What you need: kapton tape - i used this:

http://www.amazon.com/Mil-Kapton-Tape-Po...

1/4" is a good thickness, you might want to try something a tiny bit thinner - 1/8 would be ideal

Tape around the digitizer "wires"? on the edge. For some reason, there are grounding issues with some digitizers. I dont know if its because they dont go through the same quality control as apple parts, and the warping of the glass may be at fault, or what. Whats even more strange is some digitzers do it, some dont. (leading me to believe they may be touching the frame where they are not supposed to). Some have suggested the cables were pinched, but i had purposely pinched the cables and it didnt cause the issues, it just made the glass pop up and not seat correctly. I have included a pic for reference. Pass it along.

sorry for the crap pics but you get the idea. I will tape all of my digitizers from here out.

edit - all these thank yous and no upvotes? like con said below, tough crowd

⟐ Commented August 16, 2021 at 22:10 MST

⟐ Answer deleted April 06, 2022 at 14:57 MST

⟐ Answered June 18, 2019 at 16:02 MST

Maybe someone from ifixit can responde and let me know if this is something that was supposed to happen. And if not inform me of how to remedy the problem.

Thank you.

⟐ Answered December 20, 2020 at 10:45 MST

⟐ Answered February 06, 2017 at 1:31 MST

what can i do now?

⟐ Commented March 05, 2026 at 20:49 MST

He calls me an hour or so later and says it still has the same problem. So I offer to replace the screen at no cost to hime. I order from a different company and make sure that I odrdered the screen with home button installed!!!!

I put the new screen in and transfer the cushion. Sure enough after a day of usage, the fellow calls me AGAIN and says the same thing is happening.

I know this person, not that well, but we travel in the same circles so I know he's not putting one over on me or anything like that. The problem is legit.

Anyone else have such a problem with an iPad Air? What did you do to resolve it?

Thanks,

Norm

⟐ Answered November 17, 2017 at 16:58 MST

⟐ Commented January 14, 2021 at 19:03 MST

⟐ Commented November 06, 2022 at 16:20 MST

I am attempting to repair and iPad air 1474. It does not charge and the docking port looks ok upon visual inspection with a magnifying glass.

I have tried every known combination of reset and recovery mode.

It does not get recognised by a computer or with iTunes running.

After trying everything, I assessed that the fault is hardware based. I removed the glass digitiser screen as that is obviously the only way to access the internal components.

I am a PC repair engineer in case I sound like I don't know what I am doing and I have repaired several iPads before.

It belongs to a School so I suspect that the fault was caused by misuse. The information I have is that it worked fine one day and would not turn on the next day..

A damaged charging port sound like the first choice but as I said, it looks OK. I have seen two types of accidental; damage to a lightning port. One is that the port gets badly bent and reinsertion of a connector bayonet is not possible or the contact pins get pushed back too far and the pins can no longer align with the cable's bayonet.

Next possible conclusion would be a faulty battery.

Having found out the hard way by taking on an iPad mini 2 with a badly bent docking port and discovering the connection to the logic board is soldered, this rules out fitting an inexpensive charging port to see if it fixes the fault.

So I am not sure where to go from here. I am not sure how I can test the docking port or how to test the battery.?

I have a multimeter and a windows laptop and a macbook pro. All my diagnostic software is for computers.

Thanks in advance for suggestions and or instructions and tips.

Ritchy

⟐ Answer deleted August 05, 2019 at 10:40 MST

I purchased my iPad Air (AT&T) from Craigslist with a broken digitizer/front glass panel, figuring that I could repair it for myself since I've repaired broken iPad digitizes many times, But this was my first time doing an Air.

The problem I'm having is just as the title says. After I sealed up the digitizer, everything works perfectly, except then I decided to buy a Smart Cover and now when I fold the Smart Cover back so that it lies flat against the backside of the iPad, it locks it!

This has become a serious nuisance for using it, and I'm trying to understand why it does it and how to fix it before I have to spend hours opening and re-sealing it again. I've seen on other posts that the circuitry installed on the home button cable is what allows the Smart Cover to lock and unlock the iPad. Is that true?

Could it be that the digitizer/front glass panel that I bought on eBay is faulty? Is that why it locks inappropriately? Could it simply be because it's a cheap Chinese replacement part?

Any ideas would be much appreciated! For now, I can use my iPad like normal, it's just irritating that my iPad locks when I fold back the Smart Cover. I'm so used to using the Smart Cover freely on my old iPad 2! :]

Thanks so much!

⟐ Commented January 31, 2023 at 18:48 MST

⟐ Answered December 03, 2019 at 18:39 MST

How does the Ipad Air screen replacement digitizer flex cable fold and where does the adhesive on the flex cable stick down? I can't find the information anywhere, would you be able to post a photo how this is done on a replacement screen?

Luke

⟐ Commented December 27, 2024 at 20:21 MST

⟐ Answered March 02, 2022 at 3:46 MST

I have since tried another glass panel and had the same issues.

This time I was able to narrow down the cause to the upper folded ribbon for the touch interface (you will recall there are three ribbons and two plugs, the top one is the culprit).

I have NOT folder these ribbons flat, they are stuck to the screen in the same location/depth as the original ones were...

(I am am an experienced fitter, well into 3 figures on ipads and phones etc. but this is only the 3rd Air we have had...)

Please help!

Cheers,

Marc

⟐ Commented October 03, 2014 at 7:07 MST

I have an ipad air 1 and recently it wont charge at all, I connect it to the computer and it is detected but just wont charge, I connect it to the wall outlet and it wont charge and the charger is not detected (apple branded charger). However, the only way I can charge the ipad is by connecting it to the wall outlet and turning the ipad off and while it is off and connected to the wall charger it charges up. Any idea what is causing this issue. thank you greatly.

Jorge

⟐ Commented March 18, 2022 at 21:20 MST

I mean cannot recognize any touching operation.

I open it but it doesn't have water damage, there are no connection problems. (because screen works well on the other iPad Air)

Strange thing is occasionally it works well for very short time then within 1 min back to initial condition.

How can I fix it? and where I have to change into new parts?

⟐ Commented December 02, 2014 at 21:19 MST

⟐ Commented November 29, 2024 at 10:28 MST

The Digitizer of the device does not responding at all.

I have already done mutliple Hard resets and flashed the newest Firmware.

But nothing changes.

The iPad has no scratches, no dents, the Glas is not broken or anything else, no water damage, everything original Parts.

The iPad looks like brand new.

So, before i am trying to change the digitizer, is there any possible solution for my problem?

Is it possible, that the logicboard has a problem? If yes, which part of the logicboard is responsible for the Digitizer?

I have have changed the digitizer against a new one, but it won't work also

⟐ Commented October 01, 2019 at 1:36 MST

⟐ Commented October 05, 2017 at 8:46 MST