My iPad is acting up, it appears like someone else is controlling it, it opens programs randomly, goes to iTunes and plays the same song, goes to settings and clicks on iMessage, zooms in and out of pictures and opens safari, even in airplane mode, help?

steve did you manage to solve your problem and if you did can you please tell me how you did it. My ipad is acting up in the exact same same manner you described yours above.

iPads cannot be hacked unless you jailbroke it. The more likely possibility is that there is a hardware issue with your screen. A replacement iPad is free if you are within the warranty period. Otherwise the discounted price is $249.

Steve ipad wrote:

is it possible that it is hacked by a robot computer or server somewhere?

Aside from no reports of such things happening to anyone (at least not anyone non-jailbroken), one thing that throws that out is you said it happens in airplane mode too.

Steve ipad wrote:

why do you feel it's the screen?

The screen is the input device. If it was registering phantom finger presses, it might do all the things you described.

If it is backed up and you can control it long enough to go to Settings/General/Reset/Reset all Content and Settings , this will wipe it and you can try setting it up from your latest backup or maybe an older backup. I'm not saying this will be the solution but it is worth trying unless you have data/photos you'll lose by doing so.

Steve ipad wrote:

ok another thing i noticed is when i go to adjust sound levels where the speaker appears in the middle of the sceen it now says "sound affects" it never said that before??

The setting Sounds/Change with Buttons is probably set to ON.

Kilton Zuze wrote:

steve did you manage to solve your problem and if you did can you please tell me how you did it. My ipad is acting up in the exact same same manner you described yours above.

As noted above, if you've reset the ipad, restored it if that didn't work, most likely, you have a hardware problem and should take the iPad in for servicing.

Best of luck.

Have you tried a reset?

Hold the Sleep and Home button down for about 10 second until you see the Apple logo.

That is entirely unrelated. Sound effects just refers to the volume for notifications, as opposed to the separate volume for playing content like music or videos.

Maybe this will all go away if you accept that there is a hardware problem with your screen, and take it to an Apple Store or Apple Authorized Service Provider to have it evaluated.