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I pity the average consumers. I don't used to go to forums until my iMac 3rd gen broke down. It broke literally just a couple of months after the extended Applecare expired. I went to bring it to the my local apple store and they said that I will need to pay for the repair myself because the applecare has expired and the recall deadline for the known fault (capacitor bulging) has already passed. I have registered the iMac with them with the extended applecare and I didn't get any emails for the recall. After that, I always make sure I am up-to-date with any known issues with my apple products.

I think if Apple can get away with it, they will. They almost got away with the antenna issue with the iPhone4 until the Consumer Agency in the US made their report.

Apple is turning to be like Microsoft.

They DID get away with it with the antenna issue. It has sold like gangbusters. As long as the product still sells, you got away with it. However, I think the antenna thing and the light bleed thing have been blown WAY out of proportion by a vocal minority of people.
 
Just wanted to update that I've finally decided to stick with my 6th replacement as it's the most tolerable and Apple did send me a customer replacement on the 6th brand new from the factory.

4th was a DLXFQ Q-(X-TheMarkness-bad)
5th was a DLXFP P-(X-TheMarkness-bad)
6th (current) is a DN6FT (seems to be a good week) and it is good T-(6-TheMarkness-OK)

Just wanted to give some comparisons as I'm also happy to say the screen is super bright and slightly cool on this 6th replacement. The 5th DLXFP was terribly warm and dull/dim looking which after comparing side by side I can understand someone not wanting one of those.

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It's not perfect but since I've taken these pictures now I've noticed those spots on the side are fading out (might be glue since it's brand new). Cheers to everyone else hopefully we start seeing some better results going forward.
 
Just wanted to update that I've finally decided to stick with my 6th replacement as it's the most tolerable and Apple did send me a customer replacement on the 6th brand new from the factory.

4th was a DLXFQ Q-(X-TheMarkness-bad)
5th was a DLXFP P-(X-TheMarkness-bad)
6th (current) is a DN6FT (seems to be a good week) and it is good T-(6-TheMarkness-OK)

Just wanted to give some comparisons as I'm also happy to say the screen is super bright and slightly cool on this 6th replacement. The 5th DLXFP was terribly warm and dull/dim looking which after comparing side by side I can understand someone not wanting one of those.

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It's not perfect but since I've taken these pictures now I've noticed those spots on the side are fading out (might be glue since it's brand new). Cheers to everyone else hopefully we start seeing some better results going forward.

This is truly an unbelievable difference. I would never accept that warmer display, it looks genuinely dull. IMO that bit of bleeding on the cooler display is an acceptable compromise to get the much brighter, better looking display. Now to get no bleeding at all with the brighter display? That would be the best of all worlds.
 
You're not recognizing that there are tolerable limits to backlight bleeding. Yes, all LCDs display a certain level of it. But some of the examples that have been posted here are absolutely unacceptable.

However, also acknowledging that some of the posters here are being extremely picky and making a big deal out of nothing, IMHO. BUT then again, it's their hard-earned money spent. If they want to go through the hell of swapping out their iPads 6-7 times just to find a "perfect" screen, it's their prerogative, and as long as Apple is accommodating them, then so be it.

Agreed
 
That's not a substantive argument. You essentially just said "no, I'm right, and I don't even have to bother justifying my argument because it's manifestly true." Give me a break. I already provided you a detailed explanation of why the analogy doesn't hold. It is intrinsic to gain that noise, too, will rise in amplitude. No such thing applies to the bright spots people are getting on their screens.

People aren't referring to the generic edge bleed that is in LCDs; they're referring to the peculiar large, bright spots and regions that are not present in every LCD (or even close; this is first time I'd ever had a product with this problem).



