My iPad 3 64GB keeps crashing and restarting (3rd Generation 2012)

I have exactly the same problem since yesterday. Any solution from Apple?

Thanks for your feedback. I switched it off over night and this evening it rebootet only once - I will try to synchronise the iPad3 with iTunes now. If the synchro fails again (like yesterday) I will bring the iPad3 back to the apple store and ask for a swap.

Today I have found the following "solution":

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3576490?start=0&tstart=0

I don't know if this is a good solution - I would prefer to get a proper working device.

If you have a case of some sort on the iPad be sure it's not covering the power button or hitting the power button. Check the power button also to be sure it's not sticking.

Both of these will cause this issue but if neither of these is the case just return it for another. If it did it once it may do it again once it's out of warrantee.

What do you mean by power button? Do you mean lock button? 😀

Anyhow, i'm still looking forward to have a new iPad.

Same issue happening here. It has gotten progressively worse...finally would not restart at all tonight. It just cycled on and off the apple logo. I am out on a business trip tomorrow so I will have to survive a day without the ipad. Bummer.

Once i got a new iPad is there any way i can get all my data back from my previous iPad or is it lost for good for i couldnt back up it bacause it kept on restarting? 😢

The iPad should have been backed up from the cloud when you purchased it. Any backup that is on the cloud will still be there but if the last time you backed it up was a month ago, that is what will be on the iPad.

I would try putting the power cord in as if you were charging the iPad, then try to power it on. If that works you might have a battery issue. At the very least you can do a backup to the cloud.

Bring it back to the store regardless so they can take a look at it.

Some more help....I re-read your post and one thing stuck out at me. Your using iTunes to do the backup....you don't need to do that. The backup can be done right from the iPad itself.

Settings, iCloud, backup & storage, back up now.

That will backup the iPad to your iCloud account. Once that is done then log into the new iPad and log into the cloud on that and download the backup right from the new iPad.

It is only backed up from the cloud if you have signed into icloud and enabled icloud back up, this is not an automatic feature. If you did not enable iCloud back up you will have to see if your data can be restored from an iTunes backup, but this could be problematic if your your old iPad was using an older version of IOS.

My 64g wifi ipad three spontaneously reboots,since ios7.4. I didn't notice any problems before the last update. I use my ipad for business,presentations and can't afford to have it shut down while I am at work. I took it to my Apple Store. Diagnostics there revealed a bad battery. They swapped out my ipad for an identical model (for a fee) and we restored it from my iCloud backup. It still has the rebooting problem. I'm getting disparate.,,ideas?

An old thread yet topical one, unfortunately. I have iPad 3 with latest iOS and the device crashes and reboots every 20 minutes or so. Looks like it has something to do with either with App Store updates or audio apps. Also, the Microsoft Office apps won't update at all, this has been the issue ever since their release.

I've been having this problem with my iPad 3 for most of its life. It was out of warranty when it started unfortunately. I can't even back it up to iTunes as it resets during the backup always. at one point I just scrapped everything and reinstalled it as a new ipad prior to iOS 9.3, and the problem seemed to abate until I installed the new iOS. Now it's worse than ever.

If someone, anyone has come up with a definitive fix, I'd love to hear about it. I'm totally disgusted that Apple never jumped on this problem. Googling the issue brings up so many hits of people with the same problem. Apple's response seemed to be to release a new iPad, and that's just not good enough!

As it stands I have an expensive paperweight that I can't rely on for even the simplest of tasks...😠

Dominic I am having similar challenge too.......can you help me with the link to get across to Apple. Thanks