I was just sitting here on the couch, charging my phone, and messing around with the home screen. I tried longpressing on various icons, but it just immediately opened the program, instead of letting me move it somewhere else. It was like the screen was possessed, i'd barely touch it and it would act like i'd hit it twice, I tried to write a text but it was impossible because whenever I touched a letter it spit it out 2 or 3 times.

This is pretty obnoxious, true, I could just stop using it while it's charging...but why should I have to do that? Is something wrong with my phone? I've noticed this once before...but was busy with something else and forgot about it until today. I've only had this phone about 10 days now, and as far as I can tell that has happened twice. I took the charger in and out a few times, each time testing if the behavior was consistent, each time it was charging the screen is crazy, when it take the charger out it returns to normal.

anyone having this problem? Know how to fix it?

 

Completely true, I also reset it, both by just turning it off, and by popping the battery out. Sorry, should have mentioned that.

It's not the biggest deal ever, but it is kind of messed up, makes me think there is a physical short somewhere in the charging hardware.

 

It is not rooted. What do you mean by 'reboot'? Just a regular holding of the power key, then choosing 'turn phone off'...and then turning it back on? Or are you talking more like factory reset?

I'd gladly try a reset, I just dont want to lose my contacts, and dont have them backed up anywhere. ok..and I also dont really know offhand how one would go about backing up contacts. And now I feel ********. Anyone want to toss out an easy way to backup and restore a contact list?

 

wow, re-****-ed is censored on here? odd.

 

Well, I think it's the charger. I'm kicking myself, I bought two small travel chargers for the hero on ebay for like, 6 bucks total. With both of them the phone charges just fine, but the screen acts crazy.

I probably just shouldnt use them at all huh? Any electrical engineers here who can tell me the possible dangers of using a cheapo charger?