iFixit - Answers With Device "iPad Air Wi-Fi"

iPad Air Wi-Fi: Is there a GPS in the iPad Air?

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 16:02:21 -0700

Is there a GPS in the iPad Air that works without cellular reception? A real GPS that determines position from satellites?

⟐ Answered June 18, 2019 at 16:02 MST

iPad Air Wi-Fi: 2 New LCD's will not turn on after LCD replacement?

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 01:31:26 -0700

I am replacing an LCD on an iPad air but once the new LCD is hooked up the device will not power on. To check to see if maybe the port on the motherboard got burnt out, I hooked up the cracked LCD and was able to power it on and off. I then figured that the new LCD itself was bad. SO I returned that one and ordered a new one and the same issue persists. I tried holding the home button and power button as well. Any ideas?

⟐ Answered February 06, 2017 at 1:31 MST

iPad Air Wi-Fi: Broken home button connector

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:49:20 -0700

Hi , i broke the small plastic that connect the home button wire and also crake the small blade. The ZIF connector is broken

what can i do now?

⟐ Commented March 05, 2026 at 20:49 MST

iPad Air Wi-Fi: Home button feels sunk in and sticks

Fri, 17 Nov 2017 16:58:23 -0700

I replaced the screen on my first iPad Air ever. Before closing it up I did the usual QA check. And after closing it up I did it again. All was well on my bench. Two days later the customer contacts me to tell me that the home button was sunkin and sticking. Sure enough when he brings it back to me, it's sunk. I removed the screen and compared it to the old one (which thankfully I had not tossed yet) and there was a missing cushion. I replaced the cushion and sealed it again. I test it and it works fine. Call the guy to come get it and show it to him while he is there.

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

iPad Air Wi-Fi: Dark spots on left side of LCD from top to bottom?

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 19:03:21 -0700

Dark spots on left side of LCD from top to bottom evenly spaced? They are not lines, its not a broken lcd, and its not a faulty lcd, a new one has the same spots. My only guess is maybe a backlight fuse? but the other 99% of the lcd is fine. It looks like only part of the back light is not lighting up. They are spaced about 1cm apart and go no deeper than 1cm into the lcd from the frame. And all the dark spots are identicle. Thanks! second time ive seen this, and anyone that can repair it?

⟐ Commented January 14, 2021 at 19:03 MST

iPad Air Wi-Fi: How does the Ipad Air screen replacement digitizer cable fold and glue

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 20:21:27 -0700

Hi Guys

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

iPad Air Wi-Fi: Screen jumping with new digitizer/glass

Fri, 03 Oct 2014 07:07:39 -0700

I have replaced a client's iPad air glass/digitizer with a new one and it tested fine before closing up. Once the internal protective sheet and adhesive were removed and the glass pressed down, the screen takes on a life of its own.

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

iPad Air Wi-Fi: ipad wont charge when connected

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 21:20:19 -0700

Hello,

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

iPad Air Wi-Fi: Touch screen doesn't work,No water damage, No connection problems.

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:19:05 -0700

Hi. I have iPad Air 64GB but as I describe this title, touch screen doesn't work.

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

iPad Air Wi-Fi: iPad Air Touchscreen is not responding at all

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 01:36:04 -0700

I have bought an defectiv ipad Air 32 GB.

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

iPad Air Wi-Fi: charging port damaged - is it possible to repair?

Thu, 05 Oct 2017 08:46:07 -0700

My husband tried to charge my ipad Air with his Kindle charger, in the process damaging the charging port. Apple have told me I will need to pay almost as much as for a new one for a replacement iPad and they will then repair mine and sell it as reconditioned.

⟐ Commented October 05, 2017 at 8:46 MST

iPad Air Wi-Fi: ipad is showing red battery charging not turning on or charging

Sun, 27 Dec 2015 22:04:43 -0700

When plugged in my ipad is showing battery icon with 4 red vertical stripes and then goes to show apple logo, then blank, nothing. If the power cord is removed the device is not responding. please help

⟐ Commented December 27, 2015 at 22:04 MST

iPad Air Wi-Fi: Is the memory upgradable in the iPad possible?

Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:17:28 -0700

Is it possible to upgrade the installed memory in the iPad Air?

⟐ Commented August 22, 2019 at 16:17 MST

iPad Air Wi-Fi: Replaced cracked screen. Ipad now doesn't turn on.

Sat, 30 May 2015 07:20:06 -0700

I have attempted a repair on an iPad Air with a cracked screen. Prior to starting the repair, the iPad worked with the cracked screen. After the repair, which went flawlessly, the iPad would not turn on. If I connect the iPad to iTunes, iTunes recognises the iPad but says that the iPad is locked and must be unlocked before doing anything else.

At this point, I assumed I had purchased a dud digitizer on eBay and ordered a new one from ifixit. That arrived this morning and I repeated the repair procedure... with the same result.

At this point, I am assuming that I must have somehow damaged the LCD screen during the repair. Before I go ahead an order an LCD screen though, I would like to know:

is that a reasonable assumption?
are there any tests I could perform to confirm this diagnosis?

