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output. If it doesn’t, there may be a problem with the display panel; if it does,

there may be something keeping the auto-adjustment from working right.

The auto-adjustment is affected by how much light a sensor or camera on

the front of the device can detect. Make sure the sensor isn’t covered with dirt

or some other obstruction. If the display is too bright in a dim room, check

the surroundings for bright light that isn’t close enough to illuminate the area,

but that the sensor might pick up if pointed in the right direction.

Be on the lookout for apps that tinker with the display’s brightness. These

apps may use distinct brightness settings, or they may modify system-wide

brightness. Reading apps, like Amazon Kindle, are one example. See if a soft

reset returns the display to normal operation, and then investigate whether

using these apps causes the brightness issue to return. Every once in a while,

Kindle on my Android tablet will interfere with the system’s auto-brightness,

causing all sorts of strange brightness changes until I restart the tablet by

performing a soft reset. The solution in this case may be as simple as teaching

the user to reset their device when an app like this has caused a problem.

Touchscreen Responsiveness

When a user tries to interact with a mobile device but finds the touchscreen

nonresponsive or gets an inaccurate touchscreen response, there are a few

simple things to rule out first: dirt, accidental touches, and performance

issues. With those out of the way, we’ll turn to more catastrophic causes.

Accidental Touch The simplest issue to resolve is an accidental touch.

Sometimes a user will hold a device in such a way that its touchscreen detects

some part of their arm or hand as an intentional touch, and it may not react at

all when they try to manipulate it intentionally. Oversensitive sensors or bad

design might exacerbate this, but the fix is always the same: show the user

how the sensors pick up an accidental touch, and teach them how to hold the

device to avoid them.

Dirty Screen Another simple issue to resolve is a dirty screen. Sometimes

simply wiping the touchscreen down with a dry microfiber cloth to get rid of

fingerprints, dust, dirt, grease, and other foreign objects will fix a

responsiveness problem (see Figure 25-2).

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