Iphone 4s touch screen not responding

Interesting fix Night Ed! Glad that worked! I was having the same problem, out of the blue, touch screen not working on my 4S. I was about to give up, after restarting/resetting it 4 or 5 times, and also plugging it into itunes to get it ready to back up and restore. Then I remembered that the other day my phone was acting really strangely when I was on a call, making the call sound like it had a bad connection. The person I was talking to sounded distorted and really small and far away. That happened with a few different calls, so i realized it was not a bad connection, it was the phone. But by bending the phone a bit, I was able to hear the person talking, and temporarily fix the problem. That problem went away, but then a week later I had this issue with the touch screen not working. So I thought, hmmm... what if I bend it the way I did when I was having the communication problem? And it WORKED! I couldn't believe it. Immediately my touch screen started working. I didn't bend it super hard, but with a decent amount of pressure.

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Try this First...

Press and Hold the Sleep/Wake Button and the Home Button at the Same Time...

Wait for the Apple logo to Appear...

Usually takes about 15 - 20 Seconds... ( But can take Longer...)

Release the Buttons...

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430

thank you AnaMusic

I had the same touchscreen problem and it got resolved with your suggestion.

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Press and Hold the Sleep/Wake Button and the Home Button at the Same Time...

Wait for the Apple logo to Appear...

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MsLilian_x wrote:

What Should I Do Next ??

Connect to iTunes on the computer you usually Sync with and Restore...

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

Also consider Deleting any Apps you have Purchased / Downloaded but you now never use...

Thank you, AnaMusic, your suggestion worked perfectly!

I have this problem too, cant restore it as it need the phone to be unlocked, cant restore it as Itunes cannot do it with "find my iphone" turned on

My screen is just blank no picutre, but siri is functional and connecting it to Itunes shows it does have power, but no backlight, no picture

I have the same issue with the touch screen. Reset does not work, can't unlock to restore on iTunes. Siri responds, but won't do anything without the passcode. Any other options here? The phone is slightly over 1 year old so no warranty.

OK! So I went onto my ipad (After backing up my phone and pictures through itunes and loading the pics on my computer) and went into the "find my iphone" app and erased my phone... this cleared it out (restarted it). Then I restored my phone through itunes. I had to re-load my apps onto my phone but all my shared photo streams were saved and now I have way more space on my phone. So there you have it. I can now call 911 in an emergency

Found this discussion after the screen on my iPhone 4 stopped responding. I had an additional difficulty in that the off button at the top is utterly stuck (I use assistive touch to turn it off when necessary). So the "push and hold both buttons" wouldn't work for me.

But... holding the home button still turned on Voice Control and after I spoke a command the phone decided to ring someone in my contacts.

I actually told it to "Play Playlist" but it decided to ring someone called Claire O'B****, instead so voice control needs to work harder on learning my north-east England accent!

However, once the phone started ringing I could press the red End Call button on screen and everything went back to normal.

I have an iphone 4s with a problem with the screen display, when used for a while there is a ghost image. What i mean by that is for instance i take a picture when i look at the screen i can see the apps as a 'ghost image' through the camera image. The apps on the main screen fade in colour too? What could this be? I have never dropped the phone or 'washed it in the washing machine' its always kept in a case fully protected

Has anyone ever had this problem?

The iPhone is on IOS 8.1.1

iPhone 4s

16 GB

I really want to thank you man, I was not using my iphone anymore since I had some touch screen problems, but with your suggestion I'm using it again.

Bend Saves!! It's a real problem for Apple these TS issues, I've tried many other solutions, the only one that works is bending the phone. Apple Team, please get this suggestion and make it better, as it clearly shows a problem between the touch and internal connectors, only fixed when bending the phone. Uski, thanks again!

A family friend bought a new 4, unlocked, about 2 years ago (how weird is that? he thought he was buying a 4s, but it was one of those little scam resellers near the turnaround for the San Francisco cable cars). It worked fine (other than being a 4, not a 4s) until last week when it intermittently stopped responding to touch inputs. We did a software restore and the only program we downloaded for him was Hangouts (Google), but the intermittent touch issue is back (no response to touch). I have an Apple Genius Bar appointment to see if Apple has any insights on this, but from my quick and dirty research so far, it sounds like some 4s phones have digitizer problems which are the result of a poor connector hook-up inside the phone (not a digitizer failure itself). I'll report back if the Genius Bar is helpful, but if anybody has come across additional information on this issue please leave a post.

Do you have any solution if the awake/sleep button is not working? My button stopped functioning a few weeks ago. Now the touch screen is non-responsive. I am unable to hard boot.

EDIT: never mind my inquiry. I used the restore from backup function in iTunes and this rebooted the phone. Problem solved... for now.

I Have Tried But It Works Then Stops Again 😟 What Should I Do Next ??

atheendra wrote:

thank you AnaMusic

I had the same touchscreen problem and it got resolved with your suggestion.

Glad to Help 🙂 Enjoy