An electronic device comprising: a touch-sensitive display comprising: drive electrodes and sense electrodes configured to detect touches on the touch-sensitive display ; a noise-detection electrode spaced from the drive electrodes and the sense electrodes ; at least one controller operably coupled to the drive electrodes , the sense electrodes , and the noise-detection electrode and configured to: perform touch detection on the touch-sensitive display by driving each of the drive electrodes with a first number of pulses and sensing utilizing the sense electrodes ; detect noise utilizing the noise-detection electrode during the touch detection; in response to detecting a noisy condition by determining that the noise meets a threshold noise value: perform further touch detection on the touch-sensitive display by driving each of the drive electrodes with a second number of pulses that is greater than the first number of pulses and sensing utilizing the sense electrodes ; detect noise utilizing the noise-detection electrode during the further touch detection; and in response to determining that the noise does not meet the threshold noise value, again perform touch detection by driving each of the drive electrodes with the first number of pulses. drive electrodes and sense electrodes configured to detect touches on the touch-sensitive display ; a noise-detection electrode spaced from the drive electrodes and the sense electrodes ; at least one controller operably coupled to the drive electrodes , the sense electrodes , and the noise-detection electrode and configured to: perform touch detection on the touch-sensitive display by driving each of the drive electrodes with a first number of pulses and sensing utilizing the sense electrodes ; detect noise utilizing the noise-detection electrode during the touch detection; in response to detecting a noisy condition by determining that the noise meets a threshold noise value: perform further touch detection on the touch-sensitive display by driving each of the drive electrodes with a second number of pulses that is greater than the first number of pulses and sensing utilizing the sense electrodes ; detect noise utilizing the noise-detection electrode during the further touch detection; and in response to determining that the noise does not meet the threshold noise value, again perform touch detection by driving each of the drive electrodes with the first number of pulses. perform touch detection on the touch-sensitive display by driving each of the drive electrodes with a first number of pulses and sensing utilizing the sense electrodes ; detect noise utilizing the noise-detection electrode during the touch detection; in response to detecting a noisy condition by determining that the noise meets a threshold noise value: perform further touch detection on the touch-sensitive display by driving each of the drive electrodes with a second number of pulses that is greater than the first number of pulses and sensing utilizing the sense electrodes ; detect noise utilizing the noise-detection electrode during the further touch detection; and in response to determining that the noise does not meet the threshold noise value, again perform touch detection by driving each of the drive electrodes with the first number of pulses. perform further touch detection on the touch-sensitive display by driving each of the drive electrodes with a second number of pulses that is greater than the first number of pulses and sensing utilizing the sense electrodes ; detect noise utilizing the noise-detection electrode during the further touch detection; and in response to determining that the noise does not meet the threshold noise value, again perform touch detection by driving each of the drive electrodes with the first number of pulses. <EOS>