iPad just stopped working; will not turn on

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iPad just stopped working; will not turn on

My iPad has suddenly stopped working. I picked it up this morning to read one of my newspaper apps and it won't turn on. The screen is completely blank. It was working normally last night. I thought maybe the battery had run out so I plugged it is to recharge but it still would not turn on. Do you think it might be the battery? I bought it in July. Thought the battery would last longer than that.

Macbook Pro 13, iPad 3g 32gb

Posted on Nov 14, 2010 11:46 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 10, 2017 5:37 AM in response to Dasiy

Hold Home and Start buttons simultaneously for about 15 seconds. This worked for me.

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Answer 2

Sep 15, 2017 4:48 PM in response to Ham297

Thanks. It worked on my Ipad. years ago it did not work on my Ipod Touch. Symptom was I started find my phone in the morning. Used it for about 20 minutes. 2 hours later it was warm and did not start. Using the reboot power and home button push for 10 seconds and happy it came back alive

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Aug 31, 2017 9:33 PM in response to Ham297

Thank you it worked

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Aug 28, 2017 3:49 AM in response to Ham297

Thank you! I knew about holding the home & on/off button but in frustration wasn't holding it for very long (only about 1 or 2 seconds)! My iPad worked after holding them for about 11-12 secs. Thanks again. :)

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Ham297

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Nov 14, 2010 11:58 AM in response to Dasiy

Dasiy,

A similar thing happened to my iphone. Try hold down the on/off button and the home button for about 10 seconds or until the apple logo appears on the screen. Good luck.....

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Dasiy Author

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Nov 14, 2010 12:34 PM in response to Ham297

Glory Be! That worked. Started right up after about 10 seconds. Thank you!

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EWAF86

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Nov 23, 2010 7:42 PM in response to Dasiy

Thank HEAVENS!!!! I was crying about my ipad, i have done so much to protect it and as i'm walking out of class to my car (my ipad worked during my entire class) i pull it out of its carrying case and push the home button and NOTHING! but the power and home button for 10 seconds, i'm so happy!!! I'm crying tears of joy right now as my BABY IS BACK!!!!! Now i'll be babying my 64GB wifi + 3g ipad even more she's not even a year old!!! I am so glad that i found this post in the apple discussion section. BLESS YOU!!! But how strange that this happened almost 10 days apart from yours doing the same thing. What's going on apple? 😟

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Answer 8

Nov 28, 2010 6:34 AM in response to Ham297

Thanks much! I had already tried the HOME+ BUTTON restart, I thought, and was ready to take the ipad in somewhere for replacement, but after reading your post, I tried it again and counted slowly to 10. It came on.

Amazing how long 10 seconds is nowdays.

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Pposey

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Nov 28, 2010 7:52 AM in response to Ham297

I've had the same problem with my new iPad. You're solution worked but when I took it into the Apple Store Genius bar, they couldn't find anything wrong. They warned me, though, not to use this solution. They just said to bring it in when it shut down next time. I work over 100 miles from Apple so that doesn't work for me. I've used the home/on button solution a couple of times now and I haven't seen that it caused a problem.

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bstroud1

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Dec 3, 2010 9:28 AM in response to Dasiy

Brilliant! Thank you for the HOME + ON button fix!

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Hussy123

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Dec 29, 2010 11:15 PM in response to Dasiy

Yep the same thing happened to me as well Everything was working OK then later in the afternoon I tried to turn iPad on and ...nothing.
Followed advice to hold down Home button and Start button at the same time for 10 seconds and device started as "good as gold"
iPad was bought at end of June 2010 and has never missed a beat till now.

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mamadoz

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Jan 3, 2011 1:15 PM in response to Dasiy

Hey... this is awesome guys..,i thought my ipad is damaged its was very cold that day but i was sweating but the HOME + POWER button fixed it, am so happy to get my ipad back ,,because i was thinking of taking it back to apple store for replacment
,i bought it in November..,Thanks to all.....

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mamadoz

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Jan 3, 2011 2:41 PM in response to Dasiy

Hey... this is awesome guys..,i thought my ipad is damaged its was very cold that day but i was sweating but the HOME + POWER button fixed it, am so happy to get my ipad back ,,because i was thinking of taking it back to apple store for replacment
,i bought it in November..,Thanks to all.....

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msuper69

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Jan 3, 2011 3:34 PM in response to Pposey

They gave you some bad advice. Starting up the iPad by home+lock does not harm an iPad in any way.

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Answer 15

Jan 11, 2011 5:10 AM in response to Dasiy

Yes, same thing happened to me. It worked one minute, then I turned it off to answer a call, then tried to turn it back on and it would not turn on. I plugged it in all night, and still nothing. So, I got on line and read your posts, and sure enough, I pushed both the on button and home button at the same time, counted to 10, and it came on. Unbelievable. thank you!

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