iPad Pro iPad Pro 11’ (3rd gen) m1 black screen of death

[millar876]

Recently, I’ve started having a particular issue with my m1 iPad Pro, when it tries to wake from sleep, either by opening the cover, touch to wake or power button, the screen doesn’t come on, but the backlight does. Face ID still unlocks it, apps that were running before it went to sleep can be heard, Siri responds, but no picture on the screen. Spamming the power button eventually gets the screen to wake properly, sometimes after a few tries, sometimes after a full minute or more, it’s horribly inconsistent. I’ve tried forced restart (volume up, down, power), update os, restore connected to a Mac. It even persists when forced restarting, I.e. no Apple logo just backlight. As I said the only thing that gets the screen back in working order is repeatedly pressing the power button until the lock screen appears, sometimes after a couple of tries, sometimes after a couple of minutes. When screen is working it’s working perfectly, no flickering, no artefacts, no juddering, apart from not turning on it seems fine. But it seems to be happening more frequently now than when it started about 2 weeks ago and takes longer to come back an average. Apple care has long since ran out, I got it at launch.

Am I cooked? Can anyone think of anything else? Has anyone had anything similar (search wasn’t showing me anything)

 

[BigBlur]

When you did the restore, was it a regular restore or did you put it in DFU mode first? If you didn't do a DFU restore, I would try that as a last resort, as this mode should also restore the firmware. Otherwise, it's probably a hardware issue if the issue persists after a DFU restore.

 

[millar876]

When you did the restore, was it a regular restore or did you put it in DFU mode first? If you didn't do a DFU restore, I would try that as a last resort, as this mode should also restore the firmware. Otherwise, it's probably a hardware issue if the issue persists after a DFU restore.

I have now tried a DFU update and a DFU restore, neither of them has changed the behaviour. But thanks for suggesting it, in my frustration I’d clean forgotten about DFU mode.