IOS26 causing iPad touchscreen to stop responding

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IOS26 causing iPad touchscreen to stop responding

Simple question

WHEN ARE APPLE GOING TO ADDRESS AND FIX THE ISSUE WITH IPADOS26 AND IPADS LOSING TOUCH CAPABILITY ON SCREENS

The fact that this is a known issue and has not been addressed as yet is a complete and utter joke

yes, I’m fully aware that if you force restart the device it temporarily fixes the issue but the fact you will likely need to do this 3-5 times A DAY is unacceptable.

My device was BRAND NEW when I stupidly installed IOS26 and the issues stared. Have installed all updates including IOS26.3 yesterday and have just had to force restart my device for the 3rd time so far today and it’s 2:30pm

Have taken it to Apple and the “geniuses” just say it’s a known issue and apple are working on resolving it.

Either fix the f’ing issue you have caused or approve a refund for all devices affected.

iPad, iPadOS 26

Posted on Feb 13, 2026 8:39 PM

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LotusPilot

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Feb 14, 2026 1:58 AM in response to chooka71

This is a user-to-user technical community. Contributors here are all end-users, just like you. Other than the site Moderators, Apple neither monitors nor participates within this Community. As such, your comments here will not be seen or acted upon by Apple.

Apple invites submission of constructive comments and feature requests via its Product Feedback portal. For iPad and iPadOS:

Feedback - iPad - Apple

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Rudegar

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Feb 14, 2026 12:58 AM in response to chooka71

no Idea

and if / when they do it will not be done in this forum

these forums are user helping other users like yourself, it's sort of going

to a physical apple store and asking other customers their advice

never experinced anything like you describe on my iphone17pro or my ipad pro m2 though

This is a user helping users with tech questions forum, we are not apple

and apple do not read your posts here

you can give them feedback using their feedback channels

Product Feedback - Apple

or reach out to their official support channels

Get Support (apple.com)

And or

Contact - Official Apple Support

And or

Contact - How to Contact Us - Apple

Or

Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple

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chooka71 Author

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Feb 14, 2026 1:59 AM in response to Rudegar

As I said I have already been to the Apple Store and spoken to a so called “genius” other than confirming Apple are aware of the issue and telling me to just to the hard restart they were no help at all.

online support the same thing

its pretty clear Apple has no intention of resolving this issue that seems to only affect the base model iPads.

just another example of apple’s arrogance and not giving a toss about it’s “basic” customers

not everyone can afford to buy the “pro” models of everything every other year.

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IOS26 causing iPad touchscreen to stop responding

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