Accidentally Fixed Nexus 4 soft keys unresponsiveness/ ghost touch /erratic screen problem

[Saeed Williams]

My soft buttons are fully dead...now I am using back button app for soft keys...Somehow a fix worked for me a while...
1)-Install Gravitybox (Xposed framework)
2)-Open Gravitybox select navigation tweaks
3)-Increase navigation bar height to 115 or more till your soft buttons work!

 

[Chantale Streeting]

Same issue, here's my workaround: I downloaded Ultimate Rotation Control app and I can force any app to rotate the way I need to to use the keys. Thus, I am able to use the soft keys at the top of the phone (just need to flip the phone). My favorite setting is "Auto Portrait" so I can use the phone like normal but for tricky spots, I can just flip the phone 180 degrees. This app also has per-app settings. HTH.

 

[puneet adhikari]

Thnxx for the software recommendations.....i had the same problem and did same that u did...but within few days u will notice that more of your screen part becomes unresponsive...and it annoys like hell......best way is may be screen replacement . plus m gonna try the method u guyz dmentioned above:'(

 

[puneet adhikari]

Thnxx for the software recommendations.....i had the same problem and did same that u did...but within few days u will notice that more of your screen part becomes unresponsive...and it annoys like hell......best way is may be screen replacement . plus m gonna try the method u guyz dmentioned above:'(

 

[charu rustagi]

i tried the method you mentioned and it did work. but i was trying to see whether it has been fixed permanently i re tried the method and in that process i ended up with the same issue. my soft keys and screen are not working now. can you suggect something else please.

 

[kzmmt]

Hi, I've just registered to thank you about this topic because it worked for me.
In my case, I had a unresponsiveness area in the middle of the screen. What I did was:
- Charge the phone connected to the computer
- While phone is off, press power button + volume up

Battery sign appeared in the screen and red light at the bottom. While doing this I could hear some kind of "click" or noise in the phone.
After this it seems to be fixed. I hope it last.
For what I've seen on internet this screen problem may be related with battery problems, so maybe this key combination "resets" the battery or something like that

 

[Daniel Summers]

I have the same problem. At some point the digitizer stops working or shows erratic behaviour (everything else works), the problem is then replaced with portions of the touchscreen (vertical strips) not registering touch. At some point it worked after plugging in the charger, but the problem soon appeared again.
That's really weird, and I'm not entirely sure that I should replace the digitizer.

 

[ibro knight]

hi
it works but you have to connect your phone to the charger then turn it on, when you see the GOOGLE symbole hold and press the combination power button and the volum up and down simutaniously. hold it until your phone turns off and the light starts flashing red and do the steps as before

 

[Chewch99]

I"m having this problem myself. This is the 2nd time it's happened to me. The first time it was shortly after 4.2, then after about a month it started working out of nowhere and was perfectly fine until shortly after 5.0. My guess is it started working after some google app got a update and now after 5.0 it (well now I"m on 5.1.1) the issue is back. I"m not sure what app might be causing it, but I think it's likely a system app that you can't uninstall.

I still can't imagine it's only a hardware issue, as I had the same problem when 4.2 released then it fixed itself and worked flawlessly for months until 5.0. Generally hardware malfunctions don't typically repair themselves after system and app updates.

Also I tried the glitch posted here to get the red lights etc.. I did get the red light and rebooted after. It didn't seem to work, one unexpected thing did happen after I tried a second time. The phone booted into the optimizing apps screen 1 of 105, like it does after a system update. However I've had no update. Not sure why that happened.

 

[Satyajeet Deore]

I HAVE AN PROBLEM OF UNLOCKING THE SCREEN AS I HAVE SET UP 4 DIGIT PIN FOR UNLOCKING THE SCREEN BUT, DUE TO THE PROBLEM OF 30% screen unresponsiveness i cannot able to unlock the phone and proceed for further action:-

 

[Joe ejsojo]

Hi guys! Not sure if you guys still have your Nexus 4s around but when I had the same issue installing a custom ROM fixed it for me. The specific ROM I installed Chroma 6.0.1 Marshmellow ROM. I don't use it as a daily driver anymore but my Dad is still rocking it!

The 2nd method is this: https://status301.net/how-to-fix-nexus-4-unresponsive-soft-navigation-menu-buttons/

I haven't tried the 2nd method personally but seems promising.