iPhone SE (2020) right side of screen not responding to touch

The right side of my screen (around 1cm wide) suddenly stopped responding to touch. The phone has never been dropped or exposed to moisture. Forced restarting and even a full restore didn't fix the issue. See the attached screenshot where I tried to fill in a note. For now I'm using left handed assist on the keyboard so I can use all the keys...


I found a thread where people had the same issue with the iPhone XS here.


Has anyone else had this issue and found a solution? I'm hoping I don't need to replace the screen.


iPhone SE, iOS 16

Posted on Jan 18, 2023 8:18 AM

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Posted on Oct 26, 2023 11:16 PM

I had the exact same problem. An year back i started seeing red and blue lines on the right side of the screen and after than the screen became un responsive to touch about 1 cms to the right edge. i cleaned, updated the OS, changed the keyboard, few general haptic keys settings changed but nothing happened. After a day it magically set this right and the screen started working. i forgot about the problem.


Fast forward 1 year, the issue re occured, this time all the above steps and nothing got sorted. i checked this forum, the only solution that seemed to have worked is go to apple support center change the screen. i wanted atleast another 1 year of usage since i spent a good amount to buy the phone, i decided to shell out Rs.13800.00 in india to get the screen replaced yesterday. Yes, it solved the problem and it is to be seen if i can use it for another year !

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Aug 23, 2024 11:43 PM in response to mr_yeo

Okay, for some reason, I can’t see my last reply here. I will just add another one. This is definitely related to a RAM issue. I tried closing all the apps and shutting down the display. When I reopen it the display the touchscreen works again >> now that I write here it stopped working again.


I have the current latest iOS version 17.6.1.

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