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

Great. Thanks to you, Jenny, Adanmao, Mraminini, Brie_sheldog, Jillzz, and others who have given credit to whom it is due!

I was searching the net and came across this forum because my kids dropped my iPad (for the second time) and hid the fact they did. i use it for business and was appalled that it was just useless. I thought, 'Hey, if this worked for all these people it just might work for me'.... AND IT DID!!! Thanks a lot for your brilliant idea. It was a lifesaver

thanks you !!!!!!! its work!!!!

held the menu button and the on/ off button down together

I gotta say, the same thing happened to me yesterday --- black screen but still able to sync to iTunes. What worked for me was the drop method. I put a blanket on the floor then dropped it face up and down several times, then held down power and home buttons simultaneously and voila! It booted back up and is smooth sailing now!

I can honestly say this tip absolutely works!!

I gave mine three good wacks then held the home and power button down at the same time. Thank God it turned on again.

OMG!!! We JUST bought my daughter an ipad for christmas, she's had for ONE DAY!! well she dropped it this morning and same thing happen. i tried your trick and it worked!!!!! you're amazing! Thank you!!!

You are welcome!

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?

Thank you, Alan. You're my hero. I had my iPad for a long time and it would kill me if I had to retire it. <3

Amazingly it worked in less than 5 seconds. I wish I hadn't wasted two hours looking for other solutions.

Alan..... Thank you.

Ok, strange but true, a few (maybe 30) smacks on the back and viola!  My son has it under warranty so he was a little disappointed this did the trick!  All is well and working fine!  Thank you all!

Thanks so much for the suggestion. I also thought this was a cruel joke, gave the back of the iPad one good smack and the screen booted right back up.

Wow, You are Awsome! Really didn't think this would work but what did I have to lose?! Worked like a charm! Thank you

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