Touch screen problem with ipad
Just started having an annoying problem with my iPad Air 2. When I tap some links such as the delete link or the subscribe link on this forum, the link "blinks" but nothing happens. Seems to happen mo...
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georgelesley wrote:
Wow, thx for the offer and help. I am not a geeky computer user almost all is just web stuff, forums, email. But per your suggestion I tried a few apps a news feed and a campground list, solitaire, everything worked normally. The problem seemed gone last nite but we had been away all day. This morning it is back. I rebooted like this: I completely power off with button on upper left. Let sit 1+ minute, then turn back on, sign in and all works well for awhile. I only use chrome and last nite I turned the pop up blocker in chrome off. If I could figure out how to move all my bookmarks to safari, I might move, but I really have not figured it out. Thx again for any insight.
PS it occurs when I click on a email link from a forum telling me I have a new reply. In that case it does not even blink. I also get a information summary from Stratford.com daily which is intelligence stuff. At the end of the intro to a story it says "click here to continue" nothing happens at all both examples are in blue text. On this forum I cannot delete threads in my forums I no longer follow nor can I subscribe to new ones. Everything else works normally. Rebooting as described above temporarily solves the issue.
Well it sounds software/app related and not hardware... good news sorta. I think you have the reboot right but to be sure you are holding the sleep/power button down until the power off swipe appears on the screen and then you swipe that... right? One press puts iPad to sleep, press and hold until swipe shows turns it off completely. Shocking how many miss this and think they have it off. Personally I prefer Chrome over Safari... a couple of things I forgot... what iPad do you have? Are all apps and iOS updated? ...just checking.
One quick thing to try... go to Settings/General/reset/ and press reset all settings. DO NOT press erase all content and settings... though it may come to that.
If that does not work... try reinstalling the Chrome app... bummer you will lose your bookmarks on this one. There are ways to save them but I'll let you Google that and attempt. To reinstall Chrome (or any other app) hold down the icon of the application you want to delete. After a few seconds your screen will start to “wiggle” and an X will appear next to each of the apps you've installed via the App Store. Tap the “x” next to the icon of the app you want to remove. When prompted, select “Delete“.
next up is kinda unfun... try these and take it from there!
