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Q: black ipad screen wont turn on

i came back from work ewnt on my ipad and it had a black screen it wont turn on even after i tried the rese with the lock and home. i tried to restore it but it wont do annything. i cant back it up cuz i have a password and can do it cuz of the screen . i realy tried everything and im tired of this its not the first time it happened to me but now it realy doesnt wanna work. something else happenned with my first ipad they gave me another one at the store and now with this one  this situation happenned twice in 4-5 months.

iPad 2

Posted on Feb 24, 2013 7:05 PM

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  • by kyle37055,

    kyle37055 kyle37055 Apr 4, 2014 3:27 PM in response to Gab88
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    Apr 4, 2014 3:27 PM in response to Gab88

    Did what you suggested (only as a last resort) Stanjman..... And it worked.Thanks alot man. 2 thumbs up for the caveman repair job

     

    I have an Ipad 3rd gen that had the same screen wouldn't turnon problem, everything else worked (sounds and synced to itunes) and the 3 whacks on the apple logo on back made it work!!!!!! This is not a joke, it really did work

  • by kyle37055,

    kyle37055 kyle37055 Apr 4, 2014 3:29 PM in response to Stanjman
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    Apr 4, 2014 3:29 PM in response to Stanjman

    Your are the man!!!!! would have never thought to hit the ipad to FIX it.

  • by dougwitzke,

    dougwitzke dougwitzke Apr 10, 2014 7:07 AM in response to Gab88
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    Apr 10, 2014 7:07 AM in response to Gab88

    My wife's iPad 2 did theblack screen thing this morning. I plugged it into my iMac and pulled up iTunes. Then I ran the IOS update, and the screen came back on. I was going to do the "percussive persuasion" next, if it did not work.

  • by Stjjj97,

    Stjjj97 Stjjj97 Apr 11, 2014 8:05 PM in response to Gab88
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    Apr 11, 2014 8:05 PM in response to Gab88

    I too thought what do I have to lose. iPad 1 screen went blank and it still talked so I did several hard whacks on the back and it's now working again

  • by d8smond,

    d8smond d8smond Apr 30, 2014 4:11 AM in response to Gab88
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    Apr 30, 2014 4:11 AM in response to Gab88

    i gave it a couple of small pats on the back plugged it into the itunes and restored it and hey presto the apple logo came on and now just restoring it all to the setting i had before CANT BELIEVE IT WORKED IM SHOCKED  but happy

  • by Chief Mate,

    Chief Mate Chief Mate May 5, 2014 8:34 PM in response to Stanjman
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    May 5, 2014 8:34 PM in response to Stanjman

    Thank you Stanjman!  My iPad mini problems started after the recent ios 7.1.1 update!! I'd tried reebooting, resetting, restoring with and without backup, all without success, as the problem would always return sooner or later. I was just getting resigned to having to fork out for a new device when I found your post and tried the three whacks technique ... and it worked...  !!        Thought I'd give it the test of at least a few days before writing, but it's still running like new. Unbelievable, but many thanks!!   ..  

  • by Mijo_prlz,

    Mijo_prlz Mijo_prlz May 13, 2014 12:33 PM in response to Gab88
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    May 13, 2014 12:33 PM in response to Gab88

    Unfortunately the smacking of the iPad did not work for me.  My iPad screen still won't turn on.    I took it

    To apple and they told me it would be $250 for another iPad.

  • by Sweet Nemesis,

    Sweet Nemesis Sweet Nemesis May 23, 2014 5:58 PM in response to Gab88
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    May 23, 2014 5:58 PM in response to Gab88

    I NEVER write reviews in these forums but I read them all the time for various reasons.  My iPad 2 stopped working properly weeks ago.  It would sleep, shut off, then require a hard restart to get it going.  This worked multiple times with no real issue.  Today, I went to go use it and it wouldn't turn on at all for hours no matter what I did. Even though I was prepared for the worst I was still fuming mad!!!  I read several threads to no avail until I got to this one.  I tried the 3 wack method and voila...eureka....IT FRIKKEN WORKED.  I laughed so hard in disbelief I gave myself a headache.  Thanks sooooooooo much!!! You gained 5000 cool points:-)

  • by Sweet Nemesis,

    Sweet Nemesis Sweet Nemesis May 23, 2014 6:08 PM in response to Stanjman
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    May 23, 2014 6:08 PM in response to Stanjman

    Awesome!  My iPad 2 stopped working properly weeks ago.  It would sleep, shut off, then require a hard restart to get it going.  This worked multiple times with no real issue.  Today I went to go use it and it wouldn't turn on at all for hours....no matter what I did. Even though I was prepared for the worst I was still fuming mad!!!  I read several threads to no avail until I got to this one.  I tried the 3 wack method and voila...eureka....IT FRIKKEN WORKED.  I laughed so hard in disbelief I gave myself a headache.  Thanks sooooooooo much!!! You gained 5000 cool points:-)

  • by stephlipecky,

    stephlipecky stephlipecky Jun 9, 2014 12:43 PM in response to Gab88
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    Jun 9, 2014 12:43 PM in response to Gab88

    Oh my... I just knocked the crap out of my iPad and lo and behold, the **** thing is working.  Thank you to whomever discovered that this was the solution to my black screen problem!??!?!?

  • by Alishance,

    Alishance Alishance Jun 12, 2014 12:44 PM in response to Stanjman
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    Jun 12, 2014 12:44 PM in response to Stanjman

    I was having same issue and thought "this can't possibly work but it's work a try on the $400 paper weight I now have", it worked! Thanks so much!

  • by Matthewsgirls,

    Matthewsgirls Matthewsgirls Jul 9, 2014 9:22 PM in response to Gab88
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    Jul 9, 2014 9:22 PM in response to Gab88

    Have you pressed the home button and lock button at the same time?

    This worked when it happened to me.

  • by Doyle11,

    Doyle11 Doyle11 Jul 14, 2014 4:32 PM in response to Stanjman
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    Jul 14, 2014 4:32 PM in response to Stanjman

    I just replaced my screen and thought I killed my ipad. I gave up and said why not, hit it three times, IT WORKED! Haha

  • by trollkid2,

    trollkid2 trollkid2 Jul 19, 2014 5:35 PM in response to Sha120
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    Jul 19, 2014 5:35 PM in response to Sha120

    Yeaaa.... well the problem w/ my bro's miniis that the light is COMPLETLY  DEAADDDD!!!!! D: you can barely see the "hello" (I restored it) but it blacks out in not even a second O.O Plzz help some1 I don't wanna spend $250 to fix it!!!! O.O

  • by Datnguyenfl,

    Datnguyenfl Datnguyenfl Jul 21, 2014 9:09 PM in response to Gab88
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    Jul 21, 2014 9:09 PM in response to Gab88

    Thanks Stanjman for the idea. The whacking didn't work for me neither dropping on the table. So I decide to take a risk and drop it on my rug about 3-4 feet off the floor screen facing upward. And to my surprise it work. Hope this help whoever in the same situation. Thanks.

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