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Aug 26, 2014 8:12 AM in response to alanfromnewtownardsby lindao119,I read this and thought "Might as well, I have nothing to lose". It took quite a few whacks, but it came back!!! I couldn't believe it!! Thank you
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Aug 30, 2014 3:30 PM in response to sowhat18by edkrause,Worked for me too. Had to hit it VERY hard on the back with both hands while it was supported by both knees. Many thanks!
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Sep 1, 2014 9:52 AM in response to alanfromnewtownardsby abrahamfrombrussels,Thanks Alan. It worked for me as well. Saved my 250 USD.
I was soft with initial hits;; when it started getting better i was confident to hit harder and that worked;;
for others info... i put a thick cloth on the tile floor .
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Sep 1, 2014 9:54 AM in response to Yesha011by ayoub123,This happened to me.
I took it to the app store and they gave me a brand new one
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Sep 3, 2014 5:04 PM in response to alanfromnewtownardsby carlitosmx,OH MY GOD!!!! It freakin' worked! XD
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Sep 7, 2014 8:13 AM in response to alanfromnewtownardsby littlebirdwalking,I also thought this was a cruel joke. I tried hitting it a couple of times in it's case and it didn't do anything. Then I kept reading posts of it working and I got really mad that it wasn't working for me so I took my ipad out of its case and really started to wack it. Then it just went back to the right colors again. Thanks so much!
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Sep 8, 2014 3:24 PM in response to Yesha011by jrossmusic,I just want to add my experience to this thread in case anyone doubts that slapping your iPad is a viable solution.
My wife dropped her iPad and it seemed to be ruined. Scrambled display. We thought it was finished. I stumbled upon this thread and decided to give it a try. Why not? Several sharp whacks on the back of the device (not too hard, about the same force you would use when clapping your hands vigorously) brought it back from a useless limbo. Working perfectly now. Unbelievable.
Does anyone have any idea of WHY this works?
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Sep 9, 2014 10:00 AM in response to alanfromnewtownardsby joyousfaith,I spent all day today trying to fix my son's iPad after he dropped it. After learning how to restore it even though I didn't have access to the screen to enter passcode, and successfully navigating the time-out issue while restoring, and FINALLY restoring- twice... nada. It was suggested to me that it was "certainly" a hardware problem, so Apple would have to repair it, I found your Alan's post. The first time, nothing but then I smacked it a couple of times really hard, and TA-DA!!!! My son's iPad is once again in perfect working order! You saved my life! My boy has autism and his whole life is on that thing!!! Thanks!!!
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Oct 8, 2014 2:24 AM in response to alanfromnewtownardsby InCurSi0,wow. it's 2014 and this workaround still works! lol! thanks a lot!
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Oct 9, 2014 9:51 AM in response to Yesha011by ugqueen,Thankyou so much Alan! I googled "I dropped my ipad now it's blank" last night and this was the first solution I saw. The people's positive feedback gave me courage to try it and because it was late at night I smacked my ipad gently till my hand was sore then gave up. But this morning I put it back in it's case, turned it upside down and placed it on the bed, grabbed a magazine, put my back into it and smacked it three times and lo and behold! On the third time it came back on! I was so happy I could have cried!!! Thanks again! Saved me lots of time and money!!
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Oct 19, 2014 4:38 PM in response to Sindyjonesby jkieran,OH MY GOD! IT WORKS!!!! Thank you Alan for your advice and many others for your encouragement!
A couple of thoughts on what worked for me: I started off just giving it a hard smack. Then I tried harder and harder smacks. I did this for about five minutes with no luck (alternating between holding down the buttons as instructed and smacking the back). By this time, I had started smacking it so hard that I was worried I would break it. So I read a few more posts and someone -- sorry, I forget who -- said that s/he (1) did not hit it particularly hard but (2) hit it fast in a bunch of different places. So I tried this. Lots of little smacks all over the back. Then I tried the buttons down again and -- YES! -- I saw the apple and my screen was working again. Thank goodnesss for this post and thank goodness I kept at it!
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Oct 20, 2014 8:22 AM in response to Yesha011by Grace_Patricia,Long press of the home button and the lock-screen button at the same time can restart your device. Try it.
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Oct 21, 2014 7:23 PM in response to alanfromnewtownardsby michellelissa,My two year old got mad and threw the iPad on the floor when i looked at it the screen was black!! I was so upset thinking great i have to buy a new one… after reading this post and how it worked i was still skeptical and wasn't sure if i wanted to actually smack the back of it…well what do u have to loose i thought the screen is already messed up! AND IT WORKED!!!!!!!! All i can say is thanks!!!!!! thank u!! felling so happy!!