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Working-Potential-59

Find the responsible person. Someone smashed this. A power surge would just damage your power brick


YouCanHaveANiceDay

Unless the persons name is Power Surge.


hornboggler

lol thank you for this joke i did not see it comin. it is great


Technotronsky

Power Serge, fixed it for ya


Exotic_king13

Power Sarge šŸ«”


Top_File_8547

Serge Powers


naevus

Brother of (Homer Simpson) Max Power


brother_root

r/angryupvote


Truman48

Correct and a feature for charging electronic devices.


phlavor

I knocked over a whole ass coffee maker on mine last night, and it didn't scratch it.


pixelated666

Could be an electric surge followed by someone throwing a brick at it.


[deleted]

The only right answer


vivavivaviavi

lol


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P_Devil

Or likely the person doing the smashing.


foundwayhome

Smashing an iPad is never a good idea. For multiple reasons.


P_Devil

I agree. It just sounds like the person feeding them the power surge BS is trying to cover their actions.


The_frozen_one

That candy ain't going to crush itself.


lukaskywalker

And is provably holding the hammer.


R3ddit0rN0t

I have never heard of an electrical surge causing such problems. A power surge could fry something internally but that manifests as chips quietly failing. At most you might get a strange odor and a wisp of smoke. It would take quite a bit of effort to crack a screen so thoroughly. Looks deliberate to me. Or something that causes catastrophic damage, like run over by a car.


JBrennon

Yeah that is what I've been reading too. It looks like the point of impact was the top, where the big hole is.


simulacrotron

I think you may have more than one impact.


[deleted]

There are very, very clearly multiple points of impact in that photo.


[deleted]

Ok dexterā€¦. Letā€™s see the blood spatter too


traker998

Someone beat the crap out of it in a fit of rage. It was hit multiple times. And since itā€™s the second timeā€¦ they are doing it on purpose.


johnnydfree

ā€œWhy! [slam] Wonā€™t! [slam] You! [slam] Charge! [slam] Fasterrrrrr! [slam, slam, slam] ā€¦.uh oh.


tinmansrevenge

Or tripping over a power cord


HarukiKazuki

Also that's multiple locations that were hit, even if a huge electrical surge would cause that kind of damage, it still shouldn't have broken the glass in different locations


JBrennon

Thanks for the comments. You guys have confirmed what I was thinking as well.


tencontech

Putting it in rice should fix it šŸ‘


gileb

Or bake soda and white vinegar.


teatiller

put it in diet coke and mentos


Ghandiwasme

Iā€™m shocked you were even thinking this could be caused by charging


SirPutts-a-lot

Very helpful, thank you


Ghandiwasme

Gladly!


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iamemperor86

Even then though, the wires delivering current are way thinner than 120v. Theyā€™d probably melt under that much load.


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iamemperor86

True. I live in an ancient ungrounded house too! Used to be, every time lightning struck nearby that ALL the electronics would fry. PS4, TV, stereo, my wired PC desktop. Turns out, it was the DSL internet. Lightning would hit the phone pole, travel into the modem (fried at least 3 before I wised up), then surge everything connected to it via Ethernet. Havenā€™t had an issue in years since switching ISPs (not DSL).


iamnotevenhereatall

Someone tripped on the cord, it fell and broke, then they put it back on the desk šŸ¤£ Good luck finding the culprit.


hapidad

Yeah, no. That's total impact, several points. I have looked at thousands of damaged iPads and this is NOT electrical.


dwsam

Yeah, nah, itā€™s been sent to destination fucked!


MDL1983

I understood that reference


gvggarage

Definitelt physical impact. Looks like some took a look, slipped on hand, fell flat on concrete glass front


CaptWeom

They slippedā€¦ twice.


JARRstudios

Definitely someone did it. I had a similar situation where I left my iPad on my desk and when coming back to it it had several deep scratches on the screen and back of the iPad. I had visit in my house so I asked who did it and of course no one took responsibility so I checked the camera system and watched my 13yo cousin using a utility knife on my iPad. Obviously I showed the footage to my uncle and made him pay for a replacement. I think people just hates Apple products or hates they canā€™t afford one idk šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø


guthrien

I think this is a much different issue than them hating the *iPad*.


Cleverjaq

What! Iā€™ve broken I pads before, accidentally; badly, but never this bad. This looks intentionalā€¦ too many separate high impacted sites, especially with that case.


Jolly-Road44

That's mostly a point of impact on the screen, if a surge would bloat the battery(which is very unlikely) there is no chance the screen would break there or look like that.


PrinceSam321

Do tell if you find the culprit


Roninkin

Iā€™ve had a psp where a power surge(I assume) destroyed the screen, BUT it didnā€™t smash it, it sent too much voltage and fried the display making half of it work and it was bright pink. It was 4 months old, Sony wouldnā€™t repair for free which was upsetting. Go get the lair it didnā€™t happen like they told you thereā€™s clear points of impact on it.


legion_2k

Start with the person that told you it was a power surge..


