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Q: iPad just stopped working; will not turn on

My iPad has suddenly stopped working. I picked it up this morning to read one of my newspaper apps and it won't turn on. The screen is completely blank. It was working normally last night. I thought maybe the battery had run out so I plugged it is to recharge but it still would not turn on. Do you think it might be the battery? I bought it in July. Thought the battery would last longer than that.

Macbook Pro 13, iPad 3g 32gb

Posted on Nov 14, 2010 11:46 AM

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  • by KillJoy1,Helpful

    KillJoy1 KillJoy1 Feb 17, 2011 11:36 AM in response to AldoFish
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    Feb 17, 2011 11:36 AM in response to AldoFish
    Can not wait to try this remedy when I get home, my Ipad stopped working this morning and I was ready to take it back, but am still curious as to why it happens, and what process is happening when both these buttons are pressed reboot? or something more? Thanks in advance.
  • by tampafay,Helpful

    tampafay tampafay Feb 20, 2011 9:42 PM in response to Dasiy
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    Feb 20, 2011 9:42 PM in response to Dasiy
    Mine just stopped working this evening too...and I thought before I lose it at the store tomorrow let me search the web...and this was the first thing that came up when I put in "why did my ipad just stop working" That the Lord, it was an easy fix...had my heart racing there for a bit. But I wonder what it happen do any of you tech types have a clue...or is this just an Apple thing?
  • by MsLady48,Helpful

    MsLady48 MsLady48 Feb 20, 2011 10:30 PM in response to Dasiy
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    Feb 20, 2011 10:30 PM in response to Dasiy
    I had the same problem as Dasiy, but i been trying for two day to get it to working, then i remember to come to the discussion page...i had thought that i had done something to it....I'm so glad that i came to this page, becausr i dont know what i was going to to thank you very much......I GOT MY IPAD BABY BACK!!!!!!!!
  • by iFanatic16,Helpful

    iFanatic16 iFanatic16 Feb 21, 2011 1:35 AM in response to Ham297
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    Feb 21, 2011 1:35 AM in response to Ham297
    thank you so much,i was really sad and i just searched online for 1 hour.thanks soo much!
  • by alanhilton,Helpful

    alanhilton alanhilton Feb 23, 2011 3:45 AM in response to Dasiy
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    Feb 23, 2011 3:45 AM in response to Dasiy
    Yes my iPad just did same thing and needed to hold down buttons as described (abit more than 10seconds) but it restarted OK.

    It just recieved and e-mail - beeped and then totally blank screen. Battery was at 60%+

    What causes this I've had no problems before and bought it in November 2010.

    Any futher advise appreciated
  • by bone-e-1,Helpful

    bone-e-1 bone-e-1 Feb 27, 2011 5:34 AM in response to Dasiy
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    Feb 27, 2011 5:34 AM in response to Dasiy
    I got my ipad for my birthday 15th Feb 2011 I have been on it every day since, today I was useing it for about 2 hours then bang! a blank screen, I tried everything, charging it, pushing buttons, talking to it, nothing, I was not happy! my poor little ipad had died on me, I felt sick! how was I going to go on without my Faithfull Friend! I decided to look up apple support, and there it was the answer, I done what you suggested and there she was back to life, what a feeling, you would think that I had won the lottery, I have got my Baby back, THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! you are a GENIUS!
    What I would like to know though does this happen often!
    MANY MANY THANKS!
  • by the e.c.,

    the e.c. the e.c. Feb 27, 2011 12:17 PM in response to Dasiy
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    Feb 27, 2011 12:17 PM in response to Dasiy
    same here daisy.but this forum rocks. thank you for the advice guys. i thought oh no. gone! ipad stopped working. but the 10 sec rule was fantastic.
  • by cookier,Helpful

    cookier cookier Feb 27, 2011 2:13 PM in response to Dasiy
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    Feb 27, 2011 2:13 PM in response to Dasiy
    This just happened to me today and I was going crazy! I am so happy that I decided to check here and find this thread. Why does this happen??? Is there something wrong with my iPad and should I take it to the Apple store??? I have only had my iPad since June 2010.
  • by Erin T.,

    Erin T. Erin T. Mar 10, 2011 9:04 PM in response to cookier
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    Mar 10, 2011 9:04 PM in response to cookier
    I LOVE YOU ALL! I freaked out when my iPad stopped working. The on/home button trick worked like a charm. Now I can go to sleep. Thank you thank you.
  • by estockberger,Helpful

    estockberger estockberger Mar 14, 2011 10:21 AM in response to Dasiy
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    Mar 14, 2011 10:21 AM in response to Dasiy
    Mine too. I have had this iPad since September. No problems until today. Read the morning news, twitter, facebook and set the thing down to get coffee. Came back to a black screen. Thanks to this forum I was able to get it going again - Home + Start for 10 seconds.

