A long while back I broke the screen on my iPad Mini 2, the original retina display version, so had it repaired by a third-party company. The magnetic case lock though then did not work, so I went back and they fixed it.
Recently I started having problems with the screen either not responding to touches, or responding to phantom ones. I took it to a different company and they said it needed a new digitizer, which from my own research seemed right. Again though, after the repair the case lock did not work.
Taking it back I thought from my previous experience it would be a simple fix. But this company were unable to solve the problem, and eventually said it would need an official Apple digitizer as it needed a specific component from one.
Is there any truth to that explanation? The original repair was also not an official Apple part, but when I took it back they repaired it same day. Could it be something particular to the make of digitizer the two companies used?
Being such an old model, and just having had the screen replaced, it is now at the point where it is better value to replace that undergo any major repairs. But if it can be a simple "open it up and move things about" type of fix then that would still be worthwhile. It may not be the fastest after various iOS updates, but it is still good enough for how I use it so would like to keep it going, with the case lock, for as long as possible if I can.
Thanks.
Recently I started having problems with the screen either not responding to touches, or responding to phantom ones. I took it to a different company and they said it needed a new digitizer, which from my own research seemed right. Again though, after the repair the case lock did not work.
Taking it back I thought from my previous experience it would be a simple fix. But this company were unable to solve the problem, and eventually said it would need an official Apple digitizer as it needed a specific component from one.
Is there any truth to that explanation? The original repair was also not an official Apple part, but when I took it back they repaired it same day. Could it be something particular to the make of digitizer the two companies used?
Being such an old model, and just having had the screen replaced, it is now at the point where it is better value to replace that undergo any major repairs. But if it can be a simple "open it up and move things about" type of fix then that would still be worthwhile. It may not be the fastest after various iOS updates, but it is still good enough for how I use it so would like to keep it going, with the case lock, for as long as possible if I can.
Thanks.