Ipad bent

“Healthy” iPads and iPhones, normally, cannot be overcharged; the charging electronics should regulate the charging process.

However, if a battery or its charging electronics develop a fault, causing the battery to heat beyond a certain critical point, the battery can enter a thermal-runaway state. During thermal runaway, the battery can become very hot and/or physically swell. In addition to heat damage, the battery can mechanically deform both itself and the casing into which it is fitted.

Higher wattage power supplies have the capacity to deliver more power into the iDevice to which it is connected. When all is well, power is correctly regulated to optimally charge the battery. In a fault condition, the increased power capacity of the power supply can cause more power to be disipated by the battery and charging electronics - increasing the likely damage.

Any Lithium-chemistry battery that has been overheated by thermal runaway has been seriously damaged - and for safety must be changed.

My technical comments were merely a contribution to illustrate that, in fault conditions, it is possible to overcharge (and consequently damage) an iPad or iPhone. Your definitive statement that iPads “cannot be overcharged”, without suitable qualification, is the incorrect statement.

IF the device had been overcharged, due to a fault, physical deformation of the device casing IS possible - and is therefore a potentially valid cause.

To the OP: If you suspect overcharging and/or thermal damage, for safety, you should discontinue use of the device until it has been examined by Apple - and is either declared safe or is repaired.

Sorry, but that's rubbish. iPad, just like iPhone stops charging once the battery has reached a full charge. I leave my iPhones and iPad on the charger all night, night after night after night. The battery didn't cause the iPad to bend from being overcharged. iPads CANNOT be overcharged. If the iPad was bent, it was bent by accidental damage. Plain and simple. No need to try to pin the blame elsewhere.

Yes, your warranty only covers manufacturing malfunctions. Sadly, while our products keep getting thinner and thinner they are more prone to bend. They could have possibly avoided this by reinforcing the structure of the iPad. If you have insurance you could try to get some money back. How much is you deductible or whether or not it's worth it, is up to you.

I was quoted £188 plus tax to fix my daughters iPad which is bentand screen pixelated so they can be fixed just flipping expensive!

I’ve just sent my daughters iPad 6th generation to Apple as her screen is all pixelated! They sent me a photograph of the top with s definite curve to it! So refused to fix it even though it’s only 7 months old. Thing is it wasn’t broken, screen and casing intact, not dropped. I’m really cross as cannot afford the repair cost quoted of over £200. I spent over £400 on this iPad.

I did a little research though and it appears that Apple have admitted in the past that some of their products were bent during or shortly after manufacturing and that it shouldn’t affect the productivity..hmm I’m not happy this seems like a bit of an issue especially when they refuse to even touch the device due to a slight curve.

You said you were asked if the iPad was charged all night. Reading through every post, I don't see where you said you were told the battery was faulty. You also said Service Provider. What Service Provider? Did Apple test your iPad? Or are you using some iFixit type of shop?

LotusPilot is absolutely correct. If you believe the battery is faulty in your iPad, you should immediately stop using it and have Apple (not a service provider) evaluate the device to ensure it is safe to use.

Not that this helps you, but the bend that has been seen to occur during manufacture of the 2018 iPad Pro Cellular models occurs at the Cellular Antenna “split” in the casing. By contrast, bends that appear more centrally in the iPad casing generally occur, at a structural weak point, where the central microphone hole pierces the vertical edge on one of the longer sides. It is suspected that very little pressure is needed, at this central point, to induce a bend post-manufacture.

It is the location of the “bend” that suggests when the bend occured - i.e., during manufacture, or after purchase by the customer. Dependent upon the location of your bend, this may influence the diagnosis (and the response you receive) when physically inspected by Apple.

Some tighter-fitting third-party cases require that the iPad is clipped in (or removed from) the external case with a modicum of physical effort. It is perhaps possible that this kind of mechanical handling is sufficient to cause the bend at the central weak point...

What model iPad to you have? A bent iPad really can't be unbent.

This bend issue was ONLY for the new, 3rd generation iPad Pro models.

No mention of any other iPad models affected.

iPads do not just bend on their own over time.

Was this iPad in a sturdy case and cover?

Should have purchased extented, two-year AppleCare+ warranty for that iPad at time of purchase or 60 days from original date of purchase.

Two-year AppleCare+ covers two incidents ( 1 per year ) of accidental/incidental damage of an iPad.

A replacement iPad under AppleCare+ would have cost you a small fee of $49 U.S.D..

Much too late now.

So, an out of warranty iPad replacement will cost 60% of that iPad's original price, now.

It's the way it is.

With such expensive devices, I always purchase extended AppleCare.

The out of warranty repair/replacement costs are just too expensive without the extended Apple warranty.

The newest iPads have been found out to bend in the middle very easily. Apple is not going to fix your iPad most likely if you don’t have the Apple Care. The casing can be changed, in which case it wouldn’t be bent. I unfortunately have no idea what it will cost in the Apple store.

Apple replaces screens and batteries on iPads. They do not re-case iPads. A bend doesn't render an iPad unusable.

The iPads that have been specifically identified by Apple, as possibly having a slight bend occuring during manufacture, are Cellular-models of the 2018 iPad Pro 11” and 12.9”.

Other models have not been cited as having this issue.