Hot answers tagged touchscreen
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I also had this issue recently. I only had one, vertical band, but it still affected use, mostly typing. I demonstrated the issue (seen below) and contacted the [ebay] seller. They promptly classified it as defective and sent me a new one. This will most likely be the solution to your problem as well. As I did, I would use a drawing program to verify, and ...
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You can try to diagnose the problem yourself, or at least get a little more info by turning on a couple of developer diagnostics.
In Settings, scroll down to Developer Options.
Under the "Input" section, check "Show touches". This will cause a small (white) circle to show on the screen where ever you touch it. If you don't see the circle (which might ...
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If its totally un responsive then you need verify once your harware whether its an exact replacement or not as HTC Wildfire S digitizer comes in two variants
With Chip
Without Chip
So match it with old damaged one and if they are same then the hardware will be faulty and you will need one more replacement.
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No there is not a way to do this for android, unless root access allows this (which it may). To do something like this you would have to change the size of the capacitive recognition. The screen is not pressurized, but rather interacts with the electrical interference of the screen.
Tapping lightly won't do anything other than reduce the amount of your ...
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Capacitive touchscreens found in modern smartphones don't wear out, physically, because they're solid-state technology behind a piece of glass. Practically the only way to destroy them is to build up a goodly amount of static electricity and then touch the screen -- if you're deliberate about this, it might zap the circuitry, but it's not specific to ...
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I've developed such an app called RepetiTouch. It's currently in beta stage and aimed at developers, but a limited free version is available here. However, it needs a rooted device running Android 2.3 or later.
As far as I know, currently no other app with this functionality exists, but there are some tools/scripts providing such features using a computer ...
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It is true. But not all touch screen phones work well with this.
The capacitive touch screens that we find in most android phones these days work by detecting electrical disturbances from our body. The 'sponge' used in these DIYs are electrically conducting foam and they transfer the charge of our body through it, thus registering touches.
On the other ...
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Sorry, this answer is slightly off-topic but still important for your use case.
The thing you are most likely to have to worry about is heat. Having the screen on will generate heat, and you will need to plug into an external power source which when charging the battery will also generate a lot of heat. This could damage the internal components (including ...
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I am the author of MacroDroid and I have some experimental (root only) features in development to do this but have not yet released anything in the public version.
I have an action called "Launch and Press" that allows you to launch an app and record a series of touch events and they will then be played back at the same rate. Basic touch events work ok, but ...
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Finally managed to fix this problem. Seems like performing the calibration with the use of a Goldcard solved it.
I'll leave the link to the instruction here for anyone who may have the same issue.
Please leave a message if you encounter any problems when going through the instructions provided in the link above.
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Give androidscreencast a try. You may already need to have USB Debugging enabled for it to work, but you've said you already have that enabled, so should be ok. It just needs a USB connection to the phone and goes over the ADB protocol.
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Is this what you are looking for [paid app]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vmlite.vncserver&hl=en
However, if you are willing to go through a lengthy process [but free], you can follow the tutorial here to access your phone via PC.
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How to prepare touchscreen-based Android device for [emergency] calling using only hardware buttons?
This blog has a simple way of initiating a call via the command line. service call phone 2 s16 "+18001231234". Combine that with Vi0's answer, and you could have a script to dial a phone number by pressing the button. I haven't tested this to see if dialing 911 would work, but I don't see why not (unless Android specifically disallows that).
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There were those Secret Codes...
*#*#7594#*#*: This code can be used to change the "End Call / Power" button action in your phone. Be default, if you long press the button, it shows a screen asking you to select any option from Silent mode, Airplane mode and Power off. You can change this action using this code. You can enable direct power off on this ...
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I've had that problem too. I've just power cycled the device, which always fixes it, which leads me to believe it is software. I have it set to show touches, and it would either not show the touches, or they would show up after a delay.
To determine if it is software, look to see if it happens at roughly the same time everyday, or after running specific ...
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Yes. Seems there is a problem. The touchscreen takes inputs that was never made. Have a look at this http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/mobiles-tablets/122921-official-android-discussion-thread-73.html#post1836923
There are various problems of Android that LG ships on the P690. I'd suggest installing a good custom ROM, which should fix the problem if it is not ...
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When using the S-Pen your Touch is a bit more accurate, if you use a app like "Papyrus" where you can write on a "Virtual" Sheet of Paper you will see that a Pen is much more accurate. But in normal Terms if you dont need to be that accurate your Finger is enough.
The Pen is nothing more than a Piece of Hardware having a organic material on it's top. That ...
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Go to settings, then language and input, then Samsung keyboard settings, then handwriting, then recognition time. Try changing it and then try touching. Sometimes this could solve. Also try touching the 4 corners.
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In my experience, using your fingers or a stylus does not make any a difference in responsiveness.
On Skitch, the drawing matches with what you swipe / touch / move, but the responsiveness is slow. Quill is faster (try it, if you still haven't), but it slightly changes what you draw; still faster than Skitch though.
All in all, I think this is probably a ...
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This problem is quite known for sometime for touchscreen devices. Most of the times this happens when the screen is under some pressure during touchscreen recalibration after being woken up by the incoming call (maybe being inside pocket, etc.).
The only solution for you is to disable the option, power button instantly ends call by going into Settings -> ...
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Simplest Method.
Place moisture-damaged device in zip-lock bag, with at least two tablespoons of white rice.
Store in warm place (hot water cupboard, or sunny nook), but out of direct sunlight, for two to three days.
Then all moisture will now be in rice, which you should discard (rather than consume).
Note: Any attempt to use device, prior to complete ...
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If the hardware is water damaged, then no sorry.
It is quite possible that the device still has a small amount of liquid inside it - I suggest crushing some chalk, and placing the entire device into the crushed chalk (it absorbs moisture).
Otherwise, I am sorry to say that you would be quite stuck and would have to go to a repair shop.
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Its hard to tell if it's infact hardware or software. Since it's happening at certain intervals my guess is hardware. If it's happening with a certain 3rd party application you should have nothing to worry about. Also, have you upgraded the latest version of Jelly Bean? If so and the problem is still persisting I would recommend returning it and getting a ...
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If the device itself works as you suggest you might be able to access the recovery mode, enable USB and then download the files you need. However this will not be a USB sync access, instead it can be a fastboot or ADB access.
To do so take your Desire which have to powered off and press and hold Volume Down. Now start it up by pressing Power.
In the ...
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If you want to check programmatically, checking the system features via the PackageManager object works, as far as i can tell for my device. This method doesn't give the exact supported number, but rather a categorisation as follows:
TOUCHSCREEN_MULTITOUCH JAZZHAND (tracks 5 or more touches fully independently)
TOUCHSCREEN_MULTITOUCH DISTINCT (tracks 2 or ...
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Although this may be of no use, I found this amusing and thought I would throw it out there anyway.
I was sitting at the dining room table, working on my home computer (Dell Aio with touch screen). My cat jumped up on the table and was in my face, begging for attention. When he walked in front of me in one direction, I would lean the other way to see the ...
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Screen protectors seem to have no effect on touchscreen sensitivity.
I carry my phone in a small thick clear plastic bag. Sometimes I take the phone out to operate it but more often I don't - and it works beautifully.
The problem you have is more likely to do with parasitic capacitive coupling sneaking in from somewhere in your setup.
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