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iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi: Completely Dead Ipad Air 2

Thu, 11 Jul 2019 05:47:58 -0700

Hello everybody,

so I have an Ipad Air 2 wifi that suddenly stopped working. The device didn't fall or get damaged with water. The only problem it had was not charging when using other cables than the one that came with it(I have 2 original lightning cabels and a hdmi adapter, I have no problem using them on my IPhone 6 however with the Ipad they do their connecting function but the battery doesn't get charged). So the device does not show any reaction to charging and doesn't connect to any Pc/Mac. It also refuse the reset. The only thing that happens is the right side gets warm when I connect it with the charger. Apple's employees were not helpful and only suggested to replace the Ipad with a new one for 340€.

My question is did this problem happen to any one before? What can be the cause and is there any solution.

⟐ Commented Temmuz 11, 2019 at 5:47 GMT-7

iPad Air 2 LTE: Where to apply replacement adhesive strips?

Sun, 06 Jan 2019 13:12:19 -0700

Hi,

I ordered the battery replacement kit and have the battery replaced, seems to be fine. Cleaned up the edges of the screen and body, now want to install the adhesive strips.

Do I apply them to the screen or the body? There is no guidance within any of the iPad Air 2 guides, and the links referred to above are invalid...?

I know, I know, it seems pretty logical looking at it but I just would like to get it right as there's only one set of the strips...

⟐ Commented Ocak 06, 2019 at 13:12 GMT-7

iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi: charging port is broken

Sat, 05 Jan 2019 12:29:18 -0700

Hi, my iPad Air 2 is not charging, it is completely dead. It is missing a charging port 7th pin (L1p, lane 1 positive). When I plug in the charging cable it doesn't show the "battery" logo, nothing. I have tried the force restart, nothing. Is this pin need for the charging, if I change the charging port it working fine again? Thank you. Atti

⟐ Answered Ocak 05, 2019 at 12:29 GMT-7

iPad Mini: Suggestion for good preheat station for ipad, phone

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 13:55:50 -0700

Hi,

Doe anyone have experience and suggestion for a good preheat station to use to ease separation of iPad glass, glueing of xperia screens etc. I am now using a heat gun and have read it is much better with a heating plate. I have some but I guess it is important that it can fit a large iPad.

Here are a couple that I have looked at:

http://www.rewatechnology.com/goods.php?...

and this:

http://www.unionrepair.com/new-version-i...

⟐ Commented Kasım 27, 2018 at 13:55 GMT-7

iPad Mini: Can you remove iCloud from my iPad Mini 16GB? How much is a charge for

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 14:35:21 -0700

Well look like i got bad luck to read all the detail seller states about this ipad late found out it is has iCloud lock and need to be get iCloud account removed before can be use but doesn't said any thing about user id and password for this iPad.

When first got it is seem turn on and ask for WiFi after click next this device ask my for iCloud user id and password and couldn't fills them out because my iCloud id and password didn't work look like i need to find original owner so i contacted seller they response by don't know the original owner.

⟐ Answer accepted Haziran 26, 2018 at 14:35 GMT-7

iPad Mini: Front facing camera not working

Sun, 29 Oct 2017 16:20:05 -0700

I have 3 iPad Mini 1st gens with the same issue: The front facing camera is not working. I replaced the cameras and still had the same issues. Restored them to stock, same issues. Hard reset, same issues.

Has anyone ran into this before? I can't for the life of me figure out what the issue is. I checked everything out under the scope and the connectors are undamaged. Is there possibly a filter or something that could have popped?

HALP?

⟐ Answered Ekim 29, 2017 at 16:20 GMT-7

iPad Mini 2: Difference between ipad mini lcd and ipad mini 2 lcd

Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:18:22 -0700

Hi, I have a bunch of iPad mini LCD's and I'm curious if there are any physical differences (not talking about resolution here) between ipad mini and mini 2 LCD's? I have a lot to go through so any difference that I can quickly glance at would be very helpful.

Thanks.

⟐ Answered Nisan 20, 2017 at 14:18 GMT-7

iPad Mini 2: iPad mini storage question

Fri, 16 Dec 2016 22:10:19 -0700

My ipad mini have only 16gb and my storage is almost full. How can I free up the storage capacity of my ipad mini without deleting files?

