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My ipad screen has turned to green!!!!

Yesterday, I had used my ipad on the flight mode while i was on the airplaine then shot down. It was ok, but today i tried to turned on, screen was green. I can see a little bit what is it behind the green but screen is never turn to normal. Green is keep going when i trying to shut down on the turn off mode.


I think this is just screen problem not hard disk problem because i can see a little behind the green.


What can i do, please help!!!!!!

iPad 2, Windows 7

Posted on Nov 8, 2012 10:44 PM

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Posted on Sep 24, 2013 4:54 AM

lmao....Love the talk about physical abuse to get an electronic device working again...Glad it works, but I don't know I could work up the courage to try that.

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Sep 30, 2014 1:01 PM in response to ravisachar

Okay, the technical reason and how to do this properly.


The cable has become partially dislodged. The cable plugs in on the left side (button down) about 3" from the bottom. It has a friction clamp that is suppose to hold it in place. If the iPad gets jarred on it's left side, the cable has a chance of coming out. It only takes 1mm to cause issues. Jarring on the right side can reseat the cable.


If you think about the physics, when you jar it on the right side, the cable (which is loose) has a chance of slipping back into the connector using the weight of its own connector.


The safest way to do this is to drop on to a padded, but hard surface on the right edge of the iPad 2 from about 3-4". Hold it between your fingers so it only bounces on that right edge. I have a padded leather case it is in, so I just used a table on mine. I used carpeted floor on another. Since there is very little risk to damaging anything, this process can be done several times as needed.


The proper fix would be to remove the screen (see youtube videos), but that carries the higher risk of damaging the screen.

Oct 1, 2014 8:43 AM in response to ravisachar

Ok,Incredible!! I had the same problem with my less than 1 yr old Ipad 2. All GREEN when I turned it on!


And PURPLE when I used Safari.


AND all else was fine!


I did the MAGIC trick suggested here. 3 hard Taps on the back with Ipad turned off .....nothing happened!


Then with Ipad on I tapped my iPad 2 on the left top corner on my knee!


And Voila Everything is back to normal!!!!!!


I even tried all Resets before and also completed the ios8.2 upgrade and nothing had worked!


UNTIL the left top corner tap on my knee trick! WOW!!! Thanks guys! You saved me huge $ time and worry!

Oct 9, 2014 5:39 PM in response to Matt Barkdull

hi there


this is a shot in the dark.


I Have just replaced a glass panel on the iPad 2. Long story short, did not check screen before starting but thought it just needed a glass replacement, anyhow all back together but the screen is all greenish and grainy.


I Have checked all connections and re-seated them all several times and still. I change.


Also tried the the bang trick and no change.


BTW I have not used the adhesive strips so easy to take apart again.


Any thoughta? I think the lcd has gone faulty.


Fingers crossed


Deane

Jan 2, 2015 8:53 AM in response to wingkchan

My daughters iPad went red and fuzzy I read here to hit it hard and that didn't work it turned it green then I read this post and knocked each corner on the work top and on the 3rd corner voila fixed!

i also have another iPad which has a fuzzy screen I turned that over and tapped that firmly and it worked. So where I thought my ipad was a write off and was about to pay to fix it I am so glad before I did I googled this!!

Jan 10, 2015 11:07 AM in response to Missrowen

Would never have believed this would work. Mine turned green & fuzzy for NO REASON: no dropping, no cold, nothing! PANICKED first, googled a solution second and came up to this Apple Support thread. It took more than a few hits, etc. but it did finally work, thank goodness!! My iPad is 3 or 4 years old, I love it and did not want to buy a new one!! Try it, it works!

Apr 12, 2015 8:49 AM in response to OUfan85

Mine turned green after a plane ride from AZ to MN and I thought it was history. Its been 1 month and I thought I would look online and found this thread. I hit it on the back 3 times without any good results. After reading hitting it in the upper left corner with your knee I gave it a try and the second hit did the trick. Everything is back to normal now. Thanks for the help!!

Rellik

Apr 27, 2015 3:57 AM in response to ysnrn

My screen is all green it keeps changing to red then blue but now its mostly green its happened before. last time I dropped it by accident and it was back to normal if you hit your screen not to hard it should go back to normal if this does not work leave it for a few minutes. (Resting your device will not work as its something with the screen) hope this helps

My ipad screen has turned to green!!!!

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