IPhone X not working with touchscreen gloves?

I just got a nice new pair of touchscreen gloves. They are not working well at all with my new iPhone X. However, I tried them with my iPad and they work really well on that. Both devices have the same brand of glass screen protector. I even put a fresh one on my iPhone X just to see (which is always a huge ordeal), and there is no change. My iPhone X touchscreen is quite responsive with my bare fingers, but I’m not sure why it’s being stubborn with the gloves, if the gloves are working fine with the iPad.


I even tried my gloves with my son’s iPhone 6, and they work extremely well with that, too.


I’m frustrated that my expensive new phone does not seem to be working very well with gloves for the winter. Is this fixable? I should note that it has nothing to do with the cold weather bug. I have been testing it inside my warm home.

iPhone X, iOS 11.2.1, null

Posted on Dec 31, 2017 2:39 PM

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Dec 31, 2017 2:56 PM in response to Kitagrl28

It could be the display type. I haven't tried gloves with my iPhone X. However, if the screen is working just fine without the gloves, it is rather difficult to say that there is something defective with the phone. I've never had 100% effectiveness with those gloves on other devices anyway. There is no setting or anything like that on the iPhone to ensure they work with 3rd party gloves.

Jan 1, 2018 8:07 AM in response to Kitagrl28

I have the same issue and tried the same things. My girlfriend's iphone 8 seemed to work slightly better, but still poorly. My sister's 6s worked fine. I have an older pair of gloves that worked perfectly fine with my 6, but not my X. The gloves my dad got for Christmas also don't work. That's 3 different brand gloves that won't work with the X or 8, but all work with older phones.


I've heard about issues with the X not being responsive in cold weather. However, while it may be 19 degrees outside, I tried this inside.

Feb 16, 2018 1:36 PM in response to Kitagrl28

Something is odd! I think Apple is doing something that disable it, because I can touch the screen to bring the phone from sleep with my gloves on, then it will not response to any other touch after that, swipe not working, touch not working.


Apple should tell their customer what they did to their phones !!! They should fix it!

And I know it’s fixable because it works before I do the 11.2.5 update!

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