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iPad air 2 pop noise

My iPad Air 2 randomly has a "Pop Noise" out of the speaker. it happens randomly about once or twice a day when touching the screen or pressing a button. Has anybody else experienced this issue? Could it be a software issue or has it more likely to do with the hardware?

iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi, iOS 8.1

Posted on Oct 26, 2014 11:00 AM

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Mar 18, 2015 8:07 PM in response to Philly_Phan

THanks NOYB but yeah there are several articles relating to apps that date as far back as apps creation sometime around 2010. I got sum fro articles and the federal government. Please keep in mind these are world wide numbers and you have to go to a lot of sites to find this information. I use Forbes, fidelity, Berkshire Hathaway, cnet, pc mag, etc... But you can google the app name along with income created by " " app and find pretty much what you need. I may have the numbers a bit off due to my old degrading mind but i am pretty close. Not everything needs to be verified but feel free to look for your self. I encourage folks to go to other sites other than Apple for information about Apple. You tend to find a more unbias look into this company.


psiko is just frustrated and confused. Poor little psiko and his popping ipad. As if he is the only one with that problem. By the way i am almost retirement age but thanks for the kids compliment. Psiko what i was saying is why you are having the ussues you are having. Apple is done with the ipad Air2 they are moving on to the next big thing buddy. So go get one of those phones i mentioned they are pretty cool also check some of the new tablets too. They come loaded with cool tech.


PHilly just read you will find answers you never thought could be true. Walmart, Apple, Mcdonalds, etc., you would be amazed how much money they make and how much resources they steel and how little they truly give back in the scheme of things. i dont have time tonite to dig up articles but there are several that support just about everything i said i am amazed Apple hasn't taken it down by now. I actually did not mean to hit reply because i was searching for links as i was writing and it gave me the red sorry try again press here to reset browser And i did not see it until after i saw your reply and there was my corrected draft too that i did not finish it too would mot let me hit cancel or reply so i did not think it posted. Then i tried to edit in hopes to erase but it was too late. Oh well such us life. But you can find that info on the net. i use a lot of investment sites because they usually know a little bit more than tech guides. It is kinda follow the money. And the numbers i used were from memory but NOYB is right it is a little over 1-5 million a day on just one or two apps. I think Tim Cook said over 200,000,000 ipads have been sold since 2010. That is a lot of ipads playing and paying. Not to mention iPhones too.

I Think if you google "app lottery" you may find a very interesting article. I think it was a Forbes article. I cannot remember everything thats what you youngsters are for and these gadgets. Research what you dont know and learn. Have fun, ciao...

Mar 18, 2015 9:40 PM in response to NOYB234

NOYB234 wrote:


PHilly if you have not guessed it by now but this person is a TROLL. Nothing more. No matter if you help them or not they will be very combative... My solution to them is to laugh at their ignorance and ignore their trolling nonsence. On and on. The difinition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Well, there is but an example. For you. Look back at their past posts the same thing over and over again.


Wow take a look at this:


NOYB234 wrote:


Same here. I bought one online and the day i opened the box it made a pop noise. it did it a few times even in sleep mode. I called Apple Support and made an appointment. Received an exchange it popped at the store in the techs hands and he took it to the back and said The voltage meter registered a small spike when it popped (i do not know what that meant) and offered me a refund. All i know is that was the first and only time an Apple employee ever told me there was something physically wrong with the iPad Air 2 so I took the money. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Why does my ipad air 2 make a loud "pop" sound every few hours?



Another one? really?, so you NOYB234 had your problem pretty much solved last year and now you just enjoy making fun of the ones who still have it?. What a hypocrite.

Mar 19, 2015 4:48 PM in response to Alphacatt

Alphacatt wrote:


troll.... Apple makes 4000.00 dollars per app.

For reference, that means Apple makes around $8.3 million dollars per hour in profit (24 hours a day).

http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/27/apple-just-had-the-biggest-quarterly-earnings-o f-any-company-ever/


Are you drunk? No idea what are you talking about, this is the ipad 2 air pop thread...😁


Why do you quote me to tell me about apps profits and also you offend me? I suggest you to open your own thread and check twice before quoting a post, its obvious your reply wasn't targeted to me, i believe....

Mar 19, 2015 5:34 PM in response to Garth1988

Mine's way outside the return date, but the snap/pops are getting more and more annoying. I just had it happen 5 times in the last 15 minutes. "Fortunately" I only get them when using my Air 2 or when there is a notification sound. I'd hate it more if it just happened randomly.


I'm wary of swapping mine out as the new one might have screen defects an/or battery issues, which my current one doesn't have.

Mar 20, 2015 10:00 PM in response to Philly_Phan

Philly_Phan wrote:


psikofunkster wrote:


Philly_Phan wrote:


psikofunkster wrote:


No i didnt. However this is not the first time an Apple representative lies to me then ( i mean according to you), not only one but two already assuring me my possible replacement was going to be new. Inside a brown box yes but new. An Apple lady via phone assured me many many times Apple doesnt give refurbished units in return.