⟐ Answer unaccepted Aralık 16, 2016 at 22:10 GMT-7

iPad Original: I need to change battery

Sat, 24 Sep 2016 21:40:27 -0700

how do i change my ipad 1 battery

⟐ Answered Eylül 24, 2016 at 21:40 GMT-7

iPad 4 Wi-Fi: Gray lines on LCD after screen replacement, now iPad wont power

Sat, 02 Jan 2016 20:00:06 -0700

I cracked the screen of my 4th gen iPad and decided to attempt the repair myself. After a good 2 hours of painstakingly removing the shards of screen I finally connected the replacement and decided to test it before completely reassembling. When I first powered on there was grey lines running across the screen so I powered off and rechecked the digitizer and LCD connections - all looked fine. Powered on again, same thing happened. Disconnected LCD and digitizer a second time and tried again. Now my iPad wont power on at all. I've tried a forced reset by holding down the power and home buttons, nothing. It seems totally dead. Tried to restore from itunes but due to the new iOS 7 upgrade, I need to first disable Find iPhone on the iPad - can't get in to the iPad to do so. iTunes at least recognizes the iPad and find iPhone says that my battery is still at 57% so its definitely not an issue with charge. Not sure what the exact problem is and would really appreciate some help on what to try next. I'm guessing I accidentally damaged the LCD and I will order a replacement but given that the screen lit up to begin with and is now unresponsive I fear I have caused some other damage? Thanks in advance for your help.

⟐ Commented Ocak 02, 2016 at 20:00 GMT-7

iPad Mini Wi-Fi: Touch screen unresponsive after replacing digitizer.

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 02:55:05 -0700

I just replaced an ipad mini digitizer. The home button works fine but the screen is completely unresponsive. I can get to the lockscreen but can't swipe or do anything. I tried doing the reboot by holding both buttons but same result. Please help.

⟐ Answer deleted Eylül 01, 2015 at 2:55 GMT-7

iPad Air Wi-Fi: Replaced cracked screen. Ipad now doesn't turn on.

Sat, 30 May 2015 07:20:06 -0700

I have attempted a repair on an iPad Air with a cracked screen. Prior to starting the repair, the iPad worked with the cracked screen. After the repair, which went flawlessly, the iPad would not turn on. If I connect the iPad to iTunes, iTunes recognises the iPad but says that the iPad is locked and must be unlocked before doing anything else.

At this point, I assumed I had purchased a dud digitizer on eBay and ordered a new one from ifixit. That arrived this morning and I repeated the repair procedure... with the same result.

At this point, I am assuming that I must have somehow damaged the LCD screen during the repair. Before I go ahead an order an LCD screen though, I would like to know:

is that a reasonable assumption?
are there any tests I could perform to confirm this diagnosis?

Thanks.... Steve

⟐ Answer accepted Mayıs 30, 2015 at 7:20 GMT-7

iPad 2 Wi-Fi EMC 2415: How do I reset my hanged iPad?

Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:39:47 -0700

My iPad crashed (hung) during an iCloud backup session.

So I have a dialog box which doesn't respond and it says,"This ipad hasn't been backed up in 15 weeks" Backups happen when this iPad is plugged in, locked, and auto connects to my WiFi network.

But, when I touch OK, it doesn't go away. I can't turn it off or use any other icons.

⟐ Commented Şubat 20, 2014 at 0:39 GMT-7

iPad 3G: Ipad3g dead, was crushed

Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:18:42 -0700

I received an iPad3g that was ran over. While the display and touch panel were broken, the internal parts did not look bad. I cleaned it up and put it back together. The display shoes white light so I ordered a new display and touch pad. I put it all together doublecheching all connections but now it is dead. While it was apart I tested the battery pack and it tested good. Prior to taking it apart I had put the new screen and noticed that the battery was almost dead as the display worked but when I attempted to charge the unit overnight it did not charge. Also, it did not get detected by my laptop and I tunes diagnostics could not communicate with it. Does anyone have any schematics with testing points I can use to diagnose? Note I disassembled this device down to the shell in order to reform the warped shell.

