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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?

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Posted on Jun 8, 2010 9:08 AM

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merenkov Author

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Posted on Jul 17, 2010 2:17 PM

I'm the original poster on this thread. I ended up taking my iPad back to the Apple Store. They ran some diagnostics, and found that my RAM was almost maxed out, which didn't really make sense. It indicated a faulty processor, so they gave me a new iPad. I took it home, synched, and it only took about 45 minutes to synch 30 gigs of data. My original iPad took about 5 hours to synch for the first time. Clearly there was a problem with the processor in the first one, but I didn't realize it at first, as it took several weeks before it started exhibiting the erratic screen behavior. Hope this helps anyone else who might experience this down the line.

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Rosie205

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Mar 10, 2013 5:06 PM in response to Nestor1950

So do you have it out of a case now? Or did you purchase a soft one?

lburti

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Sep 10, 2013 4:04 AM in response to DarkDwarf

DarkDwarf you are great! Your advice solved my problem🙂🙂🙂. Lorenzo

lburti

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Feb 18, 2014 2:30 PM in response to Capnash

Ghost touching occurred to me while connected to power. Disconnecting and operating on battery solved the problem. Lorenzo

Apr 9, 2014 12:49 PM in response to Janet-114

Janet-114, did you try the hard reset and reinstallation of apps? Did it work?

puds1

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Jun 4, 2014 1:43 AM in response to merenkov

Hi all, had all the symptoms described by previous posts on iPhone 4S. Removed some apps that I do not use and suddenly all seems fine. Fingers crossed.

nsteblay

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Jun 10, 2014 5:55 PM in response to merenkov

I bought 2 ipad minis for my kids when they first came out. One of them just developed these symptoms. I did a full reset and reinstalled apps. Still has the problem.

Doc411

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Jun 18, 2015 7:30 AM in response to inkshawn

I unplugged my iPad, and the touch screen now behaves normally. (The same problem happened with my iPhone, and unplugging it solved the issue,)

Oct 3, 2015 9:52 AM in response to merenkov

I own an iPad Air since launching and just today morning I started experiencing this issue. Disabling multitouch gestures (8.4.1 Setting/general) fixed the issue.

Fparrado

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Oct 3, 2015 10:21 AM in response to DarkDwarf

Thank you it help me!!

Oct 3, 2015 10:24 AM in response to merenkov

Sounds like a bug

Go to settings iCloud backup now.

Then Restore iPad back to Factory Settings

Use same Apple ID to get your apps /data back.

Do this over your WiFi .

Cheers

Brian (uk)

chaznw

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Nov 2, 2015 7:26 AM in response to merenkov

I have an Ipad mini with the same ghosting problem. I just tried the face down on the carpet technique that others have mentioned here. It seems to have worked.

Nov 7, 2015 6:47 PM in response to merenkov

I have had this problem, I brought it into Apple they said it was water causing it to do this. I recommend taking it in.

chaznw

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Nov 8, 2015 5:39 PM in response to merenkov

I have an Ipad mini with the same ghosting problem. I just tried the face down on the carpet technique that others have mentioned here. It seems to have worked.

Dec 22, 2015 4:59 AM in response to viznes

I have an iPhone 6, that overnight started ghost touching. I removed the case and instantly it returned to normal. Crazy, as the case had been on it for months.

Mar 13, 2016 10:32 AM in response to lisabradley

IM having th same keyboard problem

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