Originally Posted by bobmielke

Thanks for all the advice. Holding both power and sleep buttons down 10 seconds revived my iPad that had died. Hope this isn't a trend. I had the same thing happen to my Kindle and had to hold the power button 15 seconds to force a reboot. Never had the problem again. What would I do without Google? LOL

Same thing happened with my Kindle ! Amazon tech support was terrific...they even called me back a few days after to know if all was OK...from the US to France where I live !

Another reason the iPad sometimes won't turn on is if it has been completely depleted. I've had that scare before myself when I didn't realize my iPhone had gotten so low on battery.

Here's a tip sheet for the issue for the iPad:

How to Fix: iPad Won't Turn On

Originally Posted by Purpleorchid

Try a hard reset: hold the Sleep and Home buttons until the Apple logo appears. Should be about 5 seconds until that happens. If no Apple appears, sadly something is broken.

Don't worry, a hard reset will not delete anything from the iPad. Hope everything turns out okay!

Thank you so much! I've had my iPad for two weeks and it just did the black screen thing. You just saved me, I almost started to cry when it wouldn't turn on.

Originally Posted by Massiveattack80

Originally Posted by Purpleorchid

Try a hard reset: hold the Sleep and Home buttons until the Apple logo appears. Should be about 5 seconds until that happens. If no Apple appears, sadly something is broken.

Don't worry, a hard reset will not delete anything from the iPad. Hope everything turns out okay!

Thank you so much! I've had my iPad for two weeks and it just did the black screen thing. You just saved me, I almost started to cry when it wouldn't turn on.

Been there done that. Glad all is well and welcome to IPF!