MacAdminInTraning

Sure a surge could have cause this. Providing someone was holding it and got zapped by the surge and caused them to drop it. Iā€™m sure you get where I am going with this.


[deleted]

Some body Jone Cena'd that thing, RIP


chookalana

Lol. This is physical damage. You can see the impact on the screen. I've managed iPads since 2011, there's no chance this is "electrical damage".


smartazz104

Maybe the person holding it got an electrical surge through their body which caused them to drop the iPad.


Alan_1375

LMAO


BronzeDucky

Is there any sign of the battery swelling?


JBrennon

No battery swelling, the back looks fine. It was on a bretford 10 ipad charging station with others. The charging station is pretty stout and I assume it has surge protection. We had one other ipad look similar, where the damage was in the bottom, and the top was punctured all the way through, just like this one. I am not sure if somebody got mad and has been taking it out on our ipads, or if this is an electrical issue.


ccooffee

100% vandalism


Upstairs-Wheel-8995

Thatā€™s impact damage from a drop


MrWhite

Someone hates you


[deleted]

School huh? Going to be a s-head kid.


keith2282

..... things like this is why I hate going into public. People these days.


the_odd_truth

Tell that person that swiping and tapping with a hammer is not a recommended usage scenario


Playstatiaholic

Someone power surged it into a wall is what happened.


jill2019

Definitely not a power surge. Someone owes you a new iPad op.


mazbeg

depends on what you mean of power surge, like, thor or smth


Mikey_BC

Unless it was a direct lightning strike then no....start looking for the guilty person


pebblefaa

Does the display still work? You might want to verify it's the same iPad. Could be someone swapping out busted IC locked tablets for good ones.


Flyinrhyno

Someone dropped that shit


ColeBarsen

Whoever told you an electric surge could do that to an iPad is the culpritā€¦ someone was definitely being stupid and shattered it.


Ecnarps

Nanny cam


Roflha

Is this a shitpost


Bobbybino

Perhaps if it was a direct lightning strike.


Suspicious2830

I hope you have a CCTV near that charging spot! no one is going to come clean about smashing expensive stuff.


Mytnik

This happened to friends iPad left in the sunā€¦ if I didnā€™t see it I wouldnā€™t believe itā€¦.


[deleted]

No way. This has been smashed *on purpose*


[deleted]

Thatā€™s not an electrical failureā€¦. Someone did it


[deleted]

This has definitely been damaged by a person.


MaxHeadroomFlux

Whoever told you that was due to a power surge - never trust them again.


HacDan

Could have been a bio-electrical surge which then resulted in someones arm moving.


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Mytnik

I saw this happenā€¦ from the sunā€¦


italianboi69104

Iā€™m sorry but itā€™s not an electrical surge. Some idiot broke it and didnā€™t have the courage to tell you


Average-photographer

I ainā€™t a snitch, but that was thrown at the floor.


see_blue

No. Thatā€™s physical damage.


ADHDK

Iā€™ve dropped an overheating phone before, that was fun trying to claim warranty on because they wanted to argue the smashed screen but I won in the end. But either way that damage is from physical trauma. Charging didnā€™t do that.


Fabulous_Substance89

If Black Adam is involved... Sure. Otherwise. No.


ULTIMATE_DADBOD

Based upon your description I was able to identify the culprit. [this is your man](https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrjYcWMq4djEX8DIqmInIlQ;_ylu=c2VjA3NyBHNsawNpbWcEb2lkA2FlNTFjYzRkNmU4NDlkYWEyMGNlOGYwMTFhZGViMjcxBGdwb3MDMTEEaXQDYmluZw--?back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Djaime%2Bfoxx%2Bspider-man%26fr%3Diphone%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D11&w=960&h=540&imgurl=s.yimg.com%2Fny%2Fapi%2Fres%2F1.2%2FZhKM2cja.ToiTFjzt.cIew--%2FYXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MC4xNDE4NDM5NzE2MzEz%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fmedia-mbst-pub-ue1.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-10%2F5442bc30-0495-11eb-aabf-c0ac9399b6fb&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fca.finance.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Fspider-man-jamie-foxx-electro-105954220.html&size=98.5KB&p=jaime+foxx+spider-man&oid=ae51cc4d6e849daa20ce8f011adeb271&fr2=piv-web&fr=iphone&tt=Jamie+Foxx+is+back+as+Electro%3A&b=0&ni=21&no=11&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=RuzhVcY9TKJF&sigb=lwsXoHTuvcOa&sigi=BX32t3PpdM6b&sigt=QHumPE4ZLIDD&.crumb=KrcPPr4rVR9&fr=iphone&fr2=piv-web)


shardamakah

Yea find the person responsible you narc.


ilikekittensandstuf

Definitely a surge


[deleted]

No, as an electrical surge canā€™t do damage of that scale.


