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I dropped my iPad on the floor, but I have a jacket case for it. My screen turned black, but there was a little light coming from it. I pressed the power button, then slid the Power Off bar, though it wasn’t visible on the screen. (I remembered its location on the screen.) Then, my screen turned yellow. Please help me.
Turn your iPad upside down on your lap and give it a hard smack on the back. This is not a cruel joke—it works!
Hey guys! Sometimes the smack will work, since a hard jolt is most likely what caused the issue in the first place. If that doesn’t work, you’ll need to open up the iPad and gain access to the LCD cable. Most likely that cable is loose and needs to be reinserted into the ZIF connector. Then if that doesn’t solve your problem you will need a new LCD. I can’t really give you exact links to help you with the repair until I know what model of iPad you have. There is a number on the back that starts with A and then has 4 digits after that. It should say either A1395, A1396 or A1397 if it is an iPad 2. You can find out what model you have on this page on Apple’s website. Just let me know what model iPad you have (iPad 2, iPad 3, etc.) and I’ll help you figure it out.
I tried hitting the back of my ipad but that still didn’t work. But then my friend suggested to hold down the power button, home button, and one of the volume buttons for a long time and then it worked!!!!!!!
This is crazy. That slap trick actually works. I was about to give up, but maybe it has to do with the location of the slap, along with your level of frustration. Note: you don’t necessarily have to strike the iPad harder, you just have to be very frustrated when you do. It can tell. So, I hit mine above right above the Apple logo while it was inverted (upside down) with the requisite degree of frustration, and, viola!
Did you try holding both the power and home button at the same time?
It sounds like one of two things has happened to your device: If you can still see images on the screen, but it is very very dark, to the point of being unusable without squinting, your backlight has probably cracked.If you cannot see any images on the screen, but you can see a difference between On and Off in how bright the black screen is, then your backlight is fine, but your LCD is likely either not fully connected, or otherwise cracked/separated. I suspect it’s the latter, due to the reference to the screen turning yellow. If you remove the front glass/digitizer, you can check the connection to the board. If reseating the connection fails to solve the problem, I’d recommend replacing the LCD, as that sounds to me the most likely point of failure in this particular situation.
You probably need a new LCD screen or a new digitizer, or both. It also possible the one of the screen connectors came loose. You can eithe fix it yourself or take it in to be repaired. If you take it in it will COST,!..I’m pretty sure warranty won’t cove drops…if they know it wad a drop..
My iPad 2 after a drop the screen is black, there’s no backlight or image even with a flashlight. But it does sync and make sounds. I just though the LCD or the cable was dead, but I actually tested the LCD on another iPad and it is working just fine. Tried hitting it a few times like others but no luck. Does anyone knows if one component needs to be reflowed or replaced? a display driver or something, since the iPad CPU is ok. I think I will try to heat the iPad logic board or put it on the freezer.
Amen! Smacked it and that’s all it needed. Happy me!!!!
Wow! It worked!
Hi my ipad is blocked because my friend typed aa wrong password again nd again it was blocked nw wt can i do for dat now how can take back to normal
If a hard reset doesn’t work, it may be a backlight problem. The backlight controls the distribution of light throughout the screen. Sometimes, the device can be on, but with nothing visible on the LCD, because the backlight is damaged. If you look at it under a light, you should be able to see very faint images of the iPad home screen (or wherever you’re at, on the iPad). Meaning: a broken backlight normally just renders an extremely dim screen, that’s almost impossible to see, that people often think is completely dead.
Victor what would heating the or freezing do lmao Might aswel just fire it in the trash if your thinking like that.. Your iPad needs a board repair contact jessabethany@gmail.com
guys i can tell when its on or off because i can see the logo buts soo hard to see and i dont knw what to do
So mine just did the same thing after my son dropped it. And a few hits to the back and it worked. What a way to fix something.
I have a IPad Mini (A1432 on the iPad mini Wi-Fi) I have sound in the back ground but no screen picture BLACK ,I can not reset because the screen wont work on it . It was never dropped or anything. It is charged,is there a way to reset it? Even went and hooked up to my computer and it fines it but wants me to confirm it, but I have no screen to to say yes, it is just black, but if I hold the button for siri she will talk ect sound but a black screen.Was using it and it just went black.plz help thanks
I had the same problem today and I tapped it on its back and worked well Thank you for the solution
Thanks so much….worked well. I do need to take the cover off and check the connection of the LCD…will figure that out later.
I was working on my nieces ipad for 3 hours restoring backup etc then found this post and though may as well try and nothing to lose and it actually worked. My niece is over the moon and I am now super auntie :)
It worked after The second atempt. When it turned on I was prompted to connect to iTunes for a complete restauration. I connected it to a friends Mac and it is resetting to the original format. When I get home I will intsall the backup. Thanks so much
Oooooooh wooooooow thank you soooooo much it wooooorked thaaaanks aloooot I was almost dead after seeing that my iPad was not working
my ipad mini wont slide to unlock but siri is still working and everything except for the screen , who do i need to , please help me
The smacking the back of the iPad has worked for me several times now and saved me a lot of money. You can also try dropping it on the floor (carefully, and over a towel or cloth to absorb shock and avoid damage.)
This happens because of loose connection between backlight coil and the motherboard, so smacking it might only work for a short time…if you want a more permanent solution (or if a smack didn’t help :)), you can try this at no cost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPuj7vU… … It worked for me, so I hope someone else will find it useful as well :)
I have a mobile (LETV X600) its a new chinese company and the screen is working in the left side perfectly. but on the righter side of the screen its black though i can see some light over there. its my first mob so m a bit tensed contact me ASAP @ mehuljindal18@gmail.com and is the screen wire lose or the screen is dead what do you think ?????
The screen on my iPad mini went completely black but there was sound but I just couldn’t see anything and then I tried pressing the home button and power button at the same time I was in my element when my iPad restarted hope this helps ☺️
the tap worked… a couple taps and then holding the power and home key @ got it to boot. all is fine.
Change the screen, you can find cheap ones for 8 $ http://www.diversum.us/
Hi my husband has a I pad pro and I’ve just dropped it and it’s ok but squares keep appearing round all words please help
i am not able to fix my ipad!!!
So for me my iPad keeps showing neon colors. I tried smacking it for 10 minutes straight and It didn’t work, I also updated it but now there is an apple logo in the middle. What do I do?
