Few dead touch spots on iPhone SE

Hello folks,

so the issue I have with my iPhone SE is that a few touch spots on the screen are dead.

Touching those areas makes the touch go haywire around the area.

Those spots are at the “U” key, “H” and “N” key. U key never works, pressing it actually presses Z (/Y for someone) or I. (it’s not just those areas, those areas I noted are the ones that I use everyday so I noticed them)

H works sometimes, only if you’re extremly precise when pressing it, but mostly doesn’t work.

N mostly never works, no matter what you do.

Other keys work just fine

(Note: it’s not the keys that I meant that don’t work, I’m just making describing the areas on the display)

Also, sliding around those areas doesn’t really work, makes the sliding go extremly up or extremly down, or doesn’t even react.

When the screen is wet, and in the smallest way, like a bit sweat, or touching with a bit wet hands makes the screen extremly unusable, until you wipe it very very dry.

The thing that actually fixes the issue it (sounds dumb, but…) is hitting the screen mildly hard in the middle. Makes the screen work just fine, and also most of the spots work again, but, just for a short time, like a few minutes.

Note: the previous owner dropped the phone very hard (didn’t tell me, but judging at the corner of the phone, it was hit hard) and when I got it, the display was a chinese clone which had the same issue. The screen died eventually, and I got a factory one, also used. Also has the issue. This makes me think : it’s not the display, it has to be something else.

Is there anything I could try (read somewhere that people with touch disease open up the phone, find the microchip for the touch, and place some paper, tape or something else to build preassure on the chip, but my issue doesn’t seem to be touch disease..)

Thanks in advance!