iPad Air 2 touch screen problem while charging

I have a similar problem with my old iPad 2. I soon realised that if I'm touching the metal back, the problem goes away, so I'm guessing you have your iPad in a protective case or it's sitting on the table and you are only making contact with the screen? I assume my issue is therefore something to do with earthing the device, or static. I've just bought an Air 2, and that has a similar issue while it's in its case. I'm not sure that's much help, but at least identifying the problem may help someone more knowledgable offer an explanation!

I am seeing exactly the same issue. Thought it was just a software issue as I rebooted last week and it seemed to clear the issue however you nailed it with your assessment. When I am plugged in and charging I get exactly the same symptoms, sluggish typing and then double characters. Backspace is awful. Even general swiping is just a pain.

I may well have to take mine back in to the store to see if they can advise a solution. Sounds as if there may well be an issue with these when charging and having you now seen it on two different units then it may well be more of an issue.

I've had mine since a couple of days after they released the Air 2 and really hadn't noticed the issue until now, but I tend to charge and then use rather than use while charging so will see what the store say when I take it back in.

You mention trying different chargers. Have you tried both Apple and third-party chargers?

I have this problem when I'm using a third-party charger and cable (both the wall charger and the cord are third-party, but I think both are licensed by Apple). The touch screen is nearly unusable when I'm plugged into it. I have my iPad Air 2 plugged into my MacBook Pro with the Apple lightning cord right now, and it's completely fine. It's also fine when it's not connected to the charger. My old iPad (iPad 3?) did not have this problem.

I was going to send my iPad in for service until I realized that it was fine when not connected to my third-party charger. Now I'm not sure whether Apple will be able to reproduce the problem.

i had this problem too... I just had my iPad air2 a week ago and works perfectly fine Even when using my old iPad 2 charger.. not til today when I use it while charging. Touch screen was unresponsive and became fuzzy all the time. So I tried my new charger that came with the ipadair2 it didn't fixed it. then I noticed that another charger was plugged in my multi socket extension plug and was a FAKE charger. Tried to unplugged it and it solved the problem. My iPad air 2 works perfectly fine even with my ipad 2 charger.

It's a very minor issue, happens sometime, just try to remove your back plast cover and use it use it with your bare hands now.

eearthing circuit issues is the culprit most of the time and even after removing your cover this problem still persists you need to go to store.

I have an iPad Air 2 (Wi-Fi only, 128GB, iOS 11.1) and I still have this issue. Touch interface is jump to the point you cannot use it until you unplug the charger. As soon as you unplug the charger all is perfect again. I prefer to run down my battery to 5% and then charge it to maintain battery life then use it while plugged in. I am updating to 11.1.2 now to see if that addresses the issues.

Hi Return to Apple Store for checking phone to make an Appointment. Cheers Brian

I have the same problem while using the original charger and cable.

Tried removing my iPad case it solved the problem a bit.

I have this issue since day one, and I'm still using it on iOS 10.3.3