Did the KitKat update fix your touchscreen bugs?

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I had some problems with stuck touches on Android 4.3 (but no missed and/or ghost touches). I'm happy to say that KitKat completely eliminated the stuck touches. I sideloaded the update a couple of hours ago and had some time to test everything out by using several apps and games on the device.
 

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Great to hear. I've had very little trouble, but occasionally have a phantom tap or a broken drag. I still love the device, but will enjoy the tablet that much more if they're gone.
 

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So having been using my nexus 7 constantly for the last hour I can say all my issues have been resolved with this update, no more lagging keyboard, no phantom touches, no dead spots, I'm super happy, its like a new tablet

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I had some problems with stuck touches on Android 4.3 (but no missed and/or ghost touches). I'm happy to say that KitKat completely eliminated the stuck touches.

That's great news! I was getting occasional stuck touches, too, but no missed or ghost touches.
 

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Well, unfortunately for me, I still have issues with it being unresponsive after the update. I will say it is better but not perfect.

I am on my third nexus 7. Guess I will soon be on my fourth but if that one sucks I will just give up.


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Mine seems to be much improved! So far I'm delighted but I'm going to wait a few days before I'm totally convinced that it really is fixed.

I had actually called this morning to to do another RMA. Keeping my fingers crossed that I won't have to duo it.

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Any of you guys get random reboots?
Curious if Kitkat helps that...I can't decided whether it's a hardware issue causing flash corruption or if that can be worked around in software...
 

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Planning on buy a N7 in a couple weeks. But these complaints of touchscreen issues have me really concerned...

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Well, unfortunately for me, I still have issues with it being unresponsive after the update. I will say it is better but not perfect.

I am on my third nexus 7. Guess I will soon be on my fourth but if that one sucks I will just give up.

Try a factory reset first, it sometimes clears out some bugs.
 

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After restoring to stock to get the update i noticed quite a few glitches. Before on Paranoid android i had noticed a few but not many. after the update everything seems to be running perfectly

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Yeah kit kat has fixed the majority of problems on the Nexus 7, namely wireless going out and the gps dropping. Now the tablet feels faster, but unfortunately a small handful of apps are broken for me until the developer can update them.
 

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I used to have the "stuck touches" issue on 4.3 and haven't seen it happen since updating to 4.4. So far, so good! Everything is working perfectly.
 

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Try a factory reset first, it sometimes clears out some bugs.

Yeah, I always do that after updating an OS as I don't mind starting from scratch. I also tried reflashing the stock image since they got posted but for whatever reason, it crashes (something about a signed file not verified) though sideloading the OTA update worked fine.

Interestingly this morning the touch screen was completely unresponsive but a hard reset seemed to fix that. So it seems it need to go back to Best Buy. Mind you now I'm wondering whether it is worth it keeping both a Nexus 5 and 7 when the 7 doesn't actually do anything the 5 can't (and one could argue the 5 does more since you have data wherever and some apps can't run on a tablet). Except of course for the larger screen... Decisions, decisions...
 

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Yeah, I always do that after updating an OS as I don't mind starting from scratch. I also tried reflashing the stock image since they got posted but for whatever reason, it crashes (something about a signed file not verified) though sideloading the OTA update worked fine.

Interestingly this morning the touch screen was completely unresponsive but a hard reset seemed to fix that. So it seems it need to go back to Best Buy. Mind you now I'm wondering whether it is worth it keeping both a Nexus 5 and 7 when the 7 doesn't actually do anything the 5 can't (and one could argue the 5 does more since you have data wherever and some apps can't run on a tablet). Except of course for the larger screen... Decisions, decisions...

I'm in the same boat about owning a N4 and getting a N7?? Dont have the N7 yet. But getting it during black Friday sales.

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