How To FIX iPhone Ghost Touches / Screen Glitching! (2021)?

iPhone ghost touches are like when your phone thinks you're tapping it, but you're not, kind of like when your sock feels like it's moving on its own, even though you're just sitting still.

Imagine your iPhone screen is a big chocolate bar. When you tap it, it should know exactly where you tapped. But sometimes, it gets confused and thinks you tapped somewhere else, or even multiple times! That’s the ghost touch part.

Why does this happen?

Sometimes, the phone's brain (the part that reads your taps) gets a little tired or mixed up. It might be because of a software glitch, like when your favorite cartoon character gets stuck repeating the same line over and over again, it just can’t think straight anymore!

How to fix it

You can try giving your iPhone a little reset, kind of like taking a short nap. Just press and hold the power button and volume button at the same time until you see the Apple logo pop up. That’s like telling your phone, “Okay, let's start fresh!”

Sometimes, turning your phone off and on again is enough to make it feel better and stop those ghost touches from happening, just like how a quick hug can make you feel happy again!

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Examples

  1. An iPhone shows taps it didn't receive, like a ghost pressing the screen.
  2. The phone screen flickers when you're not touching it at all.
  3. Your finger moves on the screen but nothing happens.

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