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Why every alphabets are replaced with square box with a question mark inside

  • Is my iPad glitched?

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Is my iPad infected with malware?

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Do you have this problem too?

    Votes: 1 25.0%
  • Do you know how to fix it?

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Do i have to RESET my iPad to fix it?

    Votes: 3 75.0%

  • Total voters
    4
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DrFumiya0209

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jan 6, 2018
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Don’t worry about this guys it’s already fixed

All texts are replaced with square box with question mark inside.
I tried to restart my device and change the language but nothing worked.
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My iPad is iPad Pro 10.5 inch and my iOS ver is 11
 
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mattguy10

macrumors 6502a
Aug 18, 2010
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View attachment 745619 All texts are replaced with square box with question mark inside.
This happens to my home screen too.
I tried to restart my device and change the language but nothing worked.

Try a hard reset by holding down the sleep/wake button and home button together until the screen goes black and the Apple logo appears and then release the buttons.
 

DrFumiya0209

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jan 6, 2018
7
2
Try a hard reset by holding down the sleep/wake button and home button together until the screen goes black and the Apple logo appears and then release the buttons.
Thank you!
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Has the iPad been dropped or suffered some other impact?
Nope
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Try a hard reset by holding down the sleep/wake button and home button together until the screen goes black and the Apple logo appears and then release the buttons.
I tried it but it didn’t work
 

mattguy10

macrumors 6502a
Aug 18, 2010
584
283
Thank you!
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Nope
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I tried it but it didn’t work

Try “reset all settings” under settings > general > reset. You’ll have to adjust your settings to the way you had them after the reset. If that doesn’t work either, you’ll have to do a factory restore as I see no other way to fix your issue, which hopefully is only a software issue. I’ve never seen the problem you’re having before.
 

deferredAnon

macrumors 6502
Dec 25, 2017
259
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I guess 'iPad' at top left corner is displayed in English regardless of language used. Most likely a language issue.

I would try a revert to icloud backup.
 
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NoBoMac

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Jul 1, 2014
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Somehow, the fonts are fouled up. You see this same thing on Macs, and usually when one incorrectly installs a custom font. Odd to see this though on iOS.

Probably only solution will be to reset to factory settings.
 
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