Need Support - iPhone SE (3rd gen) Screen Dead Zone on Left Side

My iPhone SE (3rd generation) keeps developing a dead zone on the left side of the screen. It resolves itself after a restart, but comes back shortly after. It started when I was beta testing iOS 27 Beta 1, but I've since tried both updating to Beta 2, and downgrading back down to iOS 26. The problem persisted on all three versions. I currently have it on iOS 26.5.2.

I did have a screen protector on it, but it started a while after I had it applied. I tried removing it to see if that would fix it, but it didn't. I have a case on the phone and have never dropped it or spilled anything on it, I am very careful with it, and only got it a couple weeks ago.

Has anyone else had this problem? How can I fix it? Any help is appreciated!

Dead zone: do you mean unresponsive or even black screen ?

You have probably read this on the web:

A dead zone on the left side of an iPhone SE screen is usually caused by a damaged digitizer, a faulty screen connector, or a minor software glitch. Quick fixes include removing screen protectors, performing a force restart, or getting a hardware repair.

Best would probably be to:

  • contact support, in it were a software glitch (but you changed OS, so unlikely)
  • or go to an Apple Store if there's one close to you.

It seems that's not an uncommon problem on iPhone SE3.

Need Support - iPhone SE (3rd gen) Screen Dead Zone on Left Side
 
 
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