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Multiple Touchscreens not recognising fingers

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I have never seen anyone else mention this but I had that issue when I first started noticing symptoms and that something was wrong. I was also dropping the phone quite a bit.

It could be not applying enough pressure due to sensory issues possibly. It still happens for me every now and then.

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jonyb | @jonyb | 2 hours ago

@megidigo Yes, most modern touch-sensitive devices don't work by pressure. They use capacitance your finger changes the electrical field/capacitance at the screen, which the electronics detect. Older resistive touchscreens did work by pressure, but modern phones and tablets generally use projected capacitive touchscreens. So it does not matter how hard you press you are invisible to the device.

So I think it maybe related to lake of sweating or even the electrical properties of have lower nerve density in the fingers?

Thanks again

Jon

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