ipad freeze/lock-up randomly

If you have a store locally then I'd definitely visit. If not, give Apple a call because what you describe is certainly a major problem.

I am glad that I have found this thread! I experience the very same issue you described, but at the moment I cannot return it to any Apple Store unfortunately, as I am now in Europe. I will have to wait till it comes officially available here... :S

However, when mine freezes, it comes back to normal after some dozen seconds, maybe a minute later by itself. But when it freezes, it does not react to any touch, or if I am pressing home, or power, or does not even display the "turn off" slider, if I hold the power long enough.

And just as sudden this lockup came, it goes away by itself.

Although it does not seem to react to the home button in such a freeze, a soft reset could be done by holding the home+power together. Or I just leave it for a minute, and it goes away by itself. I also did a restore, but the results are the same, I still have the freeze.

And I think the same, it could be a memory error. Since when did this sudden freeze appear at the first time after you started using it?

Or did you brought yours back already? Did they replaced it for you? Does the new one work okay?

Hi, I am writing from Vienna, Austria, I am facing the same freeze/lock issue quite frequently. Tried the restore option but with no much success. Any ideas?

@Ameen.safadi: I have found some more threads describing the same issue. some of them tried to take back the device to the store for a replacement which, however, did not help in all cases. but if you can take it back to the store, it is less likely to get another problematic unit.

however, there is also an apple kb article, so it might not be a hw issue, at least hopefully, but if a restore does not solve it... then maybe a new firmware version will, only apple knows...

(here is the kb article I am referring to: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3281)