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Zeronious Author

Level 1

4 points

iPad won't turn on...

I turned off my iPad and went to turn it on again right away because I wanted to check something. The **** thing will not turn on. Even if I hook it up to my Mac or power cable the charging screen will not start nor will iTunes start. The battery was at about 50%. The iPad is DEAD!! Does anyone know what is wrong or how I can power it back on. Its not reacting to anything I do.

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Posted on Jun 20, 2010 9:51 AM

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sirfaba

Level 3

610 points

Posted on Jun 20, 2010 10:00 AM

Hello, welcome to Apple Discussions.

Try holding the sleep/wake button (top right) and the home button (bottom center) for about 10 seconds. If that doesn't work then try doing the same procedure with it plugged into a power source.

If that doesn't work then try this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
(it only says iPhone and iPod Touch but the process for the iPad is the same)

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Jan 11, 2011 9:39 PM in response to Zeronious

thanks for the tip. will this keep on happening?

Egriff

Level 1

0 points

Jan 17, 2011 8:22 PM in response to Zeronious

Had this happen today and am now having to restore my Ipad. This seems to have hit a bunch of people all at the same time. I would really like to know why this is happening my Ipad is only 6 months old. I DONT want this to happen and have the warranty run out. The trick worked...but WHY is this happening?? Any answers would be GREAT. Thanks

or_live

Level 1

0 points

Jan 20, 2011 7:57 AM in response to Zeronious

Good Morning,

I am concerned. I have been very happy with my iPad! What is this business of not starting? Mine did it this morning, and when it came back on I had over 80% battery life. It's in an Apple case and has that way to expensive Zagg or whatever sheeting on front and back.

Why did this happen?
I am not close to capacity on my equiptment?
I do not auto sync anything ... well MobileNoter syncs
Again, are there indications why this happens?

Birdgal

Level 1

0 points

Jan 21, 2011 10:32 AM in response to BassLass

Thank you all so much!!! My iPad had 85% battery life; I walked away for a few minutes, and it would not turn back on when I returned. I knew there had to be a hard reboot solution...and, you guys provided it. I pressed both buttons for about 15-20 seconds, then it came on. You saved me a trip to the Apple Store...

lara_g

Level 1

0 points

Jan 26, 2011 9:12 AM in response to Birdgal

same thing happened to me this morning. I have been using my iPad for exactly one month. I hope there wasn't a bad batch of iPads that are now having problems. I have an iPad class tomorrow at an apple store and will definitely be bringing this up.

BTW, the reboot worked for me too, but for *$900 device*, I sure hope it doesn't occur regularly!

Jan 28, 2011 4:02 AM in response to sirfaba

Had the same problem and this fixed it! Thanks for the tip.

Jan 30, 2011 4:18 AM in response to sirfaba

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was so scared. same problem, thank you soooo much that worked.

Feb 1, 2011 11:14 AM in response to sirfaba

Thank you for posting this. I just encountered the same problem with my 1 month old iPad. This saved me a long trip to the Apple store since it's about 45 minutes away.

Feb 2, 2011 2:34 AM in response to Zeronious

it jus happend to me thank god for this thread

Feb 2, 2011 9:09 PM in response to Zeronious

Thanks as well. I can't help wondering if perhaps this is an issue with the current OS version?

jmjohnso

Level 1

8 points

Feb 6, 2011 6:49 PM in response to Zeronious

The trick (home + power button for ten seconds) worked for me too with the same problem. I've had my iPad since Christmas.

But getting a bit ***** that no one from Apple has responded to this thread with a reason why this is happening. If it's a user error, I'd like to make sure I'm not doing something wrong. If it's an iPad error, I want to invoke my AppleCare...

Someone reply if they hear something useful from the fat cats upstairs. And many, many thanks to the forum users who are always helpful (and quick!) with advice and fixes.

deggie

Level 10

167,327 points

Feb 6, 2011 6:55 PM in response to jmjohnso

Apple doesn't participate here, that's why you haven't (and will not) heard from them in this thread.

waivatar

Level 1

0 points

Feb 8, 2011 12:07 PM in response to sirfaba

Thank you. This was so helpful. I got my iPad to turn on again. Why does this happen?

sherig

Level 1

0 points

Feb 9, 2011 6:01 PM in response to sirfaba

You rock! I was sweating bullets with my work owned Ipad...worked like a charm!

mr.butch

Level 1

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Feb 9, 2011 6:26 PM in response to Zeronious

thanks for posting this topic! I got nervous last night when after playing a game my iPad won't turn on anymore. and thank God for the back up! i thought that all my app purchases would be gone.

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