someone else was suggesting this also in another thread... I was trying to promote it but I think it died. I'm not sure if we know what each individual letter/number means on the ipad 2 serial number yet. If the info is already out there, I apologize... but until we have a full map of what factory, week etc each character means, posting would be useless.
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I've tried numerous iPads, and they all have backlight bleeding. I really have no idea what the obsession is NOW with this issue. It was there in iPad 1, and it's the same screen in iPad 2 with the same issue. I've personally used seven or eight iPad 1s with the issue, and used four iPad 2s with the same issue.
I do, however, agree it should be addressed at some point by Apple, but they figure they got away with it for a year, so why not continue?
I do, however, agree it should be addressed at some point by Apple, but they figure they got away with it for a year, so why not continue?
I'm sure some iPad 1's had it, and I'm not saying you are wrong, but I didn't see it nearly as bad on the iPad 1. Perhaps that is why there is more chatter about this now. The 2 I've seen are what I would consider unacceptable at all. A little bleeding is generally normal on LCD's (my canon's screen has it, my sony LCD tv in the bedroom has it) but they usually only happen at the corners. THe kind of bleeding I am seeing on the iPad 2 is randomly everywhere. And the little ones, I would argue, are worse than the spread out corner bleeds. The little ones literally look like little spots of light. Those are much more intrusive than the yellow/orange corner bleeds.
From my experience, the iPad 1's I've seen (we see a lot... we're in the business) are not nearly as bad.
I'm wondering if this blacklight bleed problem is due to the new assembly process for the display? According to iFixit, the front panel is physically glued to the device. I wonder if there is too much pressure on the IPS panel from the bezel? If I press hard on my Dell IPS monitor, I can see bleeding where I am pressing. Just a thought. Not sure how this would help, but maybe if we can self-diagnose the cause, then maybe we can find a solution that doesn't require multiple exchanges just to discover the same problem.
Has anyone purchased an iPad 2 WITHOUT this issue?
Has anyone purchased an iPad 2 WITHOUT this issue?
This is exactly what is causing it, it's not an actual light leak, it's pressure on the edge of the screed. Mine has it particularly bad on the bottom right corner, and if i put more than the slightest bit of pressure on the screen right there the white area gets bigger.
So do you guys think if the LCD panel was removed from the chassis, the screen wouldn't have any light leak? Is all backlight bleed due to uneven excessive pressures on the edges of an LCD panel?
I'm guessing but it would probably be minimal.
As someone else said, and I said earlier, we can duplicate this by squeezing the chassis of our desktop monitors. It's pinching the LCD Panel/Unit which seems to cause this, so I don't expect the iPad is any different.
One can quite rightly call this a design/assembly fault and a valid return for a faulty unit. In fact the more that are returned the better as it will make Apple more lightly to address the issue in future models.
You take a panel, which, let's say has been built very well.
You then lay it over some uneven components (logic board and battery)
Then you screw it down, which in itself may pull it a little/put pressure on the display assembly.
Then you stick some glass over the front, pressing this glass down hard during the bonding process, which also may put uneven pressure onto the actual LCD unit inside and you probably then end up with some pressure points which show up.
This will be down to the initial design.
The overall manufacturing tolerance Apple work to.
The Assembly of the device.
To put it bluntly, it's faulty. Whether you think we should pay $500, $600, $700 and be happy it's a cool product and just accept the fault is of course up to you.
Personally, I accept that if I buy a cheap product from a "no-name" brand, such as a china rip off copy then quality will be poor and, well it's cheap, what can I expect. I find it hard to go along with we should just accept this from Apple who are supposed to be THE quality manufacturer.
Am I the only one with bleeding who doesn't care?
I would have never noticed it if it hadn't been for this thread. I had a hard time even figuring out what I was supposed to be looking for. And yes, I have it, in a multiple spots around the perimeter-- but I don't care. I certainly don't chalk it up to faulty manufacturing or defective parts.
It's a non-issue as far as I'm concerned, and I don't feel as though Apple sold me a lesser quality product because of it in the slightest.
I would have never noticed it if it hadn't been for this thread. I had a hard time even figuring out what I was supposed to be looking for. And yes, I have it, in a multiple spots around the perimeter-- but I don't care. I certainly don't chalk it up to faulty manufacturing or defective parts.
It's a non-issue as far as I'm concerned, and I don't feel as though Apple sold me a lesser quality product because of it in the slightest.
Clearly you don't know what faulty manufacturing means... You may not mind, but that does not change the fact that it is something that was NOT INTENDED BY APPLE. It's not as if they designed the edge of the screen to look splotchy.
