How to fix Ghost touch in Android?

Ghost touch, this is a mobile screen issue, however it’s most likely an hardware issue but you can try below methods to solve this screen problem.

But before doing that some important FAQs and details, you shouldn’t miss:

What is Ghost touch?

For those who don’t know, it’s a mobile screen problem, where our mobile clicks randomly without even touching that and gets crazy. This is called ghost touch mobile screen issue.

What is the reason of ghost touch problem in mobiles?

Well, causes might be different but most likely when your phone gets old (2-3 years), fall down or after repairing of screen. This may all be a cause of this issue.

What are the symptoms of ghost touch in mobile?

Several things indicate to ‘ghost touch’ problem:

• Screen does not work in some parts. (e.g in middle area or etc.)
• Screen goes crazy
• Touch screen clicks automatically

How to fix the ‘Ghost Touch’ problem in phone?

It’s most likely a hardware problem but still you can try below methods before going to the service center, below steps may work or may not work so let’s start:

Clean your screen

Using your phone while taking food? If yes, then clean your mobile screen with a soft cloth, sometimes oil, water and other lubricants might be the reason for ghost touch problem.

Remove the screen protector

Sometimes, screen protector causes the ghost touch problem so also check this thing before going to a repairing center.

Remove charger/earphone or any plug-in device

Sometimes, our phone gets ghost touch whenever we plug any device like earphone, charger or more things. So keep this thing in your mind if this also happens with your phone then try this via removing the plug-in cable.

Check your device’s storage

Sometimes, whenever our phone goes out of storage then you should clean it’s space because due to the lack of memory our phone get crazy and this might be a reason for your problem, you can solve the storage issue via clicking here.

Uninstall suspicious file/app

We all download unknowingly some malicious files in our devices, and sometimes this can be the reason for problems like lagging and ghost touch, so find and try to delete those suspicious files.

Try in Flight Mode or Airplane mode

Sometimes, flight mode proves helpful in ghost touch, you can also try it, and however you can’t stick with that mode all the time ;)

Try to remove SD/SIM Card

Try to remove SD or SIM card because sometimes SD card becomes the cause of screen touch problem, so try to remove it, is it fixed? Yes, then the problem is with card’s slot.

Factory Reset

Now factory reset is the option if above didn’t work to you, but remember factory reset will delete your all personal data, so don’t forget to take backup and remove SD and SIM cards. However, factory reset is not the guarantee to fix this issue because it’s most likely a hardware issue.

Repair your Touch in service center

If still the problem remains, go to your service center where your phone will be fixed, in mostly cases mobile’s screen got damaged so most likely you will need to replace/fix your touch hardware in smartphone.

So this was how you can fix the ‘ghost touch’ issue.