While downloading an ITunes upgrade, my Ipad froze. All I see is the Itunes logo and a picture of a USB cable. Everything is frozen. Tried resetting by holding down the wake button but I get no slider button. IPad is frozen.

To restart the iPad, you have to hold down the "Home" and "Start" buttons at the same time until the slider appears. Were you upgrading iTunes or upgrading the iPad through iTunes? Either way, it sounds like the iPad wants to be connected to iTunes, hence the cable logo.

Do what the ipad is telling you - connect it to a computer with itunes on it.

Force your iPad into Recovery Mode

1. Disconnect the USB cable from the device, but leave the other end of the cable connected to your computer's USB port.

2. Turn off the device: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then slide the slider. Wait for the device to turn off.

3.While pressing and holding the Home button, reconnect the USB cable to the device. The device should turn on.

4. Continue holding the Home button until you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen. When this screen appears, release the Home button. iTunes should alert you that it has detected a device in recovery mode. Click OK, and then click Restore to restore the device.

Note: Data will be lost. You may have to repeat the above many times.

I have the same problem as the OP, and none of your suggestions are helpful. Like the OP, iPad is already in Recovery Mode. The device is completely unresponsive--there is no slider, the Home button does nothing. It can be turned off and on by holding the Start button, but it only turns the screen off and on; it is still always in Recovery mode. Upon connection to iTunes, the update and recovery file downloads, but is never installed correctly; instead, an error message comes up that says the file is corrupted.

I have the same issue.