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Dropped iPad and now display is not working correctly.

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I dropped my iPad and now 1/2 the top half (when holding it with the button on the bottom) is black except for a few colored lines. What do I need to do/replace to fix it?

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avi
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Happened to me, but I fixed it using an hammer, as seen in this video:

http://www.miniipad.com/how-fix-ipad-iph...

simple solution at no cost :-)

Same thing happened to my daughter...took it to Apple and the said it could not be fixed and they'd give us $30 for it!!! Of course we declined. 2 months later I found Q&A on this iFixit app and VOILA! I did the hard pound on my nightstand and just came right back to life and FULLY functioning:) I'm pretty techy and it did actually cross my mind to do this but at the time, I lacked the guts to do it. Thanks for giving me the courage and inspiration.

Emily,

'''Unreal! Thank you so much! Same story...Apple wanted $255 as estimate for repair. One hard whack and it's as good as new! Wow! '''

Stan Kramer,

http://www.miniipad.com/how-fix-ipad-iph... Brilliant! I did this but used a teak dining table top instead of a hammer and a few seconds later normal display service was restored. Thanks very much for saving me a small fortune :-)

Thomas,

Y'all are freaking awesome. Rack up a third victory for the school of hard knocks approach.

daviddollinger,

Hit it with a hammer??? Are you BS-ing us in our time of despair? NO! He is not BS-ing! Well I did not hit it with a hammer but I held it with two hands with the display facing me and the front button down. Then I slammed it pretty hard on a wooden desk. Low and behold it works. When my kids dropped it, they must have broken a solder joint (you can thank the lead-free effort for brittle solder). I am sure it will not hold up but stopped the crying for now.

rogergarcia711,

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lorraine jamieson
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I gave mine a hard slap on the underside and the screen flickered back to life, couldn't believe it.

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enjoyxiao
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Display cable loose or small, it is best to replace a brand new LCD

i just say ...

ebay or

http://www.dealrepairs.com/index.php?mai... =

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Incredible! Worked beautifully for me too. A hard slap on the under side which gave me a reddish screen with lines and then i slammed on the desk near the start button, as shown in the video a couple of times and it came back to life as before. Voila!!!!

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It would be worth in the first instance checking the cable from the LCD to the main board is attached properly at both ends, if it is you will need a new LCD [as long as the digitiser itself isn't cracked]

The LCD/screen itself is the same for the wi-fi and 3g versions, it is just the digitiser that is different between the two with the 3g version having an additional antenna for the 3g.

hope you get it sorted

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