 3 swipes to get it to change, typing is very difficult with me having to jab at the letters rather than just touch and things such as Astro are difficult to use because the level of pressure required to scroll the screen up and down is actually selecting the folder instead.
Is this related to a screen coating because it is new, or did I get a dodgy one?
Any thoughts/experiences
Not sent from my Iconia (because it would have take ages to jab out the letters)
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I have noticed the screen to be very responsive. I have had mine for about 5 days and I am getting very used to the typing, so much so that I am almost as fast as I would be on regular keyboard, so the screen can certainly keep up and discrimnate those different points with accuracy and speed.
Definitely an issue then, there is no way I could touch type on it, without a good stab the key won't recognize the input.
I have no problem at all with the screen responsiveness .
The only problem i have is the keyboard who take ages to type letters in some forums.
I think it's honeycomb problem not iconias
I've caught my finger on the hand i'm holding the tablet with barely on the bezel interfering with scrolling. It might be an app flooring the processor, other then that I got nothing. Mine has worked well I can even type with two hands like a full keyboard without issues.
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Dry Hands??????
markteacher said:
Picked up the Iconia today and am loving it so far except for the fact that the screen seems, to put it mildly, a little unresponsive.
When changing home screens it can need 2 or 3 swipes to get it to change, typing is very difficult with me having to jab at the letters rather than just touch and things such as Astro are difficult to use because the level of pressure required to scroll the screen up and down is actually selecting the folder instead.
Is this related to a screen coating because it is new, or did I get a dodgy one?
Any thoughts/experiences
Not sent from my Iconia (because it would have take ages to jab out the letters)
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I have noticed on my A500 that if my hands are extremely dry the screen doesn't respond well. I checked and when that is happening it is the same with my phone. Try a little hand lotion (not so much to smear up the screen) and see if that helps. You should NEVER have to jab at a capacitive screen to get it to work. That is why they don't use resistive screens any more, they required pressure to operate, the capacitive doesn't.
Well, a good reboot seems to have solved the issue.
Now enjoying a very responsive touch screen experience.
Just one suck pixel now, but as it only appears when the screen is black I think I can live with it.
Having owned the Asus Transformer before this, I can honestly say I can't see much of a difference in screen quality.
Excellent stuff.
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Having read the above posts this seems as good a thread as any to write about my problem. I say problem but I'm not certain whether this is "operator error" or possibly an iffy screen. I bought my A500 5 weeks ago at Stap*** on the first day they went on sale there, well pleased with it, a really good machine. Just so that you all can picture it, it's rooted using gingerbreak - new bootup screen compliments of gammaRascal - and all apps I don't use "frozen" so they don't use reources. In the last 4 to 5 days my touchscreen has been getting "lazy", as was already mentioned 2 or 3 swipes to change pages, quite often not responding in good time to tapping - "sticking" when scrolling up or down a page of information. I said "op error" because like kwparker80 I thought it might be dry fingers or possible sticky fingers and whilst I don't necessarily discount this I'd like to hope that was the problem not a malfunctioning screen. My question is have any of you faced this problem about 5 or 6 weeks after purchase? By the way NO screen protector applied.
You all can try this app. It's called Touch Recalibrate. When I had a NookColor, it worked wonders. I uploaded it to my dropbox.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17305480/TouchRecalibrate.apk
keyboard lag
I have noticed that when I come to this forum my iconia go slower, and tracked it down to just this site. I have high cpu usage while on this site, going to google or another site and cpu back to normal.
Many thanks minotauri for posting the "Fix Me" touch recalibration apk. It has made a diference to my touchscren use - obliged to you.
metpolds said:
Many thanks minotauri for posting the "Fix Me" touch recalibration apk. It has made a diference to my touchscren use - obliged to you.
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i got the g1 last week and latly the screen has become wobbaly and sweaky only when closed, anyone else have this problem is this normal? should i even bother looking into this?
