iPad Pro hardware failure cooling fixes it
A week ago my 2017 ipad pro repaired for $1000 to replace battery in 2021 started to reboot if playing a graphically intensive game, after a couple of reboots it went into a reboot loop.
Apple store ran some diagnostics, returned it to me as broken beyond repair.
Thinking running it's battery down may clear some cmos fault I let it keep rebooting for 14 hours, no change.
Thinking the unit has a failing capacitor or some silicon or even the battery faulting I put it into the fridge.
Voila, unit functions, if used for say browsing it will run fine for 30 minutes or for gaming about 10 minutes.
I am thinking rather than send it to "recycling" - i.e. burnt and inhaled by poor children in the global south I might try sticking a peltier cooler on the back of it with a stuck on external battery.
Anyone with knowledge of ipad hardware care to comment on:
1: where should a 40mm peltier cooler be placed
2: it won't just crack the screen having a temperature differential will it?
Finally is there any online petitions to plead Apple to make devices more servicable?
I have a 2011 Macbook Air I still use because having a few discrete components and a screwed together chassis is end user maintainable.
I would totally buy an iPad Pro that was twice the thickness which had a battery compartment and discrete graphics given that it would not need to weigh more.
Posted on my chilled 2017 iPad Pro which is deemed "unfixable" by the Apple service center.