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iPad Pro 9.7 Random Restart

Normally wouldn't think much of this but, I have a 2 day old iPad Pro 9.7 128GB that has restart on me twice so far. In the middle of using it, it will cut to the Apple logo on the black background for a minute before returning to the passcode screen. Oddly enough, it will accept Touch ID in place of a passcode, something it doesn't usually do when it loses power. Any idea on the cause or how to figure it out? I chatted with the tech support but they only help they could provide was to do a restore. I just performed it, but my concern is that I installed an app or enabled something causing the iPad to crash and it'll simply continue to do that due to the bad app.

Posted on Apr 13, 2016 9:38 PM

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Posted on Mar 18, 2017 8:13 PM

My random restarts stopped with 10.2 but this ipad has multiple problems. The only things the techs can tell you to do is to factory reset. The problems keep changing. One time it was freezing and now pages in Safari turn white. Apple won't admit that these ipads are defective. They will do nothing except factory resets. How many times do you need to reset the iPad to get it to work for awhile until Apple admits there is a problem..They won't admit any of their products are defective.

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May 21, 2016 4:56 PM in response to jegelie2

It will be hard to prove material damage from the restarts, I think the most data I lost was a post in a forum that I had not saved and I switched apps and it restarted. A few seconds or maybe a minute of down time will be really hard to prove to a judge that you have been harmed by this software defect. Should it be there? No. Should Apple be more responsive and acknowledge it and patch it? Yep. Will you be able to sue Apple over a software defect? Not a chance. They indeminify themselves in the EULA and frankly other than being inconvienced for a short period maybe once or twice a day (mine has not crashed since the update, but I concider that to be coincidental) you can't prove any actual damage to sue them over.

May 22, 2016 10:32 AM in response to camhabib

We have 2 128 GB wifi only Ipad Pro 9.7 we had delivered on launch day. They both do random restarts occasionally when closing Safari or switching to mail from Safari. I have exchanged one of them for a refurb and it does the same. I notified Apple that my "new" refurb has the same issue. Just waiting to see if there is a software solution before we do any more exchanges.

May 22, 2016 11:50 AM in response to Kitagrl28

They probably have refurb units from everyone exchanging them for random restarts... It's clearly a software flaw, exchanging will do nothing to help. Get a good copy with a good screen and stop exchanging them!!


Also, for those who lost inscriptions - consider yourself lucky, it kills your value at trade in or resale if you have custom inscription work on them. That said, if you really want it, Apple should offer to have your new one inscribed on them to make it like it was.

May 22, 2016 12:55 PM in response to Namol

I Don't know why people have to wait for a replacement since I was given all 4 of mine immediately at the Apple Store. None of them work properly. Since I received my first one on launch day none of the Senior tech support knew what to do expect to give you a new,one when they could not fix it. I have become an expert at restarting and doing factory resets. I have spent hours with tech support and the Genius Bar and there is no fix in sight. Namol this is not a minor inconvenience for those who did not back up before installing 9.2.3 and had their iPads bricked and lost everything. It was partially their fault, much of it has to do with Apple's testing before releasing products and updates that don't work.

May 22, 2016 2:07 PM in response to whsalumni

This thread is for the random springboard restart issue, not the upgrade brick issue. Of course having your iPad bricked is not acceptable and much more than a minor inconvenience. I would be extremely upset if mine had bricked during the upgrade. Now I am concerned that I have an unstable version on mine and am wondering what will happen when I upgrade it again. Not having a way for the store to plug it in and force a complete reload of the OS is a joke. The Apple "genius" is really nothing more than a base level tech - reload to default and if it doesn't work replace it. I had one argue with me that a batch of dead pixels on an iPad Air 2 was software because when he scrolled the screen the pixels didn't move with it..apparently he thought the display was some kind of a treadmill and the pixels physically rolled inside of the device.

May 22, 2016 5:55 PM in response to Ferengii

HI,


Here is my 2 cents. I have a silver 256 GB iPad Pro 9.7. It was crashing mostly when switching apps, about once ever 24 to 48 hours. It would go to the apple logo screen and stay there for a few seconds to a minute then it would go to the login screen. I could login with fingerprint.


I updated to 9.3.2 May 17th. iPad froze twice within minutes of the update. Then everything was fine. I haven't experienced any crashes or other issues since. Keeping my fingers crossed.

May 22, 2016 7:53 PM in response to rexboe

Okay, so is everyone only having intermittent crashes? I have been using mine with 9.3.2 and haven't had an issue. It's obviously software caused, I am just wondering if there is a difference in how we are using it as to why it has been crashing. Mine is not, I have a Space Grey, 128 GB, iPad Pro 9.7" Wifi/Cellular using a Google Fi nano sim card for cellular data service. Could it have something to do with those using the Embedded Apple SIM for Cellular data, as this would be one key difference between the 9.7" and 12.9" iPad Pros.

May 22, 2016 8:42 PM in response to theshrubbery

I have a 32g without cellular-wifi only and I am having crashes so I don't think it has anything to do with the SIM card. I have had mine for 52 days and counting and have sent data to the engineers and still no fix in sight. If Apple hasn't fixed it how can we. Al we can do is speculate. Apple has not released any word to the tech websites about it as they did with the bricking.

iPad Pro 9.7 Random Restart

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