Help Screen jumps all over the place with no touch...

[phositadc]

Major disappointment, and I haven't seen anybody else complain of this so hopefully I am the only one...

Got my Incredible, charged it, and started using it about an hour ago. About 10 minutes ago, the phone just started jumping around as if I were using the touch screen. Right now, I have it sitting flat on my desk, and the home screens are scrolling all over the place as if I am running my finger all over the touch screen.

Very, very strange. Does the same thing in apps sometimes.

Anybody have any ideas?

And for the record, I have not installed anything or done anything except set up Gmail.

 

[Squintz82]

Wish I could help, but once most people in this forum receive their phone, you'll have a better chance and troubleshooting

 

[jamesdean]

Try a battery pull.

 

[superchaos]

Do a calibration

 

[zanza]

did you spill any chocolate milk on the device?

 

[phositadc]

Yeah... thanks. This is my first touch phone, so I was hoping maybe someone with a touch phone (Incredible or otherwise) could shed some light.

Like I said, nobody in the reviews said anything about this, so hopefully mine was just screwing up momentarily and will start acting normal again. Or at least, hopefully mine will be the only one that has this issue.

I'll report back in a bit to update whether it keeps happening.

 

[fish2587]

haven't had that prob w mine yet but thanks for letting us know!

 

[Bundy]

Have you pulled the battery? I'm a BB user for now until my Inc comes - is that even something you do with Androids?

 

[phositadc]

Do a calibration

G-sensor calibration?

I did that, and at first it didn't seem to do anything. Then I turned the phone off, turned it back on, did another G-sensor calibration, and it seems to be working ok for the past 10 minutes.

 

[150_cav]

are you using the O.E.M. charger (the one that come in the box)

i see this all too often, if you use a cheap charger on these touch screens, it messes them up

 

[phositadc]

are you using the O.E.M. charger (the one that come in the box)

i see this all too often, if you use a cheap charger on these touch screens, it messes them up

Yep, used the charger that came in the HTC box.

 

[dbrits]

are you using the O.E.M. charger (the one that come in the box)

i see this all too often, if you use a cheap charger on these touch screens, it messes them up

It's not that I don't believe you, but why? I've never owned a touchscreen phone, so I have no idea what the correlation is between a cheap charger and the touchscreen going wonky.

 

[jpallen77]

Have you pulled the battery? I'm a BB user for now until my Inc comes - is that even something you do with Androids?

This happened to my eris a few times. Batt pull was necessary cause all buttons locked up as well. Not a regular need to batt pull on android like on BBs. G-sensor calibration and it hasnt done it since. hope this helps.

 

[AcePuppy]

are you using the O.E.M. charger (the one that come in the box)

i see this all too often, if you use a cheap charger on these touch screens, it messes them up

Find this hard to believe, I've gone through 3 touch screens with no issues on OEM chargers. What is your reasoning for this?

 

[w0rdie]

Its not the screen, the trackpad is being activated.

I bet it is always scrolling right or left.. as in one or the other, yeah?

 

[phositadc]

Its not the screen, the trackpad is being activated.

I bet it is always scrolling right or left.. as in one or the other, yeah?

Yep, it would scroll mostly to the left.

Have you seen this?

Edit: Oh, but the button never seemed to actually push... it would just scroll, never select.

 

[BoozeRob]

Sounds like a Ghost. I would move

 

[w0rdie]

All you can try is some alcohol on a Q-Tip.. clean the sensor (battery out) then boot back up and see how it goes.

If that doesn't work -- I'd head to your (biggest) local store and try to make them give you one of the stocked Incredibles citing your preorder, etc as grounds for the special treatment (as in you not having to wait for mail order or Friday for 'release').

 

[phositadc]

All you can try is some alcohol on a Q-Tip.. clean the sensor (battery out) then boot back up and see how it goes.

If that doesn't work -- I'd head to your (biggest) local store and try to make them give you one of the stocked Incredibles citing your preorder, etc as grounds for the special treatment (as in you not having to wait for mail order or Friday for 'release').

Thanks. I'll give it a try. I haven't even used the trackpad so I'm not sure why it would have started messing up. And at any rate, it hasn't messed up in awhile, so I can wait until Thursday to try for an exchange if necessary...

 

[w0rdie]

Use the 'Thanks' button if you mean it.

I hope it works out.

 

[FunkyBoss]

did you spill any chocolate milk on the device?

Sounds like a Ghost. I would move

Maybe the ghost spilled the milk?

 

[AcePuppy]

Regardless if it occurred, it's something that should not have, as it is either a hardware or software error (most likely software). Report it to Verizon and if you can repeat what happened to them even better.

 

[jamor]

Major disappointment, and I haven't seen anybody else complain of this so hopefully I am the only one...

Got my Incredible, charged it, and started using it about an hour ago. About 10 minutes ago, the phone just started jumping around as if I were using the touch screen. Right now, I have it sitting flat on my desk, and the home screens are scrolling all over the place as if I am running my finger all over the touch screen.

Very, very strange. Does the same thing in apps sometimes.

Anybody have any ideas?

And for the record, I have not installed anything or done anything except set up Gmail.

Are you sure you aren't telepathic? I suggest you go in for some readings and diagnosis. Just don't start playing with my Incredible okay?

 

[w0rdie]

Are you sure you aren't telepathic? I suggest you go in for some readings and diagnosis. Just don't start playing with my Incredible okay?

lol

 

[andrew53517]

Try a factory reset if the battery pulls and everything else people are mentioning still don't work. That would be another thing that would reset the software.. It's under settings - just forgot where exactly. Try that though.. Hope it gets worked out bud!