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i got the g1 last week and latly the screen has become wobbaly and sweaky only when closed, anyone else have this problem is this normal? should i even bother looking into this?
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yeah i have had mine almost a week now i noticed it after i removed that plastic screen thing that was on the back of the screen.
it seems kinda cheap feeling when i push down on the screen and i hear it sweak and move every time. should i take it back?
Mine started sqeaking and creaking today. NOOOOO!
I only had it for 2 days. I kept the plastic on the back of the screen and it still does this by the way. Its too awesome of a phone for this litte stuff to bother me though. I came from a Touch Dual that had a solid keyboard for a little over a year before it became wobbly and squeky before it final died. So I imagine its better sooner than latter cause you just adapt the longer you use it.
My 2 Cents,
Jcostanza4
I had the same problem the first day I got mine. I'm still trying to figure out a way to keep it from squeaking/creaking. Honestly it's just annoying right now. My TYTN II was a brick compared to this phone as far as size and weight. If I figure anything out I'll post it up.
The only idea I've had so far is to take one of my old Palm screen shields and use it on the back of the screen. However since I ordered a Zagg full body protector I think I actually might get that piece with the set. Like I said I'll post up when I got more info.
try adding a little strip of adhesive felt to the upper part of the chin (where it meets the screen when closed). Works for me. Actually, if you want to test this out or cant find the felt, take three post it notes(together for the right thickness), cut them down, black out with a magic marker, and you'll get the same effect. Barely noticable.
yes mines loose too you feel it when you only hold the bottom and tap the screen u here the screen and the body click.
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it seems kinda cheap feeling when i push down on the screen and i hear it sweak and move every time. should i take it back?
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Maybe you're pressing too hard? Mine creaks if I really press down hard.
On my wing, I had to press down hard, it's built for a stylus.
But this device is built for your fingers, and should respond with a very light touch. Try using it with barely touching it, if it doesn't respond try pressing a tiny bit harder, you should not have to push down hard enough to make the screen creak -- unless the screen is badly attached, in which case I would take it back to the store.
this is what happens when HTC wants a thin, light phone with a hardware qwerty
it doesnt bother me much though
Looks like it was my generic charger causing all the problems all along...
Too high output (6.5VDC where it should be 5VDC)
Ordered a replacement, hoping for the best.
Thanks for all the help!
Sometimes my touchscreen is just perfect. Lately, it's driving me nuts!
When I hold my finger on the screen, the touch screen registers rapid multiple touches. Possibly as many as 10 per second.
This makes dragging and long-press actions almost impossible. Scrolling is very hard and typing is a PitA.
The problem goes away at times but keeps returning. I'm not sure if I had it before the recent update.
At first, it seemed like rebooting helped but today it proved useless.
Anybody, please help!!!!
(phone was used and has no warranty coverage )
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Sometimes my touchscreen is just perfect. Lately, it's driving me nuts!
When I hold my finger on the screen, the touch screen registers rapid multiple touches. Possibly as many as 10 per second.
This makes dragging and long-press actions almost impossible. Scrolling is very hard and typing is a PitA.
The problem goes away at times but keeps returning. I'm not sure if I had it before the recent update.
At first, it seemed like rebooting helped but today it proved useless.
Anybody, please help!!!!
(phone was used and has no warranty coverage )
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Do you have a screen protector on the screen? Sometimes the cheaper ones are too thick and the screen doesn't register touch like it should.
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Do you have a screen protector on the screen? Sometimes the cheaper ones are too thick and the screen doesn't register touch like it should.
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Just the one that came on the phone.
Like I said, the phone works beautifully some of the time but registers multiple contacts other times.
I suspect software but it seems I'm the only person with the problem...
do you have a warranty.... sounds like a hardware fault to me.... the only way you can prove it's software (or not).. is to do a factory data reset and then run it with the standard basic build for a few days.. see if you still have problems when you don't have any other apps on the phone.
Do you have wet fingers when you experiment this behaviors?