    Why, Apple, did this happen all of the sudden?
  • by carol1945,Helpful

    carol1945 carol1945 Apr 7, 2011 12:40 PM in response to Dasiy
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    Apr 7, 2011 12:40 PM in response to Dasiy
    Halleluyah (sp incorrect) These posts just saved me a big trip to the Apple store. Same thing happened. Ipad just suddenly stopped. I followed your directions, pressed both buttons at the same time for ten seconds. A picture appeared showing me to connect the ipad to my computer (no words) then it went off. I connected it, and I got a message for a new version to download. I did all that, and now everything is A-OK.
  • by carol1945,

    carol1945 carol1945 Apr 7, 2011 12:42 PM in response to Dasiy
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    Apr 7, 2011 12:42 PM in response to Dasiy
    Amazing to me that so many of us had the same problem. And so many of us just LOVE our ipads
  • by SWII,

    SWII SWII Apr 7, 2011 9:44 PM in response to Dasiy
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    Apr 7, 2011 9:44 PM in response to Dasiy
    the reason the iPad "stops working" is that when you press the home button to leave an app, you are not closing the app, only leaving it. it continues to run in the background. if too many apps are running the iPad shuts down to protect it self. To solve this problem, and end these shut downs, double push the home button. all the open apps will appear, press one, so they wiggle and a X will appear. press it again and it will close. this will NOT uninstall the app, only close it. Also by doing this you should notice an increase in your battery life.
  • by SWII,

    SWII SWII Apr 7, 2011 10:28 PM in response to SWII
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    Apr 7, 2011 10:28 PM in response to SWII
    Oops, it's not an X, it's a red minus sign.
  • by Landrix,

    Landrix Landrix Apr 8, 2011 3:26 AM in response to SWII
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    Apr 8, 2011 3:26 AM in response to SWII
    SWII wrote:
    the reason the iPad "stops working" is that when you press the home button to leave an app, you are not closing the app, only leaving it. it continues to run in the background. if too many apps are running the iPad shuts down to protect it self. To solve this problem, and end these shut downs, double push the home button. all the open apps will appear, press one, so they wiggle and a X will appear. press it again and it will close. this will NOT uninstall the app, only close it. Also by doing this you should notice an increase in your battery life.


    I appreciate that you are trying to help, but this statement isn't so accurate.

    The black screen is not a "feature" and not your iPad trying to protect itself. It is the result of a "hang" or data corruption--similar to what is known as a "Kernel Panic" on Mac OS, but the iPad typically immediately restarts itself on it's own version of Kernel Panic. Sometimes the system part of the iPad itself is so irrevocably hung that it cannot restart itself. Also, this is why the user above saw the "connect to iTunes" screen after doing the "hard reset" procedure described in this thread.

    It, however, has absolutely nothing at all to do with the icons that appear in the task-switching dialog.

    The task-switching dialog that appears when you double-tap the home button shows icons for your MOST RECENTLY USED APPS. These apps are not running in the background nor are they using system memory UNLESS they are actively performing background tasks. Very, very few apps have this feature, but things like Pandora which plays music in the background, or apps that are allowed to download content you purchased (like the loader portion of the app store) or even iTunes purchased, are using memory or CPU cycles.

    In short, there is no reason to bother with closing apps in the task switcher. It will in NO way help prevent this problem in the future. It's a lot of headache to be doing that all the time, which is EXACTLY why apple created it's multitasking system to never require you to fiddle with it and manually shut down tasks. Doing so does nothing but waste your time.

    If, however, your iPad goes blank like this more than once a month or even twice a year and using the homepower10 seconds method worries you, then consider taking it to be serviced/replaced because the data corruption that is causing it could be the result of faulty system ram/ SOC.
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