So, double down with the fallacies and employ a strawman too? People here aren't petulant children throwing temper tantrums in an Apple Store and crying about life not being fair. They know that there is variability in how much bleed is in each unit, casting that against a backdrop of their own preferences, and acting accordingly. Again, it's unclear to me why you believe you have the moral authority to criticize others on this point, but nothing you have offered up so far has resembled a justification. Instead, it's simply a verbose equivalent of "you guys are unreasonable jerks so there."

So I take it that you are going for door #2, and will continue to wander the forum aimlessly complaining and looking for King Arthur, his knights, and the elusive perfect iPad with the unicorn horn?

As I've said before, my opinion means nada. if you want to empower it, feel free to do so.
 
You're not recognizing that there are tolerable limits to backlight bleeding. Yes, all LCDs display a certain level of it. But some of the examples that have been posted here are absolutely unacceptable.

However, also acknowledging that some of the posters here are being extremely picky and making a big deal out of nothing, IMHO. BUT then again, it's their hard-earned money spent. If they want to go through the hell of swapping out their iPads 6-7 times just to find a "perfect" screen, it's their prerogative, and as long as Apple is accommodating them, then so be it.

Agreed here Apple has taken care of me by cutting the Apple Care cost in half on my iPad, giving me a free leather smartcover, free bluetooth keyboard, and a free iPad 2 dock.

I honestly can't complain how well Apple has been taking care of me throughout this whole process. They said if I decide that I'm still not satisfied they would completely refund me the whole cost of the iPad, plus accessories, and all my apps bought for the iPad. Again great customer service (and all that last part is noted on my case by Becca Schad with corporate customer care).
 
Hey guys... Pay attention to a hilarious conversation with AppleCare .. It is not usual here in Greece to speak directly with apple since there is not an official apple store.. Only premium resellers. I have exchanged three times my iPad 2 just to get another one that has also an amount of bleeding .. The conversation has ended with a proposal from apple for either an IPAD CASE !!!! ( sorry for the capital shoutoutloud letters) , an iPad case, holly cow! that might solve the problem, according to the official claim of AppleCare , or, of course, an exchange with a sealed IPad .. So.. Tell me what would you choose? Furthermore, the apple guy mentioned, at least 4 times that there is no absolute guarantee for the exchange iPad to be flawless ... Meaning indirectly that every iPad has a small amount of bleeding ...

The conclusion is that apple is trying to bypass its flaws just like antennagate by giving away free cases !!!! please somebody tell me it's a lie !!! LOL
 
Hey guys, this is my first post on the forum, though I've been following this and other threads about the iPad.

Anyway, I got my second replacement today as my first two had severe light bleeding, with the replacement being worse than the original.

Anyway, I decided I needed to upgrade to the 32 GB and had just been waiting till it wasn't a pain in the ass, which was today.

I am happy to report this model has little to no light bleed!!! 99.9% better than the first two. DLXFV is the first part of the serial number if you guys are still keeping track.
 
So I take it that you are going for door #2, and will continue to wander the forum aimlessly complaining and looking for King Arthur, his knights, and the elusive perfect iPad with the unicorn horn?

As I've said before, my opinion means nada. if you want to empower it, feel free to do so.

It's really too bad you've taken to making hyperbolic characterizations of the people in this thread from which you then draw the inevitable and unreasonable conclusion that people lack a valid concern. Opinions rooted in reality which provide sound conclusions can be valuable. You have ensured yours won't be.

As a side note, the unit I kept has some bleed. It doesn't stop me from recognizing that people who have a preference for no bleed are free to express that preference and act upon it.
 
DLXFW - Bad
BTW, that is at the default 50% brightness. I didn't even bother to connect to the iTunes.

The search for the holy grail continues...

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That sucks. I'm one letter behind you and mine looks great. It really must be sporadic, I guess?

I wouldn't say it is 'sporadic', but 'widespread'. You are a lucky owner of a 1 in a 100 iPad with a good screen.

At this point, I would pay $100 over retail for a decent screen with even backlight. The spotlight at the bottom right side on mine is so severe, I can see it under an overhead light shining down on the screen.

