No problem – we can still fix it. An iPad screen is composed of three separate layers that together form a single ‘screen assembly.’ This includes the display panel (also called the LCD), a touch-sensitive layer, and finally a sheet of glass. When your iPad is dropped onto a hard surface, one or more of these layers can be damaged. Sometimes, broken pieces of glass will damage the LCD layer of the screen, which results in inky splodges on the display, or vertical lines running from top to bottom.