Happens to me too. I figure its due to gunk on the screen like water, sweat your gf's makeup (a major one)
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This happens to me too.
Only started happening since the last update so I just assumed it was a bug in the new firmware. It's like the phone lags and then catches up with itself, very annoying.
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This happens to me too.
Only started happening since the last update so I just assumed it was a bug in the new firmware. It's like the phone lags and then catches up with itself, very annoying.
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I think it is since the update. I'd better reset the phone using SEUS and see what happens.
@ everybody, believe me, I have had the problem through a variety of circumstances and no problem with sweaty fingers etc. It seems pretty random!
I don't have a warranty so re-install here I come!
I would definetly try the factory reset first. I have had similiar issues but its only been while typing quickly. It lags a bit and then it all shows up on the screen plus a few extras of whatever the last character I typed was.
I did read somewhere, can't remember exactly where, that because our screens are capacitive they can malfunction. What I mean is this:
"Surface Capacitive touch panels: a layer that can store an electrical charge is created on the glass panel. When a user touches the monitor with his or her ungloved finger, a portion of the charge is transferred to the grounded user reducing the charge on the capacitive layer. The controller calculates, from the differences in charge at each corner and determines where the touch occurred."
Sooooo if say the ground for the screen is damaged then it will not register your touch appropriately. Hopefully it just requires a reset, cause the latter I think would be a tougher fix.
Let us know
dfan, is it happen only when you charge your phone? What charger are you use? Original?
I did a restore but no change, issue still there, it doesn't happen often though.
Dose seem like a bug and it never happened to me before the last update.
Also it happens to me when not charging.
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very bad.. you cannot drink a cold coke and use the phone. I think that it is a hardware related problem. I was trying to reproduce the same with N1 and Legend (with my fingers flooded) without problems. So.. guys with hyperdrosis keep away from this phone!
No it's not a hardware problem as it only started happening with the last update.
Remember the x10 uses different software to nexus one or desire so can't compare with them.
I believe it's the software lagging, this update is faster overall but just lags occasionally, maybe the next software update will fix it, and if not the 2.1 update should definitely fix the issue.
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No it's not a hardware problem as it only started happening with the last update.
Remember the x10 uses different software to nexus one or desire so can't compare with them.
I believe it's the software lagging, this update is faster overall but just lags occasionally, maybe the next software update will fix it, and if not the 2.1 update should definitely fix the issue.
Sent from my X10i using XDA App
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Are you pretty sure?
Tested... it is present on old roms
Well the old roms were laggy as hell anyway. It seems like classic software lag so I still think it's software.
Maybe when 2.1 is released we will find out, or even better when we get stock android running though root, that would clear it up once and for all.
My iPhone 3g also suffered from similar lag issues.
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I would definetly try the factory reset first. I have had similiar issues but its only been while typing quickly. It lags a bit and then it all shows up on the screen plus a few extras of whatever the last character I typed was.
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Sooooo if say the ground for the screen is damaged then it will not register your touch appropriately. Hopefully it just requires a reset, cause the latter I think would be a tougher fix.
Let us know
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Hells yeah I don't want a defective screen or this thing is done!
regarding your first comment, this is not lag. It is like I had a turbo button. If I touch for more than 1/15 sec, I get 2, 3 or 4 letters.
instead of one long press, the screen continually registers new presses, no matter how firm my touch is.
Imagine how much fun it is drawing the unlock pattern when my phone's in a bad mood...
That dose sound different to the small lag I occasionally experience, very odd.
Sent from my X10i using XDA App
I've reinstalled the FW and it didn't fix it.
The other day I had 5 straight hours of rapid-fire screen during which I couldn't even unlock the phone.
Gonna have to send it in for repair. Anybody know how expensive S-E are for repairs? Is it even worth doing?
I have narrowed the suspects down to my generic charger.
The charger I bought outputs over 5V (claims 6.5V) which seems to be the problem since I don't experience the issue when charging from a USB port.
