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

okay,lol...please dont hit ur ipad like that,might even damage it further

Anyways i had the same problem just 5 minutes ago,i could hear the screenshot sound and unlock sound..but only black screens

I remembers that reset ipad was home button+sleep/wake button..and i pressed both of them for a few seconds..and sure enough the apple logo showed and the ipad restarted without any problems..but i didnt even drop my ipad,so why did it even encounter this problem?

Amazing, I registered and signed up for the sole purpose of thanking you!!!! You saved me from selling my "broken" iPad 2 for £50. What a crazy but brilliant idea.

P.S. it took AGES of smacking (purely frustration tbh 😝), and dropping the iPad upside down on a carpet floor and THEN pressing the Home and Power button for 15 seconds for that beautiful apple logo to come back on the screen for the first time in almost 3 months!!!!!

THANK YOU!!!

I thought this was sarcasm too when I first read it. But figured I had nothing to lose. Turned the iPad over on my knee, smacked the back once and taa-daaah, it's fixed. Thank you thank you thank you, Alan

Nevermind....I tried a few more smacks and tapping the corners on my desk (had to do this for a green screen once before) shut it off and held both buttons down....finally up and running! Thanks so much!

Thank you thank you thank you. Haven't had to pat something on the back so gently yet firmly since my son had colic but it worked and my daughter now thinks I am some kind of genius! Wow! made my day!

So, like everyone else on here, I arrived as a skeptic. My girlfriend had broken her iPad as she slept, because she rolled over and knocked it on the floor. Trust me, she does the same to me. Fortunately, I don't need to be slapped on the backside in order to get working again. But, this message board suggested that THAT was the precise cure for the blue/black screen of death. So, good thing I'm a percussionist, because I took the iPad, flipped it over as suggested, and spanked it like it was a naughty child... with vigorous love. At first, the screen when from blue to black. Uh-oh: This was a step in the wrong direction. But, we resolved to proceed. Then, we started getting squiggly digital lines. Progress! It was like re-establishing a heartbeat! Again, we dug out heels in and went for the gold. So, with the iPad flipped over on my lap, I pretended I was Tito Puente at Madison Square Garden in June of 1968. One big samba-infused slap later, I pressed the on button. My girlfriend looked at my face for a reaction. I simply flipped it over face-up on the table, put my hands in the air for victory, and she screamed a scream I'd never heard her scream before.

Jack. Pot.

(She wants me to thank you guys for this forum.)

🙂

Be a whacker!

Hi to anyone who dropped their iPad and is a disbeliever! Listen to the good advice here on this forum!

I dropped mine yesterday morning (onto carpet, from a night table), and the screen was blue/black and sometimes it flashed.

I tried all the restore and recovery options, and I knew from iTunes when I connected it with my PC that it was still working ok internally, but the darn screen wasn't working at all.

Anyway, after 2 calls to apple, 3 calls to local repair people, i knew i would have to fork out at least $250 for the new model as it didn't look promising. I was so frustrated, so, i did what was recommended on this site and i REALLY whacked it.(I had gently hit the back yesterday when i first read it, but didn't feel comfortable so I stopped). This time I had nothing to lose, so after 3 minutes of some very hard hits to the back, the screen popped up, I restored it from my iCloud, and all is good again.

Thank you lucky Whacker guy!!!

Our family!!!

Sorry folks, bad news.

The whacking method didn't work for long. the next day my screen was black/blue, but nothing worked. So i'm likely out the $250 +tax to get it replaced/fixed. It's 5 weeks past the warranty and they won't consider it (note - their warranty is 365 days exactly so if you bought an apple product on Dec. 22, the warranty expires at midnight on the 21st and they won't accept it on the 22nd (I asked).

Good luck. So frustrated!

OMG!!! Ive been without my Ipad for 3 months plus, I dropped it and the screen went black! I found this post, dont know how I missed it, I literaly gave up hope, thinking I'd never use it again. low and behold I turned it upside down laid it on my knee and gave it a few smacks, nothing! then I almost gave up again... tried once more giving it a good SMACK, (nothing to lose) and pressed and held the power & home buttons viola!!!!! Thanks a trillion times over

I thought I was going to cry when I just dropped my iPad and screen was 'black' couldn't slide power off or reboot with home button. So I googled it, low and behold I found this suggestion; IT WORKED! You can find anything needed by googling it thanks Alan!!

Alanfromnewtownards, you are a fricking genius.

I dropped my iPad down carpeted stairs last night. Wide black and grey vertical bars across the screen. I searched this morning and found your thread. I whacked it probably 20 times, never really hard, becasue I didn't want to break it. LOL! The wide bars turned into fine line barcodes and picked up more color with every whack. I then tried the other suggestion and held down the screen button and the power button for 20 or so seconds. My screen went through 3 different color changes and pattern changes before it went completely black. I pressed the power key and and couldn't believe it when that familiar white apple on the black screen popped up, just like nothing happened! Held my breath in disbelief until my screen with all my information and apps popped up,good as new!!! I can't believe it! Fricking genius! 😎 Thank you so much!

Read all the other replies, similar scenario, my daughter dropped on tile and we thought it was done!! My husband was looking up repair services as I was reading this post, so I tried and it didn't work :( . Then I asked him to try it and he was skeptical thinking we were going to make worst or break the screen. We'll I guess it takes a stronger tap than what I did cause it worked and I got to tell my husband, I told you so!!!! Thank you! I wouldn't mind sending a gift in return, I'm sure you saved us a ton of money!!!!

Well done to you and bosalo. Unfortunately, the rules do not allow gifts etc!

Cyndi516, my solution only works in those instances where the drop has not been too severe. It is similar to a loose battery connection in a TV remote control etc. Nevertheless, it has worked for 80 plus people. You could nearly read between the lines what you will now have to do now. Sorry!

Hello, my girlfriend dropped her iPhone 4s from a small height on to the floor and now just has blue lines on the screen. Can you advise what we can do to fix it as we are cutely away on holiday! :(

All help appreciated!

Thanks in advance

Kris

Okay so I was excited to hear this had worked for so many people. I then started to wonder if this worked for iPhone 4s because everyone's iPad was working but this is not helping for my iphone. I wanted to ask if the phone had to be turned off, because the phone is on and you can hear the lock sound. Where exactly do I have to hit it, the only thing that happens to mine is that the blue lines start to change color. I would apreciate help.

Daniel Torres