Well, you did misunderstand but you'll never believe it.


Have a nice day.


No, you are being pretty narrow minded here and you will never admit somehow the contrary.

I'd love to post their names here but i know that is not allowed so....


LOL i can see the scenario:


Apple tech: Sir, we have good news for you, we are going to give you a replacement unit but it is NOT new it is a refurbished piece, now take it with you, go home and be happy...


Satisfied customer: Thank you, a refurbished replacement, just what i was expecting, ty! ty! LOL. 😎

Go ahead... Post their names. You haven't concerned yourself with the ToU so far.


You go first kid. Did you know you are pretty much breaking The Apple Forums rules by entice me to do that? i know, i know, you didn't have idea "level 6", but now you do. Don't worry, don't need to thank me. What a noob. 😎

To Calvol:

I'm glad that you have your problem solved, i have asked Apple for a refund too but they have deny it to me so far.

Mar 20, 2015 10:20 PM in response to psikofunkster

"I'm glad that you have your problem solved, i have asked Apple for a refund too but they have deny it to me so far."


Good luck with your return psiko. I've learned not to mess around with the return deadline. Once Apple gets your money it's very hard to get it back after the trial period. I once bought the 2011 MacBook Pro before an overseas business trip, and it had the infamous video card failure after one week, but couldn't return it for a month, and it took an act of God to get a refund!

Mar 21, 2015 7:29 AM in response to calvol

After months of problems with the sound of my Air2 (either no sound or the cracking sound, often after new starts) I got a refurbished unit (the shop rep said it is not a refurbished unit, we only change broken parts; but this is exactly the description of refurbished !) ten days ago. It had the same problem.

Yesterday I got another one out of the brown box. It had the same problem out of the box. On all three units also the left sound channel wasn't working when the issue was "on".


The manager tried to tell me it is a software issue. I replied I have the exact same config on my Ipad3 without problems.


After lenghty discussions about German consumer rights they gave me my money back.


APPLE TRIED TO BUILD THE AIR2 TOO THIN AND SOME OF THE UNITS HAVE ELECTROSTATIC PROBLEMS POSSIBLY DUE TO PRODUCTION TOLERANCES. THEY JUST WILL NOT ADMIT IT. THEY TAKE BACK THE FAULTY UNITS AND TEST THEM AND OF COURSE THE PROBLEM DOESNT SHOW UP IMMEDIATELY. THEN THESE UNITS ARE RECYCLED IN BROWN BOXES TO THE CONSUMERS. I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY USERS WHICH IGNORE THE PROBLEMS DUE TO LAZINESS AND DO NOT BRING THEIR IPADS TO AAPPLE STORE.

Mar 21, 2015 11:40 PM in response to psikofunkster

Well, Chipmunk updated their serial number cross-reference, and the 2015 iPad Air 2 models now are listed (a couple weeks ago, mine wasn't listed, but I speculated it was a 2015 model, and indeed it was). It was built week-2/2015, and I returned it within the two-week period because it popped a few times a day, and most shockingly, it popped while it was asleep with the cover on!


Anyway, here's the Chipmunk data.... so as of week-2 this year, Apple was still making iPop's!


Serial number: DMPP2xxxx

Nice Name: iPad Air 2 (WiFi)

Machine Model: iPad5,3

Name: iPod (Generation 2)

ModelCode: ipad_2

Family name: A1566

Group1: iPad

Group2: Air

Generation: 2

Screen size: 9.7 inch

Screen resolution: 2048x1536 pixels

Colour: Silver

Production year: 2015

Production week: 2 (January)

Model introduced: 2014

Capacity: 16GB

Memory - flavour: xx

Factory: DM (China - Foxconn)

Mar 22, 2015 2:35 AM in response to Garth1988

Hello everyone,

here i have the same problem since day one when I had my iPad Air 2 popping noise coming from the speakers when touching the screen in search box on various app like Safari, search ipad, maybe some others as well Exactly same as per other users videos posted on YouTube. My one is Golden wifi 64GB made in week 41 . I had read all posts here, seems like this issue has affected all ipads air 2 with no exception, and is a matter of time only for or any user to discover this issue, well some don't even noticed there is a problem. It's sounds to me as a problem related to the speakers and amplifier and it is hardware and software that this time just don't work seamlessly 🙂 . I will try something this week and if no pop up anymore will let you know how to fix yours as wel. Will keep you updated. Thanks to all people who posted here.

Mar 22, 2015 3:14 AM in response to Garth1988

hi,

I was hearing the pop noise for one month. I updated to ios 8.2 and reset the deviced (erase data). But i was still hearing the pop noise. then I tried to do partial charges And avoided fully charging or discharging the battery. after that, I did't hear the pop noise. Note that I uninstalled Viber and Asphalt 8: Airborn. Maybe this device is incompatible with some apps or maybe it's a battery issue Or maybe something else.

iPad air 2 pop noise

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