iPad Pro freezing after going to sleep from lock screen

I found this webpage reporting our issue on iPhones using v16.1.1

they claim the issue has to do with old photos used as Wallpaper.

read about it, link below…I hope it works.

note, iphone has a new update to 16.1.2 on 30Nov2022, I am not going to update my iphone for a few weeks.

I hope 16.1.2 is released for iPad soon with this “black screen” issue.

https://www.iphonetricks.org/wallpaper-turns-black-on-iphone-in-ios-16-fix/

Hello Odanster,

While it's difficult to speculate on what may have caused this behavior on your iPad Pro, it's most likely software-related. We'd like to learn more to see how we can help. Was the battery fully charged when this happened? Were you using a specific app on your iPad before it went to sleep?

If it happens again, work through these steps: If your iPad won't turn on or is frozen - Apple Support

Send over these details and we'll take a closer look from there.

Thanks

Hello Odanster,

Thanks for those details.

It sounds like the steps in the article helped. If your iPad won't turn on or is frozen - Apple Support

That's what it's there for. If it keeps occurring daily, then we may want to check into isolating the apps being used right before it occurs, or check other troubleshooting, but this option is available and will be needed randomly for hiccups.

Make sure you have backups for the unexpected: Back up iPad - Apple Support

As well as making sure you device is updated to protect from malware and security threats: Update iPadOS - Apple Support

Let us know if it keeps happening. Thanks.

This is intermittently happening to me too.

I have the iPad Air 3 256GB and this just started happing after I downloaded 16.1.1

it doesn’t matter if it’s fully charged or not and regardless of charging or not.

I usually only have safari running but will pay more attention to what apps are running.

I usually have to do multiple reboots to get it going again.

I hold the home button and side button until it shows the Apple logo…but like I said, sometimes it just goes to a black screen again.

I can tell when it’s on because I can see the screen come on when I am in a dim room…if I am in a bright room, I cannot see when it reboots.

It’s been over 24hrs and my iPad hasn’t “black screened” ever since i performed the steps in the procedure linked above…

i know you have a new iPad but it might be worth a try to send yourself a new wallpaper using the steps in the procedure.

my iPad has been good to go for a week…I guess 16.2 corrected the black screen issue.

Update, it just went to a black screen after it went to sleep…I had it plugged into a non Apple charger I have been using for several years…I performed the forced reboot procedure, left upper button and home button while still charging…same black screen, unplugged power cord and performed forced reboot procedure again, success

Fingers crossed on 16.2 fixing the issue.

what’s weird is my iPad didn’t “black screen” today…yeah, I know five minutes from now it will do it 😂.

If the 16.1.1 software is the issue, I need to start waiting longer to perform software updates.

Sure enough, it went to black screen again…rebooted several times in a row, plugged and not plugged in…then let it sit for 15min not plugged in and sure enough, did the reboot and I am typing this message.

How do we get Apple’s attention?

I just updated to the released 16.2… 🤞 hope it corrects the black screen issue…

Odanster, any issues with 16.2?

Just had the exact problem happen on my 6th gen iPad Pro 12.9 running 16.2. I’ve never had this happen on any of my other devices. Very curious why this is occurring.