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ipad blackout

today i closed my ipad by just pressing the button on the top.. ande then when i tried to open it, it wouldnt.. it doesnt open neither when i plug it at the cable to charge it nor at the pc... the pc actually cant even see it... its like a blackout whta can i do in order to make it work again?

ipad, iOS 4

Posted on Jan 4, 2011 11:53 AM

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Posted on Jan 4, 2011 11:56 AM

Start with a Reset. Hold down the on/off switch and the Home button until you see the Apple logo. Ignore the "Slide to power off" text if it appears.

A Reset will not affect apps, data, pictures, music, movies, etc.
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Mar 26, 2011 3:45 PM in response to latsio12

i've experienced the same problem with my iPad... only recently too. i've had it since december, but it just started surfacing this march.

I wasn't able to reset it either, like my fingers hurt from pressing both the button on the top and the home button. i brought it to the apple store and they couldn't restart it either, in fact, the PC couldn't even read my iPad. Anyway, i connected it to my laptop at home, and then it had this message like i had to restore this iPad or something like that...so i did that. and i restored everything to factory settings. it was okay for a while, until yesterday... won't open and this time around my laptop can't detect it. How annoying. X_X

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