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Ipad flickering during restore

I was restoring my iPad with my MacBook with a cable. During the restore progress the iPad started blinking, apple logo then the connect to MacBook logo with the cable and then turns black again. It is now stuck for over half an hour and don't know what to do. My MacBook doesn't even detects the iPad anymore.

please help me

iPad Air 3, iPadOS 16

Posted on Jan 5, 2023 1:55 PM

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Posted on Jan 6, 2023 7:54 AM

Same issue here with TypeC - lightning cable.

It works with USB-A lightning cable.

(I restored an iPad 8 that has lightning socket from an M1 Mac Mini that has USB-A).

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Ipad flickering during restore

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