Apple's quality control is non-existent. I guess defects happen during manufacturing process, but at least sort them out and don't ship these defective units out to unsuspecting customers!
 
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new additions: V-(X-Revolver01-OK) V-(X-YOkris3-OK) V-(6-Extract0r-bad) V-(6-Extract0r-bad) T-(6-corvus32-bad) Q-(X-jedivulcan-OK) V-(X-DeeGee48-OK) V-(6-Roessnakhan-bad) T-(6-TheMarkness-OK) V-(X-ihatephish-OK) W-(X-Extract0r-bad)


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

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iPad2 BACKLIGHT BLEEDING issue from forum reports:


5 week 05 (seems none manufactured before week 5, well maybe... (X-stevejobs-OK))

6 week 06 (X-bruinsrme-bad)

7 week 07 (X-realjd-OK) (X-rollingstart-OK)

8 week 08 (X-xaldafax-OK) (X-SPEEDwithJJ-bad) (X-rabdel12-OK)

9 week 09 (X-jps1012-OK) (X-Firestrife-OK) (X-peaceActivist-bad) (X-mrt209-bad)

C week 10 (X-TheMarkness-bad) (X-Danny133-bad)

D week 11 (X-danito85-bad) (X-thisisfunah-bad) (X-Jay858-bad) (X-Jay858-bad) (X-kfscoll-OK) D-(X-taipan61-OK) (X-Smoothie-OK)

F week 12 (X-mvp2206-bad) (X-KevinM2-bad) (X-HardLuckStories-bad) (X-Hello-bad) (X-aerion-bad) (X-HardLuckStories-bad) (T-aeiron-bad) (X-sfe80-bad) (X-billinaz-bad) (X-andrew.danney-OK)

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

H week 14 (X-aimhigh-bad)

J week 15 (X-ClairebearZac-OK) (X-boraxatude-bad) (T-spiderman0616-OK) (X-Brad02-bad) (X-Brad02-bad) (X-Brad02-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) (X-andrew.danney-bad) (X-bpd115-OK) (X-rworne-OK) (T-slicecom-OK) (X-aimhigh-bad) (X-lostboyz-OK)

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

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) (6-jrolson-bad) (6-headhoncho123-OK) (6-head_honcho_123-OK) (X-HardLuckStories-bad) (X-boraxatude-OK) (T-allantheking-OK)

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) (6-tYNS-bad) (6-Jay858-bad) (6-Grimes-bad) (6-Jay858-bad) (6-doubledown7d-bad) (X-cole01-OK) (X-Antonio456-bad) (6-rabdel12-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) P-(X-HoriZonUK-bad) (X-teatang-bad) (X-aeiron-bad) (X-TheMarkness-bad) (T-sam1990-OK) (X-mrt209-bad) (X-TheMarkness-bad) (X-blue43fan-OK) (6-gusnyc-bad) (X-angelmouse-bad) (6-meagain-bad) (X-sandylp-OK) (P-petechan-OK)

Q week 21 (X-corvus32-bad) (X-GadgedtAddicted-OK) (X-spazer-bad) (6-Extract0r-bad) (6-Extract0r-bad) (L-Jay858-bad) (T-ZoomLens-OK) (X-Jay858-bad) (X-Jay858-bad) (X-xaldafax-OK) (6-HoriZonUK-bad) (6-user512-OK) (6-tmt345-OK) (6-bobright-bad) (X-bruinsrme-bad) (X-jedivulcan-OK)

R week 22 (X-Macdude2010-bad) (X-lavrishevo-OK) (X-Jay858-OK) (X-Extract0r-bad) (X-Jay858-OK) (6-smokingMonkey-OK) (6-AdLion-OK) (6-tYND-OK) (X-meagain-bad) (P-petechan-OK) (6-bluer101-OK)