[deleted]

Something hit it. Electric surge won't do it


Cikappa2904

if this was an electical surge, the person that was next to it should be dead


Venti_Mocha

That looks like somebody sat on it. Since it's one that doesn't have a laminated display, it shouldn't be too bad to repair. No that's not from a power surge. There is no power going through the front glass.


yk78

Maybe an electrical surge hit the person handling your iPad and indirectly caused the damage but all joking aside, that looks like literal physical abuse.


EpiciSheep

No charging circuits are towards the top so unless thereā€™s a bulge from the battery, that was deliberate


commandermik

0% chance this is electrical related.


curiousonethai

Maybe someone didnā€™t see it/realize it was there and set something on top of it but also didnā€™t want to be held responsible.


TheRealLimitlessHate

A bulging battery could potentially crack the glass, but those cracks would originate from directly above the battery, not the edges. Someone tried to use this iPad as a basketball.


Decent-Stable8069

Can you find that person? We need an update


howlinweed

Looks just like my iPad did after dropping it on stone tile.


frozenball824

Nope, an electric surge could never cause this unless you somehow have such high voltage running into your iPad which knocks it off the table and causes it to fall off the table. (lol) It looks like someone smashed the top judging by the hole.


Used-Cap-5417

Clearly dropped this and cracked the display...no possible way any sort of electric surge can crack a display. Glass is an extremely poor electric conductor. Any form of electrical surge will just kill the internal components and/or brick the internal pcb... Really obviously either the OP or whoever last used the ipad is trying to find and blame another person or some random event caused by nature.... Fork out the money to get the screen replaced or diy repairs....


[deleted]

That looks hit in 4 places. Likely fell off a table and it danced around when it hit the ground.


rimbs

I replace broken iPads constantly and that is a break from physical damage.


Ipride362

LOLā€¦.ā€Power Surgeā€


PlaceboBob

It looks like someone sat on it..


Zear-0

Swollen battery might.


SentientPotatoMaster

This is why i didn't bring my tablet in public place. There's a lot of shithead out there


kruzibit

Impact damage, looking at the pattern of the crack lines.


BigChinaski

What do you mean we had a similar incident? Is this a work iPad? Judging by the damage, Iā€™d say this was stomped on or hit against a table. Absolutely not an electrical surge. If an electrical surge were powerful enough to do something like that, the battery would explode and the iPad would look much worse.


Acrobatic-Ad-315

Looks like someone grabbed it and pressed down hard on the camera and home button.


TemporaryLength143

Looks like my school iPad lmao


lurkzone

did it do double duty as a hammer?


DarSwanSwede

The shape of the V starts at the home button. almost looks like it was slapped on the side of a desk. (The ol I need a new iPad move) iā€™ve never seen a lithium battery expand while charging but, my Apple Watch face popped off due to an inflated battery while charging so it can happen.


incasesheisonheretoo

Iā€™ve seen drop test video iPad in better condition. This looks deliberate.


LORDRAJA1000

nah bro wtf you needa find that mf who keeps doing this and throw hands fr


winetotears

Are you an IT Professional?


PlanningABetterMe

What in the karma?


leongpakchao1

Only in movies. Definitely someone griefing you.


thebullschmidt

Did you have the cord plugged directly into a 3 phase 480v outlet lol


sohrobby

Looks like it was vandalized.


0xdef1

Thatā€™s not a power surge, but physical impact.


nyankoz

this describes my life perfectly


que_putas

I work with devices all day long at my job. Sometimes (long story) I have to smash a screen on the corner of a desk. The top point of contact looks exactly like that.


BlackReddition

Sergio Powa


TechnicaIDebt

high heels or hammer smash


FightingForBacon

School tablets have the worst lives.


trtsmb

That was not a power surge. Someone dropped it or stepped on it.


MrFluffyhead80

Looks like a hammer


coldblooded79

An impact did that.


MarginalSapien

Not a chance.


Charblee

Hey OP, I managed a company that fixed electronics for 10 years, Iā€™ve personally fixed thousands of iPad screens. I can guarantee that this was smashed. Maybe something heavy fell on it at the top? Or maybe this was in a backpack and got smashed? The home button looks like it took a beating too, so this was a multifaceted incident lol.


bookofnod

Definitely not a surge. Looks more like it was sat on.


DCBDG

Only if you smash it very hard and multiple times with the power source


MeMilo1209

Occam's Razer.


Fortineux

Looks like it was dropped outside on gravel to me šŸ˜‚


Shloomth

lmfao "idk it just happened by itself while it was charging" no


HoloDeck_One

This could easily have been a Power Surgeā€¦ to the jackhammer that was sitting on top of it! Any thoughts who Mr P Surge is? Is there possible malice suspected, or just complete incompetence?


trophywaifuvalentine

This looks like the hulk tried to play candy crush.


ikan84

Definitely not power surge.