What to Do When your iPad is Stuck

Restarting an iPad can often help you solve issues with the device and it should be your first mode of action when you face troubles with your iPad. Restarting is a simple troubleshooting step and it should not be confused with a hard reset of the device. When you find that your iPad is stuck, you can restart the device by following the steps discussed below.

Restarting an iPad

The basic kind of restart will not delete any of the data or setting stored in the device. The steps to restart the device are explained below.

• Press the Home button and On/Off button of the device simultaneously. The On/Off button is the one that is provided at the top right corner of the device and the Home button is the round button that is placed at the bottom center of the front of the device.
• Continue holding the button down until a slider appears on the top of the display. Now you may release the buttons.
• Move the slider left to right. This will turn off the iPad and the screen will go dark.
• Wait for a few minutes and restart the device by holding down the On/Off You can release the button when the Apple logo appears on the screen.

Hard Reset of an iPad

The above-mentioned steps are for restarting your Apple iPad, but the standard restart may not always work to resolve your issue. In such situations, you may try hard reset.

You may also use hard reset when the device is locked up so much that the slider does not appear on the screen or when the device does not respond to taps and touches at all. Performing a hard reset of the device will clear out the memory used by the operating system and the apps installed in it, but all the data stored in the device will be safe. The steps to perform hard reset are explained below.

• Hold down the On/Off buttons and the Home button at the same time
• Continue to hold down the buttons even after the slider appears on the screen. You can see that the screen go black.
• Hold down the buttons until the Apple logo appears. Release the buttons and turn the device on like normal.