Home button doesn't bring up red slider

[NYHorsewoman]

Does anyone else have this problem? I can reboot when I use on off switch and home button at the same time but slider never comes up anymore just holding home button.

 

[DontUnderstandMyIpad]

This may be a slight confusion of home and power button. Have you tried holding the on/off switch for 5 seconds? This should bring up the slider to turn of the iPad.

 

[NYHorsewoman]

My understanding is that you hold down the home button (the one on the bevel with the square on it) for a few seconds to bring up the slider. If that doesn't work, then you can hold the on/off switch on the side silver part and the home key with the square to reboot which I just did a little while ago and that worked. Is this indicative of a bigger problem?

 

[DontUnderstandMyIpad]

Well, therein lies the problem.

To reboot, you hold the on/off switch for a few seconds.
For a hard reboot, you would press both, the on/off switch and the home button.

Pressing the home button alone only brings you back to the home screen, but it will never let you reboot. That's what the on/off switch is for.

 

[f4780y]

My understanding is that you hold down the home button (the one on the bevel with the square on it) for a few seconds to bring up the slider. If that doesn't work, then you can hold the on/off switch on the side silver part and the home key with the square to reboot which I just did a little while ago and that worked. Is this indicative of a bigger problem?

I'm afraid your understanding is wrong. Holding down the home button on any iPad has never brought up the red slider. You must hold down the sleep/power button. I apprecaite you maybe think you were holding home before, but I assure you this has never been a feature of any iPad or iPhone. You just have your buttons mixed up. Try holding down the sleep / power button now. After a few seconds the slider will appear.

 

[NYHorsewoman]

Wow, thanks. Hard to believe that I can take apart any windows PC and put it back together and trouble shoot everyone else's computer problems. Thanks very much.

 

[f4780y]

We all have moments like those, I promise you!

 

[iFrog]

Just for future reference here is a screenshot from the manual. I been there and don't that my friend.

iFrog - Sent from my iPad2 using iPF

 

[NYHorsewoman]

thanks all! Appreciate it.

 

[Wolfpuppies3]

Refer to page 10 of your

iPad2 4.3 users guide.