Sidecar Display Flickering

I contacted Apple support with this issue today. They had me reset the NVRAM on my MBP and it solved the issue. Here are the instructions:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063

I'm sorry to hear that, Raffi. Maybe try a support chat with them?

Yeah, same thing here. MacBook Pro 15" 2018 running macOS 10.15.6 and iPad Pro 12.9" running iPadOS 14.0.

I tried via WiFi as well as via usb-c, the iPad intermittently cuts out with a black screen regardless of connection type.

I hope this will be solved in an iPadOS update as I often run the Xcode simulator on the iPad via Sidecar and this flickering is quite cumbersome.

Same issue after an iPadOS 14 update.

Guess it wouldn't be a successful release if Apple hadn't f***ed something up (which is a trend since Catalina).

I'd like to point out it flickers when using Sidecar both in USB and Wi-Fi mode.

There was a point where I restarted both the iPad and MacBook and it stopped for a few days, but now it's back. I wonder if this is related in any way (deleting any networking remnants of the iPad on macOS), so I'll give it a try and see whether there's any luck.

Edit: No.

I have the same problem on my iPad Pro 12.9 3rd Generation 1TB iPadOS 14.1 just recently when I watch movies over Netflix, Amazon Video, or Sky Movies. Just one flicker every 1 minute. This is very annoying! I hope someone at Apple can help. I don't have this on my first iPad from 2010!

It's happening for me too. I noticed it yesterday when using the Zwift cycle app and again this morning while watching Netflix. It flickers every minute.

Yeaaa! facing the same issue wth my ipad pro 2018, after updating to iPad OS 14

Happening to me too. Just updated all my devices yesterday and I noticed it immediately.

Same MacOS and iPadOS versions and happening here too. Sometimes the iPad screen goes completely black until I move my mouse cursor over to it...

I am also having this issue and it's super annoying. I'm also having the issue where the screen just goes black after sometime and I need to wake it up by putting my cursor on the screen.

I did this and it did not fix the issue for me :(

I too have noticed that my ipad display has started flickering after the 14.0.1 update, support said sensors on my device are fine.

The flicker is evident at high brightness levels and in dimly lit conditions. Suggested troubleshooting from forums has not helped me . Tier 2 at Apple seems to suspect a hardware issue and suggested manual inpection / replacement , which was a tad bit annoying.

Some other blogs suggest a 3rd party software that can fix the issue , while some youtube videos also suggest laying it down on a mat and tapping the back gently (Device CPR) . Both of which I decided not to do .

Does the the flicker go away when its not being used as sidecar ?

Do let us know

Thanks !!