iPhone 13 pink screen bug reported by users — what Apple is doing about it

iPhone 13 pink screen bug reported by users — what Apple is doing most it

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While the iPhone 13 sits high on our best phones listing, that doesn't mean Apple's flagship device is devoid of problems. One of those problems seems to be an errant pink screen bug, one that leaves users with a magenta-hued display.

This news comes from 9to5Mac, which, based on reports on Apple's Word forums, Reddit and Chinese social media site Weibo (via My Drivers), claims some iPhone thirteen screens will flicker pinkish. In most instances, a simple telephone restart remedies this issue. But for a select few, the pink screen remains permanent. According to 9to5Mac, some customers were able to get their iPhone 13s replaced.

Often, the pink screen is followed past a phone crash. When the iPhone 13 turns on again, information technology usually continues to work as normal.

iPhone 13 pink screen issue — (Prototype credit: Apple Discussions)

Oddly, it seems this issue is more prevalent for Chinese iPhone xiii buyers. Per My Drivers, Apple tree did make a statement on Weibo stating, "We didn't find relevant problems in the hardware of the devices considering this state of affairs [pink screen] is caused when the arrangement is locked."

It's not the clearest verbiage on how to get things resolved, only My Drivers did say that Apple is advising users to back upward their data and install the latest firmware update.

According to 9to5Mac, Apple has still to acknowledge a pink screen set in iOS xv.iii RC.

Scrolling down to the comments section on the 9to5Mac post, some users take been reporting instances of pink screen, simply nothing that has resulted in a replacement from Apple. One user wrote, "Happened to my iPhone 13 Pro once when taking a pic, screen went pinkish for a 2d and the iPhone restarted. Figured it'due south just a rare software glitch." Luckily, it hasn't happened to that user since.

Another user named Aditya Gupta said information technology "Happens with apple notes on my iPad when I swipe open up information technology from the corner," but didn't give any additional detail. If true, this suggests information technology'southward an issue non limited to iPhone 13s.

At the moment, the result seems too rare for Apple tree to issue a wide area fix. Just if more than of these types of issues arise, then information technology volition take further investigation from Apple tree. At the moment, Apple tree supplies OLED iPhone thirteen screens from LG, Samsung and China's BOE. Information technology will accept some further investigation work to effigy out of this pinkish screen problem is express to all OLED manufacturers, or but i.

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