Touch Screen unresponsive after iOS 8 update

It's absolutely the update. I have an almost-2-year-old 4s, and have never ONCE had that issue. Then this past weekend I updated (iOS 8.02 or whatever), and a day or two later it started happening. For me it's mostly happening when I have an app open and it starts to go into sleep mode, or has gone into sleep mode, and when it comes back on sometimes it's normal sometimes not. I also used the homescreen button and that seems to do the trick, but yeah it's annoying as ****.

It is definitely iOS8. I am experiencing this most on landscape games (Clash of Clans, Plunder Pirates, etc) and it is happening on both my 5S and 6+

I have a ~1 year old iPhone 5 that has performed flawlessly up until I upgraded to iOS 8. I'm now running 8.0.2 and no still having the same issue. It happens a lot when using different Apps, but notably Facebook. I'm also having problems with the screen not rotating into landscape mode. Also, when clicking on links within apps like Facebook, the phone will seem to lock up & be unresponsive for 10-20 seconds.

I have the same issue. I upgraded the 5S and noticed it. I can't pin down what's causing it, but it often requires me to use the home button to exit the app and then go back in.

To be honest the 5S has been through some though times and so I thought there may be something there. However I picked up a new iPhone 6 yesterday and the issue is happening here too. There are only 3 elements that are consistent: me (I don't think I've changed); my installation (I migrated my backup to the new phone); ios8. It could I still be that the original ios8 trashed my 5s backup and I have migrated that over, or it is ios8 itself. I'm hoping for the latter and a quick software fox, because it's starting to drive me mad.

I'm also experiencing this issue on an iPhone 5s on 8.0 and 8.0.2. Especially inside apps (mostly Clash of Clans). Unfortunately it is impossible to go back to iOS 7.

Did you update you iphone via iTunes or OTA?

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I also have this problem. Usually when typing messages, in YouTube, Safari etc.

Other issues: caps selecting when it shouldn't; phone calling answerphone on its own; showing that there are photos and videos in Settings > General > About when there aren't any on the phone (but a thumbnail of a deleted phone shows when you access the camera from the control centre when the iPhone 5S (and iPod 5th Gen touch is unlocked); black screen on iPhone 5S (except for carrier and battery info).

All in all a rubbish update not thought through and not properly tested.

Try a Reset and then after the Reset do a Reset All Settings ...You will need to then go through and make you specific Settings Choices again on such things as WiFi Network, Location Services preferences by App, etc. but this may result in the Touch-Screen / Typing issues being Resolved. If after this the issues are not Resolved then you will have to Restore to Factory Settings and before you add back you Backup let the iPhone become fully operational as a New iPhone and test the Screen and Typing without your earlier Backup.

I read that backing up via iTunes, erasing all content and settings, setting up as a new iPhone, and then restoring from backup in iTunes would correct the issue. I did that and still had some issues but they were a lot less apparent. Between my iPhone 5s and my new iPhone 6+ I realized that I installed the swipe keyboards on both. I've have since disabled it on my iPhone 6+ and things have been running smoothly since then. Anyone else running third-party keyboards?

UPDATE: I went ahead & did a full iTunes backup, reset all settings & whiped the phone. I then set it up as new phone & then restored from backup. I don't want to jinx myself, but its been 24 hours & so far no issues. I'll let you know if that changes.

TThis seems to happen in landscape mode when I rotate the phone clockwise. If I turn it counter clockwise, it's fine.

I have the same issue. iPhone 5, 1 year-old, not even a scratch.

Sometimes my touch screen works, sometimes not. When it works, it is just for some seconds, then some phantom touches start to happen all over the screen, but specially, when i'm typing, it types z or m, when I try to type something in, and it receives it, it will act as z or m again....

If I switch off my screen and switch on again... sometimes it will work, sometimes it wont... veeery unstable.

I considered downgrading to 7.1.2 but since I heard it is ilegal I decided to wait for a new iOS release.... any suggestions? (already wiped it and the issue continued...)

Is it really not recommended to downgrade it and have my phone funcionalities back?

I had the same with the phone (iPhone 5) being unresponsive after updating to iOS8.0.2. I had Fleksy, a third party keyboard installed and I just gave it a shot and deleted the new keyboard, rebooted the phone and now it's working again as it should. So people with third party keyboards should maybe get rid of them for the time being...

I am having the same issue as well. I just chatted with tech support, and showed them this forum post. He said that he forwarded the issue onto engineering. I also submitted a bug report to feedback, with this link. Hopefully the bug can be resolved soon.

I'm also having this same issue, it freezes constantly. I have a 5S that's not even a year old yet, with NO 3rd party keyboards. I haven't installed any new apps since the update.