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

Same problem! Spent an hour smacking my Ipad and whining! No result!

Ready to call my husband and confess I broke it!

*** THEN I decided to take the case off... duh!!!

Gave it a few very hard smacks WITHOUT the case....BINGO!!!

Got my little ipad buddy back in my sweet palms and can't stop laughing!

THANKS ALAN!!!! I LOVE YOU!! seriously, if I wasn't married....

It does work!!

I dropped my Ipad2 on its vertical edge (from my chair) and I was really concerned when I noticed parallel silver/grey lines moving all along the screen, and that's it. I even tried recharging, switching off (nothing worked, and then I read the posts above, tried and in 4 shakes /jolts it started working back as normal.

Thanks Guys!!

This afternoon a friend brought over his first gen iPad, hoping I could fix it - He unfortunately dropped it and the screen went black but wasn't shattered, .. I could see a flash of the apple symbol just briefly so I knew the screen was still kind-of functioning.. assuming I'd have to replace the screen, I did a quick search and thanks to your advice I had it totally operational in 5 minutes .. Thank you

My technique:

I just placed it upside down in my hand and smacked the back of the case lightly at first and increasingly harder and after about 5 or 6 smacks the apple symbol was bright and it restarted

That saved me a lot of unnecessary work

Great stuff, same thing short drop from desk onto carpet and blank screen. Tried various slaps on the back as suggested but no deal. Then held ipad vertically by one edge and gently bashed the other edge onto the carpet - bingo, screen lit up.

omg thank you so much for the help also. I don't know if the ipad was dropped but being that it's my sons, it is very possible. It was on last night and my son fell asleep with it on, so I put it on the charger and turned it off. Woke up this morning to a blank blue/black screen but it showed it was on. Did the tapping thing, it turned funky and red and wouldn't clear up, so turned it off. As it turned off the screen was all red. Turned it back on to a blank screen, thought I'd lost it forever, tapped it several times all over the back of the ipad and bam it went back to normal. Thank you so much. My kids both have special needs, so these ipads are their life

OMG, this totally worked!!! My son dropped my iPad about two days ago. I also was able to hear it do this snapshot thing. So I decided to just google things about iPads blacking out after being dropped. I found this site, did what it said do and it worked. Thank you so much for the awesome advice. 🙂

Holy cow I can't believe this actually worked! Ha...I dropped my iPad from about knees-length and the screen went black, when I tried to re-start it it was dark blue. It took quite a few hard smacks, but finally turned back on!

This is brilliant! My daughter dropped her iPad last night and was completely distraught. All of her gymnastics videos and pictures as well as her all of her minecraft worlds are on it. She was in tears. I went online to see what I could try and found this thread! Thank you so much! It worked after three short, fast spanks!

You are my Hero!!!! I have always taken extra care of my Ipad and today my little sister dropped on its back in protective case an the screen went black. It was the first time it has ever been dropped since I bought it, I almost crapped my pants since my apple care was expired. Came on here for the first time and read this thread and was a bit skeptical but I tried it and it worked!

you are my hero!!!

😍

Hello Alan, a silly thing to do carrying my iPad under my arm as I was depositing recycle items in the bins yesterday. it slipped, slowly making its descent to the ground with pathetic attempts to stop it with my leg. I had hope that it would be alright as it appeared to have a slow motion journey to its doom. But it went black . I turned it on & off , but after a few seconds of distortion of colour it went permanently black. My husband calmly and patiently worked on it for a few hours eventually declaring it broken. This morning at 6 I was awoken with a very pleased face pering down at me me saying the iPad was working after several whacks as recommended. I was so thrilled . However, an hour has passed and the screen is starting to fade again. Do you have any further magical suggestions. Thank you for the whacking tip.

Pam

I just cant believe this actually worked!! I've been panicking like mad over getting this problem fixed and just cant believe such a simple (not technical!) tip has done the trick! thank you! my daughter will be over the moon to find it working again after two weeks without it! 🙂 🙂 🙂

After whacking the iPad all was well but then started to fade after the first hour. the iPad received another hard whack and it has been fine ever since . its a week now , all is fine . So many thanks again Alan

This is amazing! I dropped my iPad today, in its case, and the screen went blue. I could tell it was on, but it had no picture. So, I tried the slapping. I hurt my hand as much as I had to hit the iPad, but after 3 sets of slaps (hitting it all over the back), it finally came back on! My family and I are so thrilled that this really worked! Thank you so much!

Alan, thank you so much!! I cannot believe this worked -- my daughter dropped our iPad 2 (in an Otterbox, no less!) and the screen went blue. After a couple of good whacks, the screen snapped out of it. There's a bit of ghosting in the background (clearly the screen is damaged SOMEHOW), but it works! And my husband is so happy! Thank you, years later, for this advice! 😀

I had my doubts, but after an hour of searching and seeing the same answers, I knew I had to try it. After about 9 slaps, it wouldn't work for me. I was so scared. The iPad was given to me by my school and if they knew I had "broken" it, who knows what the consequences are! I finally got the guts to hit the back, accepting my "fate", hard enough with my palm three times and I was like, "Holy sith, it worked!".