How to Reset Your iPad and Do Basic Troubleshooting

This article attempts to go over a few easysoon you begin to see the Slide to Power Off
ways you can fix common iPad problems. Shouldscreen. Drag the Slide to Power Off slider to the
your iPad be acting strangely or erratically, it'sright to shut down your iPad. Any time the display
actually possible that a certain part within the unitscreen goes entirely black, your iPad is completely
may be the cause. If that's the case you mightturned off. To restart your iPad, press and hold
not have much choice but to ship your iPadthe Sleep/Wake button until you see the Apple
returning to Apple for repairs. Thankfully, mostlogo, and then let go of the button.
glitches are short-lived and can be frequentlyReboot your iPad's hardware (or hard reset).
repaired by making use of a number of theWhen 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'tsoftware. Should that not work the next step is
functioning correctly, we have found it is due to ato reboot the hardware when trying to fix your
fully drained battery. Recharge your battery byproblem. To restart the hardware, which is also
connecting your iPad to your personal computercalled a hard reset, press and hold the Sleep
or to your iPad dock. If it powers up and you seeWake button and the Home button. Hold them
the battery logo, it's charging fine. (Please note: itboth 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 ityou see the Apple logo, you successfully
should be up and running again.performed a hardware/hard reset.
Restart your iPad (or soft reset). Restarting theShut down a frozen application. If your iPad is
iPad is possibly the most typical means to fix anfrozen or stuck due to the fact an iPad app not
iPad problem. What you are doing by restartingworking, you can typically get the iPad in working
your iPad is reloading the whole system, which isorder by forcing the application to quit. Press and
often sufficient to resolve numerous issues. Youhold the Home button for about 5-10 seconds.
restart your iPad by pressing and holding theYour iPad will return to the home screen after
Sleep/Wake button for a couple seconds, andshutting down the buggy app.