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iPad 5: When I restore my ipad it says activation failed

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:33:39 -0700

My ipad is activating

iPad 5 Wi-Fi: Shows that Pin is incorrect even after entering the correct pin

Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:16:47 -0700

I have not turned on this iPad for close to 2 yrs and tried to turn it on after charging. I remember the pin very clearly and have been trying to open it but it won't open with this pin number. I don't have any other apple products and haven't linked this device to anything else because I was only using it for a very specific purpose. And now I want to be able to carry it with me but am unable to unlock it. Please Help

iPad 5 LTE: fix disabled ipad for more than 10000000 minutes

Fri, 23 May 2025 23:53:48 -0700

how to fix a disabled ipad?

iPad 5 Wi-Fi: iPad 5 Home button no longer clicking after screen repair

Sat, 07 Dec 2024 23:44:59 -0700

I have replaced the screen on an IPad 5, transferred the original home button from old screen to new, however no matter how much I try, I can’t get the button to click properly as it should. The Touch ID still works, the button just doesn’t click, have spent hours on it trying to realign to ensure the position is perfect but not getting anywhere! I’ve done with repair many times with other models and never had an issue so not sure if it’s just something with this model? Anyone have any ideas of what to do next? I noticed there was no black dot on the home button, not sure if there was one originally or not but I added one and that didn’t seem to help.

Any ideas/solutions would be greatly appreciated????

thank you

⟐ Commented December 07, 2024 at 23:44 MST

iPad 5 Wi-Fi: Replacement right antenna cable needed

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 06:37:51 -0700

Can someone point me to where i can purchase a right antenna cable for my iPad 5th generation WiFi only device? I can easily track down the left cable but no listings for the shorter right cable. I severed the cable when I was replacing the lcd. There are some listings for the GPS cable, but those are not compatible with the WiFi only model. Any help that can be provided would be appreciated.

iPad 5: I haven't used it for some years and it doesnt turn on

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 15:00:43 -0700

I haven't used it for some years and it won't turn on

⟐ Commented September 29, 2024 at 15:00 MST

iPad 5 Wi-Fi: My iPad 5 Wi-Fi will not turn on.

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:39:55 -0700

Hello all, Similar to other questions but not quite all. My iPad 5th Gen Wi-Fi was working fine all weekend. Had good battery (say ~%50) and just went blank/turned off without notice. Could not turn on. Could not hard stop nor hard start. Tried the Home+Power restart. No joy. Has not turned on since. Took it to the Apple Store they could not connect to the iPad with their jumper~diagnostic plug in handheld. The store rep very kindly looked at me and said he couldn't get past the adapter plug or battery, in short, it was dead. Now it sits on my counter not working. I'd like to try and fix it if I could. Any ideas are appreciated. I am an electronics technician by trade but this one is too deep for me. I've got micro min repair credentials. If I knew where to start I could probably save it. Help me hive mind fixit people, you're my only hope.

iPad 5 Wi-Fi: Touch screen ghosting glitching

Sun, 26 Nov 2023 21:18:53 -0700

I am wondering if I can get some advice. I've replaced the LCD and digitizer. The touch id doesn't work and show unable to activate. So I put in the home button which came with device but it's like doing it own thing and clicking on things on screen and it doesn't work in the corners when I try to exit a page. Is this likely to be a faulty digitizer or the logic board. Hope I can get some advice. Hoping someone can help

⟐ Edited by author November 26, 2023 at 21:18 MST

iPad 5 Wi-Fi: Ipad not turning on

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 13:50:00 -0700

i have a iPad (5th gen) that is not turning on i left it to charge and nothing and when i plugged it into iTunes it shows nothing, i think its a battery problem but i cant confirm

iPad 5 LTE: home button wont work after screen repair

Mon, 09 May 2022 13:03:39 -0700

I had damaged my iPad 5th gen screen and digitizer and replaced with a 3rd party unit. (Factory home button was not usable) everything works but home button.I returned the first cheap eBay screen with pre installed home button, because I assumed the button or ribbon was junk. I then ordered another cheap screen with built in home button from another eBay seller, same issue. Screen and swipe work great, home button doesn’t work at all. Checked cable connector all looks good, however, when plugging ribbon into connector, the Siri ball will come onto the screen. But home button won’t work at all. Am I missing something there?????

iPad 5 Wi-Fi: Frequently reboot after replace the front panel

Sat, 12 Mar 2022 13:26:37 -0700

Hello,

I bought iPad wifi 5 front panel hier and replace the old one. It seems a perfect repair for me at first two days.

