Backlight bleeding

[viewliners]

the list show only three factories: X, L, T

however, I was just reading an article on CNN that interviewed the CEO of Foxconn... they were talking about the recent fatal explosion at one of its factories in China. The CEO said iPad production should not be affected as they have three other factories all turning out iPads on schedule. Doesn't that imply there are 4 factories making iPads?

or perhaps the fourth factory only ships out iPads to countries other than the US?

 

[Extract0r]

Just received 2 iPads (32GB WiFi Black, 32GB WiFi White) directly from China.
Both have terrible light leakage. I give up.

Black (Terrible. Visible under normal lighting at 50% brightness. Ridiculous.)
DN6FP

White (Bad. This one also has specks of dust under the screen.)
DN6FP

 

[bcterp]

As I mentioned earlier today I received my ipad 2 from China with terrible light bleed (DMPFP). I exchanged it tonight at the Apple store for a brown box replacement (DLXFK). The replacement has no light bleed at any brightness level I will ever use. It has the tiniest amount at 100%, even then it is very hard to spot and perfectly acceptable for an LCD panel. Nothing any sane person would ever have a problem with and definitely a keeper. Seems that the only high probability chance of getting a good screen is a brown box replacement.

 

[viewliners]

can the folks who posted serial number of iPads with good and bad screens
tell us if their iPads were Wifi or Wifi/3G/GSM/AT&T or Wifi/3G/CDMA/Verizon?

I assume those three don't come off the same assembly lines at the same time,
so they won't use the same batch of good(or bad) LCD screens?

I was checking the Verizon forums and very few iPad owners are reporting
backlight bleeding problems. Those CDMA iPads must be coming off a different
assembly line, no?

just wondering... thanks!

 

[Built]

As I mentioned earlier today I received my ipad 2 from China with terrible light bleed (DMPFP). I exchanged it tonight at the Apple store for a brown box replacement (DLXFK). The replacement has no light bleed at any brightness level I will ever use. It has the tiniest amount at 100%, even then it is very hard to spot and perfectly acceptable for an LCD panel. Nothing any sane person would ever have a problem with and definitely a keeper. Seems that the only high probability chance of getting a good screen is a brown box replacement.

True. I got a DLXFK as a brown box replacement and it's great. Even the Genius...who had light bleed on his first iPad 2...remarked how good this screen was.

 

[blarivee]

Ordered another one from Apple online. Again bad backlight bleeding at 50% brightness. First five letters DMPFP.

 

[Flake]

how easily visible is dust under the screen?

 

[viewliners]

how easily visible is dust under the screen?

my ex-sister-in-law's(current GF) has a white Verizon iPad 2. There are several specks of dust in the upper right hand corner. It's not visible when the screen is on, but when the screen is on, you can clearly see them under the glass.

 

[slffl]

My screen bleeds. Only noticeable on a COMPLETELY black screen. Guess what? I'm NEVER looking at a black screen. Doesn't bother me.

 

[kuwisdelu]

My screen bleeds. Only noticeable on a COMPLETELY black screen. Guess what? I'm NEVER looking at a black screen. Doesn't bother me.

Same here. Mine is near-perfect, but it bleeds a little on one edge. It's only noticeable if I put it on a black screen and take it into a pitch-black room. For a letterboxed movie in a very dark room? Nothing.

I have to wonder how much of this is a real issue and how much of it is just OCD-ness. I don't doubt that some iPads suffer from real back-bleed problems, just wondering how much is too much perfectionism under circumstances that never occur in day-to-day use.

And I agree that when paying $499-829 for a device, one should expect quality, and I don't doubt that for many iPads and posters here this may be noticeable under regular use, but if there's bleeding that's only ever noticeable under circumstances that never occur with actual use... I don't see how that's a problem.

 

[syclick]

Just got my third iPad2 in today... Complete with bleeding.

DN6FPK.

 

[MayorQuimby]

At this point it looks as if Apple has no intention of ever fixing this issue.

 

[Hardway]

Received my iPad 2 from China last Friday, it's a DN6FP and has awful bleeding along all four sides at default brightness. Will be exchanging it sometime this week.

 

[viewliners]

At this point it looks as if Apple has no intention of ever fixing this issue.

they're probably too busy getting the iPad 3 ready for the next launch....

just buy the iPad 3 when it comes out and nobody will remember the backlight bleeding issue...

 

[Extract0r]

Here are my thoughts/observations after going through 4 defective iPad 2s in the past 3 weeks (latest two were received yesterday directly from China).

1. Apple is blaming LG for the screen defect, but I think it has more to do with the way LCD displays are mounted. Looking at the tear-down photos, it looks like LCD is screwed down. Perhaps too much torque on the bracket is causing the LCD to get compressed unevenly, thus resulting in backlight leak.

2. If you grab the corners of the iPad 2 and gently twist it, you can make the backlight leak appear/disappear. If you press hard on the screen at the screen-bezel junction, you can recreate the backlight leak. More pressure = more backlight leak.

3. Three weeks after the defective LG screen news broke out, newly manufactured iPads are still showing the same degree of light leakage!! Either Apple doesn't know how to fix it, or they feel most of the buyers won't care or notice.

4. Those of you who have perfect iPad 2s. I hate you.

 

[jrolson]

After 2 weeks, im still waiting for my replacement...

Im hoping the screen will be ok but chances are that it will still have problems.

 

[xaldafax]

As I mentioned earlier today I received my ipad 2 from China with terrible light bleed (DMPFP). I exchanged it tonight at the Apple store for a brown box replacement (DLXFK). The replacement has no light bleed at any brightness level I will ever use. It has the tiniest amount at 100%, even then it is very hard to spot and perfectly acceptable for an LCD panel. Nothing any sane person would ever have a problem with and definitely a keeper. Seems that the only high probability chance of getting a good screen is a brown box replacement.

