I am having intermittent screen response issues with the new 12.9"
Whenever I am using an application, stock or 3rd party, the screen will stop responding to my touches. I can't even close out with the home button. This happens mostly when I have the Smart Keyboard attached but it has happened a couple times without it. It happens when I have it on my lap and sometimes when I have it on a desk.
My work around is to detach/reattach the Smart Keyboard a few times. Sometimes I just have to take it off the magnet stay and reset it back. Other times I completely remove the keyboard and others I have to hard reset. It happens consistently with Mail, Messages, Safari, Reddit, Discord, CryptoTrader, YouTube.
Has anyone experienced this before? I feel like it is the Smart Keyboard. I know the old Smart Keyboard works with the new one. Is there a v2 out there that is possible more compatible? I am using the original 12.9 keyboard.
I’m having the SAME exact problem - the keyboard will just not work sometimes [I have to take it off the smart-keyboard, take a [missing words or letters while im typing fast] - have to take the ipad OFF then with a glasses-cleaner-rag thing, cant think of the word atm, even though theres NO crumbs or anything there - wipe it “incase theres dust I can’t see”?! Or something - that’ll sometimes do it - sometimes not. Sometimes I just need to disconnect and connect it.
My touch screen has legit stopped working for - MOST of the screen most of the time, RARELY I can get it to scroll by touching as close as I can to the edge of the screen/half on the black boarder - and since theres no way to hook up a mouse] it makes copying and pasting a nightmare - typing anything huge hassle, I’m a promoter/research journalist [It’d take to long I’ve worn all the hats lol in music/music websites and street teams, aswell as my own projects] I cant even tap the screen [multiple times, or using pressure to get to copy/paste etc] to get to the end of this reply from above I had to use the PAINFULLY slow arrow keys [WHY are they so slow? The rest of the keyboard isnt but you need to use the arrows FORGET ABOUT IT - its gonna take minutes]
ALSO; My Apple Pencil broke/won’t charge/connect [real good idea, instead of just having it connect LIKE ANYTHING ELSE BLUETOOTH - you need to put it in the lightning port] well guess what - within two days it was broken, becuase I had to PLUG IT INTO LIGHTNING CONNECTOR - its scratched the male end, and unlike a charging cord, you can’t just replace a Male Lightning wires little metal connections that charge it.
I was so impressed with the [heres your specs] iPad Pro 12.9 [2nd Gen] 2017 just UPDATED yesterday to the newest iOS11 [1.2.1 - just checked its the latest]
Bought ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES - smart keyboard case, apple pencil, 512GB SDHX Card, 5G LTE even though YOU GET NO NUMBER** and it doesn't work farther than parked in my drive way making it USELESS - Spotify will play one song I selected for the drive it downloaded as I was leaving the house then play it - and nothing [not frozen, just “you have no internet connection” - Tell that to the T-Mobile bars I’m seeing *facepalm* [ie its still using my houses WiFi as I have a ridiculous Nighthawk router].
**Have fun, trying to calling or texting anyone without an APPLE PRODUCT. Even then sometimes they or I don’t recieve it and they have to hit up my LAN line. What happens incase of an emergency and I need to call 911 or any emergency services [and have nothing else - say, my LAN phone isnt charged [cuz we never use or remember to charge it as we have smart devices] I’m on the ground knee broken alone, crawling to my bed to wait until someone arrives home [I work from sometimes from home, as a personal care attended, for my autistic brother...] to bring me to the hospital [exactly what happened expect I had to crawl in bed all night 12pm-10am writhing in pain til someone showed up [so I could “leave” - for the ER]
Yes this happened before I bought the iPad but I’m just saying any situation - even if the 5G EVER worked - if I’m in the middle of no where and need the authorities or call the fire department, posion control, I could keep going but this is already long enough...
This wouldn’t bother me so much if I was told - but I was not; I even asked this directly and rephrased it 3 different ways, to the store manager - he said it would be no problem but the representive will definetly know. I asked her two-three times as well. I made it EXPLICIT I was buying this instead of an iPhone because my PC had broken, I am a musician so iOS has always been tempting [and my studio is useless until I can save up for the Workstation I want] I NEEDed someting I could text, call, as well as get online at home and out - still be atleast practicing music [the one thing I FANTASTIC will say is KILLER apps if your willing to pay!*** Unlike samsung’s light up game/on sound - can’t change the sounds “drum machines” [wild disrespect to all drum machines/samplers lmao] that never end...]
