My LCD Screen on my iPad broke - HELP!!

[Pigperson]

I picked up my iPad to find some vertical lines in the middle of my iPad 1st gen screen (ranging in colours) and I found it it's the LCD screen which is broken.

I need advice in what I should do to fix it. Where can I go to fix it, how, how much etc.?

Will

[mrwoooooooo]

take it to an apple store

[SackRace]

Yeah take it too the apple store they are always so helpful

[xxMATTGxx]

Probably best to just take it to the Apple store and see what they say.

[iBlueBox]

Yeah, take it the Apple store,

could be a bit costly though to repair the screen.
I know they wanted around £260 when I broke my screen from water damage on my iPad 2.

[Pigperson]

Any other options? It's just that the nearest Apple Store to me is quite far away so it would be easier if it's a close by solution.

Will

[xxMATTGxx]

Any other options? It's just that the nearest Apple Store to me is quite far away so it would be easier if it's a close by solution.

Will

Well I assume you could try and do it yourself but if you mess that up then good game I suppose.

[Judge Judy]

Yeah, take it the Apple store,

could be a bit costly though to repair the screen.
I know they wanted around £260 when I broke my screen from water damage on my iPad 2.

Difference between your case and Pigperson's is yours is considered as accidental damage, and his is a mechanical fault (unless he of course ain't saying the full story and he dropped it haha).

I mean, it's a 1st gen so what, 2010? It's after a year however the Sales of Goods Act doesn't give a time limit as to when a warranty ends (well actually it's now six months with European regs).
However, iPads are expensive, perceived as 'high quality', and should last a couple of years without something breaking.

What I think you should do, like others have said, is go to your retailer (or Apple I guess) and ask for a repair. Oh and get reading this: http://whatconsumer.co.uk/what-are-my-statutory-rights/

Another thing is, I've noticed in the Westfield shopping centres here there are quite a few mobile phone/tablet repair businesses, so if you have a repair shop nearby you could try them

[AlexJRiley]

Get a nexus 7 instead

Edited by Matts (Forum Super Moderator): Please don't post pointlessly!

[tm]

Buy a new one. Welcome to the death-spiral of owning an Apple product. Surely you have been looking at getting a new iPad (enter whatever number they're up to now) anyway?