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iPad Mini: ipad is disabled connect to itunes.

Sat, 21 Oct 2023 06:41:03 -0700

ipad is disabled connect to itunes. how to solve this ?.

⟐ Commented октября 21, 2023 at 6:41 GMT-7

iPad Mini: How to fix screen glitch?

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 08:36:36 -0700

Whenever I am using my iPad Mini it occasionally switches apps, types on its own and opening apps on its own, and also when I am watching videos it pauses and unpauses by itself. I tried everything to get rid of this please help

⟐ Commented марта 20, 2023 at 8:36 GMT-7

iPad Mini: lightning connector tip broken and stuck in charge port

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 01:46:48 -0700

When removing the charge cable from my ipad mini, the tip of the lightning connector has snapped off inside the ipad charging port. Took it to Apple who cannot get it out and say they can only replace the whole ipad for £250! Surely there is a way of removing it without having to replace the ipad? Any suggestions

⟐ Commented февраля 23, 2026 at 1:46 GMT-7

iPad Mini: Ipad mini won't turn on? Tried everything?

Fri, 04 Aug 2023 13:52:13 -0700

Hiya,

So, I have an ipad mini. I've had it for six months and it was working fine twelve hours ago. I fell asleep, and when I woke up and tried to turn it on, it didn't. It was plugged in all night because it was on 4% the last time I saw it was working.

I tried replugging it, it didn't work.

I tried using the iphone 5 cord, it didn't work.

I tried pressing the home button and the power button simutaneously, it was still unresponsive.

I tried plugging it into my computer and trying to restore it.. but there's another problem. It won't sync to my computer, so itunes isn't able to read it at all.

Yes, I tried reinstalling itunes and it still remained unresponsive.

Any idea how it can be fixed? If at all?

Thanks,

Shiori

⟐ Commented августа 04, 2023 at 13:52 GMT-7

iPad Mini: How 2 fix an iPad thats screen just went black?

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 23:51:35 -0700

it worked FINE the my Daughter logged into an app for Valentines Day, now the screen is all black and it wont turn off or back on. When you plug in the charger...nothing, hit any buttons...nothing?? What do i do? PLEASE help, single Mom not alot of money, so can't afford to take it in to be fixed.

⟐ Answer deleted марта 24, 2021 at 23:51 GMT-7

iPad Mini Wi-Fi: How to bypass passcode on an ipad mini model A1432

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 13:28:27 -0700

How to get pass lock screen passcode

⟐ Commented января 02, 2024 at 13:28 GMT-7

iPad Mini: Th screen stays black after a digitizer replacement.

Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:50:38 -0700

I successfully replaced the digitizer of a customer's iPad Mini with the soldering method.

I connected everything and tested, and it was successful except for the home button. I disconnected the digitizer flex and the screen flex and the battery also. I wanted to test again and connected everything. I tried to turn on the Mini, but only had sound and no screen. The screen stays black.

iTunes recognises the Ipad Mini, and I did a DFU in hopes that it would work, but no success. NO SCREEN.

What can I do? iTunes says the battery is 100% charged.

⟐ Commented апреля 17, 2020 at 13:50 GMT-7

iPad Mini Wi-Fi: Massive issues after Touchscreen replacement on different devices.

Tue, 13 Nov 2018 07:36:14 -0700

Hi,

I run a small repair shop, and im encountering this problem. This issue has been constant on several iPad Minis we had tried to replace the touchscreen.

Even we support ourselves on different repair shops when something is acting fishy. And they also some times rely on us when an issue they can solve.

The issue is that after replacing the touchscreen, the iPad mini will become unresponsive and will boot on the Apple Logo Screen, then the Screen will dim and become unresponsive.

We had tried a variety of touchscreens and with different suppliers. And issue persists.

We had been soldering the iPad mini touch board to the new Touchscreens, but with no luck. Only the home button works.

Has anyone else encountered this problem and know how to solve it?

Thanks for your help!

