Touch screen going crazy

For the past few weeks, the touch screen goes crazy as if an invisible finger is touching the screen in random locations. This happens regardless of if I am holding the iPad in my hand or not. I could be reading a web page and having the opah on the desk and in random it happens.
I am not using any screen protector and there are no scratches on the screen.
The iPad goes in this mode in random and it is not linked to any specific application.

The way to get it out of this mode is to hit the power button once and then unlock the screen.

Does anybody else have this issue?
Any solution to this?
Is my ipad broken?

Thanks
Sam

iPad 64GB, iOS 4, Touch screen operation

Posted on Jan 5, 2011 4:18 AM

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Ralph Landry1

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Posted on Jan 5, 2011 4:24 AM

Hi Tiger San,

Try:
1. Power cycle the iPad, turn off and then back on.
2. Hard reset; hold both the sleep and home buttons until the Apple logo appears.
3. Factory restore by attaching to iTunes, but back up all information first so you can restore it.

If none of these steps work, in ascending order of course, then a visit to the Apple Retail store genius bar is in order. Not responding to these steps means a faulty touch screen.

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Apr 8, 2016 1:00 PM in response to Briansyddall

TThanks Brian

Jul 12, 2016 2:28 PM in response to Syeed10

Thank you so much! My iPhone 6 has been miserable to try to use for the last few months because of this problem and it is so great to find a solution. Thanks so much for posting!

skluckow

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4 points

Sep 15, 2016 2:15 AM in response to Syeed10

genius, so far so good.

Dec 29, 2016 4:44 AM in response to TiganSan

I have the same problem, however, unlike the other answers, mine (iPhone 5c) doesn't matter if it's charging or not.

Iron61

Level 1

4 points

Feb 14, 2017 12:36 AM in response to Happy-12

Hey! Exact same thing happens. Guess I'll stop using my phone while it's charging.

robrayjr

Level 1

8 points

Mar 1, 2017 10:38 AM in response to Syeed10

So turn off every function in the phone... and then you can recharge the battery successfully. Apple needs a better response to this problem.

Mar 15, 2017 1:23 AM in response to TiganSan

this happens to me too.. i tried everything. My daughter has a new iphone 7 2 days old and it is starting to the same think

Aug 5, 2017 8:15 PM in response to kingsridge

Hmmmm...I'll have to try that! Thanks for the tip!

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