Ipad Pro shuts off while charging and requires a hard reset to turn on

I Also have the same problem. It's happened twice now. Should I return the iPad Pro for a new one? Or wait for a fix?

Sounds like there are two possible solutions, 1. try a different cable (I've had success with an Apple TV 4 cable) Or 2. Try to install the beta of iOS 9.2.3 as that seems to be fixing it for people as well. I myself am using 9.1 and the Apple TV 4 cable and not had any lock ups since. I have not had any lockups since switching cables. I think there's a problem with some of the cables being shipped with the iPad pro's.

TThe iPad's have different backups. The other difference is the one having the problem uses the cable and power block that came with the Pro, the device that is not having a problem uses the cable but is plugged into a Brooksrone device that charges multiple items. Tonight I will try a different cable and power block.

FYI, shutdown my iPad pro, plugged into charging cable provided with machine and let it start up. Switched on airplane mode and charged overnight. No hard reset required this am...

Changed cable to charge with overnight and all was fine. I'm still running iOS 9.1. Did not turn on airplane mode or anything, left it as usual.

So I am guessing it's 9.1 with this new cable as it seems that the .2 beta's fix it.

Yah I don't agree with having to put beta software on it either. That's why I'm trying the cable route. Understood that you don't have the cable either, I just wanted to put it out there in the hopes that an Apple person sees it and sees that so far reliably the cable is having problems. It may be only some of the cables, but I believe they shipped out either faulty cables, or there's an issue with some of the cables and ios 9.1. Not sure which yet. I haven't tried it with an iphone 6s cable yet but wanted to make the point that I was using the apple tv 4 cable so that there was clarity with which cable I've been having success with knowing that every time I use the INCLUDED ipad pro cable it causes the black screen lockup forcing a hard reset, but using the specific apple tv 4 cable is not causing this issue. (It may also have to do with the length of the cable since the ipad pro one is much longer than an iphone or apple tv 4 remote charging cable).

My main point also in doing this is because I spent a terrible week with a surface book pro with all kinds of video driver app problems and shutdowns and NEVER found a solution, thus returned it. To date I still haven't seen anyone come up with any reliable solutions, nor has MS fixed it yet. I'm hoping Apple's IOS 9.2 is the software fix that does actually fix it, otherwise, they need to do a cable replacement or recall for the ipad Pro because I'm 98% positive that's the issue. Also, these are not the normal serial like cables of old. There's a lot more technology involved in the actual cables, and they're not just a couple of wires strung through some rubber so Apple needs to look at it and hopefully fix that.

Also, my point in posting this is to hopefully show that this issue isn't a show stopper and can most likely be fixed if Apple replaces the cables, swaps them out, or does something as simple as that. Hopefully this will get to the Genius Bar so that they can test it, verify it, and start helping people who come in with this problem with an actual solution.

Had the iPad pro since Friday. Same problem however I've used 2 different cables my iPad Air 2 and the new iPad pro cable. Not sure it's a cable thing. I haven't tried airplane mode i will tonight. The good news is I thought it was just mine and was about to return it For a new one. wish they would respond to this thread to tell us what is going on I.e software or hardware.....

Right now another freeze after total wipe and factory reset and using an iPhone cable instead of the 2 m iPad pro cable. The freeze happens seconds after the iPad has reached 100%. Going to install the iOS 9.2 3 Beta now!

i am experiencing the same problem. Got my ipad pro yesterday left on charging overnight and this morning it was dead Had to do had reset to turn it on. I'm disappointed to have this kind of issue on a gadget which cost me €1100

Same issue here.

New iPad Pro. Needs hard reset after charging to get it working again.

Same problem at the first charge - after restoration from iPad Air iTunes backup.

So i clear all in the iPad Pro and configured as New iPad (and manually copied the apps): 2nd charge was ok

had the exact same issue - first night and the following night after charging all night had to do a hard restart since my iPad Pro had a black screen that was unresponsive. the hard restart seems to resolve the issue temporarily at least.

I've had this exact problem happen every night since I got it. I have an iPad Pro 128Gb Wifi only.

Same problem here. Set it up as new so I don't think restore will do anything. Frustrating!