Unresponsive Touchscreen IPT5

riptide747 · 10:11 PM

I have an iPod Touch 5g and a lot of the time the sides of the screen don't respond to taps and require multiple taps to finally select something. Could this be correlated to the scrolling glitch?

Edit: If it is the in cell tech, will apple be able to fix it with a firmware update or are we all just screwed until the next year's iPods come out?

Zmanbaseball2 · Nov 20, 2012, 06:06 PM

Hold home and power button until apple logo comes up that should work

riptide747 · Nov 20, 2012, 08:57 PM

A hard reset won't fix the problem as its apparent in all iPhone and iPod touch 5's

Zmanbaseball2 · Nov 20, 2012, 09:20 PM

Try throwing it on a wall. LOL . It is defective. Get a replacement from apple.

GrandPhrase · Nov 20, 2012, 09:33 PM

This seems to happen with near all the iPhone 5s (not just the iPod touches) I have seen and played with. There definitely is something wrong with the capacitive touch input.

Perhaps the in-cell touch panels are at fault?

Plutonius · Nov 20, 2012, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by GrandPhrase

Perhaps the in-cell touch panels are at fault?

They are not as touch sensitive.

GrandPhrase · Nov 20, 2012, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Plutonius

They are not as touch sensitive.

So even with IGZO displays, will the sensitivity remain or be rectified?

Hope that at least, if not the next iPhone, then the next next iPhone rectifies this somehow with an improved technology.

wooddorf · Nov 21, 2012, 11:10 PM

It is part of the "thumb rejection technology" that is in iOS 6, my friend has a 4S that started doing it after the update. You have to press the keys more firmly and deliberately. In other words you're typing wrong.

Silken · Nov 25, 2012, 03:37 AM

I've only noticed this when swiping to unlock the device, sometimes it takes multiple swipes. Other than that though its really responsive, maybe you should take it to the Apple store and get a replacement.

Aspasia · Nov 25, 2012, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by riptide747

A hard reset won't fix the problem as its apparent in all iPhone and iPod touch 5's

Definitely not "all" such products and most certainly no problem whatsoever with my touch 5. If anything, sometimes I find the screen almost too responsive to the lightest touch - and have to back out of a lot of ads because of that.

Take the iPod touch to an Apple store and demonstrate the issue.

Ffosse · Nov 25, 2012, 12:20 PM

Nothing wrong with my 5th Gen. Touch, either.

Nov 20, 2012, 03:14 PM	#1
riptide747 macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	Unresponsive Touchscreen IPT5 I have an iPod Touch 5g and a lot of the time the sides of the screen don't respond to taps and require multiple taps to finally select something. Could this be correlated to the scrolling glitch? Edit: If it is the in cell tech, will apple be able to fix it with a firmware update or are we all just screwed until the next year's iPods come out? Last edited by riptide747; Nov 20, 2012 at 10:11 PM.
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Nov 20, 2012, 06:06 PM	#2
Zmanbaseball2 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Nanuet, NY, USA	Hold home and power button until apple logo comes up that should work __________________ -iPhone 5 16GB Black; iPod Touch 5 32GB Blue; iPad 1 64GB -Toshiba Satellite L645D-S4036 LED TruBrite 14-Inch Laptop Black http://www.soundimpressionsinc.com/
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Nov 20, 2012, 09:20 PM	#4
Zmanbaseball2 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Nanuet, NY, USA	Try throwing it on a wall. LOL . It is defective. Get a replacement from apple. __________________ -iPhone 5 16GB Black; iPod Touch 5 32GB Blue; iPad 1 64GB -Toshiba Satellite L645D-S4036 LED TruBrite 14-Inch Laptop Black http://www.soundimpressionsinc.com/
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Nov 20, 2012, 09:33 PM	#5
GrandPhrase macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2012	This seems to happen with near all the iPhone 5s (not just the iPod touches) I have seen and played with. There definitely is something wrong with the capacitive touch input. Perhaps the in-cell touch panels are at fault? __________________ iPhone 5, 13" Macbook Pro, iPad 3
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Nov 21, 2012, 11:10 PM	#8
wooddorf macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2009	It is part of the "thumb rejection technology" that is in iOS 6, my friend has a 4S that started doing it after the update. You have to press the keys more firmly and deliberately. In other words you're typing wrong. __________________ 2011 Mac mini, 2.5 i5, Discrete Graphics, 8GB RAM; iPod touch 5th Gen 64GB; iPad with Wi-Fi 1st Gen 32GB
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Nov 20, 2012, 08:57 PM	#3
riptide747 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	A hard reset won't fix the problem as its apparent in all iPhone and iPod touch 5's
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Nov 25, 2012, 03:37 AM	#9
Silken macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2010	I've only noticed this when swiping to unlock the device, sometimes it takes multiple swipes. Other than that though its really responsive, maybe you should take it to the Apple store and get a replacement. __________________ 21.5" iMac, 3.2 GHz, 4GB RAM, 1tb HD 160 GB iPod Classic; Apple TV2 16GB iPhone 4S 32GB iPad wifi (Black)
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Nov 25, 2012, 12:20 PM	#11
Ffosse macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2012	Nothing wrong with my 5th Gen. Touch, either.
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