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 Jun 28, 2024 2:25 PM

I have been experiencing the exact same issue on and off for the past 2 years. The first time it happened, I tried to reset my iPhone to factory defaults but that didn’t work. I then updated the iOS and that did fix it! But only temporarily… weird…. About 1 year later (Today), the p and backspace button on the right stopped working. I went to the notes app and scribbled around and indeed the right 1cm of my screen was not working. I ended up taking my iPhone to a local repair shop, they swapped out the screen, and Walla! The screen works great now, no issues.


So it could be software related, but on my iPhone SE 2nd gen, replacing the screen worked!


Hopefully this helps others as well.

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

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