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

Buy another one! (I hope you had it backed up.)

Thanks SOOOOO very much for posting this!

My 6 year old dropped my mom's iPad and

The screen went BLACK!  We could NOT get

Anything to work but could hear the camera

Clicking!!!!!

We tried this however it took one person holding both

Buttons down and another pounding on the

Back of the iPad like drums!

Can't believe this WORKS!  AMAZING!!

My 6 year old came dancing into our bedroom this morning with my ipad, and "dropped" it in a perfect arc that took it halfway across the room. It took a good bit of whacking, and multiple hard resets (power and home button), but it finally turned back on. I found the winning combination to be a series of smacks around the edges, followed by a good one in the middle, but the effect could have been culmulative. Thank you, Alan!

i've tried that,alan. I smacked it as hard as i could. But it didn't work for me either. Is there any other way to solve such this problem? pls help me.

Sadly not! Have you tried all the permutations reported in these posts?

Well done!

I must have been like the second guy laughing so hard that it worked.  Much like the rest I thought it was a joke.  My apologies Sir.

I do love a good game of Snooker.  ": )  Peace be with you and thanks for the tip.

Hi Alan:

I dropped my Ipad two or three weeks ago and it went black. I did what you said and it worked.　I don't know why it went to black again today. Can I smack it again?

Great - there is a time to laugh and a time to smack!

(Enjoy the World Champioships)

Why not? Something has been 'displaced' - hopefully not beyond repair!

Alan:Ｉsmacked it again and it worked. Thank you so much.

One good turn (smack) deserves another!

My son dropped our iPad, in the Survivor Case, about two feet from the ground. It just slipped out of his hand while he was standing there talking to me. It went black, then blue. I did the smacking thing, maybe 3 or 4 times, and it didn't work at first. Then I got mad and really whacked it. It made the screen go from blue to black, then a discolorized and blurry version of my lock screen came up. I was thrilled with the progress. I gave it a few more whacks and BAM! We are back in business. Thank you so much for sharing something I wanted to do in the first place, but giving me an actual reason to do it.

Great - I was pleased that it was the iPad you smacked, and not your son, since it simply slipped out of his hand!

A customer dropped this off and I told them I would fix it..well that was 2 months ago now they came knocking again and I was hunting for a solution where I did not have to physically try and open the device to fix.  I am a tech guy as well and a bit skeptical of this "trick" if i didn't swear..this worked like a charm! Thanks for your wisdom!