New charger ordered, fingers crossed.
Thanks for all the suggestions!
Hey Guys,
I noticed that several parts of my Touchscreen aren't working from time to time. I guess it is a software issue, because the areas not accepting any touch input are changing from time to time after reboots, screen orientation changes or turning the backlight on and off again. The issue is nonexistent when freshly rebooted and seems to build up when the device is powered on and used.
Anyone else having the same issues?
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Here are some examples (dead areas are obviously the blank ones):
http://i52.tinypic.com/w7fw8w.jpg
Smaller stripe not responding:
http://i51.tinypic.com/zvsh6q.jpg
All gone after turning screen off and on again:
http://i55.tinypic.com/2vx37lj.jpg
Have you tried one of those apps to test your screen and multitouch? That might show you which spots are dead (if any).
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Have you tried one of those apps to test your screen and multitouch? That might show you which spots are dead (if any).
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I'm already trying to document those areas with Multitouch Visualizer and a painting app
greetz
Yep, I have a stripe about 1" from the bottom edge that's consistently unresponsive. I'm going to hold out until the OTA gets fixed to see if it is maybe a calibration / driver issue.
Edit: Got Asus to give me an RMA, but they expect me to pay shipping on something broken out of the box? F that.
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Yep, I have a stripe about 1" from the bottom edge that's consistently unresponsive. I'm going to hold out until the OTA gets fixed to see if it is maybe a calibration / driver issue.
Edit: Got Asus to give me an RMA, but they expect me to pay shipping on something broken out of the box? F that.
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Hey pokey, I've got the exact same issue, easily noticeable using the keyboard in landscape, a whole row of keys in unresponsive (a little less than 1" wide). I noted, however, that as soon as I just as much as touch the frame of the TF with my finger, they become responsive (typing while touching the frame, that is). If I leave my TF on the table, not touching the frame, and trying to type on this row, nothing is detected.
So it's highly unlikely that this is a software problem. I'm thinking of RMAing this thing, though I hesitate between ASUS RMA or store RMA (in both cases I'd have to pay for shipping, bought on internet). What did you end up doing?
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Hey pokey, I've got the exact same issue, easily noticeable using the keyboard in landscape, a whole row of keys in unresponsive (a little less than 1" wide). I noted, however, that as soon as I just as much as touch the frame of the TF with my finger, they become responsive (typing while touching the frame, that is). If I leave my TF on the table, not touching the frame, and trying to type on this row, nothing is detected.
So it's highly unlikely that this is a software problem. I'm thinking of RMAing this thing, though I hesitate between ASUS RMA or store RMA (in both cases I'd have to pay for shipping, bought on internet). What did you end up doing?
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Sounds like a similar grounding issue that plagued the Droid Incredible where it wasn't responsive if you laid it down flat on a surface and tried to interact with it.
I have the issue, but it goes away if I'm holding it. So yeah, sounds like that problem with the Incredible. I'm probably going to return mine to Walmart and order another one, hoping that it's better.
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I have the issue, but it goes away if I'm holding it. So yeah, sounds like that problem with the Incredible. I'm probably going to return mine to Walmart and order another one, hoping that it's better.
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Is that what happened with your Incredible? Rma was the only solution?
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frysee said:
Anyone else having the same issues?
Smaller stripe not responding:
http //i51.tinypic.com/zvsh6q.jpg
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Yes, I see those same jagged lines when I try to draw slanted (parallel) lines using a paint app. Doesn't matter if I draw slow or fast, the results look similar.
I've tried to turn off the screen and on, but that doesn't seem to help; neither does grounding my fingers to the frame.
The location of this unresponsive section of screen is about an inch above the bottom of the 1280x800 screen from across left to right just where microSD slot is on the right side.
It seems to also effect the on-screen keypad (the base of the letter row below the numbers) as well as the 4th honeycomb on-screen (menu) button when apps as running and the device is in portrait mode with the camera on the right.
