Touch screen woes

[mobilemedic20]

I dig the nexus 7 and use it daily at work, but the touchscreen is definitely wonky. Its either far too sensitive and causes unintentional presses,or it gets stuck, and a light touch results in a long hold (ie. tap the "u" key and it pops up 7 and holds there until I do something to correct it. Really annoying and interrupts the flow of typing.

Any fixes for these issues? Or is this a "get what you pay for" situation?

 

[YAYTech]

Step 1: make sure you have all the updates
Step 2: if you still have issues, factory reset
Step 3: if you still have issues, decide whether to return, exchange, or wait & hope for another update that improves it.

I haven't had much issue with mine, but every once in a while notice taps that aren't recognized, or swipes that are broken (ex: when using a swipe gesture on the keyboard, and end up with two odd words because it thought I lifted my finger). I personally think/hope we'll see more improvement with further software updates, but there's no guarantee.

 

[Ribs85]

Good advice on the updates. This was a big problem for a lot of owners until Google sorted it with a update.

Of course, yours could just be faulty...

 

[jerrykur]

Make sure you fingers are dry. If they are oily or moist you will get a lot of strange behavior because of the change in resistance.

 

[asus_usa]

Which update version are you on? There was an update released not too long ago that should fix the touchscreen issues that some units were having. I believe the update version was JSS15Q.

 

[physioprof]

Mine is fully updated to JSS15R, and it still has the occasional (a few times per day) sticky key problem, where a key tap is read as a press-and-hold that only releases when you tap somewhere else on the screen.

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[George Stevens]

I have jss15R, and, yes, plenty of touchscreen issues, which I've had since the beginning, updates made no difference, but then I have the very same touchscreen issues on my older Samsung 4.2 Android too.