iPhone 5 will not swipe to unlock but digitizer works?

Held the home button and power button at same time, apple appeared, released home and power button phone reset without having to power down to reset.

Ok let me add this

I work for a repair shop and replaced my iPhone 5 screen 2 weeks ago already on 9.2 and it worked great for couple weeks then the touch started to move by itself and would take 10 secs to unlock so I couldn't answer calls

I cleaned and checked the cable was connected ok but nothing helped untill I removed the screen covered the touch connector with flux and did a solder reflow plus clean again

Now the touch works fine when using the phone untill it's left locked for more then 5mins then the swipe to unlock will fail the 1st try 2 sec delay but before repair it would take 10 secs to work so it's better and shows no fault in normal use

It's odd how a screen can work fine untill locked and not be software maybe it's both I did try the 9.2.1 beta it didn't help

I had an iPhone 5c with this problem. The phone responded to touch by surrounding the text on the screen with a box and speaking the word, or words, displayed. This is an accessibility feature named VoiceOver. There was no response to swiping the screen.

On Apple's support site I found a post by hayblacksupport, with this solution. Tap the home button three times rapidly. This is a shortcut for turning accessibility features on or off. This home button shortcut can be turned on or off in settings.

http://www.imore.com/how-set-triple-home...

Were you able to diagnose or fix this problem ?

I have the same problem. Have tried everything but no go.

Any ideas would be really helpful.

Experience this all the time... faulty digitizer, touch screen doesn't work in certain areas. it needs replacing.

Are you sure you can drag the button of assistant touch anywhere on the screen? My iPhone has the same problem before, but it turns out a tiny part of the screen unresponding. And I have to replace the old one with a new screen.

Same issue iPhone 4s iOS 8 won't reset with home and lockbutton not with the assistive touch at least

There is no solution that I have found for the new iOS update on Apple devices. 9.2 is faulty and they lied about improvements and bug fixes. I would love to help everybody out on Christmas Eve or the holidays, but sadly, I have not found any solutions. If I do find a solution, I will alert ya'll.

Hope ya'll have a "Happy Christmas'" and a "Happy New Year"! Don't forget to be thankful for your gifts, even if they aren't helpful or you don't like it. Appreciate the effort.

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Thursday, December 24, 2015

12:21 AM

MY screen had a white line going down the screen. I opened it up and unplugged the digitizer as well as other cables. Every time I closed the phone the line would come back but I noticed the line wasn't there before I completely closed the screen down in the phone. These cables are very sensitive to certain positions or certain torque on them...

I maneuvered the cables a few times and the screen would do weird things. and move around on its own. I would clean and maneuver the digitizer cables again. I'm not sure if the digitizer fixes this or just maneuvering the cables does.

I ended up loosening one of the screws on the metal plate that covers the cables and the white line was finally gone. I guess the cales had to much force on them. If your going to open your own phone you may want to tinker with the cables and the screws to see if it helps until you get them in a position that wrks best.

My phone works now but periodically will not swipe I wait a few seconds and it will work correctly .I may have to go back in a tighten or loosen something....

Phone is also locked and not much working on my IPHONE . It seems as though Apple must be aware of the problem since it is their Application update that creates the software problem. After researching the issue the numerous remedies listed are either the same solution, or to expect a hardware problem. The phone I own is less than two years old and I doubt it is a hardware issue. The problem is reported after the user application update has been completed. I believe since Apple is asking users to update their APPS and the problem then occurs they would have a solution. I will be taking the phone to a store (if they tell me it's hardware I will not be purchasing another Apple) to see if they will stand behind their software and hardware created problems. Someone had previously complained a bug is used in order for consumers to upgrade their phone. ( I would hope this would not be the case since APPLE is a large brand with little stock option for the average consumer.)

I had the same problem with my iPhone5 what you need to do is press the power button twice then slide to unlock it worked for me

I had the same problem, it's a bad screen. The apple store confirmed the problem and gave me a new iPhone. Problem never came back.