Touch screen sensitivity weirdness

greyhulk · Jul 28, 2013

Brand new Nexus 7 here. I have noticed that any action requiring a touch and hold, such as moving an app or widget is often not recognized and I have to try several times. On the other hand, other things seem to be hyper sensitive, like the SwiftKey keyboard where I regularly get double presses.

Is it just me, or are other people experiencing this?

droidrev71 · Jul 28, 2013

greyhulk said:
Brand new Nexus 7 here. I have noticed that any action requiring a touch and hold, such as moving an app or widget is often not recognized and I have to try several times. On the other hand, other things seem to be hyper sensitive, like the SwiftKey keyboard where I regularly get double presses.

Is it just me, or are other people experiencing this?

I'm having the issue too. Also when using Swype and when resting my finger on an opened browser page and all of a sudden with one finger it'll zoom in real quick. I think I might exchange tomorrow. I've been waiting to see if this is software or hardware issue. I've also had the chrome browser just lock up.

ezzkmo · Jul 28, 2013

Same. Takes me a couple tries to hold down on the home screen to get the wallpaper option to come up for example. My initial guess is that it's software related...maybe a sensitivity issue? Like it wants to scroll left/right the second you press down which then negates any long-touch pressed-in options until you let go and try again. If that makes sense.

droidrev71 · Jul 28, 2013

ezzkmo said:
Same. Takes me a couple tries to hold down on the home screen to get the wallpaper option to come up for example. My initial guess is that it's software related...maybe a sensitivity issue? Like it wants to scroll left/right the second you press down which then negates any long-touch pressed-in options until you let go and try again. If that makes sense.

Hopefully this is just software. If there aren't too many having the same issue then it could be hardware.. Are you guys thinking about exchanging for new one?

ezzkmo · Jul 28, 2013

droidrev71 said:
Hopefully this is just software. If there aren't too many having the same issue then it could be hardware.. Are you guys thinking about exchanging for new one?

Right now I'm not. Everything else seems fine. I really think it's just 4.3 or the new screen or something being more sensitive than the old N7. I just tried it now and about 9 of 10 times i got the wallpaper option to come up, but I was paying attention. So who knows!

droidrev71 · Jul 28, 2013

ezzkmo said:
Right now I'm not. Everything else seems fine. I really think it's just 4.3 or the new screen or something being more sensitive than the old N7. I just tried it now and about 9 of 10 times i got the wallpaper option to come up, but I was paying attention. So who knows!

I was just reading in another post in the q&a section and someone with similar issue exchanged and new one didn't have the same screen issues. So, I may just exchange tomorrow.

The111 · Jul 28, 2013

greyhulk said:
Brand new Nexus 7 here. I have noticed that any action requiring a touch and hold, such as moving an app or widget is often not recognized and I have to try several times.

Same but I've never owned a tablet before. I thought it might just be hard to hold my finger still on such a big screen where I have the finger extended further.

bwint1 · Jul 28, 2013

Try a different launcher. I'm on apex with no problems

Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

droidrev71 · Jul 28, 2013

bwint1 said:
Try a different launcher. I'm on apex with no problems

Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

So you had the same issues on the stock launcher?

bckrupps · Jul 28, 2013

I have it also. I honestly do not think its hardware related as it was similar to my nook HD+ works great on games but keyboard typing and web page links are spotty. Could be wrong but my personal opinion is its an android thing still lol

---------- Post added at 09:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:56 AM ----------

to follow up i rooted and installed custome recovery. my screen was registering touches terrible and i was getting frustrated especially within dolphin browser ect. i booted into recovery and cleared dalvik cache and it fixed it right up for me anyway

negroplasty · Jul 28, 2013

bckrupps said:
I have it also. I honestly do not think its hardware related as it was similar to my nook HD+ works great on games but keyboard typing and web page links are spotty. Could be wrong but my personal opinion is its an android thing still lol

---------- Post added at 09:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:56 AM ----------

to follow up i rooted and installed custome recovery. my screen was registering touches terrible and i was getting frustrated especially within dolphin browser ect. i booted into recovery and cleared dalvik cache and it fixed it right up for me anyway

No problems over here... Are you guys in very humid climates? Maybe that could be making a difference if the screen is over/under-sensitive? Or maybe just bad hardware / connections? My screen is working flawlessly, that's all I know.

alicarbovader · Jul 28, 2013

negroplasty said:
No problems over here... Are you guys in very humid climates? Maybe that could be making a difference if the screen is over/under-sensitive? Or maybe just bad hardware / connections? My screen is working flawlessly, that's all I know.

One should wait for proper production to start

casonswag · Jul 28, 2013

No issuies here using nova launcher

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Skeltergrave · Jul 28, 2013

No issues at all for me either. The digitizer is working flawlessly. Using stock launcher.

nba1341 · Jul 28, 2013

Happens to me all the time especially when typing with double inputs. Being pressed especially. Space bar hence my. Over use of periods

Apocaliptic · Jul 28, 2013

I' m having the same problem, especially on the chrome browser and the keyboard. I'm returning mine today, also because my screen has a black line all the screen from top to bottom.

phositadc · Jul 28, 2013

Same problem here, but doesn't happen too often. Running nova launcher. Sensitivity is otherwise great.

Sent from my Nexus 7

greyhulk · Jul 28, 2013

I have confirmed this issue on both stock launcher and Nova launcher. I have not tried Apex.

Sometimes touch and hold will work fine, but other times it's frustratingly bad. Seems like I'm not the only one, which makes me think that swapping it probably won't make a difference. I think I'll just hold out for a software update.

husker91 · Jul 28, 2013

I'm having similar problems here. Figured I'd wait until the official release date to see if they push a fix or something before I return it

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ATGAdmin · Jul 28, 2013

I experienced it after initial rooting, but since taking the Supersu update I've not experienced it again. Not sure how many of you are experiencing this on a stock OS, or not.

Sent using XDA premium on my Nexus 7 (2) tablet.

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