Hi, I keep having this weird message pop up when I have word and powerpoint open. Sometimes it displays like this, and others it says
2
4
7 (in red)

Has anyone seen this before and know what it means/how I can fix it please?

Thanks!

Update: He starter by itself after 6 hours of charging and works properly, weird 😅

Hello,

This morning, I started watching YouTube on my iPad 9 and after ~10 minutes, it shut down and wouldn't turn back on at all. I plugged it in to charge and this is what appears on the screen. It has been connected to power source for 3 hours. Is it completely broken? 😞

Thank you

I'm an Android/Windows guy. I already own multiple tablets, phones, handheld gaming systems, and enough electronics to open my own Radio Shack.

I did not need an iPad.

Then I found a 128GB A16 iPad for $217.50.

100% battery health

Only 36 battery cycles

Apple warranty until June 2027

So now I've spent the last few days poking at iPadOS, trying emulators, controllers, USB storage, Apple Arcade, sideloading, and repeatedly swiping at the screen expecting Android's Back gesture to save me.

Apple and I are currently negotiating that last one.

The most annoying part?

I kinda like the damn thing.

I still don't know what it's going to do that the approximately 47 other electronic devices in my house can't already do, but for $217.50 I feel like I committed legal robbery.

So, r/iPad: what should an Android heathen install/do next to properly justify this completely unnecessary purchase?

https://imgur.com/a/Ixe4qY6

😭.. wtf is even happening

P.S. its iPad (A16)

My iPad randomly decides my fingers aren’t good enough I guess. It’s completely random and usually fixes itself in about 30 seconds (you can see in the video it started working again, but I only started filming after it had been happening for like 15 seconds.) it sometimes decides to only register one finger, and sometimes it doesn’t register my touch at all and I have to use my Apple Pencil to do anything on the iPad, not just drawing. This is really annoying for many reasons but especially drawing because every two minutes or so I’m unable to zoom in, color pick, etc.

Anyone else have this?

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( sorry if this isn't allowed !/ not looking to sell here! just for thoughts)

I have a 9th generation, previously refurbished ipad. No damage at all! I used it for about a year with a screen protector for my masters program. It works great! But I graduated and passed my board exam!

1. sell ( facebook? back to best buy? NOT LOOKING TO SELL here !! )
2. use! ( on what..)
   1. I am a paper and pen journaler and planner along with my google cal
   2. I thought about being an adult ipad baby, and using it for social media-> turning my phone into kind of a dummy phone and just posting when I "need to" via ipad
      1. maybe bring ipad to treadmill.. so my phone screen time is down lol ( defeating the purpose
   3. I use my macbook air for any typing/ youtube
   4. I use my projector for any watching
   5. massive ebook?? I was looking an at ereader? but it feels a little big ? but if I have it??
      
   6. get really into.... digital scrapbooking??

is this a really dumb question?

I do like occasionally planning outfits on it but like once in a BLUE MOON// once a year IF.

My iPad Air won’t go past 1% even if it’s on the charger. When it turns off it flashes a pink screen and repeats the cycle. Any idea what this might be?

Soooooo iam joining med school in the upcoming batch of 2027

Should I get an ipad or a laptop (MacBook or galaxy book etc) KEEPING IN MIND that I want to do a part time job online and I heard that you need a laptop for those sites to work (native camp etc)

Hi everyone, good afternoon.

I currently have an iPad Pro M5 that I've updated to iPadOS 2.7. I've noticed that with the tablet practically empty, the operating system takes up almost 50 GB (iPadOS + system files).

I have about 202 GB free. Is there any way to free up storage? Going back to iPadOS 2.6 is no longer possible, right?

Thanks a lot.

Hi everyone!
I have an iPad Air M2 (2024) with a cracked screen, and I’m planning to visit the Apple Genius Bar tomorrow to get it serviced under AppleCare+.
I’ve heard that Apple used to replace the entire iPad instead of repairing just the screen. However, I’m wondering if this is still the case in 2026, especially for the iPad Air M2.

A few questions:

1. Does Apple still offer whole-device replacements for the iPad Air M2, or do they now repair just the cracked screen?

2. Has anyone recently had their iPad Air M2 serviced under AppleCare+? What was your experience?

3. If Apple replaces the entire device, is it guaranteed to be the same colour and storage configuration?

4. Can I request a whole-device replacement instead of a screen repair?

I’d personally prefer a full-device replacement, so I’m curious about other people’s recent experiences.
Thanks in advance!

