iPad screen - bar in middle - anyone found a fix?
 

Has anyone here taken apart an iPad (original - cellular) screen to
repair the problem of a fat (1" wide) band fully across the middle of
the screen? The band runs horizontally in the normal (narrow side
horizontal, button down) position.

I have extracted the screen from the iPad, but am a little reluctant to
continue tearing it down to find the potential connection issue without
knowing what I am facing. Can't find anything so far on line for
servicing the actual LCD display.

I plan on digging into it in the near future but hope that someone here
has done so already and can provide some advice.

Thanks!

John :-#)#
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iPad screen - bar in middle - anyone found a fix?
 

On 06/04/17 17:06, John Robertson wrote:
Has anyone here taken apart an iPad (original - cellular) screen to
repair the problem of a fat (1" wide) band fully across the middle of
the screen? The band runs horizontally in the normal (narrow side
horizontal, button down) position.

I have extracted the screen from the iPad, but am a little reluctant to
continue tearing it down to find the potential connection issue without
knowing what I am facing

What makes you think it's a connection issue?
More likely a problem with a driver chip, and the panel is toast.

Clifford Heath.

iPad screen - bar in middle - anyone found a fix?
 

On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 3:07:03 AM UTC-4, John Robertson wrote:
Has anyone here taken apart an iPad (original - cellular) screen to
repair the problem of a fat (1" wide) band fully across the middle of
the screen? The band runs horizontally in the normal (narrow side
horizontal, button down) position.

I have extracted the screen from the iPad, but am a little reluctant to
continue tearing it down to find the potential connection issue without
knowing what I am facing. Can't find anything so far on line for
servicing the actual LCD display.

I plan on digging into it in the near future but hope that someone here
has done so already and can provide some advice.

Thanks!

John :-#)#
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Other than the plug that mates the display to the board, there are no other serviceable connections. Try a little contact cleaner in the socket or clean the ribbon (if that's what it uses).

Any other connection on the screen proper is going to be of the bonded variety and not serviceable.

iPad screen - bar in middle - anyone found a fix?
 

On 2017/04/06 12:57 AM, Clifford Heath wrote:
On 06/04/17 17:06, John Robertson wrote:
Has anyone here taken apart an iPad (original - cellular) screen to
repair the problem of a fat (1" wide) band fully across the middle of
the screen? The band runs horizontally in the normal (narrow side
horizontal, button down) position.

I have extracted the screen from the iPad, but am a little reluctant to
continue tearing it down to find the potential connection issue without
knowing what I am facing

What makes you think it's a connection issue?
More likely a problem with a driver chip, and the panel is toast.

Clifford Heath.

I wasn't sure if it was a connection issue or not, but it does flicker.
Indeed it could well be a driver chip that is built into the screen and
I imagine that is irrepairable. I just haven't poked inside one of these
displays before and it is for one of my grand-daughters.

It appears I have nothing to loose by trying to open the screen up
further so wish me luck!

I have tried reseating the connector to the motherboard so have
eliminated that as a suspect.

If I have any success I will report back - silence means the screen is
toasted and I won't waste anyone's reading time further.

John :-#)#
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iPad screen - bar in middle - anyone found a fix?
 

In article ,
John Robertson wrote:

I just haven't poked inside one of these
displays before and it is for one of my grand-daughters.

John-

Back up the old iPad. Purchase a working identical iPad, and restore
from the backup.

Your Grand-Daughters will think you are a genius!

Fred

iPad screen - bar in middle - anyone found a fix?
 

On 2017/04/06 9:53 AM, Fred McKenzie wrote:
In article ,
John Robertson wrote:

I just haven't poked inside one of these
displays before and it is for one of my grand-daughters.

John-

Back up the old iPad. Purchase a working identical iPad, and restore
from the backup.

Your Grand-Daughters will think you are a genius!

Fred


If I wasn't so cheap...

John :-#)#

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iPad screen - bar in middle - anyone found a fix?
 

John Robertson writes:

On 2017/04/06 9:53 AM, Fred McKenzie wrote:
In article ,
John Robertson wrote:

I just haven't poked inside one of these
displays before and it is for one of my grand-daughters.

John-

Back up the old iPad. Purchase a working identical iPad, and restore
from the backup.

Your Grand-Daughters will think you are a genius!

Fred


If I wasn't so cheap...

The LCDs may be available cheap on eBay. ;-) Looks like about $30.
Perhaps that's not cheap enough though.....

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iPad screen - bar in middle - anyone found a fix?
 

On 2017/04/06 12:27 PM, Samuel M. Goldwasser wrote:
John Robertson writes:

On 2017/04/06 9:53 AM, Fred McKenzie wrote:
In article ,
John Robertson wrote:

I just haven't poked inside one of these
displays before and it is for one of my grand-daughters.

John-

Back up the old iPad. Purchase a working identical iPad, and restore
from the backup.

Your Grand-Daughters will think you are a genius!

Fred


If I wasn't so cheap...

The LCDs may be available cheap on eBay. ;-) Looks like about $30.
Perhaps that's not cheap enough though.....


Those are for minis, not 1st gen. iPads.

John ;-#)#

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iPad screen - bar in middle - anyone found a fix?
 

Didn't you get the memo ? You are required to pull out that credit card and buy a new phone at their whim. That is all there is to it. They can also disable your software whenever they fell like it.

If you want the service, they own you.

iPad screen - bar in middle - anyone found a fix?
 

John Robertson writes:

On 2017/04/06 12:27 PM, Samuel M. Goldwasser wrote:
John Robertson writes:

On 2017/04/06 9:53 AM, Fred McKenzie wrote:
In article ,
John Robertson wrote:

I just haven't poked inside one of these
displays before and it is for one of my grand-daughters.

John-

Back up the old iPad. Purchase a working identical iPad, and restore
from the backup.

Your Grand-Daughters will think you are a genius!

Fred


If I wasn't so cheap...

The LCDs may be available cheap on eBay. ;-) Looks like about $30.
Perhaps that's not cheap enough though.....


Those are for minis, not 1st gen. iPads.

Perhaps eBay: 322381337888 .

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