Touchscreen acting strange after iOS 14 update

I have an iPhone XS Max and I’ve just updated the phone to iOS 14.


Areas of the screen becomes unresponsive many times during the day. Locking the screen and unlocking it again seems to temporarily fix the issue. Removed the screen protector, and restarting the phone doesn’t seem to fix the issue. Updated to iOS 14.1 and the issue remains to emerge every once in a while during the day making it difficult to operate, navigate and especially type on the phone.

iPhone XS Max, iOS 14

Posted on Sep 26, 2020 2:24 AM

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Posted on Oct 2, 2020 4:25 AM

I found a fix that might work for others with this issue (especially if typing is the problem). Go into your keyboard settings (settings-general-keyboard) and disable the slide to type function. After disabling that function, my keyboard is no longer the bane of my existence.


This issue had been driving me insane since it makes the phone almost unusable. Hopefully it stays fixed and Apple resolved the issue WHICH IS CLEARLY A SOFTWARE PROBLEM!!!

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Sep 29, 2020 7:51 AM in response to h_alneyadi

I'm having the same issue, as are clearly many others here. The phone is becoming unusable. I am rapidly moving towards going back to my somewhat ancient, but perfectly functional Samsung Note 8 that just never did anything of this kind through many years of service. And if the answer from Apple is to buy another Apple product....yeah, no. That won't be happening. Unless Steve Jobs is resurrected.

Oct 2, 2020 8:38 AM in response to h_alneyadi

I also have been having the same problem, my iPhone X used to have the ghost touching issue but I went to the nearest retailer and they changed the panel for me and it's been great ever since, almost 2 years with no problem whatsoever. After updating to iOS 14 I'm actually struggling now, the phone's whole screen doesn't respond at all, no restart or turning screen on/off will do the trick it just stops becoming responsive at certain times and it works on its own in other situations. It clearly has something to do with the new iOS update, Apple I hope you're seeing this because no way in **** it's a hardware problem like your advisors say.

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