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Help nexus 7 screen unlock issue (is this the touchsreen issue?)

Every now and then when i try to unlock the screen on the Nexus 7 and i drag the unlock icon to unlock it, the screen just shuts off again. I can press the power button to bring the screen back on, but i'm unable to unlock it. The only way out of this is to restart it.
I don't think this is the dreaded touch screen issue that Google is pretending doesn't exist.


also want to add, it almost always has software that needs to be updated when it restarts. Not sure if related.
Thoughts?
 
It is not the same software. It used to be every days it will do this, now its doing it every 10 minutes or so. No software updates the last few times. I thought i would be clever and turn off the lock screen. Now when i press the power button to wake up the display it wakes it up for a split second before it turns off again. Its still on as i keep getting notifications. Only thing is, now I can turn it off. Eventually if I keep pressing the button it eventually wakes up the display and keeps it on. Very frustrating.
 
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