Just tried that no difference.
Actually - before I even tried this - I realized that even after disabling the PIN entry, you still get the Padlock icon to press on the LCD.
Well, even touching that Padlock takes like 20 touches to the screen (to change to the "Unlocked" icon), and then it's extremely difficult for the screen to change away from that screen (gets stuck on the Unlocked Padlock).
Any ideas?
I know that a few months ago, the touchscreen was working fine because I had just installed the Almond+ into my setup earlier this year.
Now it's completely unusable and not sure when/how it happened.