Help! iPad turned black, but still working :S

I'm currently having the same problem. A song was playing on the iPad I went to turn it off and found the screen black. Everything seems to be working except the screen, I have sound and can sync & back it up. Anyone help?

My back light was coming on but I could see no image on the screen but I could hear it make sounds. I made it talk by pressing the home button three times to enable the voice screen reader. I found a solution elsewhere on here and tried it and it worked. All I had to do was hold the ipad with my right hand and hit the back left corner rear the headphone jack with the soft part of my fist two or three times and presto it came back on.

Hi there,

It worked for me too giving a tap

but the screen colors are completely bad... i assume the LCD DATA connector is half way disconnected

I am gonna order the ifixit tools to open it and try to replug it in

see ya

Why don't you take a picture of your ipad so we can see what you are talking about?

I love my Medusa display!

Here is how it looks now that I tap it at the back. I could recover some kind of picture but I think it is still data cable is badly plugged in

http://db.tt/xr46M1Tx

I had the exact same issue for the past few days. IPad 1 would start up, an apple logo would very briefly flash on the screen, and then go black with the backlight on. I accidentally pressed both buttons simultaneously and took a screenshot, and I noticed that the screen would flash white and I could see the screen after that for a brief moment.

In any case, the tapping worked for me too. I've had to do it twice now (a little harder the second time) so I don't know how much longer this thing is going to last. Lucky, I have it on loan from my university and I'll be able to return it in working condition.

Does anyone with tech know-how know what this could be? Just for curiosity's sake? I can imagine a faulty connector cutting off all power or information to the screen, but the fact that it shows up when the screenshot is taken confuses me. It's almost as if the thing turns the brightness setting all the way down.

Anyway, thanks for the fix.

My problem is solve,

First I waited to go to Genius bar 5th avenue New York.

I explained them my guess was an issue with the internal data cable half out/in.

They told me this device cannot be repaired telling me there are no screw on the iPad.

They proposed to replace the iPad 1 for 240$ without tax as the product was out of warranty.

I refused telling them I was about to open it myself using www.ifixit.com tutorials and tools.

So I ordered the tools recommended by ifixit and I used the tutorial (replace LCD) of course I stopped the tutorial at the time I got acces to the data cable.

I plugged in and out. In and out. Each time trying to startup the device while the iPad was still open just to check that I see the normal grey apple or still the red (bad color) apple .

After 3 attempts I could see the normal grey apple.

That is it

My back light was coming on but I could see no image on the screen but I could hear it make sounds. I made it talk by pressing the home button three times to enable the voice screen reader. I found a solution elsewhere on here and tried it and it worked. All I had to do was hold the ipad with my right hand and hit the back left corner rear the headphone jack with the soft part of my fist two or three times and presto it came back on.

This worked !!!!!!

Thanks so much !!!

Mike