The biggest reasons I care are
1. it's going to affect resale value.
2. the cause of the white spots is stress on the screen, and i don't wanna risk any extra damage caused by the stress down the line, you need to realize that if it's there, it can always get worse down the line.
3. I paid alot for my iPad and it just irks me that it's flawed.
4. when playing infinity blade during the cut scenes it becomes extremely obvious. (only a minor irritation but still, now that I know it's there it annoys me...)
Mate you need to get over it. It will be on 98% of the iPads made. Its just the way the technology is. Some are worse than others its a simple as that.
I must admit though that a couple of photo's in this thread seems to have excessive bleed and they should be swapped, but probably most peeps posting in this thread saying "oh s@@t my iPad 2 is terrible" are overacting and are misinformed by some posters in this thread.
My Ipad 1 has it. Every TFT screen I have bought has had it. Yes if its excessive it should be swapped, but most screens using backlight technology have it to a certain extent.
If you swap it out there is every chance it could be worse.
Same as antennagate - any opportunity to find a chink in the Apple armour and exploit it as much as possible. It's not a big deal.
how can you tell if it's the yellow glue issue or light leakage? I look at mine and it looks like it could be either. It seems to have gone down during the weekend but it's still there to the right of the home button and on the left side of the screen.
I was wondering what I'm supposed to do if I spotted some backlight bleeding on my iPad 2 that I will receive in April, because a friend of mine will be going to the US so when he comes back I will get it, but since I live in Croatia, which only started selling the iPad 1 about three months ago, where am I gonna go to report the bleeding or any other problems?
I will of course get the receipt with the device, but I can't imagine the resellers here will be able to help me a lot since the iPad 2 will arrive here in a year or so. Will I have to go to Austria or Germany because they will start selling them on March 25th?
I will of course get the receipt with the device, but I can't imagine the resellers here will be able to help me a lot since the iPad 2 will arrive here in a year or so. Will I have to go to Austria or Germany because they will start selling them on March 25th?
I stood in line at my local Wal-Mart Friday afternoon for an hour and a half (was second in line - they received a total of 8) and was able to snag a Black 16 GB Wi-Fi model. Since I never purchased the original iPad, I was pretty excited about getting the iPad 2.
When I turned it on for the first time, the first thing I noticed were these horrific yellow blobs along all four edges of the device. This wasn't like your normal light bleed, you know the kind you can reasonably expect and live with. These looked like freaking sunbursts! If the giant sunbursts weren't enough, I noticed mine had 3-4 nicks on the aluminum back. The device also felt very cheap, almost like a toy. Suffices to say, I promptly returned it and won't be getting a replacement. It's a shame Apple's quality control has turned to crap. I'm starting to think perhaps Apple is the next Dell.
When I turned it on for the first time, the first thing I noticed were these horrific yellow blobs along all four edges of the device. This wasn't like your normal light bleed, you know the kind you can reasonably expect and live with. These looked like freaking sunbursts! If the giant sunbursts weren't enough, I noticed mine had 3-4 nicks on the aluminum back. The device also felt very cheap, almost like a toy. Suffices to say, I promptly returned it and won't be getting a replacement. It's a shame Apple's quality control has turned to crap. I'm starting to think perhaps Apple is the next Dell.
Sucks, but there are always lemons that somehow pass inspection. A simple replacement would have gotten you a perfectly fine iPad.
I can't even get a replacement at this time if I wanted to. Wal-Mart is my only option and who knows when they will be getting another shipment. Judging by the number of people who have experienced the same issues, maybe now isn't a good time to seek a replacement anyways.
I called them and asked they said they don't have any stock they hold back for exchanges
The backlight of my iPad bleeds into the screen in the upper right corner. It's especially noticeable when viewing dark screens. anyone else?
Yea, same here, never had the time to fix or look for other one.
This is a reach, but how many people with light bleeding are using a smart cover? At least with TVs, I know magnets cause that over time. Maybe since they're strong magnets, it's happening more quickly. I didn't have any on day one, but a little bit is developing on the bottom left. Right where the magnet is.
Can anyone please post a before & after (i.e. day of launch & now) of the bleeding on the screen so we could see if it has become any better?
I'm not sure how this is relevant.
As many sites have reported, this 'yellow blob' is most likely the same problem reported on the iPhone4 when it was first released. It's the glue that holds the screen in place and they will disappear over time. Glad you are returning it. Apple stores should have 2 lines for the iPad, actually any of their devices. One line for normal people and one line for people with OCD.
