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Hey all,
I'm experiencing a strange touchscreen phenomenon. I'm rooted and was previously using xtrSense. Recently I switched to xtrROM and while I LOVE so much about this ROM, I have been experiencing some touchscreen issues that arise with increasing intensity and are making my experience with this phone increasingly frustrating. I seem to encounter dead parts of the screen; consistent areas where the touch screen becomes unresponsive or acts strange.
Examples:
Keyboard - There are consistent letters that just will not recognize when I press them or can only be accessed by starting on one letter and then sliding over the the one I want, e.g. the L and M in landscape, the V, I and caps toggle in portrait. Other things go in and out as well, i.e. the sensitivity of touching one letter. There are times when the keyboard just wont consistently settle on one letter when I try and select one.
Other buttons - I am consistently having issues selecting buttons in gmail, like the OK button on a pop-up window. I have to play the rotate my screen game to get the button to work. Also, the OK button in the window of many SENSE programs, like alarm clock and mail. I press in the area of the button all over and I get nothing, but the CANCEL button right next to it work without fail.
I do have other screwy touch screen issues at times as well, e.g. my home, back, menu buttons won't respond, or will think they're part of what is displayed on the touch screen. I also on occasion have bizarre issue switch the LP dock. It won't find it's home and will constantly shutter between two rows.
The question is, has anyone else experienced this, either with the ROM and/or LauncherPro? I'm going to be re-flashing the ROM, and maybe even loading up some other ROMs to see if that alleviates the issue, but I wanted to first see if before I go through this if anyone has been through it before and can impart some hard-earned knowledge. I've tried to do some digging on the forums but didn't find much of anything.
Any advice would be most appreciated!
Thanks!
ckfalls said:
Hey all,
I'm experiencing a strange touchscreen phenomenon. I'm rooted and was previously using xtrSense. Recently I switched to xtrROM and while I LOVE so much about this ROM, I have been experiencing some touchscreen issues that arise with increasing intensity and are making my experience with this phone increasingly frustrating. I seem to encounter dead parts of the screen; consistent areas where the touch screen becomes unresponsive or acts strange.
Examples:
Keyboard - There are consistent letters that just will not recognize when I press them or can only be accessed by starting on one letter and then sliding over the the one I want, e.g. the L and M in landscape, the V, I and caps toggle in portrait. Other things go in and out as well, i.e. the sensitivity of touching one letter. There are times when the keyboard just wont consistently settle on one letter when I try and select one.
Other buttons - I am consistently having issues selecting buttons in gmail, like the OK button on a pop-up window. I have to play the rotate my screen game to get the button to work. Also, the OK button in the window of many SENSE programs, like alarm clock and mail. I press in the area of the button all over and I get nothing, but the CANCEL button right next to it work without fail.
I do have other screwy touch screen issues at times as well, e.g. my home, back, menu buttons won't respond, or will think they're part of what is displayed on the touch screen. I also on occasion have bizarre issue switch the LP dock. It won't find it's home and will constantly shutter between two rows.
The question is, has anyone else experienced this, either with the ROM and/or LauncherPro? I'm going to be re-flashing the ROM, and maybe even loading up some other ROMs to see if that alleviates the issue, but I wanted to first see if before I go through this if anyone has been through it before and can impart some hard-earned knowledge. I've tried to do some digging on the forums but didn't find much of anything.
Any advice would be most appreciated!
Thanks!
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I have not had this experience at all. I used to use both xtrSENSE and xtrROM for several months, although I currently use FroShedYo. It frankly sounds like a hardware issue.
Just to eliminate the possibility, you could 1) do a fresh FULL wipe and flash of xtrROM, 2) go back to xtrSENSE or even better restore a nandroid of your xtrSENSE from before and verify if the problem still persists, or 3) try a completely different new ROM just to see what happens.
If the problem still happens on other ROMs, which I'm very sure it will, then you will know it's a hardware issue and if your phone is either still under warranty or you pay for insurance, then I would exchange it for another Eris.
Yeah, I figured as much. Like I said I am going to do some ROM work, but it may come to admitting that the hardware may be going bad.
Thanks for the reply.
PS GO BUCKS!
I installed the 12/10 SGT7+CM10+Cherry Picks ROM, and am having issues with the home button, either the soft button or the n button, taking me to screen 1, instead of the default screen 3. Very rarely it will totally surprise me and go to screen 3 for no apparent reason, but usually I hit home, and then have to swipe over two screens to get to my icons and widgets. It's more of a minor annoyance than a serious problem, but if anyone has any idea how to fix it I would appreciate it. It's a totally clean install, I wiped everything before installing the new ROM, and I have attempted changing the default screen setting to 2 or 4 with no results.
