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Oliver Haslam

Wonky iPad Pro Apple Pencil lines blamed on anti-repair ploy

Silver 12.9-inch iPad Pro on top of records with Apple Pencil

Getting your iPad Pro’s display replaced might mean drawing wonky lines with your Apple Pencil, according to new reports. Unless you have Apple install it.

It’s claimed that 5th and 6th-generation iPad Pro tablets are aware when they have had a genuine Apple display installed and refuse to work correctly if not. What’s more, those displays have to be brand new and coded by Apple — installing a genuine display from a donor iPad Pro won’t work either.

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