Touch Screen unresponsive after iOS 8 update

Try tapping the screen with three fingers. Try tapping the screen quickly 2 or 3 times. If you see a dialogue box it will have Zoom quit option. That's all it is, you are zoomed in. If not, check other advice provided in this forum.

zoom is not an issue.

your suggestion did nothing on my phone. Unfortunately.

I have more like random phantom texting,( letters I do not select ) screen minimizes and changes between apps. Without me touching it. More like its possessed.

Before the update my phone was great.

the screen problem is not consitent, it's random.

I Really don't have patience for this. Apple makes so much money

their iOS updates should be bug free considering what we pay for these

useless products

I Went from replying to an email to my phone calling someone in my contacts.

this is unacceptable.

Same issue here too on my iPhone 5s. It did just start happening recently. I can see why the next iOS release is going to focus on stability and not new features.

I want to mention that I have iphone5 ios8.0.2 - After update I began experiencing touchscreen issues, landscape issues. Often I can't slide to open, slide to restart, slide for next screen, slide to close apps, etc. If I make or receive a call my phone will not allow any touch to end call. I have to reboot phone after each call. In iMessage I often can't type certain letters and when I switch to landscape suddenly I can type a few letters - but only temporarily. it is random and not consistent. I'm rebooting numerous times a day for past 5 days - and often only solves briefly. I've experienced phantom typing and long pauses between typing a few letters.

Some of you have mentioned issues with accessibility functions such as zoom, follow focus, voice over etc - and I can promise you these are not the issue. And like many others, I've never had any issues with my phone whatsoever until upgrade. That seems a very consistent comment. [Note: Some Level10's on here suggest reset iphone settings which will cause no issues and won't reset any data, but in fact I've read numerous forums mentioning a bug with reset settings in that it could wipe your iwork files - so I'd recommend backup your icloud docs to other location before doing]. I will also note that I thought for a moment it might be tied to a bug starting with facebook - but I've ruled that out given that I haven't opened fbook for a few days while trying to solve this issue.

I will reset my iphone settings now - and if you don't hear back from me by tomorrow then this worked. I've backed everything up and am hoping for the best. I really dont want to waste my time restoring to factory defaults....

Hi, i have same issue however have found a band aid, please try and reply if it works.

Use Siri to call someone when screen is unresponsive, during call put hand across ear speaker, to make screen go off, remove hand from speaker, then the screen should come back on. once this has been completed, check to see if touchscreen is responsive

good luck

The touch screen issue returns with iOS 8.3. Phantom touches and random freezing. Locking it then unlocking it fixes it until it occurs again. Sometimes it freezes on the code entry unlock screen. The problem seemed to go away with the previous update.

If anyone else is experiencing this and reads this, please post.

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got same issue with iphone 5s and iOS 8.3. My screen is unresponsive 80% of the time and my phone is pretty much unusable. Restoring a backup and the problem remains.

I've got the same issue on my iPhone 5..updated from iOS 7.1.2 last night, issue started taking place overnight and never had any problems prior to updating.

Same issues after updated my iPhone 5S to 8.3 and then to 8.4.

Hey Everybody!, Yes updates are risky especially if no one is backing up before hand.

To avoid this make sure your updating in a safe environment, not public, not a friends, not a neighbors.

If the wifi has a virus your update can and will be corrupt.

BACK UP YOUR DEVICES!!!!! Either using iCloud or iTunes either one can be done through your iTunes application on Windows and on Mac.

If you notice that some issues came with your newly updated SOFTWARE then you got a back up you can go back to, To restore your iPhone from before the update.

"What? You can do that?!" -_- Yes...

Once all is well and you got your old software running try again to update or don't. This is simple stuff guys all the tools are there for you to use! USE THEM.

Thanks.

well... my wife's iPhone is having the same issue... you have to actually press the power button after after sleep to have the digitizer working properly... otherwise it acts weir, only the 0 works, and not always.

There's gotta be a solution for this that does not make us incur into a $29.99 help desk fee!!!

Come on Apple!

Was this ever fixed? This seems to be a major issue. I have the same issue with going to iOS 9 on an iPhone 6. After a lot of research I came across this thread.

What what eventually fixed this for you guys?

Could we all agree to not post "Same here! I have the same problem!" and describe the same symptoms? We are obviously here for solutions, not comparisons - unless it truly contributes to a solution. It's frustrating to come here looking for a solution only to find commenters chiming in with the same information... Thank yooooooou!!! : )