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My New iPad's screen is flickering after 30min of usage

My New iPad's screen is flickering after 30min of usage and needs to reboot to work properly. Is it a SW or HW problem? Anyone got this same issue?

iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Jul 3, 2012 6:26 PM

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Jul 20, 2012 3:58 PM in response to Alex Paz

I'm having a screen issue as well but, instead of flickering, a full 1/3rd of my screen on the right side when held in portrait or 1/3rd of the bottom when held in landscape mode gradually gets noticeably darker. This is with the new iPad. I was looking through recent posts to see if anyone else has been having screen issues when I ran across this posting. When I read that the issue seems to be caused by, or possibly related to, playing CSR Racing, I took immediate notice as I just started playing CSR.


When I last played, the screen darkened in that 1/3rd area. I closed everything down and rebooted a few minutes later. The only program I opened was Safari and, within seconds, the screen darkened again. I don't have any idea if the flickering and this darkening I'm experiencing is related, but I have a feeling the problem is going to spread among new iPad users, sorry to say.


I plan on visiting the Apple store next week to look into this more deeply.

Jul 22, 2012 11:38 PM in response to 3stars

Just kill the CSR Racing from running in background after you have finished playing it.


How to kill bacground app?

Double hit home button and you will see the list of recently used apps.

Now tap and hold on any of those apps unitill you see red circle at the top of all icons

Hit that red circle to kill this app from running in background.

This will save a bit of battery life as well.


This helped me to solve flickering iPad display problem after playing this game, I gues it should help most of you as well.


Enjoy the game! 🙂

Jul 27, 2012 9:51 AM in response to Alex Paz

UPDATE!


I experienced a little flickering and had a darkening of the screen on the right side AND also play CSR Racing. I made an appointment with an Apple Genius yesterday, a really bright and knowledgeable young woman. She was familiar with the flickering but had never seen the screen darkening on one side. She believed it was hardware related and doubted very much if any app could cause it. After backing everything up on iCloud, she restored the original iOS AND flashed the firmware. I had to reinstall everything from scratch since if I used my backup, and the problem occured again, there was no way of proving whether the problem is harware or software related due to corruption. So far the problems have not reoccured. And, I am continuing to play CSR!


This incident is now on record (and I have a copy). Should it happen again, I was told the iPad would be replaced, no problem.


Just thought you guys should know.

Aug 20, 2012 4:26 PM in response to Alex Paz

I am having problems with the CSR Racing app on the Iphone4. It will not open and just has a black screen. When the app does not function I have noticed that all of the apps that require "Location Services" also will not function correctly. (ie: maps, weather, gas buddy.) When CSR Racing functions properly all other apps work correctly. I have sent in many help desk requests with no reply. Has anybody else noticed this on the Iphones?

My New iPad's screen is flickering after 30min of usage

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