I usually have to hit the key/button again or more firmly to have it register.
I'm going to experiment a bit more to see if I can figure this out, otherwise, I'm going to be returning the device as "defective".
Still waiting for mine to return from RMA, it says 'waiting for spare parts' for 10 days already
Looks like I need to get an other gadget to kill time
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Still waiting for mine to return from RMA, it says 'waiting for spare parts' for 10 days already
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I don't want to go through that ASUS RMA ordeal!!!!
I haven't even owned the device for 10 days... You've been waiting an eternity in comparison...
It seems it to me that I have been using it for a very long time with all the exploration I've done on with it, but it is only 7 days!
Looks like I need to get an other gadget to kill time
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Have an android phone? that can be CM7 modded? to HC?
I'm going to use two paint apps (Big Fat Canvas and Scribbler) to help determine what hardware problem exists with my screen and where that unresponsive section really is.
I will attach saved screens (when I am allowed to post links) using those paint apps when drawing, namely with:
Big Fat Canvas
- slanted lines drawn smoothly with my finger tip (moving slow and steady)
- arcs this time (as above)
Scribbler
- slanted lines drawn smoothly with my finger tip (moving slow and steady)
- backslanted lines (as above)
(p.s. for actual screenshots see the images I posted elsewhere using the following weblink)
Getting closer to the actual location of unresponsiveness...
Actually, another tool at my disposal, will be the "Yet Another MultiTouch Tester" app available from the Market.
It shows the longitude (x) and latitude of the touchpoint, and if I slowly drag my fingertip down, micro advancing the number from y=470 to 480, I do note that at y=480, the count JUMPS to y=518 with no in-between!
So this is the spot the my screen is unresponsive and actually sends the wrong info to the screen matrix.
I wish this was software related, but I doubt it. It may have to do with the hardware underneath the screen at that point or "grounding or not" thereto...
My ASUS TF101-B1 was manufactured in April 2011 (per the serial number), but bought a week ago.
Anyone able to reproduce this behaviour? (it's perpendicular to the microSD slot across the whole device from right to left)
Sorry for thinking out loud...
Same problem, different location. Downloaded yamtt too, and for me, IF I leave the tablet untouched on a table and touch only the touchscreen, it loses track of my finger between y=605 and y=672, approximately. All width of the tablet (ie regardless of x) . As soon as I touch the frame with a finger, it can register my touches in the twilight zone. Definitely a hardware-grounding issue, will have to RMA, though I'm in no hurry, the tablet is still very usable and plain amazing...
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium App
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Is that what happened with your Incredible? Rma was the only solution?
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Oh, I didn't have an Incredible, just saying that it sounds like the same thing based on his description.
I ordered another one from Newegg, returning this one to Walmart, I'm gonna end up saving $27 and don't have to deal with the RMA.
I just got one of these on eBay, thought it was great at first, but then soon realized that I had one of those unresponsive strips on it. Pretty much fully functional, but man is it annoying having to press a key more than once. Trying to get my money back, guy sold it as "new" but won't take it back even though it is defective so I have had to open a PayPal dispute. Pretty crappy experience.
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I just got one of these on eBay, thought it was great at first, but then soon realized that I had one of those unresponsive strips on it. Pretty much fully functional, but man is it annoying having to press a key more than once. Trying to get my money back, guy sold it as "new" but won't take it back even though it is defective so I have had to open a PayPal dispute. Pretty crappy experience.
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Can you localize that strip using the YAMT app?
When was your TF built i.e. look at your serial number, the first digit is the year, the second the month of manufacture. Mine is B4, so that's 2011 (hex B=11), April (4th month). My serial number ends in the 30,000 range, if that matters!
Hey, I have that problem too, just hover around the microsd card. I found out about that a while ago, did the multitouch tests and drawing, both result in something similar to yours. I tried to turn it off and back on again, seemed to go away. Now I think the problem is back. I haven't tried to turn it off and on yet.
