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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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AlanR2

Level 1

10 points

Mar 5, 2011 3:07 PM in response to Zeronious

My 3G iPad had 34% charge when I pushed the sleep break,came back 2 minutes later and it would not turn on again.Connected the iPad to the wall charger and would not turn on.Did the Hold/Sleep reset and still would not turn on.Called Apple and tech did a few things to check for issue and agreed it's dead. Now have to send in and get a refurbished iPad back from Apple. Not very happy.

Mar 14, 2011 8:09 PM in response to J Stephen

Well, days passed and I moved from Cochin, India, to Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. But waiting for some saving grace on my iPad, did everything possible, did not work, tried all what is posted in this forun, Finally took it to the Apple dealer in KL called Machines, good guys, helpful but not with saving my data, they re-installed the software to factory defaults. Lost all my stuff,
I now know the iPad looks good, limited possibilities and like a website aptly put: iPad is a good toy, don't take it too seriously.
Good luck guys, Save your data! If there is a way of doing it!

Jenna D

Level 1

0 points

Mar 16, 2011 9:05 AM in response to sirfaba

Thank you!!

I freaked out because it wasn't working. Thank goodness this has happened before. I was using my ipad, turn to answer the phone, and five minutes later when I got back the screen was black and nothing was working.
I read your message (I read it wrong at first - didn't hold both the buttons), and it worked after about twenty seconds.

THANK YOU!! 🙂

Mar 16, 2011 4:07 PM in response to Zeronious

My iPad (I've owned it for 41 days) just died today at 63% battery life and after 5 min of use. I had tried the two button 10 second thing a few times and tried with it plugged in, no reaction. Thankfully someone else posted today that it took them twenty seconds and sure enough, I tried it once more for 20 sec and it finally came on at 21 sec. I find from this forum that this seem to happen after people have owned it for a month. Shouldn't people be warned since this seemed to be such a common problem. Perhaps I should have waited for the new iPad.

Mar 17, 2011 9:09 PM in response to Zeronious

thanks, I was panicked. pressed BOTH buttons at the same time for almost 10 seconds, then pushed the home button and it came on. whew!!

Mar 19, 2011 5:21 AM in response to sirfaba

I have a 64gb wifi + 3g ipad I am using it from past 8 months in India. I plugged it in to the PC and itunes asked me for some updation to a new version I clicked on update it took almost 30 mins and now my ipad wont power up at all. This is the 2nd time this happend I have tried holding power button n hope button nothing happens have kept if for charging the whole night connected to the pc again no response can you please help what is wrong with my ipad

doug54

Level 1

0 points

Mar 20, 2011 4:28 AM in response to sirfaba

awesome tip. thanks.

Mar 27, 2011 9:56 AM in response to Zeronious

My iPad won't turn on, even if I hold the power and home buttons for ten or twenty seconds. I've already tried connecting it to iTunes, and I've already recovered and restored it. iTunes recognizes it, but the iPad itself shows nothing.

Apr 9, 2011 5:18 PM in response to sirfaba

Thanks so much. I just had the same problem and this fixed it.

Apr 10, 2011 7:18 PM in response to sirfaba

Thank you soooooooooooo much for this. I was almost in tears because my handy-dandy ipad wouldn't power on. This has been an absolute life-safer!!

andyggu

Level 1

0 points

Apr 15, 2011 5:37 AM in response to Zeronious

omg, i nearly had a panic attack, love my ipad but when it wouldent turn on it scared the **** outta me! why does it do this? it is a pritty serious bug 🙂

May 15, 2011 1:37 PM in response to Zeronious

Thank you all for the helpful information. I held the sleep along with the home button for a few seconds and it started up. So grateful..🙂

Jun 15, 2011 12:38 PM in response to Zeronious

THANKS SOOO MUCH MY IPAD IS FINE NOW!!!!

Jul 13, 2011 5:53 AM in response to Zeronious

I have a slightly different problem with my ipad1. Mine turns on fine and tells me that my SIM is locked asper usual. When I slide the slider across, the screen changes with a message notice to Unlock SIM (as per usual) and then the ipad switches off before I have time to react. This hapens every time I switch the ipad on. Even after holding down the sleep and menu buttons it makes no differece - I seem to be stuck in this loop. Has anybody got any suggestions. Many thanks.

jropena

Level 1

4 points

Jul 26, 2011 2:25 AM in response to sirfaba

thank you very much! thank god it worked! :-)

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