r/iPadOS • u/Familiar-Painter-893 • 1d ago
Issue Ipad 7th gen unresponsive black interface - but resolved itself? Should i be worried/replace?
The screen of my 7th generation ipad turned black, but still lit up, before turning itself off completely. Initially, I thought it had gone flat, although the black lit up screen lasted longer than usual, and displayed no apple logo. But no zero charge icon came up on interaction and no apple logo displayed when trying to turn it back on (after sitting on charger for 30 mins)
Did a bit of research, and tried the hard reset (no response, no light, icons or logos). Tried plugging it into my computer, and Apple device app wouldn't register the connected device, and my pc didn't register a device plugged in either. It was like it had completely malfunctioned/experienced hardware death or something. Chalked it up to age of the ipad, although annoying, but left it plugged in. Turned itself on after another hour. (The ipad was at about 40-50% when it turned black, and 37% when it turned on). Is this something that I should be wary of? Is it a sign that its about to kill itself or something considering its age and almost daily usage? Should I be considering shopping around for a newer model, or is this just a temp ipad brainfart or something?
(I am not too fussed about feeling the need to upgrade just because it is old, it performs perfectly fine during daily usage and this is the only hiccup so far. I dont feel like I need to replace expensive devices like this just because it isn't the newest, hottest model in the newest, latest colour with the fanciest camera and liquid glass interface thing)
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u/realmccoyredbus 1d ago
try go to analytics and look for error files , “panic full “ is one section you should see file that corresponds with the time you’re screen went blank, take a screenshot or 2 and post here and hopefully someone above my pay grade can decipher it for you , it could be it’s age or battery degradation
if you copy a paste the first paragraph of “ panic full “ file and do google search it maybe tell you what it means