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I will attach saved screens (when I am allowed to post links) using those paint apps when drawing, namely with:
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Below are (landscape) screens saved from the following paint apps:
Big Fat Canvas
- slanted lines drawn smoothly with my finger tip (moving slow and steady)
- arcs this time (as above)
Scribbler
- slanted lines drawn smoothly with my finger tip (moving slow and steady)
- backslanted lines (as above)
Those jagged portions line up over the microSD slot on the right when the front camera is at the top of the landscape screen.
Can you reproduce my images or do you have straight uninterrupted lines?
just tested mine, i thought i may have something like this. everything went smoothly tho with yamtt, tracked from 1-800 and 1-1280 smoothly. S/N on mine is B5
Hello everyone,
I have been playing with my Kindle Fire, since I got it, and I am about ready to chuck it out the window, or just call Amazon for a new one, but I first wanted to see if you guys had any suggestions. My touchscreen is oversensitive. WAY oversensitive. Oversensitive to the point that if I have to type anything into the keybaord, I will be three letters in, the keyboard will close, and I will have to start over. So sensitive/messed up that when scrolling an article in landscape mode, using only my left hand to scroll, random links will click on the right side of the page. The opposite happens if I do it with my right hand. I like the device, and look forward to rooting it, and ICS goodness eventually, but I wanted to know I have a dud and need to return it, or if there is some hidden setting somewhere or what. I am open to trying anything. Side note: I also own a thunderbolt, and find its touchscreen too sensitive, but nowhere NEAR the KF. I am making sure to make deliberate presses and swypes, and trying to make sure no extraneous part of my hand interferes at all. (sometimes even using one hand to poke at the keyboard with the device sitting on the table will still produce the problems.)
Thanks for the help!
Brock
Hey Brock!
I've noticed that my screen is a little more sensitive than my epic 4g but not to the extreme you are talking about.
Perhaps your screen is bugged or something try calling amazon and see what they say.
Also as a side note try rubbing your hands over the screen smudge it up pretty good. Does that make a difference? I know it will look ugly but maybe there was a film or something on the screen. Just to test
*forgive any grammar or spelling mistakes I injured my right hand and it is hard to type with bandages *
Hi
I have a bunch of problems too. Mine is sensitive, and its sometimes a problem not overscroll, but yours seem to be extreme.
As a way out, if you have time drop by a BestB** and try it there, if yours is the same, not to much left to do....
I've been using mine all day and I don't even need to touch the screen. If I get my finger really close to the screen it reads as a touch. I'd say that's a tad too sensitive.
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I've been using mine all day and I don't even need to touch the screen. If I get my finger really close to the screen it reads as a touch. I'd say that's a tad too sensitive.
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They are all like that. Its because the touch screen is capacitive. My Screen at work does that.
I'm having the opposite problem...I'm finding the touchscreen not sensitive enough....
The Dreamer
TheDreamer68 said:
I'm having the opposite problem...I'm finding the touchscreen not sensitive enough....
The Dreamer
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Same here. I have to sometimes tap things a couple of times to register...
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I'm having the opposite problem...I'm finding the touchscreen not sensitive enough....
The Dreamer
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Same here, I feel like I have to push the screen really hard to get it to register. I hit the screen lightly and it does not register my touch. I'm used to my EVO 4g, maybe it is just a lot more sensitive than the fire.
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I'm having the opposite problem...I'm finding the touchscreen not sensitive enough....
The Dreamer
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Same problem here.
TheDreamer68 said:
I'm having the opposite problem...I'm finding the touchscreen not sensitive enough....
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Same here, but it's not as simple as it not registering the touch. Most times the button will animate to show I've touched it but nothing happens. It happens most often with the back button, but happens in the browser and some other apps occasionally. I've had some luck with slower more deliberate taps, but it seems like a software bug to me.
