i dropped my Ipad sideways, the screen is only black and it wont turn on

Thank you so very much, I really was about to cry in desperation until I saw this thread! This really brightened my day! Really THANK YOU SO MUCH

You are welcome. Good to see that you have responded/replied to the right person!

I dropped my ipad a week ago, I finally came to terms with losing it... I randomly decided to google for an answer to see how much apple would charge me at the store... and I found this thread. I'm like thinking "there's no effing way this is going to work" I beat the shiz out of it and still nothing... even though after I dropped it, i had it on the charger for like 3 days.... i figured I'd try plugging it in to see what happens.

First words out of my mouth "You have GOT to be SHlTTlNG me" mind my french but holy crap.... I don't normally post on forums but this was like, the most amazing thing ever. I had no idea my ipad was masochistic.

This works so well. Alan you deserve a medal, a lapdance, a bottle of the finest whiskey in the world. Cudos.

I can't believe this worked. Turned it over - pounded it a few times, hit the home and power key and it worked. Was really skeptical, but figured why not. Called the applestore and cancelled my appt. Thank you so much - save me $$$$

Send me the medal - forget about the lapdance and the whiskey!

You are welcome? You can send me the $$$$ if you can work out how to do it!

lol

r u serious? xD

Thanks dude for the "Alan smack-app", tooooo late for me after restore it to the original settings, bunch of data lost. But great relief after all...😐

Just saved my son's life by following these directions! My 5 year old was playing with the iPad and dropped in on the tile floor. Although, it was in a case the screen turned blue and would not do anything but make sounds. I lightly tapped it on the back like 3 times and the screen re-appeared! Glad this was solved before my husband go home, LOL!!

My son just dropped my iPad on the hard wood floor and I almost cried when I picked it up! The screen had turned blue and was doing all of these trippy looking blue digital things on the screen. Googled my issue and was directed to this discussion. I tried it and lo and behold it worked!!!! I gave it a few good wacks (thinking the whole time that it doesn't matter what I do to it now because it is toast) and it came on and is working like normal. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!! 🙂

Thank you so much, my daughters Ipad did the same thing and I patted around on the back and sure enough it the black screen was gone!!!!! Awesome!!! Thanks again.

cfran004

Awesome. I was massively sceptical, however, after about 10 'taps' my iPad 2 with the blank screen issue sprang back into life! Great advice!

Alan you are awesome I was looking at a weeks wait to get an appointment at the apple store did what you suggested a few firm wacks on the back and it worked believe me I had my doubts but yay it worked thanks again :-)

I am embarrassed to say this worked for me also.

last night the iapd stopped displaying BUT the ipad had sound effects, and i could see that the lock screen was "blacker" then when i tried to turn it on.

after several factory resets, i found the thread.

i took the cover off, made sure the iapd was "ON" and dropped it from about 6 inches onto its side, onto carpet.

sideways didn't do anything but straight down, camera down.... BAM. screen came back to life.

THIS MAKES NO SENSE.

and don't try it with any other electronic. And this probably means my ipad's days are numbered. but hey.

it worked.

I have never been an active computer community participant, but I am now. Like many of the posts, my iPad 2 (encased in an Outer-box), took a gentle tumble (2 ft max). It was so minor I didn't think anything of it until I turned it on. I did not get a black screen as the others did, but a blue screen with many random vertical white lines, some the full screen length, some not. But my iPad was unusable. Hard booted a couple of times, no luck. Found this discussion, and since there were so many replies on the success of Alan's "pat on the back" technique, I figured I had nothing to loose. I turned it on, turned it over, and gave it a gentle spanking, turned it over and it was fixed!

What was a conspicuous consumption, unaffordable and unneeded purchase has now turned into a can't do without it tool in my work life. So to all of you who took the time to reply, thank you very much and for you Alan I am indebted.