iFixit - Answers With Device "iPad 4"

iPad 4 GSM: The backlight on iPad isn't working.

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 05:41:34 -0700

When I turn on or restart my iPad, the Apple logo appears for a second, and then the backlight turns off, and I can only see the image if I shine a flashlight on the screen. What should I do?

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iPad 4: The iPad is black and doesn’t even charge

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 17:36:43 -0700

The iPad doesn’t turn on the screen is black and doesn’t want to charge ether

iPad 4 Wi-Fi: LCD cable connection point

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 20:16:16 -0700

When replacing my digitiser and reinserting the LCD cable to the connector- the small grey bit not the door but just near it broke slightly. This boy covers the LCD cable connector and a little piece has broken off. Will this affect the connection. I have a photo but it won’t load here

iPad 4 Wi-Fi: My ipad is getting detected in PC but not taking charging from wall ch

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 17:26:24 -0700

I changed wire, charger, port with flex cable, tried recovery mode flashing of software from i tunes nothing worked. Only that after flashing it took charging for a couple of plug ins and then stopped again. Please guide

⟐ Commented September 06, 2022 at 17:26 MST

iPad 4 Wi-Fi: Getting around iOS update

Thu, 20 May 2021 10:35:56 -0700

Is there a way round updateing software please

⟐ Edited May 20, 2021 at 10:35 MST

iPad 4 Wi-Fi: My touch screen corners don't work

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:09:36 -0700

certain corners of my ipad don’t respond to my touch. I have to rotate the ipad to find corners that work.. what do i do?

iPad 4 Wi-Fi: My ipad is dead and will not start and it was fully charged

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 17:24:22 -0700

I have tried the forced restart and it worked a few times and now, nothing.

iPad 4 Wi-Fi: iPad is glitching out on startup

Sun, 21 Mar 2021 13:40:03 -0700

this is my problem it does this endlessly

iPad 4 Wi-Fi: My Home Button Doesn’t Work After A Screen Replacement

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 15:26:46 -0700

So I’ve recently replaced it, trying it the home button doesn’t work.

iPad 4 Wi-Fi: I replaced the damaged lightning port and it still won’t charge.

Thu, 03 Dec 2020 05:10:40 -0700

A few months ago the lightning cable broke off while plugged into my iPad. I was able to remove the broken piece, but damaged one of the iPad’s lighting port pins in the process. So I ordered a new lightning connector and adhesive strip set form ifixit. I’ve replaced a few iPad screens before with success so I figured this repair would be no problem.

Well I finally got around to doing to repair, and it did go smoothly. I decided to stop the assembly just before removing the backing strips from the adhesive, but still placed the touch panel in place and tested the charging. And I’m glad I did because it doesn’t work. I left it plugged into two different known good chargers and cables. Each for several hours and overnight. One was an older 10W iPad charging block (model A1357). And the other was a newer USB C charger from an iPhone (model A1720). All I get when I press the top button is the flashing red low battery symbol and lightning cable image with a lightning bolt above it for a few seconds.

Because the screen isn’t glued down yet, I could easily open it again to double check all the connections. Everything looks good to me.

Any ideas what to try next?

iPad 4 Wi-Fi: I have an error message after replacing my battery.

Sat, 31 Oct 2020 17:15:18 -0700

I have replaced my battery and everything was fine was getting 1.1 amps and an error message showed up. What should I do and is it fixable? Should I send my iPad to iPad rehab or is the data on this iPad lost forever because all I want is the data from the iPad. The iPad has been off for four years after it died on me and wouldn’t charge but after fixing the battery the message came up. any suggestions on where to send it also would help.

Thanks you Everyone.

iPad 4 Wi-Fi: Ipad wont hold charge after changing battery and lightning port.

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:17:51 -0700

i replaced the battery and the ipad turned on but it gave a NAND error 601 and said blocks borrowed 16 at the end of it also the amps that were drawn were 1.1 and then after a day that number went down to .01 is their anything else i should try?

iPad 4 Wi-Fi: Doesn’t show charging or turn on

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 20:02:02 -0700

This iPad was previously working but had a cracked screen. It sat for a few weeks without being charged. I plugged it in and the battery icon did not appear. I knew the lightning connector was worn out. I ordered a new screen and lightning connector. I successfully replaced both. It still will not charge or turn on. I decided to replace the battery. After all that it will still not charge. I have not completely sealed it up again but have sat the new digitizer tightly in place. It will not charge or turn on after being connected to a cable for several hours. What other components could need replacing?

