ios9 update -> now touchscreen problems

Maybe ... Some iPods & iPhones, touch sensitivity just fails. Happened to mine. Had to fork over $150 for a replacement iPod. Yes I know this is cheaper, but I wasn't too happy about that. Some product errors just fall through their inspectors grating.

yes there are a bunch of us, who have had iPhone, or iPod touch, touch problems, that only get progressively worse. I'm not 100% sure if it's the IOS 9 update, or not, but before I update my device again, I will see if anyone has problems. Some have been able to get replacement devices at Apple Stores. Worth a shot ...

SAME problem always happens when updating,

now phone touch screen is completly out of order. does not work. cant do anythign about it

I'm having the same problem. It renders my phone completely useless. I haven't gone into Apple yet because I know that will just be a waste of my time, energy, and I'll just get the same old run around - you're phone is out of warranty, we're Apple and we don't care, here's how much a new one is. It's really a shame, Apple used to be this company built on innovation, customer service, and customer experience - now they're just crap. They know it. We know it. Congratulations Apple. How many new phones did you sell due to your customers updating their phone to IOS 9? Good business practice - profits before all! Yay Apple! It's a disgrace.

I am having the same problem on iPhone 5s, iOS 9.3.3 (still). The problem now seems to appear only when using the Facebook Messenger app or Instagram. With irregular frequency, after a short time touch will go crazy and it will be impossible to finish typing any messages that I am currently typing (wrong letters would be typed or nothing at all). Usually the issue is resolved by locking and unlocking my iPhone.

Though it's nice that other touch problems have SEEMINGLY disappeared, the iPhone is still very much useless. Looking forward to the next update with hopes that such VERY basic functionality will finally be restored (after about two or three months of the iPhone being useless). I used to be proud of having an iPhone because of it's very smooth functioning with no bugs at all, no lag and no other problems. Now I feel ashamed really.

iOS 9.3.4. iPhone 5s, the issue still persists. The iPhone is still useless.

I'm sorry this isn't a solution, but take it to an apple store, as soon as you can. Some people have gotten replacements. Try more then one store if they won't help you. Unfortunately there was only one apple store within driving distance for me, and the best they could offer me was a new device at a lower cost. They know that something has gone wacky wt some devices, and instead of fessing up to it, there playing dumb. When I mentioned that others in Apple Support Communities also have problems, they replied, "well people who are have problems, always complain online." What does that mean? Well to me it means, that I most likely won't be buying another apple device. The percentage of those wt touch problems is small, and a company as large as apple, can certainly afford to replace a few bad models. Apple has changed a whole lot, since there beginning. Unfortunately not for the better. 😠

My iPhone 6 has this problem as well. Except I'm running iOS 10 beta and it started when I installed iOS 10 beta. I still have this problem even though they've come out with updated versions of the beta...

I have recently updated to ios 9.3.2 and got this problem as well when I didnt before. This is extremely frustrating and I have no idea what Im going to do, Ive tried almost everything from reseting to getting a screen replacement.

I had an issue with this and the apple store gave me a brand new phone. The EXACT same thing is now happening to this new one that I got last week. A hard reset did not fix the problem and now it stops working so often for a long period of time that I can barely use the phone. I'm getting very frustrated!

My iPhone 5s suddenly started having this issue this afternoon. It was like it was "possessed!" After reading a number of articles on the internet, I came across this thread. I read through 5-6 pages and, like others, was grateful that this seems to be a software issue not a hardware one. I am running iOS 10.0.02 and never head this issue with iOS 9.++

When it looked as if I was not going to fix this thing, I decided to pull my SIM card out of my iPhone 5s and stick it my old iPhone 4 (iOS 7.1.2) so that I could at least make and receive calls, forgetting that the SIM in the 5s was smaller than the one in the iPhone 4. So, I put the SIM back in the 5s and plugged it up to iTunes to back it up before I started doing major resets. Lo and behold, the entire erratic touch screen issue left completely--at least for the time being. The electronic demon is gone! I am not sure how long this will last, nor if this fix was mentioned earlier in parts of this thread that I did not read; but, for right now, I am back up and running. It certainly seems worth a try for some of you out there that may not have tried merely removing and replacing the SIM card.

My phone does the exact same but only when it's on charge and has been for a considerable amount of time and has a case on it, I have no idea why or how but that's what I find causes it

Hopes this helps

Some phones touch capability is just off. I don't know why, and I'm not going to speculate. I'll leave it to every apple customer wt the same problem, to guess. There are 21 pages of people just in this forum having problems, so it certainly isn't an isolated incident. With absolutely no response from apple, speculating is about all customers can do. Go to an apple store, and try to have it exchanged, and if the one you go to won't, try another store. Some users have been able to get apple to replace them for free, or at a reduced price.

Happens to me on my iPhone 6 fix this apple

Planned Obsolesce. Honestly I thought Apple was above this, at least they used to be ...