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iOS 18 Touchscreen Issues Reported by Some iPhone Users
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I think it's more an OS/software issue than a hardware/screen issue. Having issues in many apps on a 14 Pro Max with interface elements becoming non-responsive. As an example it has happens to the play/pause button in Apple's podcast app repeatedly. Quitting and restarting the app seems to fix it. I have found iOS 18 quite buggy, nothing big, but lots of little frustrations.
Sysdiagnose (Google how to run it. It's simple). Than I've opened the generated .tar.gz file on my Windows PC and you have to open IODeviceTree.txt which is stored into ioreg folder. You are looking for raw-panel-serial-number. If it's LG will start with GH3. If It's Samsung will be like mine.
Yeah, the storage I saw with 3uTools on my PC.
Definitely going to start waiting a month or so before upgrading to a new iOS release going forward. Been having video playback issues with videos recorded on iOS 18 to where they just freeze or completely hang up, especially longer videos.
Also how did you use the magnifier? With another iPhone…. ? I tested mine with a 10x watch loop and I have a semi stuck pixel… impossible to see with the naked eye… and sometimes with the loop too.. I am on the fence if I should go and replace the unit or not… do t have any other issues… !
Is there a way to check if the display is Samsung or LG ? Thanks
It seems more likely to be software related than hardware related.
Problem is we have so many people running the beta, but not actually reporting anything. I've been guilty of that myself at times. Obviously Apple has their own employees also testing things, but if more people reported bugs during the beta period, more things wouldn't make it to public release as a bug.
Problem is we have so many people running the beta, but not actually reporting anything. I've been guilty of that myself at times. Obviously Apple has their own employees also testing things, but if more people reported bugs during the beta period, more things wouldn't make it to public release as a bug.
I have real proper big glass magnifier.
I use it mostly for such stuff, because I'm pretty OCD with panel/display defects. You don't want to know how many products I've returned.For the display manufacturer - I shared already. Usually I do with 3uTools, but this time it didn't provided any info. Probably it needs an update (I'm using latest version right now)
Don't call this a "gate". I don't think any issue with Apple should be a "gate" anymore. Problems, defects, and failures are routine and expected from today's Apple. Just let this play out and have Apple fix it.
Thought it is just my setup … ok it still could be. I encountered such behaviour in my iPhone 13 latest 18.1 Beta
I've seen this on my 15 Pro, but I had chalked it up to whatever app it was misbehaving.
I'm also feeling a LOT of heat, particularly when charging and even just any time the phone is working hard.
I'm also feeling a LOT of heat, particularly when charging and even just any time the phone is working hard.
i don't like thi method because of othe 100+ mb file that can't be erased.
Which are the samsung codes?
I encountered this shortly after I updated my iPhone 16 Pro Max. I haven't noticed it since after a few restarts so I assumed it was just a quirk from the phone updating and syncing everything.
Theres also an ongoing device setup issue too....its under settings>battery. Its a new feature in ios 18. Basically it shows up for a few days then goes away BUT then shows up again days later. I have iphone se 2022. Bought last year. They also need to fix the icloud backup storage bug. The icloud storage DOUBLES in size for no reason after you update to ios 18. I have reported this many times. Many others who have iphone 16 have had this issue too. I believe there is a database corruption in the icloud backup storage which is causing the backup storage to increase instead of get smaller. When u delete old backups and backup again the backup should decrease not increase. This issue is similar to what happened in ios 17.5 when deleted photos showed up for no reason. Apple said back then it was a database curruption issue. This is what I think is happening here with the icloud backup storage bug. Here is one of the threads on apple community that talks about ppl having this icloud storage issue https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255759718?answerId=260777258022&sortBy=rank&page=1#260776119022
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I started seeing problems like this with 17 on both a 13 Pro and an M1 iPad Pro. The most common symptom is being unable to tap a button/text/tappable target until I scrolled the screen back and forth a bit first.
I gave you full guide. Transfer it to PC, extract it and go into ioreg folder. Than open IODeviceTree.txt and search for "raw-panel-serial number". Ctrl + F and than type it.
Keyboard issues with my 15 Pro Max and iOS 18. First I thought I was getting old and maybe I was causing all the misspells. Nope. It’s the software. Keyboard issues as I’m typing this. Issues are worse in the YouTube app, can’t even search for anything without the keyboard freezing. It’s not a touchscreen issue per se.
