Touch screen going crazy

Hi. Had the same problem on my Iphone 4S and my son's Ipod 4. The screen was going crazy: we could try to click somewhere and it seemed to click anywhere making it impossible to use the device. We were rebooting to solve the problem but it kept getting back. After a while, we noticed the same as Happy 12, it only happened when charging but necessarily fully charged but only when using certain chargers and sorrily not Apple brand. As soon as we disconnect the Iphone or Ipod, everything returns to normal. It makes it scary to think that a charger can have an impact on the response of the screen ...

I am having the same issue with my iPad. This is the second time it has happened. It would be nice to have a better resolution than just replacing the device. I rebooted the iPad and reset it with no luck 😟. I guess the screen on the iPad *****...

I'm also having this issue but with my iphone 4. I restored several times and the effects still return. I also experience the "dead strip" where and entire horizontal strip about the width of your finger has no effect, usually right above the dock icons. I've got to Apple and to humor them them sent me home telling me NOT to restore but to just sync your music/apps etc. to a "new" phone. during my process I decided to play around with the scrolling of languages you can choose prior to full activation and the dead strip effect appeared, proving it is not my restores effecting the phone but the phone itself.

In short, if you're experiencig any of the effect people have mentioned above, it's best to replace your product. It's a clear defect of the device itself.

NOTE: I use one of those static screen protectors and the effects occured whether it was on or off. The screen is NOT effecting the defective phone.

Cheers, hope you all have Apple Care 😉.

I've had this issue for months, tried a restore as new, restore from backup, restore via DFU. Nothing helps, the problem is random and even after locking the screen it may not fix it and I just get frustrated. After about 5 mins it works again or I'd have to do a hard reset. I'm going to record the wonkiness via my iPad and post it here. I'm out of warranty so does anyone know how much Apple charges for this up here in Canada?

Well in my case, I was using an Apple charger. Worth mentioning is that the iphone was sitting next to a laptop. So maybe the combination of being fully charged, still plugged in, and near electronic interference.

The crazy screen does not happen when it is unplugged, and still near the laptop. SO it has something to do with being plugged and near other electronic device that emit somewhat strong field.

I just bought my ipad and im having the same problem! I tried out different chargers but nothing changes! Very strange, i did some "tests" and could realize that the charger dont even need to be inserted into the ipad, just geting it close to the lighting connector will strike the problem.

Im really ****** off with this problem! This is the forth day of my ipad! Now starts the battle to get a mine replaced!

I have had the same issue with my iPad 2. Done all the stuff advised above and even factory restore. Went to Genius bar, waited 25mins. Their resolution...... buy a new Ipad as mine is out of warranty at a cost of £199!!

I could not fix it. I now charge at a different location (away from other laptop or electronic devices) or if I have to use a location near a laptop or other device, I leave the phone screen turn off and avoid playing with it.

I agree that Apple should fix this, the screen should not be going crazy when in charge mode.

At last! I think I have the solution for all of us:

I've been in the same situations, except my iPhone 5S gone crazy even if not plugged...

I've searched a lot on the internet to find a solution, that's why I'm here:

I tried a lot of things and multiple restaurations: Even during the installation, touch screen made those weird stuffs...

I finally downloaded a brand new firmware for my iPhone 5S (iOS 7.0.4.ipsw) to restore it on my iPhone. It exists for iPads as well.

You can find it through a search by your own on the internet, it's easy to find 😉

It seems our problems are not an hardware ones finally, but seems to be due to some corrupted files at the root of the phone's (or iPad) software.

After downloaded, open iTunes after have plugged your device and press ALT+"Restore" (MAC) or CTRL+"Restore" (PC) to choose the firmware downloaded earlier.

wait for the restauration done... And voilà 🙂

Worked fine for me: No touch screen issues anymore.

Hope that helped.

Hi, I have the same problem with my iPhone 4S I already have the iOS 7.0.4 and the screen is crazy on the left side. I also think that Apple need to solve this kind of issues. Another thing in my case is that this left side it's so sensible; I still not touch and it detect my finger!!

I have been having a similar issue with my iPad Mini. The problem started with a small dead area about 1/2" x 1" at the top left edge of the screen. Then one spot near that would ghost tap constantly. It would do this about 30 seconds after turning on the iPad. This has gone on for about the past 2 weeks.

Not sure what prompted me to try this but I thought maybe heat might resolve the issue.

I got a corn filled heat bag that my wife has and heated it up for 2 minutes in the microwave. I Placed the bag on my iPad Mini and left it there until it cooled.

I have now been using my iPad Mini for the past 2 hours and no problems. The dead spot is gone and no more ghost typing.

Can't really tell you why this works or if it will work for anyone else but when I did it I thought I can't make it any worse because it was unusable as it was.

Hope this helps someone else.

Happened to me with an iPhone 6 and my current iPhone 5. I thinks there is no solution. After a bunch of theories, my current one is heating. Didn't happen with iOS 8 though, or at least I don't remember it happening.