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

Thank you! Thank you! In the three plus years that I have had my iPad, this is the first time I have ever dropped it. It fell less than six inches and landed on the corner, which was protected by a case. I was so upset when I discovered the screen was black and several attempts at a hard restart failed. I even slapped it on the back as it was suggested in other posts, but still nothing. I finally took it out of its protective case and slapped it and it worked. I am so relieved. Thank you again!!

My daughter dropped our ipad 2 this morning and the screen went out, my heart sank! I tried this technique thinking this was completely ridiculous, and it worked!! I'm not even kidding! My daughter thinks I'm a genius lol.

Thanks for the tip!

Honest to goodness this really worked! I sat in a chair holding the iPad with the screen facing me. I hit the back of it on my knee a little harder each time. Maybe thirty hits to my knee made it come on faintly. A few more hits and it is back to normal!

When u say turn it upside down and hit on your knee what do u mean exactly? Hit the screen part against your knee? Or the bottom of the iPad where u charge it? A pic would help me. I want to make sure I'm doing it right. Sorry my daughters iPad has been doing this black screen every so often, especially iif it's bumped or dropped.

Ok I don't know how it happened but there's a small barely visible crack at top of screen that goes just a lil bit past the camera lens actiually slightly thru lens and it won't power up or charge or show any signs of life on screen or sounds .. what I'm confused about is I had an iPhone 4 stolen and I hit find my iPhone and located it two blocks away after making it scream if anything is I found it in three pieces and cracked screen I go n snap it back together cracked screen and all that son of a ***** still works. Why wold a hairline crack cause

This is the most efficient way to fix my old iPad 2 ever. It's amazing! The iPad has been dropped and disabled for 3 or 4 times in overall and fixed it up following other methods from the internet as smacked the back of it vertically. However, the outcomes were not very well. Before this time, there were still some dark spots by the left side of the screen; but now, they're all gone -- looks just like a new one! Even if the smacks made my palms painful, it's very very worthy of having it back again! Most thanks to you, Alan!

How long after dropping the iPad do you have to try this trick? I'm concerned that it's been too many hours since I dropped it last night and haven't been home to try it. Also, this happened to me but I got a red screen. I slapped the back as most suggestions said to, and that was successful. However, do you only get 1 chance at reviving the device?

I wanted to add my incredulity to the discussion -- after my iPad was dropped by a 6-year-old, the screen would come on but only as a dark blue-grey. The reboot didn't work so after an online search I smacked it as suggested, and couldn't believe it came on. But the screen was yellow and flickering, so I tried smacking it a few more times, trying to turn it on each time between hits. Smacking on the sides beneath the apple seemed to work. I now have it back to normal. Thanks!!

This does not work for my iPad. I hold both buttons down then it goes black & then blue again a couple of times. Still no logo. Have done this several times without success. When I plugged it in, I heard the beep so i know it’s still working, but nothing on screen. Any other advice?

My hero! Just accidentally pushed by boyfriends iPad off the kitchen counter and was already thinking I'd have to buy him a new one when I found this. It worked first time after a firm smack! THANK YOU!

HA! Just dropped my iPad and the screen went blue - did this and it worked. But it needed a few good smacks! Amazing thank you for the tip!!

I'm curious. Does anyone have any idea why this works?

How do I fixed this 😟

I never would recommend this, but hey, I once fixed my computer by dropping it. (Accidentally) of course)