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I was using my mom's so I could teach her how to use it, and see if I wanted one. Her was also not sensitive enough many times. It wasn't just that I am used to my Droid 2 because my mom who never used a touch screen before had the same issues. Sometimes it would take 3 or 4 taps to make it work. I just thought it was a bug that would be fixed. It was minor. I ordered my one, so on Tuesday I will see how mine is.
OP I say contact tech support immediately.
My screen is fine, the only problem I'm having is the menu gets pressed, it shows that it was pressed but nothing happens
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The two kindle fires I've used have the same touchscreen issue: there is a jerk (along the longest direction of the screen) on touch down. Once the finger is down the reported position is fairly stable, but the initial touch down needs to be smoothed out (or the first few samples from the touch screen should be thrown out).
This causes most of the issues I've seen on mine, where pressing buttons is either inaccurate or they go down and come up without activating (because the touchscreen reported a touch down inside the button and then jerked out of the button area and reported a touch up).
I've spent way too much time on touchscreen drivers (way too much!) and this is a fairly common electrical issue, and the software workaround is fairly straightforward to implement in the kernel. It's surprising that Amazon shipped the device like this (as well as various SGX drivers issues on some apps), especially as every review mentioned it as an issue!
Anyway, once we can build and flash kernels reliably I'm sure we can fix most of the touchscreen issues.
My kindle too !!!
Because of this, I'm getting very stressed ㅠㅠ
It's a matter of the touch panel... would be fixed by software?
If this is not possible... Then I'll be selling the Kindle
I downloaded an app called ILITEK Touch Utility which appears to have made my touchscreen work better. It is in the Google Market.
TheDreamer68 said:
I'm having the opposite problem...I'm finding the touchscreen not sensitive enough....
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Exactly x100
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krelvinaz said:
I downloaded an app called ILITEK Touch Utility which appears to have made my touchscreen work better. It is in the Google Market.
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I'll have to try that out, would be nice to tweak it some Thanks!
mine is not too sensitive, sometimes i have to press multiple times for it to register
Bumping this thread, because this issue is annoying the hell out of me. Those having the touchscreen not being sensitive enough, it's the same issue as those finding it too sensitive. The problem in reality is that it's ridiculously sensitive, and as your finger presses down on the screen, it's sometimes reading that as an attempt to swipe/scroll rather than a tap/press, which is why you see things light up still, but not launch.
This is frustrating me more and more as time goes on. I've tried this, which I can tell adjusts some of these settings but doesn't really make much difference for the problem. I've also tried this, which didn't help any after calibration.
Some people have speculated (or confirmed, for all I know) that this can be adjusted via the kernel. Does anybody know of anything that might help with this? It's so sensitive it's making me want to avoid the damned thing. I'm about ready to restore the stock ROM and give it to my sister as an early Christmas present.
The awesomeness that is Hashcode is working on 3.0 kernel over in the dev section. The kernel is still a work in progress and has come a long way. At the end he is apparantly going to update the touchscreen driver. I hope that will fix any said issues.
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Multitouch Visible Test
With that app, 1-finger touch is alright, no issues.2 Fingers seems alright too. Adding up to 4 fingers seems to be alright and moving them around the screen.
Sometimes with 5 fingers though, they'll all show on the program, and then immediately vanish. If I keep moving my fingers across the screen, they'll pop in and out, but won't actually stay on screen and follow. But this only happens sometimes. Other times, 5-finger input works fine.
My other camera is dead at the moment and I have to run and get batteries for it tomorrow, so I can't actually upload video of what I mean. I was hoping to get some input from other people about how their multi-touch seems to be with that app. Not entirely sure if this is just a rare defect, widespread, or working as intended maybe (not entirely sure if there's anything saying how much multi-touch this screen is; figured it was 10 though)
Some things to try:
- Use 1 finger, drag it all over the screen
- Keep adding fingers 1 by one after dragging them across the screen (add finger, drag it around, add next finger, etc.)
