Hypersensitive iPhone touch screen: What can I do?

By dwmartin, 11 September, 2013

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iOS and iPadOS
Sometimes, not always, my iPhone touch screen seems hypersensitive. While using one finger to scan the screen, in search of an app icon, I often open several apps I don't want to use. If I have to examine several screens, I often have three or four unwanted apps I've opened along the way. I'm not double tapping; my finger has not left the screen while sliding around in search of a particular icon. Is this problem unique to me; is it a matter of not using gestures correctly; and how might I scan the screens without opening things?

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By sockhopsinger on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 18:18

Well, there are a couple of reasons I can think of for apps opening that you don't want. One is that, maybe subconsciously, your finger double taps on the screen over an app. The other, and one thing that happens to me sometimes, is that while scanning the screen with one finger, I inadvertently brush the screen with a second finger which causes the apps to open. Sometimes, putting a screen protector on will also desensitize the screen a little if you are still having problems. Sorry, but that's about the best I can come up with.