Then the iPad begins to reboot constantly.

Does anybody have an ideal of the root cause?

iPad 5: iPad boots, after Apple logo backlight goes off

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 02:39:48 -0700

Dear iFixit-Friends,

my ipad starts normal and shows apple logo when booting. After a few seconds the backlight goes off.

Tried another mainboard in the same housing with the same LCD and digitizer, this is working perfecly.

While restoring via DFU or recovery the LCD shows normal image and backlight. After restore without problems the ipad starts again and shows apple logo with the installation bar below. After 1/3 in progress the apple dissapears and backlight goes off while the device boots completly, so that it is normally detected in 3uTools without any problems and it makes sounds when charger is plugged in.

Where to search on the mainboard? (we have equipment for microsoldering and measuring)

Any idea or solution?

Thanks a lot and greetings MB

iPad 5: My ipad has power and battery issues

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:12:17 -0700

the iPad I have has a few issues so I will sum up what the issues are that might contribute to my question.

I got the iPad last year refurbished, when it arrived the screen was partially separated from the LCD screen, I used tape to keep that part of the screen down.

a few months ago my iPad stopped charging, I changed chargers and wall outlets and even tried charging it at a different house.

I noticed that in the lock screen the battery percentage would be different than after the iPad unlocked (jumping from 75 to 15), also when it did charge I went into the battery settings and it showed that the iPad hadn’t charged and just suddenly jumped to a higher battery percentage

thinking this was an issue with the battery I replaced it.

after I replaced the battery not only did it not fix anything, my iPad would shut down every couple of minutes.

any idea what is wrong with the iPad? how I can fix it? I need to get it working asap thanks yall

iPad 5 LTE: iPad 5 housing compatibility question

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:10:28 -0700

I have a bent iPad 5 housing, I can’t find any replacements. I know the iPad Air shares some similar parts with the iPad 5, is the housing one of them?

iPad 5 Wi-Fi: iPad 5th gen display not working.

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 10:21:43 -0700

My iPad has a display problem. So there is no image, it’s all black and when I hold the button for Siri, I can hear the sound for it. It looks like the iPad is still working but there is no image.

Does anyone know what’s up?

iPad 5 LTE: We Replaced the Charge Port now screen sleeps randomly

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 09:02:45 -0700

We replaced the charging port soldering repair but now the iPad will go into sleep mode bring you back to the lock screen randomly when squeezed on the digitizer. What could cause this issue

iPad 5 LTE: Anyone can you tell me that exact value of the this components?

Fri, 24 Jul 2020 05:00:36 -0700

Hi all,

One of my friend iPad 5 Gen 5 A1823 Doesn’t charge. So I tried to change the Tristar charging IC’s But Unfortunately, I missed the parallel components while doing rework. Please suggest the exact value of that specified component I have some other dead phones then I can take it and re-solder here. I couldn’t find the schematics for this model.

Please anyone can help on this?

Images attached.

iPad 5 Wi-Fi: ipad stuck at black screen and apple logo doesnt turn on tried every f

Fri, 29 May 2020 22:14:59 -0700

so i tried using iTunes so it shows iPad recovery mode tried that with dfu but the software doesn’t load tried with dr fone stops at 20% but the iPad detects in itunes the black screen comes then I put in dfu the software updates but later the logo comes and again black screen i tried every major software troubleshoot so what kind of issue is it ? whenever i connect to pc it shows iPad recovery mode so what to do?

if there is any hardware issue what would it be

⟐ Commented May 29, 2020 at 22:14 MST

iPad 5 LTE: iPad is disabled without any backup

Wed, 06 May 2020 04:04:13 -0700

Is any possibility to recover my iPad as now it is in DISABLED mode. I don’t have any backups for it on my iCloud

iPad 5 Wi-Fi: Stuck In dfu mode wont restore with itunes Either

Fri, 01 May 2020 05:45:05 -0700

So I have an IPad 5 With an IPad 4 logic board It got repaired by a technician not from apple cause we were out of warranty. It all began when I factory reset the Ipad after it completed the reset it still booted up fine then I updated Via itunes it and it would not accept the Update it also wont restore and I always get the Error 3014 Ive tried doing it manually with different ispw and Still wont work I also Tried other cables Hope someone can help me really looking for some thing to do in quarantine

⟐ Commented May 01, 2020 at 5:45 MST