I was so impressed by the apple pencil - I bought it even though I can’t really even draw that well, and don’t do graphics. Its just immaculate for using your ipad like a real notepad [which is so much faster than typing sometimes]
**sucks that my touchscreen which used to be so articulate I could use both my hands on a touch screen synthesizer with FINESSE - each time recognizing EVERY finger separately [exactly what I want/need in a smart app to add to my tool in my studio and practice/live riggs.
I believe this is still under the warranty BUT I do not want to have to transfer all my stuff AGAIN. Its not easier to use ANY cloud - transfering to PC then to here esp since you REQUIRED to use iTunes [SMH] makes it equally troublesome and frankly time I do not have [infact Im almost certain as I will not stand for the broken apple pencil which broken in one day after two uses SMH due to the awful Lightning connection] YOU GUYS OWN THE RIGHTS TO THUNDERBOLT 3 - USE IT!
Never had this problem with Thunderbolt, Thunderbolt 2 or 3 aka USB C aka all the DisplayPort editions... -
Why the hell... you use the most fragile and antiquated one - that breaks by just using it correctly not roughly - especially on the apple pencil!!
Who wants to plug in their WIRELESS BLUETOOTH “pencil” [see the problem?] - if it was just for charging and you could plug it into a charger thats fine but to actually connect to the device so you can use it thats INSANE - its like you were intentionally making the connection shoddy*, also why even USE bluetooth if you need to freaking plug it in first the point is so you DONT have to do that!
***Possibly to force people to buy the iPhone X just so they could do these SIMPLE BASIC things?! OR they want you to just shut up buck up and buy another one - cause we ALLLL have that desposible income! [OR im sure hopefully to you] they’ll not get around to it before the warranty is up] This is supposed to be the top tier for iPads man... so dissapointed. I sometimes have to click the screen 89 times just to get it to move the cursor...to the wrong place! or just stop when I’m trying to highlight something.
I don’t wanna have to by DRUG DEALER BURNER phone just because my extremely expensive sophisticated piece of technology, that I paid thousands of dollars for, that by all means should be able to call and text people, can’t! [I don’t care if I had to use the email - or some other weird new system] but ONLY IF the other person has APPLE. Lan Lines - others ie Androids, can’t do it - whilst its SMALLER “smart device” brother [don’t even try and tell me @ this PRICE and level of TECH - you couldn’t assign us a telephone number - or atleast make it so the iMessages and “Facetime-AUDIO” to be able DO THIS [even without a number - I dont care I just want it to function like it LOGICALLY SHOULD and I WAS TOLD it would. [ugh can’t I please just make a call easily... for christ sakes - I dont even like SKYPE - I don’t want or need Facetime video]
Please tell me theres a solution [and that it doesn’t involve spending TONS of more money] any help would be MORE THAN APPRECAIATED! Thank you...
PS I’m just gobbsmacked... I made sure to grill the manager and representative or whatever - to make sure this was right for me and could do everything - even trying both the smartkeyboard and the logitech one - now I’m thinking I should’ve gone with that since this one keeps disconnecting [not physically tho, just every now again in the middle of what Im doing - typing usually - the touchscreen keyboard will just POP up while the smartkeyboard doesn’t work: NOTHING to the contrary from both Apple Store employees on what it could do [and needed it to] told to me. ie No Phone Number - and all the rest.
The only thing I can even SUSPECT for the touch screen is that I have a 9H Screen Protector on it [but it worked flawlessly till a few days ago no problem, I never touched the thing til I had it on, and my Nintendo Switch one works perfectly/fine with NO issues whatsoever.
PS Dre Beats are a scam, and the free ear buds I got with my iPad Pro are absolutely terrible [I’m a home studio owner with two sets of AMAZING head phones - open and closed - these are just a SIMGIN better than the OG ipod earbuds - as an audiophile and engineer - I can’t even listen to casual music with them, because I just can tell all the flaws - how colored it is, etc etc] plus it charge doesnt last - easy to lose the charger thats TINY and uses freaking lightning OF COURSE - it is nice to not have them plugged in though I guess... :shrugh:
[doublepost=1514094526][/doublepost]One last thing is it just me or does every update fix a few things, and simulaneously break others [or more]?!
