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Carlosplz Author

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6 points

Iphone 4s touch screen not responding

Hi, i have a problem with my iPhone 4S: just out the blue, the screen stopped working, doesn't respond to the finger touch at all,.

i have try to turn it of, but when i have to slide to confirm the action and slide on the red symbol and since the touch screen doesn't respond, can't turn off the device.

The screen looks totally normal, just not responding, the calls and messages get to the device but i cant get access to the iPhone, so it is like a iVegetable. The iPhone 4S haven't get wet or have dropped, it was in my pocket and when i wanted to use it, the touch screen didn't respond, like I said: just out the blue, help please. Thank you for reading.

Ps.

The phone is 90 days old more or less.

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.3

Posted on Nov 2, 2013 2:08 AM

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uski

Level 1

4 points

Posted on Oct 1, 2014 1:43 PM

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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dknisely

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Jun 7, 2014 5:56 PM in response to atheendra

thank you. I read post and was able to fix my touch screen problem also!!

Jul 16, 2014 12:00 AM in response to AnaMusic

Thank you so much this worked for me!! 🙂

Jul 16, 2014 1:15 AM in response to AnaMusic

Thank you soo much! This was such an annoying issue and I thought I had lost my iPhone (4S, iOS 7.0.3) forever!

Jul 19, 2014 2:40 PM in response to Carlosplz

i have the same iphone problem i tried using the sleep/wake and home button but that method doesnt work either do any one have suggestions on how i fix this

ahearing

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Aug 1, 2014 3:36 AM in response to AnaMusic

Thank you. This worked for me 🙂

gwenspw

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Aug 18, 2014 4:42 AM in response to AnaMusic

Helloo if this happens n my pictures r not saved anywhere else but on my iphone and i do the manipulagion to reset my iphone will i loose everything?

Aug 22, 2014 9:07 PM in response to AnaMusic

Thank AnaMusic , thankyou so much , your suggestion is worked for my iphone4s....🙂

Oct 24, 2014 6:19 AM in response to AnaMusic

thank you my iphone is workin thank you again for solution

Oct 31, 2014 1:56 AM in response to AnaMusic

worked for me. Thanks AnaMusic

Dec 16, 2014 8:31 AM in response to AnaMusic

ive tried this metod and it worked for like 5 min and now itunes wont conect and or restore my device. what shuld i do ?

May 10, 2015 10:05 PM in response to AnaMusic

@AnaMusic

I tried this and it worked. Thanks for the solution. I have iPhone4 and today is the first time I faced this problem but got it resolved with your suggestion.

May 11, 2015 7:15 PM in response to AnaMusic

i literally am in love with you.... i broke 3 iphones by dropping them and the screen was unresponsive and this solved ALL OF THE PROBLEMS LITERALLY!!!! you are a god in the iphone community

Sep 21, 2015 6:19 PM in response to AnaMusic

THANK SOOOOO MUCH I WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK ;-;

Aug 29, 2017 2:56 AM in response to Carlosplz

My iPhone 4s touch few digits are not working

Iphone 4s touch screen not responding