My iPad wont turn on? but apple logo appears

Ok, after having my ipad 2 3rd Generation for about a year, its bombed out on me,playing on it until battery drained. Didn’t think anything of it, plugged into charge thinking it would be charged by the morning. This didn’t happen.

It was stuck on the apple sign, booted to home screen and switched off again due to low battery. Continued on this loop for the whole day……

I searched the internet and it seemed all doom and gloom that I would need to by another one. Then I stumbled upon a forum where the advice so far has worked for me.

The reason why it gets stuck in a loop is because the IPad was not shut down manually, so therefore keeps trying to boot up soon as it has some battery power. Problem is, its gone beyond a point and now and there isn’t enough battery life to boot to main or home screen after apple logo.

The remedy is quiet simple, follow these steps to get the ipad to home screen to power it down so it has sufficient time to charge up and boot normally and get off the endless loop.

1. Plug into wall socket to get it charging.
2. Wait until the apple logo appears and wants to boot up.
3. QUICKLY hold down home button and reset/ sleep button at the same time until it reboots.
4. Release buttons now. should now power down and reboot
5. Repeat step 3 at least 30 to 40 times which is about 10 minutes in duration everytime you see the logo appear on the screen.
6. Now Let IPad boot up fully, should see home screen with about 2% battery life
7. QUICKLY hit the rest/ sleep button down for about 2 to 5 seconds.
8. Swipe the screen to when slider appears to switch off the ipad.
9. This will now power down the IPad which now will not reboot by itself so it can now charge without any interruption’s.
10. Allow battery to charge for a least an hour or two without trying to put it on.
11. Switch the IPad on
12. You should now have about 10 to 20% battery Life
13. Power it down again by holding the reset/ Sleep button down again and swipe the screen to power down, let it charge fully to 100% now which will take few hours
14. Enjoy your IPad again 🙂 🙂

Lesson learnt. When your battery power is low, dont wait for it drain completely, rather power the pad down manually and let it charge when there is only about 2 to 4% battery life left.

Hope this guide helps people with the same problem as I had. Took me about 2 days of research and searching until I found a solution that worked. Hopefully this will assist anyone going through the same pain, and possibly not have to buy another one which seems to be the case when people take the pad to an istore with the same issue.

Cheers,

I had this problem and reviewed all the responses on this thread but none of the them worked. Continuing to search the web I found this at a web site run by Eric Jaffe and it worked! Maybe it will help you to. I make no claim to this solution other than it worked for me. I will say that I did not have my iPad 2 connected to the computer when I put it into DFU mode but I immediately connected it to the computer with iTunes when it went blank.

Good luck.

Fixes these items on your Ipad 2:

• Device continually restarts but never displays the Home screen.
• An update or restore did not complete and the device is no longer recognized in iTunes.
• Stops responding, showing the Apple logo with no progress bar or a stopped progress bar, for over ten minutes.

Here’s what you’ll need to do to get your Ipad into DFU mode:

• Plug the iPad into your computer
• Launch iTunes
• Hold down the Power button and the Home button at the same time
• Keep holding both of these buttons for 10 seconds
• After 10 seconds pass, release the Power button but continue to hold the Home button for another 3-5 seconds
• When in DFU mode, your iPad screen will stay completely black. If you see an Apple logo or otherwise you did not enter DFU mode
• iTunes will notify you that it has detected a device in recovery mode
• Once in DFU mode the Itunes firmware modifying app will take over, follow those instructions

What is Ipad DFU mode?

DFU stands for Device Firmware Update, entering DFU Mode allows you to update or re install your Ipad, Ipod, or other iOS device’s firmware.

FORCE IPAD INTO RECOVERY MODE

1. Hold Sleep/Wake button down and slide to turn off iPad

2. Turn on computer and launch iTune (make sure you have the latest version of iTune)

3. Plug USB cable into computer's USB port

4. Hold Home button down and plug the other end of cable into docking port. Do not release button until you see picture of iTune and plug.

5. Release Home button.

ON COMPUTER

6. iTune has detected iPad in recovery mode. You must restore this iPad before it can be used with iTune.

7. Select "Restore iPad"...

I know this post is old but I thought I'd add my solution in case anyone else is having this problem. I fixed it by forcing my ipad into recovery mode using the method described by Diavonex. However it was not necessarily to go through with a recovery, just put it in recovery mode. That will get it out of the loop it's stuck in. Then shut it off and plug in the charger. Let it charge for 30 minutes, then hold down the power button and home button until you see the Apple logo. It should turn on at that point ... at least it did for me. Hope this helps someone.

I was having the same problem where my iPad was not getting past the apple logo before dying. I tried the methods posted, mainly turning off the iPad before getting further in the startup process, and got to the spinning icon, but I think it was dying too fast to plug it back in at that point. Nothing seemed to be working and it seemed to be a battery issue. I then looked up how to charge an iPad faster and realized that I was using a iPhone jack (5 watt) instead of an iPad jack (12 watt). I found my iPad jack and plugged it in, turned off the iPad when it started up like someone suggested, and now my iPad is working great! I read that a speaker jack may also have higher wattage than an iPhone jack, but that a computer jack is even weaker than an iPhone jack.