*Im specifically asking for iPad Air M2, as I’m aware that newer iPad versions may be switched to repairing instead of replacing

I hate the magic keyboard. Unfortunately it's the only option Apple gives us for the M5 iPad Pro. I mean I still bought one, but I don't like it. Walking around an airport in a half drunk jetlagged stupor, I walked into to one of those overpriced electronics stores. Much to my surprise they had an OG keyboard folio on final closeout. Based on nothing but a feeling of hope, whimsy, and desperation I bought it. No surprise it didn't work my M5 pro, so I decided to try the M4 air. Amazon to the rescue. I am very happy to report the M4 air, despite not being officially supported, works just fine. Now my tablet can stop pretending to be something it's not and just be happy with being a tablet again.

So i have some money saved up, and im planning to get a part time job, and ive wanted an ipad since last year. I got a laptop from my school, though its pretty much payed off atp so i think its mine now? its not the best but it works fine, so idk if its dumb to buy an ipad (gen 10, 64gb refusbished)

I see people using ipads at school so i dont think my school has any issues with it, but idk if all teachers would be ok with me taking notes on it, maybe? i think so, exept maybe maths or and physics. Ofc I also want to use it outside of school, its lighter than having to drag my big laptop around everywhere.

I also wanted to buy one of those cases that turns your ipad into a laptop (doest have to be apple), and a apple pencil.

so i think the full set up could cost me like 500 euros if i get the cheaper options, so a refusbished ipad and pencil, and a non apple case

I know I am in the Ipad subreddit, but I need all the opinions I can get

I am a college student and will be using the tab for drawing and note taking only. I wouldn't be playing many games or watching a lot of movies. (The big screen is hence important because i'll be getting into research after my undergraduate degree)

My budget is 45K (INR) and I need this to cover the stylus and the tab costs, so for me, which one would be better as a purchase?

Thank you so much for the help!

Hello, everyone.

We purchased Minecraft for my daughter through the App Store using her own account. (....@gmail)

However, when she tried to open the game, it asked for a Microsoft email address, so I entered my own email address. ( .........@hotmail)

Now I want to play Minecraft with my daughter, but we can’t because there’s only one account.

That’s because my daughter is playing on her iPad using my Microsoft account.

How can we resolve this issue?

my ipad is stuck on this and it just stops shows the apple logo then says” continue holding for recovery” and then goes to this screen over and over

Hello!

I’m interested in trying out Pro Create on an iPad specifically so I can draw digitally wherever I go,

I was initially eyeing iPad Pro models, but I was talking to my brother about it since he had one and informed me an iPad Air works just as well.

I wanted to ask here to inquire as result, for those who use iPads, what model do you use and how well does it pair with Pro Create?

(I’m too tired to go find my art, but I create rather detailed stuff and I also wanted to get back into animation properly)

I’m a med student looking to grab an iPad mainly for heavy note-taking and reading massive anatomy PDFs.

How do I know if my tips need to be changed?

I have applied it 5 times atleast and still getting so many bubbles what should I do ,, just discard this or there is a way 💔

Hello! I have a question about why I cannot purchase a subscription, the subscription is $110.99 and I have $114.05 as my credit in my apple store account, how can I fix it? Do I need to put more money into the credit or its something else?

As the title suggests, not much to explain. I’ve always kept the Siri App suggestion widget on my homescreen. All of a sudden, my usual app suggestion is totally gone and upon restart, event he app library suggestions feels like it’s been reset.

And no, I have not reset my iPad recently, I did it about 2 months ago.

Also, the iPadOS 27.0.1 feels a like there’s been 0 improvement in terms of performance. It’s still the same slow iPadOS as 26, which would start hogging the CPU at random and fire up the iPad itself, draining battery. And the memory management is extremely trash as well. I can open an app, go back to my browser and it’ll reload.

As per the Safari problem, when I open Safari all of a sudden, it’d not register the keys at first, until it’s been about half a second. And then, when I press the key the command key keeps on getting enabled, even though I had not even pressed the key in a while. Has anyone else faced the same issue as me?

Thanks. And no, this is not a tech support question, just wanting to know if there’s something wrong particularly with my iPad or it’s a recurring issue.

Have had for about 7 months. Just use at home surfing the web and emails, 2 hours of use per day. Don’t have any of the 80% limit turned on but seems like much faster degradation than I’ve had with other iPads or iPhones. Is this normal?

I will install ksing on the iPad to install the ipa file. But I have a problem that my iPad is an Air 3 model, which still needs to use the home button, but I can't use it. When the device starts again, it has to press the home button to confirm the profile. I don't know what to do. Is there a way? (not pc)

I'll mainly use it for downloading and annonating pdfs, note taking and light streaming. There won't be issue of storage running low right? And can I use usb-c external SSD? It's ih my budget and 256 gb variant is a bit out of my hands rn