Ipad screen has a massive grey bar through it??
Ipad (not wifi)
Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
Ipad (not wifi)
Today, January 8th, 2013, the same thing happened to my iPad. Used it yesterday just fine but when I turned it on today it had the grayish colored bar with different colored stripes running across the screen. It's really disappointing since my iPad is in perfect condition. I haven't called Apple yet to see if they would fix it or replace it but I have a feeling it will cost more than it's worth. I had bought it in October 2012 so it does seem to be an issue with iPads sold during this time period. Just thought I'd add to the forum in hopes that Apple will see just how many people are having this problem
My daughter's iPad (first gen) got this after about 1 year and two weeks. They offered to sell a new iPad 1 for $280 and we reluctantly took them up on it. It seems like a big flaw to me, worth recalling or covering for free ... but then they wouldn't sell AppleCare I suppose ...
I just wish AppleCare for a $500 product cost less than an added $100. 20% of product price seems outrageous for one extra year of warranty.
I am having the same kind of problem except my lines change color, sometimes there is a lot of white with green blue and pink. sometimes vertical sometime horizontal. Sometimes I can see a little of the screen and sometimes nothing. Then the screen will turn black. Sometimes it doesn't do it for hours and other times it starts when I just turn it on. I did a soft reset and it didn't help, then I erased everything and restarted. Called Apple and they wanted me to erase everything again and not load it from my backup. I didn't do it because it's ridiculous. All the backup was on my old iPad 2 and everything worked fine. My new pro is less than a week old. So frustrating! Have an appointment at the Genius bar today. Sure hope they can fix it.
m.june wrote:
I'm pretty sure this is a hardware problem...
Did u find a solution for this problem?
I am now experiencing the GRAY BAR OF DEATH too!!
What was the outcome for you?? Mine is no longer under warranty...haven't gone into Apple yet...so little time!
this happened to me 3 weeks ago and i called apple and they are sending me a new iPad
Well mrdoozie, you're lucky. I bought an I pad in dec 2010 and had the same issue (grey,black bar about 2 inches thick just above of centre across the screen with multicolored thin lines in some place inside the bar) develop about 20 days ago. I took it to the apple authorized service centre in mumbai, India and they said apple has not authorized anyone in India to open it and repair and given its a hardware issue and warranty expired in december 2011 they can replace it for a cost of Rs 23,000 eq to $ 480!
I did not think it was worth it. First I did not expect apple to make hardware that could develop such kind of issues. And if it such a regular thing then they should repair or replace if it's not the fault of the user. .
So I took it back and decided I will buy a new galaxy tab instead. With samsung, don't have this kind of support issues in India.
I can't use this I pad because all the messages come in the centre and do not move up or down so get covered by he bar.
I should have realized this early when within 3 months my adapter got burnt. I ignored it. For those who may think it may be a voltage issue in my house, I charge my iPhone thro the same socket with the same chargers
Same issue, here. Just out of warranty and am told I have to pay to fix. I was also told that Apple does not consider this a known issue.
We are an educational institution and have many of these. This is the first one to have this problem, but I expect all others to fall in line soon 😟
I've had the exact same problem, you have written almost word for word the exact same situation I'm in.
I've called Apple and of course theyre not interested, unless I'm willing to pay almost what the iPad costs to buy. Original iPad, everything else (except wifi) working fine except for this grey stripe. I agree with the comments below, I can't beleive Apple are knocking this back as a "not known issue".
Ipad screen has a massive grey bar through it??