Two ways to solve this.
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I installed the 12/10 SGT7+CM10+Cherry Picks ROM, and am having issues with the home button, either the soft button or the n button, taking me to screen 1, instead of the default screen 3. Very rarely it will totally surprise me and go to screen 3 for no apparent reason, but usually I hit home, and then have to swipe over two screens to get to my icons and widgets. It's more of a minor annoyance than a serious problem, but if anyone has any idea how to fix it I would appreciate it. It's a totally clean install, I wiped everything before installing the new ROM, and I have attempted changing the default screen setting to 2 or 4 with no results.
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I'm not trying trying be a smart arse but this is what I did even thought I'm running GO Launcher EX HD and not Tribucket
1st solution move everything that you would like as the default screen to screen three.
2nd solution delete all other screens beside your default then re-add your screen.
Vector2nds said:
I'm not trying trying be a smart arse but this is what I did even thought I'm running GO Launcher EX HD and not Tribucket
1st solution move everything that you would like as the default screen to screen three.
2nd solution delete all other screens beside your default then re-add your screen.
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Oh, I understand that this is a solution assuming there's no way to make it behave correctly, but as I said it's a minor annoyance at best. Just thought it was worth a post to see if anyone knew what was causing it before I implemented any duct tape repairs.
Cool
imsoenthused said:
Oh, I understand that this is a solution assuming there's no way to make it behave correctly, but as I said it's a minor annoyance at best. Just thought it was worth a post to see if anyone knew what was causing it before I implemented any duct tape repairs.
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Duct tape is the best.
imsoenthused said:
I installed the 12/10 SGT7+CM10+Cherry Picks ROM, and am having issues with the home button, either the soft button or the n button, taking me to screen 1, instead of the default screen 3. Very rarely it will totally surprise me and go to screen 3 for no apparent reason, but usually I hit home, and then have to swipe over two screens to get to my icons and widgets. It's more of a minor annoyance than a serious problem, but if anyone has any idea how to fix it I would appreciate it. It's a totally clean install, I wiped everything before installing the new ROM, and I have attempted changing the default screen setting to 2 or 4 with no results.
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I've seen the same thing on my NT with the 8/10 ROM. Usually, it's just a longer-than-expected pause between the launcher opening and it scrolling to the default screen -- maybe a second or so. If I'm impatient and swipe as soon as the launcher comes up, I end up overshooting the default start screen, but if I wait, the launcher opens the first (left-most) screen, then swipes over to the default. I work around this by changing the default screen to #1, and swapping my center and left-most screens.
imsoenthused said:
I installed the 12/10 SGT7+CM10+Cherry Picks ROM, and am having issues with the home button, either the soft button or the n button, taking me to screen 1, instead of the default screen 3. Very rarely it will totally surprise me and go to screen 3 for no apparent reason, but usually I hit home, and then have to swipe over two screens to get to my icons and widgets. It's more of a minor annoyance than a serious problem, but if anyone has any idea how to fix it I would appreciate it. It's a totally clean install, I wiped everything before installing the new ROM, and I have attempted changing the default screen setting to 2 or 4 with no results.
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Or you can try to set the default screen in launcher setting to your 3rd one.
It is set to screen 3, that's the whole point. It tends to go to screen 1 no matter what the default screen is set to.
I have the same problem. I actually like Trebuchet, so I'd prefer it over a 3rd party's. I didn't have this problem with Chris's 0.6.
Is there a way to install an unmodified version of Trebuchet over SGT7? Because I like the fixes that SGT7 makes.
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Got it quite a few times now. I cant knock on, second screen wont scroll. Turn screen on cant unlock. Have to toggle on and off a few times or just leave it alone for a while and try again.. It doesnt respond to touches at all. Anyone else?
It's happened to me a few times as well, usually when my alarm is going off so it's doubly annoying because i can't hit snooze. I usually end up pulling the battery out for a second, but I really hope they're working on a fix for this.
I just noticed this problem today as well.
I have the AT&T model.
The top left corner of the screen (right below the double cameras) was not responsive at all until I restarted the phone.
Not sure what caused this issue.
The top left off The screen has been unresponsive a number of times. A restart works for a few hours. Then it stops working again...
clockcycle said:
Got it quite a few times now. I cant knock on, second screen wont scroll. Turn screen on cant unlock. Have to toggle on and off a few times or just leave it alone for a while and try again.. It doesnt respond to touches at all. Anyone else?
