I have noticed this crackling noise sometimes when the tablet makes a sound. Can I just go in to exchange it or set an appointment up at the Genius Bar for it ?
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iPad Crackling noise
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Mine has done that a few times too. I rarely use the alerts and sounds on my tablets so not a huge deal to me. Was wondering if it was happening to anyone else tho. I guess if it's widespread...Apple will take care of us in the first year so I'm going to wait a while until the kinks get worked out in production before I start the exchange process.
First one it never happened to me with the wifi version. I exchanged for the lte one and it's doing it
Crackling noise
Yeah it's happening but it's totally random ...idk I Don't Feel like going to the store again a 3rd time lol plus a good screen
Yeah it's happening but it's totally random ...idk I Don't Feel like going to the store again a 3rd time lol plus a good screen
I would still have Apple check it out in the store. Mine doesn't make noise like this and from your post doesn't sound normal at all. If they did have to exchange it for you at least you would get a new one.
The most common cause of speaker crackling is a sleeping speaker that suddenly wakes up. I mentioned drivers earlier and usually the driver can be adjusted to wait a few milliseconds to allow the speaker to wake up before admitting a sound.
I don't know for sure, but it's a common possibility.
I don't know for sure, but it's a common possibility.
I am reproducing it artificially by keeping on holding the home button repeatedly and does it about 25% of the time
How about videos and music? Does it make the sound with that or is it just special-effects, like rings and dings? If it were defective hardware, it would make the crackling noises with any songs you play and not just the special-effects.
Dice with Buddies is brutal on mine. All kinds of weird distortion and noises. All other games and music is fine so far.
Idk I have an appointment with the apple store to see about it but not sure if I want to go through exchanging a bunch till the right one
Probably go and see if I can get them to help me with data anyway with t-mobile
Probably go and see if I can get them to help me with data anyway with t-mobile
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I have same problem here. I get crackling but it's random. I have 128 gig LTE version. I am not sure if I am going to take it back yet. Maybe it's a software issue?
Jeff
Jeff
Software is what I think is well. It only happens when hearing effects, like dings. It doesn't seem to happen at all with music and videos, indicating a software glitch.
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Define "everyone"
People seem to be focused on the screen and Wi-Fi and may not even be noticing any issues with the audio.
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i guess the more people that read this thread more people may realize they have the problem too. Strange as it is on sound effect only but not all the time.
Jeff
Tried again when I got home from work today and it isn't doing it any more ...guess I'll cancel my appointment or keep it and see if they can get me data with t-mobile
Speakers do need time to bed in. Bit like headphones etc. May just need a bit of time if it's not software.