Dropped iPad not working...

This worked for me too - brilliant tip - thank you !!!!

Worked for me too - this thread is so useful. Took me a few minutes slapping the back of the ipad (and felt a bit of a twit while doing it!!) but amazingly, screen came back. Thanks.

Worked for me too! My ipad1 started to get the fuzzy green screen and after a while, it went completely black. I tried the back smacking trick and the fuzzy screen came back. Then tried dropping it face down to carpet from about 5 cm a few times, and now its back to normal! Many thanks to those who took the time to share the tips here.

I slapped it with face of screen toward floor...burping it like a baby and it's back to normal...it was a pretty hard fall on tiles ...at least 1 and a Half metres. Never taking it out of case again!

thanks, mezorba!

My mom dropped her ipad today and the result was a rolling gray screen. She thought all was lost and since she wouldn't want a replacement, she would never be able to play any of her games again.

Slapping the back worked! her reply, "I love you!" with glee. hahaha, you rescued us and now I know my mom loves me.

cheers!

mezorba your help worked! thank you so much!

Same thing happened when my sister dropped my Mum's work iPad 2 and was already close to tears because she thought she had ruined it permanently. Tried the restart a couple of times as it's worked for my iPod Classic previously but with no luck. Found this thread and I must say that Mezorba your solution felt weird but I gave it a go.

Turned the iPad over with the screen facing the bed, and gave it a few whacks just by the audio jack. Screen was back up at the fifth whack! Now my sister thinks I'm some god...hehehe. Thanks again!!!!

Wow, slapping the back actually worked! Thank you!

It WORKED!!! THANK YOU so much!! I just hit it on the back 3 times and presto! This is just awesome that I can spend 5 minutes searching on the internet and get a simple solution like this, vs. having to spend the time to go to an Apple store only to be told it cannot be fixed. Thank you so much!!!

Hi,

Also in East Africa , far from any support, totally reliant on google...

and this happened when my daughter dropped the ipad.

Tried various smacks on the back with no joy.

Then tried plugging it into the computer, which seemed to work for some, no joy.

So then tried the reset - holding down the power and home buttons for more than 15 secs, Voila!

Apple logo came on and its working fine now!

Woooo hoo!