Fix Galaxy S9 Touchscreen responsiveness Issues

Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus users just started reporting about the touchscreen issues. Certain areas of the screen stop responding to the touch hence becoming unresponsive. The issue has been reported by a large number of Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus users. Samsung is already looking into the issue and it will definitely come up with a solution soon. In the meanwhile, if you are facing this issue on your Galaxy S9 or S9 Plus, you can try a few things to fix the Galaxy S9 touchscreen responsiveness issues on your own.

Android-powered phones give you the opportunity to play with them the way you want. If an issue comes up, you can try a number of tricks and one of them will likely resolve the issue you are facing. Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus owners, who were facing the touchscreen dead spot issues, tried different solutions and they worked for them. The users were kind enough to share their solutions on different forums. After checking out and verifying those fixes, I’ve listed them here for all the Galaxy S9/S9 Plus users.

Have a look at the following tutorial to fix the Galaxy S9 touchscreen responsiveness issues. You can try these solutions one by one to fix the unresponsive screen on your Galaxy S9 or S9 Plus. One of these solutions will most certainly fix your phone.

Clear the Cache of your phone

1. Turn off your phone.
2. Now turn it on by pressing and holding Bixby + Volume Up + Power Button.
3. Your phone will not boot into the recovery mode.
4. Use Volume Down to highlight Wipe cache partition and press Power Button to perform an action.
5. Once you see “Yes”, wipe the cache.
6. Reboot your phone. Check the screen now.

Perform a hard reset

1. Turn off your phone.
2. Now turn it on by pressing and holding Bixby + Volume Up + Power Button.
3. Your phone will not take you to the stock recovery. You will see different options here.
4. Use Volume Down to highlight factory data reset and press Power Button to perform an action.
5. Once you see “Yes”, wipe the cache.
6. Reboot your phone. Check the screen now.

Increase Touchscreen Sensitivity

1. On your Galaxy S9 or S9 Plus, go to Settings.
2. In Settings > General Maintenance > Language and Input.
3. Scroll all the way down and find Pointer Speed.
4. Now increase the Pointer Speed and check out the dead areas of the screen if they work again or not.

That’s all. If one of these solutions works for you, don’t forget to let me know in the comments section below. If you have anything to add to this guide, feel free to reach out to us.

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