- Don't touch the screen for about 3 seconds, then just have all 5 fingers come in-contact with the screen, and keep them in one spot (on mine most of the time, the points appear then immediately vanish)
Could it just be the app your using?
Try using this one...
Check out "MultiTouch Tester"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.the511plus.MultiTouchTester
See if it does the same thing.
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jjdevega said:
Could it just be the app your using?
Try using this one...
Check out "MultiTouch Tester"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.the511plus.MultiTouchTester
See if it does the same thing.
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Yea it still does the same thing :/ Here's a video:
It could be as simple as compatibility issues with the app...
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Called up Google and it doesn't seem to be widespread (or at least the person didn't say it was), and I could get a replacement under warranty. I don't have the funds to put on hold currently so it'll have to wait if I do decide to do it.
Although I wonder if I really should, I mean I highly doubt I'm going to do anything requiring more then 2 fingers on the screen at any point (nor can I really think of anything), and aside from multitouch, everything else seems great. No dead pixels, back doesn't flex, screen is alright quality-wise.
Would be nice if some other people can try out multitouch though just to see if it really might be widespread or not though. The thing is though, it works fine sometimes, and other times it doesn't. Perhaps software might fix it in time, but I don't know. I thought I heard of the Nexus 7 having a similar issue, but I can't recall...
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It could be as simple as compatibility issues with the app...
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It seems to do the same even with the "Show touches" option enabled in Developer options (tried it on an empty homescreen).
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Anyone? It only takes a minute or two at the most to test this... and the apps available to do so are free and light.
Doing the tests you described never caused anything on my tablet. But if I put my hand down on the tablet flat then put my five fingers on I get your issue. Then wait three seconds and try again and everything is fine till I put my palm back on.
Might be a badly configured palm detection algorithme? Op, do you have fat fingers? Sorry if that sounds rude
Chluz said:
Might be a badly configured palm detection algorithme? Op, do you have fat fingers? Sorry if that sounds rude
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Lol, hmm, na I don't think I have fat fingers
How about fruit ninja, does that work properly? It's true that if show touches doesn't work, it's not a good sign. Unless it's a system firmware bug
1 and 2 fingers seems to work great in Fruit Ninja; 3+ randomly works or doesn't work, and when it does work it seems to cut-out at some point and then just show slashes delayed from where my finger is currently
Any idea if its hardware or software related? I have the same issue with my N10 and don't know if I should get a replacement or not.
Got mine today, same issue. Actually, that too bad since everything works fine, and i only got a minimal light bleed. I hope my replacement won't be worst regarding light bleed :/
Same issue on mine. Considering a replacement now with this and wakeup lag + battery issue (indicator not updating % at all!?)
Don't know if I wasn't lucky or just poor QA.
I'm pretty sure it is a software thing because when the problem occurs and I tab on the multitasking button twice (so it shows the multitasking menu and switches back to the app) the touchscreen acts normal again until I put more than three fingers on screen.
But if its a software problem, shouldn't it happen to on every N10 running the same Android version?
I have the same issue. If I slowly add one touch at a time, it usually works. But if I touch down 3+ fingers at once it gets very confused and bounces between zero and N touches. I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 (first generation) and multitouch seems to work much better on it than the Nexus10. However, I did notice that the Nexus10 is better at distinguishing 2 very close touches than the GTab. On the Nexus10 I can have my fingers as close as 1/2 inch or so before the touches merge. On the GTab it is more like 3/4".
Hmm, kind of interesting to see that others are also having a similar issue.
I noticed that when I tried a custom ROM (latest Kernel sources + 4.2.1), the multitouch seemed to work, slightly better (the issue still occurs, just maybe not as much). Not too sure if it was placebo or what though.
I called the support and will replace mine with a new one. It might be just a software issue thats solved with an update but I don't want to risk it.
just got my replacement today, same issue (and also worst light bleed ). Third replacement on this way...