Thanks.... Steve

⟐ Answer accepted May 30, 2015 at 7:20 MST

iPad Air Wi-Fi: Are there new magnets in the iPad Air unibody frame?

Sat, 13 Dec 2014 07:05:19 -0700

I have noticed some added magnetism on the side of the unibody case opposite the Smart Cover hinge. And I can see the new magnets in some of the iPad Air tear down pics. These magnets add functionality when using a Smart Cover. The cover no longer dangles lifelessly when folded around to the back of the iPad Air, now it stays flat and snug to the case thanks to these new magnets. Not the case in previous generations.

If I had to guess I would say we will also see some new accessories from Apple taking advantage of this added magnetic mounting point. Especially when you consider some of Apple's recent patents like these http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-ap....

My company makes bamboo cases for iDevices http://www.PEACHii.com. And we offer our iPad cases with and without smart cover compatibility. We would appreciate some details on these new magnets. A breakdown similar or the iPad 2 Smart Cover teardown you guys did in the past would be awesome and much appreciated. Also a teardown of the new iPad Air Smart Cover would be great. Thanks

⟐ Answer accepted December 13, 2014 at 7:05 MST

iPad Air Wi-Fi: Dead spot after digitizer replacement?

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 07:26:36 -0700

Hi everyone,

i recently smashed my IPad Air's front screen and tried to do the replacement by myself following your guide.

After fitting everything back together I was excited to see that it seemed to work again.

It took me a while to realize that I now have a dead spot of about a square inch in the top left corner of the screen. The screen doesn't respond to touch in that area.

All the other parts of the screen are working perfectly fine.

What are the chances that disassembling and reconnecting the digitizer fixes the problem? Or is a problem like this usually an indication for a defective digitizer?

Thank you for your help.

⟐ Answer accepted July 25, 2021 at 7:26 MST

iPad Air Wi-Fi: Digitizer not working after replacement (some is)

Sun, 12 Jan 2020 09:22:12 -0700

I replaced a digitizer with a cracked glass mainly in the top left (next to camera). Everything seemed to go well. Removed the old digitizer, then the lcd (being careful). Once i got it back together the new digitizer looking at it with the home button closest to you and the camera on top... well the top from left to right about one inch down will not work from touching it. Which making the top most icons inaccessible to touch.

faulty digitizer screen maybe?

Is there ways around this?

Thanks.

Bill

⟐ Answered January 12, 2020 at 9:22 MST

iPad Air Wi-Fi: Screen became very dark during replace front glass.

Sun, 25 Sep 2016 14:28:38 -0700

Hello

I was fixing my I pad Air and before fixing screen was normal and I had to wait to fix it to get new parts.

then after fixing LCD became very dark.....can see something but icons are too dark to recognize.

Did I damage somewhere? where should I fix?

⟐ Answered September 25, 2016 at 14:28 MST

iPad Air Wi-Fi: iPad screen 'ghost touching' even worse after attempted repair

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 17:59:52 -0700

My iPad would sometimes sporadically ghost touch the screen during use. After searching I tried following the advice on Digitizer activating itself after digitiser replacement. Unfortunately it seemed to make things worse with the screen now very frequently ghost touching. I also must have not put the home button back on correctly as it won't click when pressed like normal. I put Kapton tape on the edges of the digitizer and then replaced the adhesive pads. I didn't remove the LCD panel so a small part of one of the adhesive pads had to go over the cable connecting the digitizer to the LCD but it didn't look like that would cause an issue. Did I put too much tape on? Is there something else I should have been watching for that could cause worse ghosting? Thanks for the help!

⟐ Commented December 02, 2021 at 17:59 MST

iPad Air Wi-Fi: Boot Loop Red Screen, starts and crashes.

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 14:32:20 -0700

I replaced the digitizer, it went flawless. But I had accidentally cut the home button flex when closing up. No big deal I just took it off and used the old flex. All was fine. After sealing it, reconnecting the battery, I forgot to unplug it from the computer from when I finished last time. So I just unplugged it and it seemed fine. After I closed the screen, I pressed the power button and noticed the Apple logo and all, looked normal. Then, it flashes BRIGHT red, then crashes. Then it starts, RED FLASH, crash. It’ll do that all day if it could. Now I did a lot of research and tried to restore it, I get the infamous 4013 error. So before I just trash it, is it the charging port or is it the NAND chip? I watched iPad Rehab say that NAND chips can cause the error, but others say it can be a port problem.

Do you think the port somehow fried because I left the iPad connected to a computer during battery removal and reconnection? Or did the NAND chip get fried?

I offered my client to take my iPad Air as a replacement, they refused. I should’ve been smarter, I feel really hadn’t for them, and kinda what to know if it’s just the port so maybe I can solder a new one on.

Things I’ve tried,

Dr. fone

3uTools

DFU Restore

Recovery Restore

I’ve removed all the external connections, like power, home, digitizer, antennas and LCD and tried to restore. But the Hardware error still occurs.

Nothings been able to revive it.

⟐ Answered August 19, 2020 at 14:32 MST