iPhone 6, ghost touching screen...

Brand new iPhone 6, 64gb, no case, received 24 hours ago, one charge cycle of use, everything works fine with the phone, except it is randomly ghost touching left side of screen. Phone has been restarted several times, updated the as shipped iOs 8.0 to iOs 8.1.1 at lunch, no change, ghost touching still happening.


Turned it on and upon initial configuration noticed ghost touching of left side of screen, phone opened up an app and was operating it as if being touched, mostly left side of screen inputs, (my hands no where near the screen) typing a text ghost touching happened again, left screen ghost touches causing all sorts of mayhem. On a web page looking at an item I recently purchased, ghost touching selected the item, and shopping cart, (thank goodness to actually place and order requires more deliberate action). Updating the apps from the app store, non stop ghost touching, launching the apps trying update. Withe he phone sitting on the desk no objects near it even ghost swiped along with more ghost touches that took it out of "updates" and launched a video of a game in "Featured Apps" Once the updates were down, the ghost touching subsided to the more sporadic random touching. During the app updates was the only real noticeable pattern and it was quite literally almost non stop entire time.


Anyone else experience this with their iPhone 6, 4.7"?

Posted on Nov 20, 2014 10:58 PM

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Sep 5, 2017 2:19 PM in response to BRAAP

I'm pretty sure this is a charger problem. I had this problem with my 5s. I thought the screen was broken and had it replaced. The problem was fixed for 2 days and the ghost tapping started again. I noticed the guy fixing the screen used an original apple adapter and i used a samsung one. Switching back to an apple adapter fixed the problem for me. It doesnt have to be an original apple one just make sure the specs are correct or designed to charge iphone. I still have the problem sometimes when i charge my 6s in the car but its bearable enough

Sep 23, 2017 7:33 PM in response to BRAAP

***Ghost touch is a hardware issue and can be fixed***


My iPhone 6 started acting up when it was 3 months out of Apple Care Plus. It started with intermittent screen unresponsiveness. Maddening, though hard to reproduce on command. I called Apple and got the usual nonsense: never heard of this, sounds like you need a new phone, etc. After poking around a bunch on various sites, the consensus is that the iPhone 6 has a design flaw that causes the digitizer and screen to become unreliable. Some have blamed this on dropping the phone, bending the phone, dunking the phone, or charging with an unauthorized charger. Possibly true. However, mine did it on its own. After a few months, the phone got much worse. It started acting as if it had a poltergeist. It was dialing random numbers, opening and closing apps, trying to send nonsense texts, etc. Completely worthless. I was ready to throw it in the toilet. However...


I ordered a screen and digitizer replacement via a large online retailer that is named after a famous South American river. The one I got came with a magnetic pad with a picture of the iPhone to keep track of the screws. It came with the tiny pentalobe and 000 Phillips screwdrivers, both magnetized (big help). While I was at it, I ordered a replacement battery. After watching the online videos a couple of times, I dove in. One and a half hours of microsurgery later, my iPhone 6 is FIXED!!! And it has a new battery. Total cost: $52. And to think Apple wanted me to buy a new phone.

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