⟐ Commented ноября 13, 2018 at 7:36 GMT-7

iPad Mini: Lock button not working after screen replacement

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 04:39:42 -0700

I recently replaced an Ipad 2 screen and noticed the power/sleep/wake button allows me to power down the Ipad, but I am not able to put it in sleep/standby mode. I was able to do a reset by holding down the home and power button, but no luck putting the Ipad in standby mode. Because I am able to power down, doesn't that mean the button is actually working? Is there something in the software that recognizes it has a single click versus a hold down? I tried restoring via itunes with no luck either. I am right now relying on the auto lock feature to put it in sleep mode, but was curious if anyone had seen this issue before. The iPad won't even go to lock screen through assistive touch.

⟐ Commented сентября 20, 2019 at 4:39 GMT-7

iPad Mini Wi-Fi: Power button won't put device to sleep

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:25:37 -0700

I have ran into a few iPad Minis now where the power button will not put the device to sleep. I have replaced the power flex cable and still have the same result.

If you hold the button down the device will power on or off like normal. Just the sleep function doesn't work.

Any ideas?

⟐ Commented апреля 02, 2025 at 10:25 GMT-7

iPad Mini: Power button not working after screen repair

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 04:59:12 -0700

Hi,

After replacing the front screen of my ipad mini, the power button stopped working. if i press long i can turn it off, it also works when i put it off, to turn on. but not to lock the screen. any help will be appreciated..

thanks

Daniel

⟐ Commented января 06, 2022 at 4:59 GMT-7

iPad Mini Wi-Fi: Black screen unresponsive, wont turn on?

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:20:52 -0700

My Ipad was working and had 5% power remaining. I plugged it up and the next morning it would not turn on. The screen is black, no logo, and unresponsive. It wont turn on. I tried the power, home combo, home, itunes combo and just power. It is also not recognized in itunes or by the computer when I plug it up. It has a new battery so that is not the problem. Any suggestions?? Is there a fix for this? Is my data safe? This ipad is like new condition has always been in a case, never dropped, water etc.

⟐ Answer edited октября 10, 2023 at 17:20 GMT-7

iPad Mini 2 Wi-Fi: Ipad not turning on; stuck in charging symbol during ios 11 update

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 13:28:58 -0700

Hello friends,

Yesterday morning, I have to experience a weird behavior of my ipad mini2. Day before yesterday night my ipad mini 2 was at 12% charge and I was trying to install the ios 11 (developer beta version), the download of the software happened in less than 10 mins and since my ipad was connected to a wall adapter, the system allowed to install the software (even though the charge is 12% but still connected to wall adapter).

I was seeing that the update was taking almost 20 mins with the progress bar showing the loading. I fell asleep and woke up after 4 hours to see that my ipad was showing an apple logo and was bit hot. (Not too hot rather).

After that I removed the cable and it showed me the connected to charger logo!!!

Looked like battery drained, but I connected to the charger and the ipad was showing that the device is charging (black screen with battery icon in middle with red line at the base of the battery icon - the screen before the ipad starts)

After 15 to 20 mins, the apple logo is appearing and AND STUCK AT THAT LEVEL AND MAKING THE DEVICE LITTLE HOT AS IT PROGRESSES and when removed, it is coming back to the connect to charger logo...

I do not want to have it charged for a very long time since not sure if it might affect the battery. I left the device untouched for a day and I even tried performing the above cases today morning and it is still the same.

I guess it should not be a hardware issue since, charging an ipad for 4 hours with device stuck at apple logo continuously (due to update interruption) should not affect the battery or charging IC for such a branded product like apple.

I cannot do DFU/Restore or do anything now since if I connect the device to macbook, it is showing the charging symbol in the ipad (black screen with battery icon in middle with red line at the base of the battery icon) and itunes and the mac is not detecting the device.

CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME TO GET BACK MY IPAD TO WORKING CONDITION PLEASE?

