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merenkov Author

Level 1

33 points

iPad behaving erratically: "ghost touching"

My 3G iPad is about a month old. When in Safari, the device will suddenly scroll around a website as if I were touching the screen (I'm not), and then will randomly open up a page as if a hyperlink had been touched. It's also done this inside of a couple of apps. I re-boot the device, the problem goes away, but then returns a day or two later. I went almost 4 weeks without a single problem, and now this stealth issue has appeared. Has anyone else experienced this?

3G iPad

Posted on Jun 8, 2010 9:08 AM

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DarkDwarf

Level 1

10 points

Posted on Dec 18, 2010 12:35 PM

I have the same problem, and I found out what's wrong, it's not the software - restart, restore and FW upgrade will not help, if's defiantly hardware.
The best option is to replace your iPad assuming you have an apple store nearby… which I don't 😟 however I found what's causing it and how to bypass the issue almost completely 🙂
It's caused by the case pressing on the borders of the iPad, if you plan to continue using your case make sure it applies no pressure on the iPad - stretch it a little.
Then, take your iPad out of the case (the random / ghost typing will continue..) hold it on both sides, and press hard like your trying to "fold" it towards the apple logo on the back, once you do that you'll that the iPad works normally, and will keep working ok for a long time, if the random typing returns, just do the "folding" action again.
When pressing, apply strength but don't overdo it, you don't really want to fold your iPad (or break it), hope this helps…

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jaxjason

Level 5

5,047 points

Jun 8, 2010 12:25 PM in response to merenkov

are you wiping the screen with any item that might cause static to build up? I did that once and it acted erattic for a few minutes then cleared up.

Jason

jg16

Level 1

8 points

Jun 12, 2010 10:14 AM in response to merenkov

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I9HSrcMXE8

I took this video moments ago. Is this similar or not?

merenkov Author

Level 1

33 points

Jun 12, 2010 1:44 PM in response to merenkov

I haven't experienced the spontaneous launching of apps like your video, but it's obviously a similar type of problem. Next stage is to return it, I suppose, and hope this was just a rare glitch.

Jul 2, 2010 9:34 AM in response to merenkov

I am having the same issue. Only mind tends to just be when using email. Keyboard goes crazy! The only way to stop it sometimes is shut the iPad off. Did you ever get yours fixed?

bottern

Level 1

0 points

Jul 11, 2010 1:46 PM in response to merenkov

Im having the same problem. Its quite annoying because it happens every 10-30 min when it goes totally crazy. Not related to any app or the like. What happend to yours did you get it solved?