| This article attempts to go over a few easy | | | | soon you begin to see the Slide to Power Off |
| ways you can fix common iPad problems. Should | | | | screen. Drag the Slide to Power Off slider to the |
| your iPad be acting strangely or erratically, it's | | | | right to shut down your iPad. Any time the display |
| actually possible that a certain part within the unit | | | | screen goes entirely black, your iPad is completely |
| may be the cause. If that's the case you might | | | | turned off. To restart your iPad, press and hold |
| not have much choice but to ship your iPad | | | | the Sleep/Wake button until you see the Apple |
| returning to Apple for repairs. Thankfully, most | | | | logo, and then let go of the button. |
| glitches are short-lived and can be frequently | | | | Reboot your iPad's hardware (or hard reset). |
| repaired by making use of a number of the | | | | When you restart your iPad by pressing and |
| following methods: | | | | holding the Sleep/Wake button for a while, what |
| Battery. Make certain your iPad is fully charged. | | | | you are truly doing is restarting the iPad system |
| More often than not, whenever your iPad isn't | | | | software. Should that not work the next step is |
| functioning correctly, we have found it is due to a | | | | to reboot the hardware when trying to fix your |
| fully drained battery. Recharge your battery by | | | | problem. To restart the hardware, which is also |
| connecting your iPad to your personal computer | | | | called a hard reset, press and hold the Sleep |
| or to your iPad dock. If it powers up and you see | | | | Wake button and the Home button. Hold them |
| the battery logo, it's charging fine. (Please note: it | | | | both down for approximately 10 seconds until you |
| can take up to a minute to see the Apple logo) | | | | sell the Apple logo on your iPad screen. Should |
| Let the device charge for a few hours and it | | | | you see the Apple logo, you successfully |
| should be up and running again. | | | | performed a hardware/hard reset. |
| Restart your iPad (or soft reset). Restarting the | | | | Shut down a frozen application. If your iPad is |
| iPad is possibly the most typical means to fix an | | | | frozen or stuck due to the fact an iPad app not |
| iPad problem. What you are doing by restarting | | | | working, you can typically get the iPad in working |
| your iPad is reloading the whole system, which is | | | | order by forcing the application to quit. Press and |
| often sufficient to resolve numerous issues. You | | | | hold the Home button for about 5-10 seconds. |
| restart your iPad by pressing and holding the | | | | Your iPad will return to the home screen after |
| Sleep/Wake button for a couple seconds, and | | | | shutting down the buggy app. |