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A horizontal thin black line appears in iPhone XR.

Hello!

A horizontal, thin black line suddenly appeared on my iPhone XR screen after updating IOS 17, It started out small but then started to get longer and reach the other end of my screen.

I already tried restarting my phone however, it's not working.

What could be the issue? How can I fix this?

iPhone XR, iOS 17

Posted on Sep 28, 2023 1:57 PM

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Posted on Sep 29, 2023 7:58 AM

So it doesn’t appear in a screenshot, but is visible viewing the screen. That means it is a hardware fault in the display. A screenshot is the image of what is sent to the display, so if it isn’t visible there it isn’t a software problem.


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Sep 29, 2023 7:58 AM in response to vishwa1209

So it doesn’t appear in a screenshot, but is visible viewing the screen. That means it is a hardware fault in the display. A screenshot is the image of what is sent to the display, so if it isn’t visible there it isn’t a software problem.


Here are several ways to Contact Apple:



A horizontal thin black line appears in iPhone XR.

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