⟐ Answered февраля 14, 2023 at 13:28 GMT-7

iPad Mini: My Ipad mini cannot turn on

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 08:12:43 -0700

Dear Sir,

My ipad mini now cannot be turned on , i tried everything , e.g. holding the power and home button together, shaking it , charging it, ....

It's still black , Could you please help me to turn it on ?

Best regards

John

⟐ Answered марта 17, 2022 at 8:12 GMT-7

iPad Mini Wi-Fi: Touch not working after Digitizer replacement?

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 01:46:36 -0700

Hello every one!

I'm a newly started technician and I absolutely hate ipads. I always end up with problems from them!

Anyways, I replaced the broken digitizer with a new one and every thing seemed great. When I went to test that everything was working (I haven't removed the strips over the tape and actually mounted the digitizer) it started up fine.

However, when I get to the lock(unlock) bar I couldn't continue. The touch isn't working.

Home button works fine, if I put the Ipad to sleep I can wake it up with the home button.

/EDIT: I just tried with another digitizer, same problem. Home button works, touch does not.

Is the spacing between the golden 'prongs'(what is the correct technical term for them?) supposed to be there?

Link to picture: http://postimg.org/image/w39icrorj/

Thanks for any and all tips!

⟐ Answered апреля 07, 2023 at 1:46 GMT-7

iPad Mini: Unsuccessful iPad mini digitizer repair

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 14:41:51 -0700

I tried replacing the digitizer on my iPad mini and now the screen won't turn on. I haven't glued it back together yet, but when I plug it in I can hear the noise it typically makes when you plug it into a power source. Do I need to replace the LCD screen? There were no problems with the LCD screen before I took it apart.

⟐ Commented декабря 28, 2020 at 14:41 GMT-7

iPad Mini: iPad Mini Home Button Not Working After Digitizer Replacement

Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:20:00 -0700

Replaced an iPad Mini digitizer today and all seemed to be ok prior to putting the actual digitizer on.

But after putting the digitizer back on, the home button does not work, or to be more accurate, it always thinks it's pressed.

We tested the home button prior to putting the digitizer back on and it was working. For some reason the iPad thinks the home button is always depressed (if you press the power button, it takes a snapshot).

Any ideas?

⟐ Commented декабря 08, 2018 at 4:20 GMT-7

iPad Mini Wi-Fi: iPad mini activation error!

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 02:28:33 -0700

After I did a reset on my iPad mini, it got an activation error, tried everything but still wouldn’t work, connected to iTunes, restore and update, remove the device from iCloud and still fails. I went to a repair shop and the technician said NAND chip is needed to be replaced, I’m kind of doubting because the iPad still turns on, I can set the language and location but during activation it fails, any idea how to fix this %#*@ thing?

⟐ Commented ноября 22, 2018 at 2:28 GMT-7

iPad Mini 2 Wi-Fi: White Vertical Lines on the screen

Sun, 11 Aug 2024 14:48:12 -0700

My iPad was given to me last summer of 2014. Today, its been 3 years and still alive. No dents, or even a crack. But then last month when I woke up, the screen of my iPad just had some vertical white lines all over the screen! I don't know what to do. It just doesn't go away. When I use it in full brightness then make the iPad so hot, I lock it and open it up and the white lines are gone but when the iPad cools down and I would put down the brightness, the white lines would flash back again. What do I do now? Is it an LCD issue? I just recently bought a replacement LCD from iFixit and its on its way. I wish that would solve the problem.

Did I make the right choice? Any suggestions? A reply would definitely help me a lot.

Thanks

⟐ Commented августа 11, 2024 at 14:48 GMT-7

iPad Mini: replace screen, dont turn on and make beeping sound

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:27:27 -0700

I replace the screen, but when I try to turn it On, has a black screen. When plugged to the computer or to the charging plug, it makes a beep every few seconds.

What i did wrong?

⟐ Commented декабря 19, 2016 at 11:27 GMT-7