My iPad won’t turn on and the top button is pushed in
My iPad won’t turn on and the top button is smashed in
iPad Air 3, iPadOS 16
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It is a common misconception that an iPad (or iPhone) can remain fully functional with damaged or defective physical buttons.
Whilst Accessibility features (such as assistive touch) can be used to augment the User Interface, these features cannot be used as a substitute for physical button sequences that must be used to trigger system recovery actions. Sooner or later, as now, you will encounter a situation from which you may be unable to recover.
If you are simply attempting to turn-on an iPad that is currently shut-down - connect the iPad to its Power Adapter; the iPad should restart.
Until repaired, you will not be able to resolve a locked-out (disabled) iPad - or reset a forgotten device passcode.