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iPad iPad won't turn on
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Make sure you're using an iPad charging cable and once plugged in may take an hour or two before you see any signs of life.
After an hour or so of charging (plugged into a wall outlet, NOT a PC, and make sure it's an ipad charger, not a 5 watt phone charger), do a hard reset while the ipad is still plugged in. To do a reset, hold down both the power button and home button until either the device boots up or for 30 seconds if it doesn't boot immediately...booting on a basically dead battery, it can take the device a bit longer to respond to the buttons than usual.
If that doesn't work, charge for another hour & repeat. It might take a few tries.
I had to revive two 1st gen ipads this way a month or two back. It took quite a while to wake them from the dead, but they did both eventually come back to a fully functional state.
If that doesn't work, charge for another hour & repeat. It might take a few tries.
I had to revive two 1st gen ipads this way a month or two back. It took quite a while to wake them from the dead, but they did both eventually come back to a fully functional state.
