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How To Deal With a Bent iPad?
My valuable and expensive lesson learned
If you are reading this article, I am pretty sure you are as devastated as I was when I noticed my iPad was bent. Here are the last few photos I took of it.
In this article, I will cover the potential reasons for the damage(with my best analysis and research), the repair journey, and my recommendation to handle it. This a warm reminder that I am not a professional, so do estimate the risks when performing some fixes on your own.
Before we start, this is a little background:
My Device
- iPad Air (5th Generation), 64GB
- Purchased on Apr 2022
- Always protected with a cover
- Primarily use it for sketching and watching Netflix
- No additional Apple care purchased, but under the one-year warranty with limited repair service
As you can tell, it is a relatively new iPad within 5 months, and one day, I just found it bent…
Why does my iPad bent?
I never dropped my iPad on the floor, not even once, but I did bring it to work from time to time. The hotline and Genius Bar suspected the core reason was the unexpectedly intense pressure from my hand…
