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All iPads Please Help Me: iPad Screen Damaged! Photos included...

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BeautifulWoman_1984

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Hey guys,

I really need the expertise of the Macrumors community!

I'm trying to decide if I should try to repair my iPad 9th Generation myself or just buy a new iPad...

I've attached the photos of the damaged iPad Screen.

Can I repair this by buying an iPad Repair Kit from Amazon?

Thank you for any advice!
 

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You can definitely buy an iPad repair kit from amazon but … as someone who used to change out batteries on iPods and iPhone 4s - you couldn’t pay me to do that today because of the difficulty level of doing so.

Unless you’re extremely comfortable working with tech like this (iFixit videos look easy to you) - then I would recommend just buying a new iPad. Obviously, my $.02 - and your financial situation is a huge determining factor - these things ain’t cheap.
 
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BigMcGuire said:
You can definitely buy an iPad repair kit from amazon but … as someone who used to change out batteries on iPods and iPhone 4s - you couldn’t pay me to do that today because of the difficulty level of doing so.

Unless you’re extremely comfortable working with tech like this (iFixit videos look easy to you) - then I would recommend just buying a new iPad. Obviously, my $.02 - and your financial situation is a huge determining factor - these things ain’t cheap.
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Thank you for your reply!

One thing in particular I'm worried about are the small pieces of glass from the damaged screen... I worry that I won't be able to remove them all... 😭😭
 
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jdblas69 said:
Personally I would buy a new iPad. The impact point that caused the damage looks significant. Could there be more internal damage besides the screen damage??? Maybe, Maybe not. For me too much hassle for a ~4 year old device and would sooner buy a new iPad assuming your budget allows.
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Thank you for your reply!

The iPad still works as I was able to use it after the screen was damaged. The areas of the iPad screen that were not damaged were still responsive to my touch gestures and the iPad Home Button still worked as well.

This is really frustrating because the iPad didn't fall from a great height... 😭 😭
 
I broke a portion of my iPhone 11's digitiser (there's a section of the screen non-responsive to touch) a few days ago.

I was planning to upgrade my phone this year anyway, so it's just made me more keen! Reachability is allowing me to keep using my phone until then.

However, I also wondered what the hassle would be to upgrade the screen, noting that Apple would charge around £€$ 200.

I watched some videos ... I'm handy with electronics, but nope! Screen is going to stay damaged.
 
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if you dont know if you can fix it, you cant fix it. replacing just the digitizer is extremely difficult.

if you replace the entire LCD you'll have a chance. still not an easy repair though.

for the cost, time and potential to screw up, just cut your losses now.

Backup and wipe the ipad, get a new one and put the broken one on ebay with pictures and a good description.
 
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Thank you for your replies!

The problem is that I need to have a 3.5mm headphone jack and my iPad 9th Generation was the most recent iPad that came with the 3.5mm headphone jack...

It seems like I'll have to spend extra to buy an iPad Air...o_O
 
BeautifulWoman_1984 said:
Hey guys,

I really need the expertise of the Macrumors community!

I'm trying to decide if I should try to repair my iPad 9th Generation myself or just buy a new iPad...

I've attached the photos of the damaged iPad Screen.

Can I repair this by buying an iPad Repair Kit from Amazon?

Thank you for any advice!
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Which country are you in?
 
Something similar happened to our 11" iPad Pro (2018, first generation), and I was sad about it. I wont be fixing the screen (which actually works perfectly, aside from the cracks) and am just waiting to see what M5 models are released. I will also use a screen protector from now. Sorry to hear about your iPad!
 
Thisismattwade said:
Something similar happened to our 11" iPad Pro (2018, first generation), and I was sad about it. I wont be fixing the screen (which actually works perfectly, aside from the cracks) and am just waiting to see what M5 models are released. I will also use a screen protector from now. Sorry to hear about your iPad!
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From my experience working at Apple retail, screen protectors don’t add any additional protection aside from scratches.

OP, I’d see what your replacement options are through Apple are before proceeding. AppleCare+ is a must for iPads.
 
Refurbished 9th gen 64GB are US$209 from Apple - full warranty; AppleCare available; indistinguishable from new (beyond the box) in my experience.

None on the CA site currently - but that can change every day.
 
Thank you for your replies!

From everything I've read it seems that if I want to use my 3.5mm headphones I'll need to buy an iPad Air and then buy this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJXWJ596

Is this really my best option? 😢😢😢
 
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