Touch screen not responding

[Borkil]

Was working early this morning. About an hour ago, the screen became very flaky. As in I would touch but it would think I touched like an inch off of where I clicked. Now it's not responding at all to my touches. I've had a similar issue whenever water gets on the screen. But the phone is completely dry. Any ideas? Maybe the steam from the shower has messed something up

 

[vshah]

try moistening your finger.

also, what phone?

 

[Borkil]

that strangely works, but only for a short time. I have an HTC thunderbolt

 

[rcpratt]

Had a similar issue with my Thunderbolt a few months back. Certain spots on the touchscreen would die, causing either no response from the phone or, at best, a very inaccurate response.

The bad news is that it happened for about a month and never stopped. My upgrade was up, so just ended up replacing it.

 

[Oyeve]

I had this happen on an HTC touch 4g (I think thats what is was called) and did a factory reset which fixed that problem.

 

[KLin]

You put your phone in the bathroom while taking a shower? Fail

 

[podspi]

Sounds like the digitizer went. If you really like the phone, you can easily repair it for around $50 with a screen assembly (digitizer + LCD) off of eBay.

You can get the digitizer alone for around $13 shipped from China, but I would suggest against it, as I've gotten bad ones before, and gluing the digitizer onto the LCD is ridiculously difficult (for me anyway) to get right.

 

[Borkil]

Now it's not responding at all. The capacitive buttons at the bottom aren't doing anything either. Its stuck on the lock screen because I can't open it ha. Any chance of it getting replaced through warranty?

 

[podspi]

Now it's not responding at all. The capacitive buttons at the bottom aren't doing anything either. Its stuck on the lock screen because I can't open it ha. Any chance of it getting replaced through warranty?

Depends on whether its still under warranty :biggrin:

And if your moisture indicator is tripped or not.

 

[Borkil]

Bought new screen+digitizer and just installed it. however it did not fix the problem .. is there something wrong on the motherboard or connector?

 

[vshah]

is this while charging? if so, try a different charger or when not charging.

 

[Borkil]

nope, it occurs all the time.