iPhone 5 pixel/screen lines?

Mull3t · 28 Sep 2012 at 12:13

Will try and explain this the best way!

Since launch myself and my girlfriend have experienced this same issue with both our iPhone 5s.

What happens is at a random time when your using the phone we will get (at random areas of the screen) like a broken pixel line and this will be a few and they will flicker and go horizontal across the screen. It lasts for a few seconds and then goes away.

It has only happened to me twice since launch and my girlfriend A few more.

Is this normal? Anyone else have this issue?

Guest2 · 28 Sep 2012 at 12:18

A guy at work showed me this on his phone once! I thought it was just a bug in the app he was running as it was fine after a couple of seconds.

Do you think its a hardware issue with the phone itself?

Chives · 28 Sep 2012 at 12:20

Had this happen twice on my phone. very concerning

fadetoblack · 28 Sep 2012 at 12:21

Omg we now got lineAgate

Bald-Eagle22 · 28 Sep 2012 at 12:24

Happens on mu iPad when I zoom in occasionly but that's still on Iso 5 , my IP5 has been fine.

GeX · 28 Sep 2012 at 12:30

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4329313?start=0&tstart=0

Mull3t · 28 Sep 2012 at 12:33

Thank god it's not just me then! I thought it could just be the app but it happened on the app store then just on Instagram.

I thought maybe could be sometime to do with the retina display however never had this issue on my iPad 3..

Guest2 · 28 Sep 2012 at 12:57

Damn, i thought it was just an app. Havent had it on mine... yet.

*touches wood*

GeX · 28 Sep 2012 at 13:08

To save others from trawling through to find links;

http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/21/iphone-5-screen-problems/

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1449811

Guest2 · 28 Sep 2012 at 13:57

Thanks. Guy at work had exactly the same thing with his and in the same place

Mull3t · 28 Sep 2012 at 14:47

Seems to just be the AppStore causing most symptoms , hopefully it's software more than hardware!

GeX · 28 Sep 2012 at 15:20

Looks to be software, judging by what triggers it.

HAz · 28 Sep 2012 at 22:46

Yea I just had that on the same screen in App Store

philjohn · 28 Sep 2012 at 23:32

same here, app store too.

sanofi · 29 Sep 2012 at 11:12

It's happened to me and a friend both on iPhone 5 while entering the apple ID password.

timmy85 · 29 Sep 2012 at 11:35

just had this on an app store prompt for my password

Sui · 29 Sep 2012 at 11:38

Makes it sound more software then hardware then, if you can replicate it easily like that? Hope so for you guys