Thanks

⟐ Answered Şubat 04, 2014 at 19:18 GMT-7

iPad 9 Wi-Fi: Digitizer don't work after replacement

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:57:59 -0700

Hey,

My wife IPad has been smashed by the dog. Touch screen was working (I tested every corner and other places) but it was so smashed so we couldn't use it anymore. I ordered new digitizer and watched some tutorials and videos on YT how to do this. The hardest thing was removing old smashed digitizer and clean old glue. When I done it I connected new digitizer but it don't react for any touch. Sometimes screen is moving my it looks randomly. For me it looks fine but could you tell me what could be the reason? Pins looks fine for me but when I was removing old glue I scraped off some black paint on that thing between connectors and battery connector. Could it be the problem? Replacing digitizer in some service in Poland is pretty expensive and Apple can only replace whole device for price which is higher than new one (wtf).

I also tried to connect broken digitizer but I cut flex cable when I was removing broken digitizer.

Photos of connectors:

https://ibb.co/Fhb45NH

https://ibb.co/ccd7PQq

https://ibb.co/7Ynp33H

https://ibb.co/YQyY96p

https://ibb.co/WPTRqPF

If you have any idea or any info how could I check what is wrong please help me! It was present for my wife and I really want to fix ix!

Edit:

Case is related with IPad 10.2 9gen A2602

⟐ Answered Şubat 03, 2026 at 10:57 GMT-7

iPad 2 Wi-Fi EMC 2560: iCloud unlock or ramove

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 11:41:29 -0700

How to unlock iCloud iPad 2 s/n DMQJ77UADFHW

Mod A1395

⟐ Answered Kasım 15, 2025 at 11:41 GMT-7

iPad Pro 12.9" 2nd gen: What part do I need to change out the charging port for my IPad Pro 2?

Sat, 24 Feb 2024 17:32:51 -0700

What part and tools will I need to change out the charging port for my IPad Pr 12.9 2nd generation? This will be my first attempt to DIY a repair. I am hoping to find a how to video as well.

⟐ Commented Şubat 24, 2024 at 17:32 GMT-7

iPad 7 Wi-Fi: No Picture on 7th Gen Ipad A2197 (Backlight On)

Sat, 05 Aug 2023 15:07:48 -0700

Hello, I have a customers A2197 Ipad that came in for a charge port replacement.

The person broke off a charge tip in the charging port and tried a bunch to fish it out. Maybe he could have shorted something?

# - I replaced the charging port but now the LCD has Backlight and NO Picture.
# - The ipad boots up now and you you can hear music from apps running.
# - I orderred a new LCD and that doesn't show picture either. Just backlight
# - Ive inspected for missing components (Fail)
# - I used ZXW the check the readings on the LCD connector and they all seem ok except one reading that should be 1.69 is 2.78

Would appreciate any help...
Kevin

Answer:

I knocked off a filter when i was removing the antenna wire.

But as you can see... it is somewhat of a design flaw.

They put the antenna clip very close to the image filter.
They glued the antenna clip in place so it cant knock off a filter on its own.
Getting the antenna off with the glue makes it easy to knock off a filter

Perhaps i would use some rubbing alcohol and some heat next time i try to remove this antenna

These two videos helped me find the problem:
iPad Air 2 repair - Backlight is on but No image on the screen
***NorthridgeFix***
https://youtu.be/6Eux7GBMXW4

Fixing an iPad 6 sent by a repair shop for "no image"
***STS Telecom***
https://youtu.be/FLoGUomonPc

⟐ Commented Ağustos 05, 2023 at 15:07 GMT-7

iPad 8 Wi-Fi: Pinout of Home Button Connector? iPad 8 Wifi, torn pads

Mon, 22 May 2023 13:42:25 -0700

I have a iPad 8 and some monster pulled a few pads off trying to replace home button zif connector. I started scraping to see if I can follow the traces. They are not clearly seen through the mask like I see some show.

Didn't want to start tearing all the mask off, and figure someone has seen this. Do we know where these traces go to ? Does it even use all the traces? iPad 8 seems to be the only ipad I don't have info on. Here is a pic of what I have under the microscope.

Thanks in advance !

Oh my bad, it's a A2270

⟐ Commented Mayıs 22, 2023 at 13:42 GMT-7

iPad 2 Wi-Fi EMC 2415: ipad 2 disabled connect to itunes

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 02:53:57 -0700

Tried DFU mode and tried to restore on 3 different computers running windows XP Pro & windows 7 Home Premium and itunes. ipad 2 not recognized, I have a second ipad 2 works fine on all the above.

any suggestions.