iPad Power Button No Longer Working

Here is how I fixed it...read on.

My button stopped working. After a little research, I found this solution.

Settings > General > Accessibility > Assistive Touch (turn on)

Touch the new button on the screen.

Choose Device

Press AND HOLD the Lock Screen icon for 10 seconds and the "slide to power off" display shows up! It will shutdown nicely when you slide it.

WAIT...now how do I turn it on?

Plug up the power connector to you computer and your device...up pops the reboot Apple.

...and the crowd goes wild.

As crazy as this sounds, I've found a "real" fix for this issue, or at least the way it was happening on my wife's iPad 2. Knowing the other way to sleep the display was to use a Smart Cover, I borrowed the Smart Cover for my iPad (she uses a Targus case without the magnet) and placed it over her display. Of course, the display went to sleep. I removed the Smart Cover and it woke back up. I then pressed the top button and it had resumed normal operation. No issues since.

My guess is that whatever mechanism reacts to the magnet got hung up somehow and putting the Smart Cover magnet back over it got things sorted again. If you don't have a Smart Cover around or feel like going to the store to use one there, I'd guess just using a normal magnet should do the trick. Hope this helps others!

Make an appointment at an Apple Store to have your device examined by a technician. Or contact Apple Support.

I am 69 years old and am surprised so many of the members posting comments like " I bang it with my hand " etc. This is not the way to solve technical issues.

I had the same problem, and opened up the iPad (1) and found the power/volume control button came off the connector. Now the connector which is on the logic board is flimsy and poorly soldered on. Mine came off. It will be a bugger to put this one back. It would be extremely difficult to solder it back. I am still thinking of how to solve this one.

Apple has not a good job of designing or choosing a good connection system.

Chris_Erickson suggested using a Smart Cover to set the power/sleep button right. Worked for me!!!

So it was the summer since I noticed this problem, right.

Well the volume buttons have now started to show the same behaviour. Now if I tap the back of the ipad at the corner where the buttons are, and I stress tap, not whack, the buttons start working. SImilarly if I press on the front at the buttons with the corner, they stop working.

Hmm, I thought, maybe if I tap around the sleep/wake button, something will happen. But nothing.

I did though, put the ipad down on a hard surface, and while pressing the S/W button, and applying pressure across the opposite corners, I can get the S\W to work. Very strange, like it still functions but somehow in its normal state it does not work.

I opened it up but made a bit of a mess and don't recommend you do it!!. LOL, it still works though.😁

It seems that Apple needs to pick more durable buttons, everything else is top notch.

I had same issue. I merely tapped with medium strength the back corner next to switch with the meat portion of my palm. Problem solved. It works now. Phew.

Spot on mate ! My iPad 2 with iOS 8 did the same - power button wouldn't switch off screen (holding down would allow power off) but switching off the cover lock/unlock fixed this issue. Thanks 🙂

I think it's becoming clear from all the posts that Apple A) doesn't know why this problem exists, B) doesn't have a fix for it, and C) doesn't care anyway.

Sadly, your best bet, fine folks, is to return your iPad for a full refund and wait until Apple gets their act together. After their next release of iPad, check the posts here. If there are no posts about the next version if iPad regarding the power button, then we're all good to go and can go purchase one.

Okay, so I was reading this thread because just today, Christmas Eve 2016, my iPad power button stopped working! I was really puzzled. Everything else worked fine. Anyway..I saw a post on here that said the person just took it and banged the button against a hard surface and it started working and so that is exactly what I did! And it worked beautifully! Thank you soooooo much! Wow! What a blessing!

Whack the power button corner against a hard surface. Worked for me. Also fixed the inop gyro.