Thank you for any help or insight!

iPad 4 Wi-Fi: Screen replace - não funciona

Sun, 16 Feb 2020 15:48:18 -0700

Substitui a tela do ipad 4, quando fechei o vidro a imagem da restauração do ipad apareceu na tela e tentei conectar-me ao computador, mas como o iTunes estava desatualizado, não consegui fazer a restauração. Agora, toda vez que pressiono o botão liga / desliga, a Apple aparece e desaparece imediatamente e o iTunes não reconhece o iPad. Alguém pode dar uma opinião? Cumprimentos

Replaces the screen of the ipad 4, when I closed the glass the image of the ipad restore appeared on the screen, then I tried to connect to the computer but as it had outdated iTunes I could not do the restore. Now every time I press the power button the Apple appears and disappears right away and iTunes does not recognize the iPad. Can anyone give a say? best regards

⟐ Edited by author February 16, 2020 at 15:48 MST

iPad 4: My ipad 4 keeps freezing

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 06:41:33 -0700

why dose my ipad 4 model A1460 frezze then restarts just to do again in a few minutes and it gets warm on the bottom left side plz help

⟐ Answer unaccepted March 07, 2019 at 6:41 MST

iPad 4 GSM: Replaced screen, all OK except goes blank after 5 minutes?

Mon, 08 Jan 2018 07:36:27 -0700

Everything works. After about 5 minutes the screen goes blank. I've tried to reboot, turn off, turn on. The screen will shut down or the screen will be dimly lighted. The battery was charged fully, but I plugged-in overnight. The iPad worked fine for about 5 minutes and the same problem occurred.

iPad 4 Wi-Fi: Why won't my sixas motion sensor work? I have tried everything!

Sat, 05 Aug 2017 23:50:24 -0700

I have a sony dualshock 3 ps3 controller and it also has sixaxis. I didn't realize until today after having this controller for about 2-4 months now but my sixaxis motion censor doesnt work. I have just realized now because very few games have the sixaxis motion sensor. I have tried literally everything i have cleaned it i have reset it resynced it. I'm not sure if i should get a new part but i am trying to avoid getting a new part. If anybody has any idea in how to fix my sixaxis motion sensor please help.

iPad 4 GSM: Lock Screen N/G, Unable to Download Apps, Won't Connect to ComputerI h

Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:24:33 -0700

I have an iPad 4 that is updated to 10.3.2. It is signed into my iCloud. I will go ahead and preface my issues with saying that I am aware of the PMIC issue that is common in this model. I was just curious if my device has fallen victim as well, considering the following circumstances.

1. device lock screen function is n/g (BUT the power off and soft reset STILL function accordingly as well as volume and lock switch work)

2. apps won't download through app store although i'm logged into legitimate apple account

3. device will not connect to computer (different comps/cords/usb ports tried

i've replaced the power button flex. i've replaced the charging port.

and ideas as to what the culprit/solution may be?

sorry for all the mess, i know it's a lot.

iPad 4 Wi-Fi: no power - shows charging

Sun, 21 May 2017 04:42:21 -0700

Hey all.

I had an ipad 4 come in.

History from what i know.

NEW digitizer fitted by customer.

NOW no power.

When i plug it into charge i can see it is charging as I have a usb cable with charge light which turns red. I get the battery charging on screen. Then when it tries to fire up screen for a split second goes white and then back to black screen.

Weird. Any ideas what I can check?

⟐ Commented May 21, 2017 at 4:42 MST

iPad 4 Wi-Fi: Half back light after screen replacement

Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:22:18 -0700

Hello everyone, I just repaired an Ipad 4th gen today. I turned off the ipad before starting the repair. After completing the repair I turned on the device and the right half of the screen has a bad backlight. The tablet was completely off the whole repair. So I check the backlight filters and there isn't a short in them. Also oddly when the Ipad is booting up the apple logo doesn't show any bad backlight, the entire thing is little until just before it gets to the main screen then the apple logo gets half of it gone from the backlight. Can someone please help me? I tried a software update, new lcd, and a factory dfu mode reset.