Everything was fine and the device is working properly, but one things is really strange.
I am not sure under which circumstances the problem appears. It seems, that it happens without a special action. Sometimes it is not for a week and than it comes again multiple times in a week.
The problem is that letters and numbers (even pin entry on reboot) the numbers will at least doubled or trippled. So when i hit on 5 it comes 55 or 555. The sames happens with letters. I tried several reboots, but even on pin screen the problem appears.
The problem stops so fast as it came. I don’t now why it starts at all.
I checked the forum for a similiar issue, but just found ghost lettering issue with FP2. Which is different than my problem.
My FP3 is on the last software level. Security updates are of stand 05. April 2020.
That sounds too familiair: I am experiencing the same problem. For time to time all the keys that I press double or tripple: a becomes aa or aaa etc. The only way to work the phone is to touch the keys very very softly and briefly and sometimes that even doesn’t work. The issue comes and goes and I haven’t found a pattern yet.
So, unfortunately I cannot help you, I can only sympathise with you.
Something like this happens when it is connected to a charger. It reacts as usual when the charger is disconnected / switched off. Haven’t noticed it in other situations really.
@mmxmmx, you are right. I can reproduce the issue, when the device is connected to power supply! That is kind of strange. Any suggestion why or a possible solution? I mean will it end in strange things and self destruction or something similiar?
I remember, that I had the impression the issue started, as I addes the display foil. But this can’t be the cause, otherwise it would do that also in unattached power state.
Hey,
I am aslo experiencing this issue. i tried factory reset but this did not solve the problem. The only solution i have found is to wait until it gets better but this is not really satisfactory.
Does someone managed to solve it?
Many thanks!
Oriel
There are two physical options as the screen react to electricity in your finger via electromagnetic charge so the screen or finger could be damp or you may have static electricity on the screen or your body.
If the problem is consistent to rule out static you could earth your hand and/or the screen.
I am currently experiencing this issue on my FP3. It only occured when connected to power supply. Turning the device off and on again did not help. After disconnecting the power supply the issue was gone immediately. Are there other people that are (again) experiencing this issue?
As far as I remember the issue with my FP3, the problem was gone after an update. Was never a problem of the cable. I’ve multiple cables in use (original Fairphone and just “normal” ones )
Switched over to FP4 2 months ago, to fix another problem. The FP4 (8GB-RAM/256 disk) is much more powerful and solved many things I was bored with the FP3. It is a nice phone, and it did a good job for many years. )
I just tried another cable, and it worked (more or less). Typing still was not as fluent as without cable but definitely doable. When I tried my own cable again, typing was still okay, so it seems the issue is only happening occasionally…
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