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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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Jun 10, 2017 12:24 PM in response to Garth1988

Well i don't know guys but after all these years, this week my ipad air 2 started to shut down itself completely (not stand by) when closing the smart case, i could be wrong but i think it is related to this pop issue, the device doesn't pop up anymore however i think that defect affected the device at the end in some ways, all those magnets and static...


Now i don't have any clue of what to do, perhaps stop using the smart case i guess.


However there's a change the latest ios 10.3.2 is causing this...


Anyways i can safely say that my general experince with these ipads air have been a completely disappointing.


I really really doubt that i'm gonna buy another ipad again ever, expensive and faulty devices.

Oct 26, 2014 6:15 PM in response to raficab

I've had my iPad Air 2 for a few days now and have the same exact problem you both are describing. The popping seems to occur whenever the speakers switch between music/video/keyboard click sounds. More people have posted in other threads about the same problem to. I'm hoping it is a software issue and not a hardware problem but we will have to wait and see. I've tried a hard reset and still no improvement but I haven't tried reloading iOS 8.1.

Oct 28, 2014 8:37 AM in response to Garth1988

I Have Returned my Ipad Air 2 for a full Refund Not for popping noise But when I played music the ipad viberates even at low volume I played a track on iPad Air 2 then played same track on iPad mini Music sound was a lot better on iPad mini So I returned iPad Air 2 I will NOT be buy another one its to flimsy some on the forum broke the screen By just cleaning with a cloth Also Wifi problems bit hit & miss We have an iPad Air the first one if I buy another it will be the iPad Air 1 Cheers Brian

Oct 28, 2014 9:56 AM in response to Briansyddall

I have managed to clean my screen without issue and I take what others say on forums with a pinch of salt. The vibration does not bother me, the iPhone 6 does it, and the iPhone 6 Plus as well and I think the Air 2 sounds better than the iPad Air if not louder, its all subjective after all all have our individual preferences. The pop could be a software glitch or hardware we wont know until we contact Apple get replacements and see what happens, although I seem to remember my iPad 4 did the pop once when I used airdrop after installing 8.1 and stopped after that, so who knows. As to WiFi problems this iPad has an 802.11ac chipset too so I'm sure updates will sort issues out with wifi, 8.1 is not long out, others are having issues on 802.11n under 8.1. The popping sound is odd mine did it the first day twice, and has not done it since, I'm loathed to change it as the screen is perfect no book spine or yellowing. Having used pixlemator on this iPad for me its a keeper the speed with the A8X and extra ram is a winner. I did turn the keyboard clicks off whether that cured the pop issue I have no idea.

Oct 30, 2014 8:05 PM in response to Garth1988

Went to the Apple Store today with my popping iPad Air 2. The Genius said that it seemed like a hardware problem to him. He exchanged my iPad Air 2 for a new iPad Air 2, and I haven't had any sound popping problems in the last 3 hours. I will post back on this thread if I do end up having sound pops on this new iPad Air 2. But if you don't hear back from me, I will consider this problem resolved for me.

Oct 31, 2014 8:36 AM in response to raficab

thanks for the update...... there was a x class solar flare (the biggest kind of radiation the sun peppers earth) last Friday when I got my device (along w loads of folks).... and the earth was having a radio black out.......this could be the issue..... coz have only experienced it a few times early this week ...... but it was very dramatic on friday........ popping was happening non stop until I signed up for LTE to recycle the chip and leave it off......

http://news.discovery.com/space/powerful-x-class-solar-flare-hits-earth-causes-r adio-blackout-141025.htm

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