T week 23 (X-lostboyz-OK) (6-blarivee-OK) (X-angelmouse-OK) (X-SA22C-OK) (X-xaldafax-OK) (6-TSloper-OK) (6-jwmac1975-OK) (6-gusnyc-OK) (6-deathcab4xtina-OK) (6-Extrac0r-bad) (6-maverick86-OK) (6-lakerchick4life-OK) (6-corvus32-bad) (6-TheMarkness-OK)

V week 24 (X-sandylp-bad) (6-blarivee-bad) (6-reactions-OK) (X-Revolver01-OK) (X-YOkris3-OK) (6-Extract0r-bad) (6-Extract0r-bad) (X-DeeGee48-OK) (6-Roessnakhan-bad) (X-ihatephish-OK)

W week 25 (X-Extract0r-bad)

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.- If your serial# starts with DLXFP. You have an iPad2 made at (DLX) factory, is made in the first half of the year (F) and on week 20 (P)
ps2.- post your first 5 characters of your serial and if you have a good backlight or the bleeding problem.
ps3.- any error in the table?, let me know.
 
I wouldn't say it is 'sporadic', but 'widespread'. You are a lucky owner of a 1 in a 100 iPad with a good screen.

At this point, I would pay $100 over retail for a decent screen with even backlight. The spotlight at the bottom right side on mine is so severe, I can see it under an overhead light shining down on the screen.

Apple's quality control is non-existent. I guess defects happen during manufacturing process, but at least sort them out and don't ship these defective units out to unsuspecting customers!

would you also pay $100 less for an ipad2 with backlight bleeding?
or take $100 credit for the one you have?
 
here was the one i got last week as a replacement for the original with a dead pixel its a p, had one dead pixel also saw it after a few days
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then changed it for this a v, no dead pixels so far although i keep checking because i might have just missed it, (had 2 ipads with dead pixels before this unit so slightly traumatized haha)
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it's fine since i don't really use it bright i have the option to change it but im thinking i might get something worse?
 
I have terrible backlight bleeding and have been keeping my ipad in perfect condition in order to exchange it someday once they figure out what is wrong. My wife dropped it and dinged one corner which is now pushing on the plastic ring around the screen and causing the screen to be pushed up a mm or so along half the bottom to the corner. I guess I'll have to live with the bleeding now.
 
After 3 months I got my replacement. It's a keeper. It is not perfect, it has minimal bleeding on the left side but it is not bad 98% of the times I use my iPad i will not notice it.

It is a: DN6FT
 
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That would be a keeper (taken at 100% brightness), not mine. Mine looks a whole lot worse in person than in picture. Visible under overhead light at 50% brightness. Definitely not a keeper.

I'm sorry--I think you're being a little nitpicky--that looks like a keeper to me.
 
ipad bleed

I ordered my first ipad on day one from apple.com. SN was DLXFD. I noticed a bright spot by the home button immediately after turning it on. Searched the web and found this forum. I UPS'd the ipad back and received DLXFC in a brown box. Had a scratch on the back which I could live with but also had horrible bleed. I decided to hold onto it until Apple had some time to fix the issue. I just sent the ipad back on saturday and received a new brown box one today. SN is DLXFV. I do not see any bleed on this one while holding it under my desk, which is a good enough test for me. I think at this point they have some brown box, bleed free units sitting around for people with this complaint.
I do not believe this is an inherent property of lcd's. I checked my ipod touch, zero bleed. My panasonic and vizio tv's also do not have any bleed. The only time I've ever experienced such horrible bleed from a LCD is on my LG Octane cell phone, which is a free phone that I do not expect to be of the same quality as an apple product. I think Apple had a problem on the assembly line and was causing this, not the lcd panel suppliers. Just my opinion.
 
There are no special bleed free iPads set aside in little brown boxes. If you exchanged an iPad and got one that doesn't show any bleed or bright spots, congratulations you got lucky. You actually had the same odds of getting a good one the first time, only you didn't.
 
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