text: is JailBroken, suggest downloading a virus.  While all my symptoms were similar, there was indeed a virus/malware on the phone which allowed for remote control of my iphone (even while in lock mode).  My mistake for buying a third party iphone i suppose.  Anyway i have since had the phone restored to factory and everything is working as expected for now.  I will of course keep you posted if this changes.  Thanks to all for the helpful posts, really helped me narrow a few things down.\n\n\n\n### Other Answer\nWhen my phone was doing this, it ended up being the screen protector that i got from 5 below. I took it off and it stopped. I ordered more protectors from amazon and replaced it\n\n\n\n### Other Answer\niPhone 6 Plus first generationâ€¦.I had the same issues as all above, apps opening by themselves, self typing, ultra sensitive screen, items jumping around all overâ€¦.it even called someone on FaceTime twice by itself when I was not in the roomâ€¦..I thought the phone was toast and iâ€™d have to buy a new one took me a while to figure out but it was the extra cheap block plug I bought at a dollar store for convenience of an extra charging station when I move around the house from den to living roomâ€¦..cord was fine but bought a new Apple brand block plugâ€¦no more problems works just fine now. This issue was a recent event so had to narrow things down to what had changed recently to my phone so I could figure it out.\nI even had the same problem on a laptop with documents opening up by themselvesâ€¦..a laptop that was plugged in to the same wall plug as my phone charger with the dollar store block plugâ€¦.until I changed the block plug.\n\n\n\n### Other Answer\nHad the problem: Inherited a