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Lines and static across iPhone5 keyboard

I am seeing static and lines across my keyboard when using my iPhone5...most frequently when it appears in the AppStore app. I'd like to know if this is a software or hardware issue. I've seen severa reports of this on boards across the internet: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1452197


Any answers on this yet?

iPhone 5, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 24, 2012 11:34 AM

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Sep 29, 2012 8:33 AM in response to Rinod Onati

I was gettin the same thing. I went to the Genius Bar and they took my phone in the back, opened it up, and tightened something. It seemed to be gone but then came back.


I made a second visit to the Genius Bar and said the issue had not been resolved. I was told to "suck it up" because it's only the black keyboard and is a software issue.


I don't think it's software because I should be able roger a screen capture of it. Every time it happens and I take a screen capture the lines don't show up in the screen capture but are, in reality, still there.


Leads me to believe its something with the video controller, during black keyboard interfacing.


I can still deal with it till a fix is promulgated.

Sep 29, 2012 1:17 PM in response to Rinod Onati

Phone: iPhone 5 Black 64gb

Carrier: Verizon

Age: 4 Days


This same issue has happened to me. I have only had my 5 for 3 days, and it has happened more than a handful of times. It seams to always occur when entering my password through the app store. I never had this issue with my 4s which also was running ios6, so it would seam to me that it is maybe a 5 specific problem. May not be necessarily a hardware issue though. I am not sure, but it is very annoying for this to be happening on something I spent so much money on. I hope Apple will resolve this.

Lines and static across iPhone5 keyboard

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