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I'm having an issue with the touch screen in the corners. Top left and bottom right are unresponsive at times, rendering the backspace button on my keyboard useless from time to time, and also won't let me start chrome from my home screen (my rightmost icon in the bottom row). On the top left, it prevents me from hitting the back button in gmail and other apps. Super annoying.
I didn't see any articles about it or find the unresponsiveness noted in any other reviews, have had the phone about 2 months now. I'm also not sure if recalibrating the screen would help since that is not in the default settings (maybe it is In the hidden menu?)
I have the T-Mobile V10.
Are any of you guys using Nova Launcher?
This started happening to me as well. I thought it was an issue with giving Nova Launcher root permission however the issue came back. There is a thread on the reddit as well with people having the same issue. I've been in contact with T-Mobile as well as LG. I'll update if I find anything else.
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Could we include carrier and what launcher, even if it's stock.
I ask because there's got to be a common denominator and I'm guessing it's going to be a combo - and with more info we'll be able to figure out the issue.
It can only help.
I just had this for the first time and only once during typing in whatsapp. I'm using a whatsapp mod.
which i believe is the cause for mine. i had to click the power button and then turn it on again to work, after that no problem anymore.
Same problem. I have the Verizon lg v10 stock. The left too corner under the cameras goes dead and won't respond until I reboot. After reboot all is fine for a few hours, then boom, it happens again.
I thought it was an issue with just my phone cuz I couldn't find anything about it, went to Verizon for the 14 day worry free guarantee, got a brand new one out of the wrapper, all was fine for a day, then same issue.
Same issue here. The upper left corner of my screen will become unresponsive at times and the only thing to fix it is a reboot. I have AT&T stock V10.
Not just an LG issue.
I have a ZTE ZMAX. In the last few days it is doing the same thing. The dead spot in the top left follows the rotation of the screen. I have done a factory reset and problem returned. Seems like its a problem for many phones. It happens with the original launcher and Zeam launcher as well. It would be great if someone figured this out.
I have the same issue with my verizon v10, i have not found out the cause but i did find something that works for me. I reset my app preferences in application manager and everything went back to normal and no issues since. Hope this helps
@jstringn1 thanks for the info I'll try it out.
Honestly it's sounding like and android issue.
Hopefully Google addresses it soon.
SAME. Just bought the V10 on Sunday and I've already noticed the same thing; the upper left hand side of the screen is unresponsive. It seems to ONLY be for certain things though. Stupidly I rebooted to fix it before I fully tested that theory, but I think it's only with certain things. For example, when I open GoogleMaps, I can't hit the "Menu" button in the top right hand side. But if I close the app and go to a screen where I have an App in that same corner, tapping on it seems to open it right up. I hope that info helps to troubleshoot....because I'm ready to take this phone back....but not before I post my review on my YouTube channel.
@jstring I just tried your suggestions. Seems to be ok thus far, but I'll check back in with you all later to let you know if the issue has come back. Because a reboot fixes too...but only temporarily. We'll see.
jstringn1 said:
I have the same issue with my verizon v10, i have not found out the cause but i did find something that works for me. I reset my app preferences in application manager and everything went back to normal and no issues since. Hope this helps
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Did you go to Settings -> Device -> Apps -> Downloaded -> More Options (three dots) -> Reset app preferences?
If so, I tried this , but the top left corner of the screen is still unresponsive.
I also completed reset my phone to factory. No Nova launcher or anything else.
Really puzzled here.....
New findings:
Every time when I open the LG music app (the purple one that came preinstalled), it will trigger the issue. (Please try this on your phone and post your findings )
same issue here
the bttom right is not responsive
and i need to restart it every now and then
i am using it without any mods
but
any one would relate this issue with the latest update as as far as i remeber it showed only after the software update
my software version is
V10 ame xx
I think it started happening after I got the AT&T update. Didn't think it was related, since Verizon V10 has the issues too.
Same here
Verizon
stock
Nova Launcher
Top left unresponsive, follows on rotate
Reboot fixes for a few hours
cHiLLyWiLLy78 said:
Verizon
stock
Nova Launcher
Top left unresponsive, follows on rotate
Reboot fixes for a few hours
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Did your phone get an update from Verizon recently?
v10 AT&T, has the issue. Using NOVA Launcher. Willing to change launchers if I can use that back button.
