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Newly bought used iPad 3rd gen goes haywire
pfgpowell
11-09-2014
A few weeks ago, I bought a secondhand iPad 3rd gen on eBay. It was intended and specifially bought to be taken on holiday abroad, so apart from turning it on, playing with it for a bit and synicing it to iTunes on my Mac, I didn’t use it until I flew off last week. It worked fine for several hours, then suddenly it went haywire: swtiching apps at random, entering goobledegook text etc, and the screen was unresponsive.

After quite a few go’s I managed to turn it off. The following day it turned on as usual, but then the same thing happened after a while. Just re-booting i.e. turning off, then on again immediately, doesn’t stop the behaviour. It has to be off for several hours.

I looked up ‘unresponsive screen’ and found a site which claimed 1 in every 1,000 3rd gen iPads have this problem. Was I sold a pup? Did the seller realise something was up and get rid of it? I wouldn’t have minded had it been sold on eBay as ‘for spares or repairs’ but it was sold as ‘used’. Cosmetically it’s in good nick.
russellelly
12-09-2014
Never heard of the issue? My iPad 3 still working perfectly. Have you tried a restore from iTunes? If that doesn't solve, maybe a trip to an Apple Store (make sure you make an appointment!).
Quackers
12-09-2014
Deffo go the apple stores Genius Bar, best to make an appointment they will diagnose for free and tell you how much to fix if there is a hardware fault.
alanwarwic
12-09-2014
If a touchscreen develops a problem when warm, some sort of recalibration is meant to fix things. Yes, likely sold a pup, a major problem on ebay.

Can it be jailbroken for/if any fix on Cydia ?
Mandark
23-09-2014
It's possible that the seller (especially if it's an established eBay trader) had acquired it from someone else and hadn't tested it properly and didn't know it was a dud. But as others have said, only an Apple repairer can help you now.
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