iPad Dead ipad...

Racegun · 02-11-2011, 09:59 AM

Dunno what happened. One day ipad is working just fine and the next day it's dead, will not turn on, won't do anything. It's barely three months old! Is the Apple store the only place to take it for a battery change? I bought it from BestBuy in Dec and their extended warranty.

This now dead gem is my primary reader sitting dead with 100 books on it and I haven't a clue what to do. HELP!!!

darknessangel · 02-11-2011, 10:21 AM

Did you try to keep the standby button pressed for several seconds and then releasing it? And well... gadgets die =/

Racegun · 02-11-2011, 10:34 AM

This time I used my noodle and called the Apple store in Plano and luckily got a very nice young lady who suggested I try a hard start. A hard start is holding the start button at the top and the round button at the bottom down at the same time for about 10 seconds, release and the apple should appear........and it did. Everything is there. I'll remember that trick forever.

amjbrown · 02-11-2011, 11:14 AM

Good stuff - was about to type you those instructions! A quick Google would have got you there too.

Glad it's safe.

leebase · 02-11-2011, 10:06 PM

Basically your iPad had turned off. Most of the time you don't actually turn your iPad off you just let it "sleep". So you forgot or never new that one actually has to turn the iPad on

Lee

darknessangel · 02-14-2011, 07:13 AM

I still think that Apple should put those "tricks" that are essential on their user "guides" >_>. I remember the day (or rather after the day) I bought my ipod. Had the sweet thing loaded to the 8 GB brim with music and was happy because I was on an 8h+ flight... and the thing freezes! Of couse I didn't know how to reset it and the kind lady at one electronics booth also didn't know... so I spent a flight in silence AND at the end my ipod was with a discharged battery.

02-11-2011, 09:59 AM	#1
Racegun Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 250 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: North Texas Device: IPad	Dead ipad... Dunno what happened. One day ipad is working just fine and the next day it's dead, will not turn on, won't do anything. It's barely three months old! Is the Apple store the only place to take it for a battery change? I bought it from BestBuy in Dec and their extended warranty. This now dead gem is my primary reader sitting dead with 100 books on it and I haven't a clue what to do. HELP!!!

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Are Apple iPad backup files accessible without iPad?	Bob Russell	Apple Devices	5	12-06-2010 09:15 AM
Icy dead people-- uh, I mean icy dead aliens.	ardeegee	Lounge	7	12-04-2010 01:08 PM
DEAD(ish) Sequel Out - (technically) DEAD!	nomesque	Self-Promotions by Authors and Publishers	19	12-01-2010 09:40 PM
I'm sick of hearing about iPad! iPad iPad iPad!!	Steven Lyle Jordan	Lounge	115	07-29-2010 11:38 PM

02-11-2011, 10:21 AM	#2
darknessangel Addict Posts: 297 Karma: 1018140 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: PRS-505, iPad	Did you try to keep the standby button pressed for several seconds and then releasing it? And well... gadgets die =/

02-11-2011, 10:34 AM	#3
Racegun Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 250 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: North Texas Device: IPad	This time I used my noodle and called the Apple store in Plano and luckily got a very nice young lady who suggested I try a hard start. A hard start is holding the start button at the top and the round button at the bottom down at the same time for about 10 seconds, release and the apple should appear........and it did. Everything is there. I'll remember that trick forever.

02-11-2011, 11:14 AM	#4
amjbrown Addict Posts: 322 Karma: 1231044 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: London, UK Device: Kindle Oasis 3, Kindle app on the iPhone	Good stuff - was about to type you those instructions! A quick Google would have got you there too. Glad it's safe.

02-11-2011, 10:06 PM	#5
leebase Karma Kameleon Posts: 2,932 Karma: 26616647 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iPad Mini, iPhone X, Kindle Fire Tab HD 8, Walmart Onn	Basically your iPad had turned off. Most of the time you don't actually turn your iPad off you just let it "sleep". So you forgot or never new that one actually has to turn the iPad on Lee

02-14-2011, 07:13 AM	#6
darknessangel Addict Posts: 297 Karma: 1018140 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: PRS-505, iPad	I still think that Apple should put those "tricks" that are essential on their user "guides" >_>. I remember the day (or rather after the day) I bought my ipod. Had the sweet thing loaded to the 8 GB brim with music and was happy because I was on an 8h+ flight... and the thing freezes! Of couse I didn't know how to reset it and the kind lady at one electronics booth also didn't know... so I spent a flight in silence AND at the end my ipod was with a discharged battery.

Advert

Advert