I FOUND A SOLUTION!!!

I know this question is sort of old but I found a solution. This seemed to help me so hopefully it can help you. While your iPad/iPhone/iPod is looping get a charger ready. The Apple logo should appear and then it will automatically turn off. A spinny thing appears showing that it is turning off. While that thing is spinning plug in your charger. This way when you plug in your charger it doesnt turn back on but is still charging. After a few hourss turn your device back on and you can enjoy your iDevice. 😀

Well I had the same issue with my iPad. here is what I did to resolve it in within couple of hours.

Plug iPad into wall socket charger and keep it for at least 45 mins. This would ensure it has enough charge to do multiple reboots in the recovery/restoration process.

FORCE IPAD INTO RECOVERY MODE using the below steps:

Note: Ensure your iTunes is latest if not just update it. Should not take more than 15 mins on a good connection.

1. Turn on computer/laptop and launch iTunes (make sure you use the latest version of iTunes)

2. Plug USB cable of iPad into the USB port

3. Hold Home button down and plug the other end of cable into docking port. Do not release button until you see picture of iTunes and plug.

4. Release Home button.

ON PC/Laptop

5. iTune detects iPad in recovery mode (you might get a notification of drivers being installed in the right corner for the USB Device connected; just let it complete).

6. iTunes will now detect iPad and ask for Restore & Update. Select "Restore iPad"

7. iTunes will download the latest Software for the iPad and this could take anywhere between 30 to 60 mins. You can disconnect your iPad after 10 mins and plug it back to the socket charger for charging. Reconnect iPad 2 mins before the download completes using steps 2 to 4.

8. Follow the Restoration steps and do not disconnect iPad before it gets completed.

9. Once the restoration completes it will take your through the completion process on iPad, just follow steps quickly.

10. Put iPad back on the charging through wall socket charger and confirm it is charging.

11. Now turn off the iPad and let it charge for a sometime.

I hope this fixes your issue and that you are able to use your iPad just like I am able to now.

I Followed these instructions up to repeating 3and 4, holding down the start and home buttons. I did this, as instructed and eventually after about 30-40 times, instead of the Apple appearing it had the power lead telling to plug into iTunes. As soon as it did this, I kept the home button ONLY pressed, connected to iTunes where it immediate said it needed to restore. clicked on and released home button........sorted! Within half an hour, after being without my iPad for over a year thinking it was a goner, it was as new, especially as I just set it back to factory. Great advice from many of the members. Mine was sorted by combining three members advice. Thank you all!!!!

i had the same problem yesterday. i tried doing that & it didnt work. what did for me was the whole night i left it off the charger, & then this morning put it on again & didnt mess with it, & it turned back on. hope this works for you!🙂

I used the jump start trick... I had the same issue on my iPhone

Method 1# Jump Start

Connect your iPhone to your switched of computer and start your computer, your phone should start along and if everything goes as well the phone should boot up properly.

Source:[Fixed]iPhone stuck at Apple Logo while charging

Before restoring in recovery mode, it’s suggested to try the following methods which don’t need a restore, especially under the situation that you don’t have a most recent backup:

1. Force the iPad to restart;
2. Use Volume Up, Home and Wake/Sleep button combination; (Video Tutorial)
3. Fix the iOS to normal mode using a third-party tool.

To learn more details about the above methods, visit here.

In addition to force restarting and DFU mode restore, there are still other solutions for fixing iPad stuck on Apple logo:

Press and hold the Power and Home buttons till the screen is black, press and hold Volume Up and Power buttons until Apple logo reappears, and then release the Power button but keep holding the Volume Up button till you see the lock screen.

Restore or update the iPad in recovery mode. If you see any error codes iTunes, you can find the exact issue in the article: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204770

Use a third-party software to reinstall the iOS without restoring.

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Hi,

My ipad 3 have exactly the same problem as described by kolkatan (Sep 20, 2014), "can't be turned on without plugging in to the wall charger", "reports 92% battery and a fully charged battery logo. It stays on around 3 minutes". The problem appeared after I upgraded the device from IOS 6.? to IOS 7.0.4 beta). I tried WildChild7778 s post from April but it did not work. Could it be that the battery is really bad?

I plugged it to PC in recover mode, itunes said that it must be restored to be used, but I would lost my valuable family photos and videos! I have never back up them in itunes. The device does not appear in windows explorer too. Are there ways to recover it without hurting the photos?

The jump start method also did not work. I tried many recovery softwares, but they could not recognize the device. The apple store would replace it, but I would lost my photos!

Could unix or linux systems recognize the device so that the photos could be retrieved? Or any other methods to retrieve the photos, apart from tearing out the 16GB memory physically?

Any suggestions to recover the photos are really appreciated!

Thank you very much,

batay

Do not release Home button until you see the image below.

At a point while reading your post i felt it was just one of those elaborate smokes- no magic spells. i read to see if anyone said it worked and alas! just one chap. i followed your instruction and noticed the low battery picture came back more quickly until it gave way to the apple logo. after a whole 48hrs without my ipad, it eventually came alive and i was able to restore. I am from Nigeria and this has saved me a lot of money. oh! i also had to join the forum just to type my reply.