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Horizontal lines on iphone5

Hi!


I'm extremely exciting to receive my first iphone - iphone5. But it turned out there some issues on the display.


Right at the center of the screen, occasionally there are few horizontal lines flashing, and the funny thing is, screen under the flashing horizontal lines becomes blurred and almost unreadable. But as I said, it happens occasionally, it just becomes normal minutes ago, while the last few hours, those lines are just exicitingly flashing like I was hours ago.


I read through the forum, it seems this issue happened in the past generations, anybody sees the same?


Have a nice weekend

Han

iPhone 5, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 21, 2012 11:22 PM

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Oct 8, 2012 4:29 PM in response to smallhan

Exactly the same to my white iPhone 5 16GB, it happens when entering the password at AppStore And only when the keyboard is in numbers mode. Also I have seen it when opening an application folder, but rarely...


I was planning to get it to the Apple store, but now i don't know what to do... I think that if it would be a hardware problem it wouldn't be so localized...

Oct 16, 2012 10:37 PM in response to vinodindia

Well, I am now on my 3rd replacement from Apple (Black 64 gb) ... as I mentioned in an earlier post - this last trip to the apple store took 4 - 5 iPhones to find one that wasn't damaged as badly as the last they brought out. I took the 'best' (if you could even call it that) of the bunch they kept bringing out, but this one also had scuffs on it, along with some discoloration along the side.


Sorry to say that this one, like the others, is ALSO giving me he horizontal lines when signing into the app store. I find it amazing that there is no response or reply from Apple, and that when you call their customer service # or go into the store - none of the techs are aware of such a problem, I told them I could google it for them.


I am pretty amazed that Apple could let the quality issue continue to ride on a downward slope, and not even try remedy or address the issue in some way for all of us who spent quite a bit of money, for something in the past many of us did not think twice about as it was a solid and quality item ... very disappointed.

Oct 22, 2012 12:01 PM in response to SMW227

Looks like a software bug and it's going to be fixed in iOS 6.0.1


http://bgr.com/2012/10/22/apple-starts-testing-ios-6-0-1-for-release-in-coming-w eeks-ios-6-1-to-come-after-holidays/


My replaced iPhone 5 had the same after 1 week.


Lets hope above is true and iOS 6.0.1 will fix our problem.



we have a general list of what the first iOS 6 update will entail. iOS 6.0.1 should fix the horizontal lines bug on the screen when the keyboard or app folder is open, and it will also fix a problem with the camera’s flash not going off. In addition, the new software will improve Wi-Fi support, fix cellular data not working in some cases, add a consolidated cellular data switch for iTunes Match, fix a bug that allowed access to Passbook pass details from the lock screen, and also finally fix the bug that caused Exchange meetings to be unexpectedly cancelled for the entire calendar invite group

Horizontal lines on iphone5

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