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IPad won't start up
x+y
23-01-2014
Hi,

I have had my ipad mini for around 12 months now. I've had no problems with it until yesterday when the battery died. I charged the battery for a few hours, now it won't start up again. I've tried plugging it into my laptop and connecting it to itunes, but the icon for the ipad is not displaying in My Computer when I plug it in.

Any suggestions?
grumpyoldbat
23-01-2014
Have you tried holding down both the power button and the home button at the same time?
x+y
23-01-2014
Originally Posted by grumpyoldbat:
“Have you tried holding down both the power button and the home button at the same time?”

Yes, still nothing. No apple icon or anything.
zapod
23-01-2014
You need to press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button simultaneously for at least 10 seconds. The red slider may appear and the screen may dim but don't release the two buttons until the Apple logo appears.

Do this while attached to the charger...
Rodney McKay
23-01-2014
Originally Posted by x+y:
“Hi,

I have had my ipad mini for around 12 months now. I've had no problems with it until yesterday when the battery died. I charged the battery for a few hours, now it won't start up again. I've tried plugging it into my laptop and connecting it to itunes, but the icon for the ipad is not displaying in My Computer when I plug it in.

Any suggestions?”

Obvious question but are you sure the charger is working?
x+y
23-01-2014
Originally Posted by zapod:
“You need to press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button simultaneously for at least 10 seconds. The red slider may appear and the screen may dim but don't release the two buttons until the Apple logo appears.

Do this while attached to the charger...”

Still nothing. When I plugged the charger in, it came up on the screen as charging as I was then able to switch it on, so I left it alone for around 3 hours. The ipad was on, but when I went back to it it was off and I haven't been able to switch it back on.

I've tried holding both buttons for up to a minute, still nothing appears. Think I'll have to go into the Apple store with it tomorrow. If my PC is still not recognising the ipad in My Computer there must be a deeper problem possibly with the hardware I think.

Many thanks for your helpful suggestions.
x+y
23-01-2014
Originally Posted by Rodney McKay:
“Obvious question but are you sure the charger is working?”

Yes, the charger also gets used for my iphone 5. The charger I had with the iphone doesn't work, which is why I'm now down to just one between the ipad and iphone.
Kleist
23-01-2014
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5172692?tstart=0

Piroz's post, fifth in thread, worked for me when my device seemed to be dead like yours. It took three tries though.
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