How long does it take for your iPad to restart? Mine takes 7.5 mins...

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How long does it take for your iPad to restart? Mine takes 7.5 mins...

Hello, new to the forum. Hoping I can get some good advice here.
The first thing I thought I'd find out is if everyone else's iPads take as long to restart as mine. Mine shows the small silver Apple logo for 7 and a half minutes before I can use it. Is this normal?
Mine is the 64GB wifi + 3G model.
Looking forward to your replies!

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Posted on Jul 26, 2010 3:23 AM

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Jul 26, 2010 4:14 AM in response to Othytim

No, that is definitely not normal, mine takes about 30 seconds.

Try this:
• Try a hard reset - hold the sleep/wake button and the home button simultaneously for about 6 seconds, until the iPad tunes off. Then turn it on again.

• Go to "Settings - General - Reset" and choose "Reset All Settings"

• If it does not help, restore the firmware with iTunes - IMPORTANT, don't let iTunes use one of your backups… set it up as a new device.

Please let us know if it helps.

By the way, there is no need to power down the iPad (normally), just put it asleep, so you can use it instantly again.

enjoy your magic machine

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Jul 26, 2010 9:05 AM in response to apple4ever

Hiya, thanks for your reply. I did the reset all as you suggested and that took only 20 seconds or so. Took me a while to get all my apps back on the pages I had had them, but no problem... The kind of reset I am talking about is when you hold down both the exterior buttons until the little silver apple logo appears. That apple logo sits there for over 7 mins before I can use the iPad. Its the same with turning it off, when you swipe the thingy when prompted. My iPad has always done this, even since before the recent software update. I will try doing the reset through iTunes that you mention though. I like my iPad so much that I rarely even bother to turn on my main computer. I've got so many cool games and music making apps on the iPad, the computer rarely gets used now!

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