Re: iPad with Parkinsons...

[Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah - did that - it's like it is detecting 'ghost' fingers dancing on
the screen. :-)

(yes - it was a loooooooong drive back today)

Phil

Sent from another bloody fruit-based portable device...

On 27 Dec 2010, at 14:22, Kenneth Watt <kwatt@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Have you tried a reset of it yet?
>
> Hold the power and home buttons till it freaks out and reboots. ;)
>
> K.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 27 Dec 2010, at 09:31, Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Yeah - I was assuming that it was likely to be an issue with the
touchscreen itself but was asking to see whether anyone else had found
theirs doing it. :-)
>>
>> Anyhoooo - merry bloody Christmas to you all. :-)
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> Sent from another bloody fruit-based portable device...
>>
>> On 27 Dec 2010, at 03:03, "Dave McLaughlin"
<dave_mclaughlin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Phil,
>>>
>>> I am not familiar with the fPad but it sounds like a glitch in
the touch
>>> screen driver, most likely the hardware itself. No response to
touch kind of
>>> hints to this and then the powering off and on would reset the
hardware and
>>> sort it out again.
>>>
>>> Dave...
>>> ---
>>> Very funny Scotty, now beam down my clothes!!!
>>> ---
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>>> Phillip Harris
>>> Sent: 27 December 2010 01:12
>>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [ukha_d] iPad with Parkinsons...
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone else got an iPad that has Parkinsons?
>>>
>>> I have one here - thankfully not mine - that every so often
starts glitching
>>> on the screen (usually seems to be when using Safari but have
seen it on
>>> other apps too) as though you're making very rapid changes to
the zoom. When
>>> it does that then it is no longer responsive to any touch on
the screen.
>>> Hitting the menu button gets you back to the main screen but
still not
>>> responsive to any touch on the screen itself. The only thing
to do is to
>>> turn it off and back on again ...
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>
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