True. I got a DLXFK as a brown box replacement and it's great. Even the Genius...who had light bleed on his first iPad 2...remarked how good this screen was.

How can you tell if a brown box replacement is a "refurbished unit" or not?

 

[nickbarbs]

How can you tell if a brown box replacement is a "refurbished unit" or not?

brown boxes are still new for now.

 

[crellion]

Does buying from Apple directly most likely mean you get the latest manufacturing batch vs third-party retail?

If so - I wonder if this means you can get one of the newer "fixed" LG-panels 3 months down the line if you buy directly from Apple by then...

 

[SiliconDioxide]

I just got my ipad 2 and I have a tremendous amount of leakage. The entire border of the ipad leaks. Looks like I have to take it in tomorrow and see what they say

 

[user512]

new additions: P-(6-catalyst6-OK) P-(P-bcterp-bad) N-(6-doubledown7d-bad) L-(6-gkarris-bad) P-(6-Extract0r-bad) P-(6-Extract0r2-bad) K-(X-bcterp-OK) P-(P-blarivee-bad) P-(6-syclick-bad) P-(6-Hardway-bad)

Read it as: week-(factory-user-condition).

---

FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR ('F' on 4th character of your serial)

7 week 07 (seems none manufactured before week 7, well maybe... (X-stevejobs-OK))

8 week 08 (X-xaldafax-OK)

9 week 09 (X-jps1012-OK)

C week 10

D week 11 (X-danito85-bad) (X-thisisfunah-bad)

F week 12 (X-mvp2206-bad) (X-KevinM2-bad) (X-HardLuckStories-bad)

G week 13 (X-kiko-OK) (X-roflc0pter-bad)

H week 14

J week 15 (X-ClairebearZac-OK)

K week 16 (X-nickbarbs-OK) (X-sword28-OK) (T-hughmann-bad) (T-jaikob-OK) (X-built-OK) (X-built-OK) (X-hughmannVendor-OK) (X-chinit0-bad) (X-Satdude-bad) (X-jbud72-OK) (X-bcterp-OK)

L week 17 (X-Tobster3-bad) (6-tehstk-bad) (6-gkarris-bad)

M week 18 (6-ryxsolo-bad) (X-Jrfowlessc-bad) (6-blarivee-bad) (6-rummelx-bad) (X-iSamurai-bad) (X-HardLuckStories-OK) (X-BearsFan34-OK) (X-vicenturri-bad) (X-pinkmechanic-bad)

N week 19 (T-hughmann-bad) (X-RossMc-OK) (6-jogales-bad) (6-awjvail-bad) (6-catalyst6-bad) (6-rummelx-bad) (6-Clusty-bad) (X-jason910-OK) (6-doubledown7d-bad)

P week 20 (X-alexwai-bad) (X-dquek123-bad) (X-chaicka-OK) (X-ryxsolo-OK) (X-Tobster3-OK) (X-catalyst6-bad) (X-gusnyc-bad) (6-smokingmonkey-bad) (X-corvus32-bad) (X-satdude-OK) (6-catalyst6-OK) (P-bcterp-bad) (6-Extract0r-bad) (6-Extract0r2-bad) (P-blarivee-bad) (6-syclick-bad) (6-Hardway-bad)

Q week 21 (X-corvus32-bad)
R week 22
T week 23
V week 24
W week 25
X week 26
Y week 27

(*) X-user-bad, means 'X' is factory DLX, '6' is factory DL6, 'T' for factory DQT and 'P' for factory DMP, all taken from the first 3 of the serial.
(**) 4th character is half of the year. Will be 'F' for first, 'G' for second half.
(***) 5th character is week of manufacturing from previous table.

ps.- post your first 5 characters of your serial and if you have a good backlight or the bleeding problem.
ps2.- any error in the table?, let me know.

 

[user512]

No. I believe DN6FP is the 1st 5 characters in the serial number of his/her iPad 2.

According to user512's table, DN6FP means the following:

DN6 -- Factory code to identify the particular factory where the iPad was being produced
F -- 1st half of the year
P -- Week 20 when this iPad was being made

Of course, I might have interpreted the above wrongly. Please kindly correct me if I'm wrong.

Perfectly interpreted.

 

[user512]

the list show only three factories: X, L, T

however, I was just reading an article on CNN that interviewed the CEO of Foxconn... they were talking about the recent fatal explosion at one of its factories in China. The CEO said iPad production should not be affected as they have three other factories all turning out iPads on schedule. Doesn't that imply there are 4 factories making iPads?

or perhaps the fourth factory only ships out iPads to countries other than the US?

Viewliners, you are right. If you see todays additions you will see there are two users from the fourth factory, it is 'P' for factory DMP. So first three letters in serial number will be:

DLX, DL6, DQT or DMP depending on where your iPad2 was built.
I call them X, 6, T, or P for short.

 

[JYCH]

After 2 weeks, im still waiting for my replacement...

Im hoping the screen will be ok but chances are that it will still have problems.

I have waited a month already and still waiting for my replacement to arrive...
I'm in Vancouver, Canada..

 

[~~Hello~~]

I'm really annoyed with this backlight bleeding. I didn't notice it at first, when I did I couldn't stop focusing on it. Apple replaced it for me, a brown box replacement and guess what that has it too.

They said they'd order another one in as they didn't have any in stock but they said it would likely have bleeding on as well. I mean what sort of response is that? They acknowledged it as a fault why aren't they fixing it? It's like they are beginning to class it as a feature now.

if Apple can't deliver a working item then they should start offering refunds. For the money i paid for the ipad I expect it to be faultless! It's not a lot to ask for a working screen. i'm starting to use ssh a lot on it now and the bloody bleeding really distracts me.