IPad 1 is stuck on Apple Logo screen even after reset/hard reboot

Hey!

Try one of THESE steps:

If your device turns on but gets stuck during start up

If you see the Apple logo or a red or blue screen during startup, try these steps:

1. Connect your device to a computer. On a Mac with macOS Catalina 10.15, open Finder. On a Mac with macOS Mojave 10.14 or earlier, or on a PC, open iTunes.
2. Locate your device on your computer.
3. While your device is connected, follow these steps:

• • iPad models with Face ID: Press and quickly release the Volume Up button. Press and quickly release the Volume Down button. Press and hold the Top button until your device begins to restart. Continue holding the Top button until your device goes into recovery mode.
  • iPhone 8 or later: Press and quickly release the Volume Up button. Press and quickly release the Volume Down button. Then, press and hold the Side button until you see the recovery mode screen.
  • iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, and iPod touch (7th generation): Press and hold the Top (or Side) and Volume Down buttons at the same time. Keep holding them until you see the recovery mode screen.
• iPad with Home button, iPhone 6s or earlier, and iPod touch (6th generation) or earlier: Press and hold both the Home and the Top (or Side) buttons at the same time. Keep holding them until you see the recovery mode screen.
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1. When you get the option to restore or update, choose Update. Your computer will try to reinstall iOS or iPadOS without erasing your data.
2. 

Your computer will download the software for your device. If it takes more than 15 minutes, your device will exit recovery mode and you'll need to repeat steps 2 and 3.

For more help, Visit https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201412

If you need more help

Contact Apple Support to set up service if you have any of these issues:

• You still see a black screen after charging, force restarting, or following the steps in this article.
• You see a black screen, but you can hear alerts, sounds, and vibrations.
• The screen remains black, but the device chirps when you unmute it and connect it to power.
• Your screen is on, but it doesn't respond when you tap, slide, or try other gestures. 
• You can't force your device to restart because a button is broken or stuck.
• Your device is stuck on the Apple logo, displays a solid color, or isn't recognized in iTunes.

Thank you.

When was the last time this iPad was used?

This iPad model is over 10-years old, now, so it may have issues, like a failing or failed battery.

If you attempt to do a full erase/restore of this old iPad, you will lose everything on this iPad and there are no more older, compatible apps to download/re-download/install from the Apple IOS App Store, any longer!

None!

Older apps have been permanently removed from the IOS App Store.

This iPad model will be, essentially, a useless and obsolete device.

I would NOT do ANYTHING more with such an old iPad model, at this point!

Time for a new, new refurbished or “newer”/newer used iPad model.

A WHOLE LOT has happened with iPad and iOS in 10 years!

If you decide to purchase an iPad and must purchase older, used iPad models, DO NOT look at anything older than a 2014 iPad Air 2 or 2015 iPad Mini 4.

Both of these models are the oldest iPad models that the up and coming iPadOS 14 will support, in the Fall of 2020.

If you must purchased used devices from unknown sources, you must ask A WHOLE LOT more questions of the iOS device seller, ask for more photo/images, ask if the iPad has user/iCloud activation lock and ask for photos/images/short video proof, ANY REAL, UNQUESTIONABLE VISUAL PROOF, that such an iPad has been reset to factory settings and shown proof of the iOS device's start up screen showing the animated, moving, multi-language “Hello” Welcome to iPad screen.

If the iOS device seller is unwilling to do all of this to show you that the iPad, in question, is ready to use with no barriers to new user activation and use, pass on the iOS device and look at other iOS device sellers, elsewhere, who will be more accommodating to answering questions and providing visual image or video proof of a proper factory reset iPad.

Sorry & Best of Luck to You!