Padding at bottom of screen

[thaKing]

I'm going to try my best to describe this, so I hope it makes sense. Woke this morning and my phone now has a "dead zone" of half an inch, approximately. If I try to launch an app from the home screen, I can't tap on the bottom half of the icons, as nothing happens. I have to tap the upper half of the icon. If using my keyboard, same thing - I can't tap on the bottom half of the space bar, I must use the upper half of the button.

I'm using Nova Launcher but I don't see that anything has changed. Thoughts?

 

[thaKing]

Edit: I should add clarity - the dead zone is the bottom of the screen, so the icons I'm trying to launch are in the dock.

 

[Dannydet]

Try disabling Nova and see what happens. It may be your screen is going bad

 

[thaKing]

Using default launcher had no effect.

 

[ocnbrze]

Using default launcher had no effect.

did you drop the phone? are you using a case? if so is it a tight fit? you might want to see if it is a software issue, by performing a factory reset. if it still happens then you might have a hardware issue.

 

[thaKing]

Haven't dropped the phone. I'm using the same spigen case I've had from day 1.

A factory reset will erase all data, correct? Any way to avoid losing data (or what will/won't be lost)? If I'm resetting the phone, may have to wait until after work.

 

[ocnbrze]

yep......use smart switch to back up your data.

 

[thaKing]

Something to note, gestures work (swipe up left for back, middle home, right switch apps).

 

[Dannydet]

In the meantime you can always add your dock icons into the screen areas as needed

 

[thaKing]

After completing work and homeschooling I was exhausted last night and didn't work on the phone. Woke this morning to a software update pending installation. I installed and after the update, all is well with the bottom of the screen. Not sure what was going on. Thanks for all the feedback.