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May 5, 2012

HTC Sensation Touchscreen Problem

HTC Sensation Touchscreen Problem

🏆 Won — 328 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 14 years, 11 months ago

We the undersigned own a HTC Sensation and are experiencing the issues with our touchscreens as described below. We want HTC to acknowledge this fault, investigate and provide a remedy because this is unacceptable for any device, let alone a high-end flagship model.

Note to signees: Please include in the comments section; serial number (found under battery), country of purchase and build date (found on inside of back cover) to help narrow the problem.

The panel often misses first presses and also struggles with fast brushing movements.

The first issue results in great frustration when typing, as auto-correction of words does not work without the first letter. It also means you often have to tap several times on icons on the homescreen to launch an application.

With the second problem, the malfunctioning results in very choppy scrolling, in the app drawer or in Twitter applications such as TweetDeck. Frequently the touchscreen will register a brushing touch as a press, and will select whatever your finger happened to be passing over at the time. This leads to unwanted opening of applications when scrolling through your app drawer. The touchscreen's aberrant behaviour also makes it very difficult to unlock the touchscreen in a swift, natural motion. The unlocking gesture must be done very slowly and deliberately to avoid failure.

The issue is sporadic in that it can come and go. Restarting the phone sometimes fixes the problem but it will always come back eventually.


Updates

Reached 250 supporters

March 6, 2012

August 21, 2011

One hundred signatures feels like a small start against a company this size. My own phone is still acting up and I know many of you are just as frustrated.

Reached 100 supporters

August 19, 2011

August 16, 2011

Reaching one hundred names will show them this is not just a handful of isolated incidents. I am exhausted by the silence from their support team but I am staying here until we get a real answer.

6 Comments

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jj
11 years ago Featured

I had the same problem about 3 years ago. I am still having trouble fixing it so i could retrieve some data still on there. I used to only buy HTC phones. never again.

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Craig Alexander
11 years ago Featured

My HTC Sensation went from great to rubbish overnight. No response with touch screen. Have done everything suggested to no avail. $500 for a piece of junk. Will never have an HTC ever again. Have a Samsung now. No problems

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Anonymous
12 years ago Featured

The screen is erratic.. but the mail culprit are the capacitive buttons which simply have failed to accept my inputs Stuck with the last opened page unless i restart the phone everytime. More than Annoying!!

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Sarah Reid
14 years ago Featured

My sensation is basically a paperweight now. Scrolling is impossible and it clicks random links when I try to swipe pages. Just gonna switch to an iphone at this point.

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Mark Murphy
14 years ago Featured

Same here. Serial SH15KPL04231. UK bought. The screen misses taps all the time. Need to press 3 or 4 times just to send a text. Absolute joke for a premium phone.

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David Henderson
14 years ago Featured

Hate this phone. Screen ghosting and erratic input since day one. HTC support told me it was my screen protector. Yeah right. Never buying this brand again.

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