Calibrating Your Touchscreen For most modern Android devices, the only option to calibrate your touchscreen is to revert to a calibration app from the Google Play Store. A good app to try is the appropriately named Touchscreen Calibration. Next, open the app and tap the “Calibrate” button in the center to begin.

How to Calibrate Your Android Touchscreen

1. Install and launch the Touchscreen Calibration app.
2. Tap Calibrate.
3. Follow the instructions to perform actions on the Test Pad in the app until your device passes all the tests.
4. After all the tests are complete, you receive a notification indicating the calibration is done.

Press and hold the power button and volume UP button (some phones use power button volume Down button) at the same time; Afterwards, release the buttons after an Android icon appears on the screen; Use the volume buttons to choose “wipe data/factory reset” and press the power button to confirm.

Reboot Your Phone Press and hold the Power button to display the power menu, then tap Restart if you’re able. If you’re unable to touch the screen to select the option, on most devices you can hold down the Power button for several seconds to switch off your phone.

Galaxy Tab 1: Calibrate Screen Orientation

1. Place the Galaxy Tab on a flat surface with the screen facing directly up.
2. Tap the application slider and open the “Settings” app.
3. Select “Display settings“.
4. Select “Horizontal calibration“.
5. Tap “Calibrate“, and the ball on the screen should move into the center of the screen.

Launch the phone app and open the keypad. Tap the following keys: #0#. A diagnostic screen pops up with buttons for a variety of tests. Tapping the buttons for Red, Green, or Blue paints the screen in that color to make sure the pixels are working properly.

If you don’t see this option, it may be in a menu called Sensitivity Settings. Place your Galaxy on a flat surface and tap Calibrate. Don’t move the phone or tablet during the calibration. Once calibration is complete, you’ll see a message that says “Calibrated.”

For most modern Android devices, the only option to calibrate your touchscreen is to revert to a calibration app from the Google Play Store. A good app to try is the appropriately named Touchscreen Calibration. To begin, install the app from the Google Play Store.

Select Calibration. Select Print Then Cut. Select the printer you would like to use, then select Print. Place the printed calibration sheet onto your machine mat, positioning it in the top left corner of the mat.

For printing, you can be sure that by calibrating your screen your photo will look very close to how it looked on your computer screen. However, when you edit on a calibrated screen and then post your photo online, it does not mean that everyone else will see the photo properly.

Modern Android touchscreens rarely require the user to calibrate or otherwise configure it. Touchscreen faults are more likely to be caused by hardware issues that cannot be fixed than any particular configuration problem. That said, calibration shouldn’t be ruled out completely, as it can be useful in some circumstances.