OK, here's the situation. sometime last night my phone decided it was going to play a late April fool's joke on me. I had set it down, and the screen timed out as usual. Only when I hit the power button again, it came right back to the home screen instead of the lock screen. Granted I only have it set to swipe, but that's beside the point (I think). I thought it's been a while since I rebooted, maybe that'll help. When it came back up, straight to the home screen again, only this time was way interesting! Not only did the lock screen get skipped, I had no haptic feedback like usual, the home button wasn't working for short press or long press, and with it plugged in and notifications waiting turning the screen off by the power button didn't do anything as far as the notification light.
Now here's the kicker: DOUBLE pressing the home button and bringing up the s-voice actually worked, and after that everything else worked too! Only thing is the problem comes back after every reboot so far. Oh and I've lost the ability to write to the external SD card. I've even tried reauthorizing it, no joy.
Anybody got any ideas about what I could try? If not, at least I hope I made some of you start or end the day with a chuckle and a solid Wtf? ?
My next step is gonna be clearing the dalvik/art from twrp.. Worst case scenario I factory reset and restore my week old backup..
I'm running stock rooted 5.0 with ph1 as my latest update. And if somebody is interested enough to want a logcat from boot to couple minutes in, I'll reboot now, capture the log and post it in a few.
Confused but amused,
I am
The Dude
The log.. I had Logcat Extreme running at info priority, and stopped it after around 8 minutes and just under 22,000 lines. Is that a lot? It seems like a lot. There are a couple power button hits, a menu and a back button press, and also at the end is where I double pressed home and got things back to normal..
Yes, I use xposed, minminguard, unbeloved hosts, and lucky patcher. You'll see them in the log, as well as my Wi-Fi ssid.. I dunno what else might be in there.. Hopefully nothing juicy though. Lol
If there's a way to filter stuff out, or just log the important things let me know and I'll give it another go.
I have been experiencing what I believe are random presses of the home button. Every so often I will be reading something and the app I am using will close to the home screen without me touching the screen. If I open resent apps the app I was using is right there and when I open the app it is right where I left off. So I believe it is a home button command and not a force close of the app.
If anyone has an idea of how to figure out what is going on here I'm open to suggestions. I'm working with someone to try and use Tasker but I'm over my head, as I do not use Tasker much.
Any idea are appreciated.
Thank you.
I have been getting these too, happens a lot when using the keyboard and no it's not me pressing different buttons for sure.
Same phantom home button presses are happening with me too. I first thought maybe I was too close to the screen and it was seeing a touch, but later it happened a few times while the phone was just sitting on a table without me even around it. At least I know it's not just me and hopefully LG can fix this in a software update, because it is annoying.
Can confirm, I've also been getting this. Thought it was me at first, but I've also seen it when the phone wasn't being touched.
sryidc said:
I have been experiencing what I believe are random presses of the home button. Every so often I will be reading something and the app I am using will close to the home screen without me touching the screen. If I open resent apps the app I was using is right there and when I open the app it is right where I left off. So I believe it is a home button command and not a force close of the app.
If anyone has an idea of how to figure out what is going on here I'm open to suggestions. I'm working with someone to try and use Tasker but I'm over my head, as I do not use Tasker much.
Any idea are appreciated.
Thank you.
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Following this, I swear this has happened to me also. I thought I was touching the second screen causing it. I will say I have not seen mine doing it just sitting there.
ROE_HUNTER said:
Following this, I swear this has happened to me also. I thought I was touching the second screen causing it. I will say I have not seen mine doing it just sitting there.
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It's done it once or twice a day for me. Today it did it while I was using Google maps for navigation and navigation minimized to the pop out screen. So I am fully convinced it's a home button command. I wasn't even holding the phone so it definitely wasn't a slip of my thumb.
As an update. I havent had this issue in awhile. Wondering if they addressed it in an update?
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As an update. I havent had this issue in awhile. Wondering if they addressed it in an update?
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Same here... Haven't noticed it in a while.
In the U.S., I know for sure that T-Mo and AT&T units got a small patch bringing us from the Feb. 2020 security update to the Apr. 2020 security update.
It's entirely possible they snuck in some bug fixes as well.
I get it still on my phone here and there so don't think it's fixed yet and I got the newest update already.. and do u guys know how to hide home buttons without gestures like my old v30 I can't figure it out.
I believe it has something to do with the actual phone and not software related. The reason i say this is because if you put your phone down and touch the screen it works fine but use it while holding the ghost touch comes back.