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Is your iPad screen frozen without warning? Needless to say, this is an annoyance. Even for those who use it for business, iPad screen frozen can be called a disaster. If you have yet come up with a satisfactory solution, then you can not miss this post, which lists 4 tips to rescue you from the difficulty and anxiety brought about by the issue. You can attempt each one or first skim through part 5 to directly pick the most suitable one. Hope for an early settlement, whether or no.
- Part 1: Restart or Force Restart iPad
- Part 2: Charge iPad
- Part 3: Choose iOS System Recovery
- Part 4: Restore iPad with iTunes
- Part 5: A Comparison of the Above Methods
Part 1. Soft/Hard Reset iPad to Fix iPad Screen Frozen
Coming to the issue of iPad frozen screen, the simplest solution to it must be to restart or force restart iPad. For all iOS issues, you will have a try with the method prior to getting too far. Although there is no absolute guarantee of success, someone does settle the problem by restarting iPad. The following is how to restart or force restart an iPad.
Restart iPad: Hold down the "Sleep/Weak" button until a slider with "slide to power off" presents with your sight. Just move the slider to turn off iPad. After a while, do the same to turn it on.
Force restart iPad: Press and hold the "Home" and "Sleep" buttons at the same time for about 15 seconds until the Apple logo shows on the screen.
Part 2. Charge iPad to Repair Frozen iPad Screen
The other possible method to resolve the problem of frozen iPad screen is charging the iPad with an original charger. This way may seem too oversimplified to fix the issue, but it is tested to be certain of use in some situations, for one, the depleted iPad battery leads iPad screen to be frozen. When hard resetting iPad is out of action, consider it.
Step 1. Use a lightning USB to plug your iPad with charger to charge up;
Step 2. If you see the charging screen, then try to start up your iPad after charging for 1 hour;
Step 3. In case not, please check if the USB cable is connected properly with the power adapter.
Part 3. Repair iPad Screen Frozen without Data Loss
As a matter of fact, taking advantage of a technical iOS system recovery program is the safest and most practicable solution to any iOS issues like frozen iPad screen. Through a large number of experiments, it is decided to show you a typical repair tool called Joyoshare UltFix here.
Being a technical program, it can be applied to repair more than 30 types of system issues on all iOS devices and Apple TVs. Furthermore, owning two repair modes enables it to work a mass of usual iOS problems without the risk of data loss and further tackle complicated problems with ease. Even if your iPad won't turn on or even iPad is disabled, it can save your iPad from the trouble. For more details about it, see also the following.
Key Features of Joyoshare UltFix iOS System Recovery:
Easy to use and promise absolute safety
Two repair modes to fix various iOS issues
Let your device enter/exit recovery mode for free
Compatible any iOS devices and the latest iOS 13
Follow the instructions stated below to operate Joyoshare UltFix to repair the iPad frozen screen issue without loss of data.
Step 1: Once you download and install Joyoshare UltFix on the computer, launch it and connect the iPad to it. When successfully detected by the program, then proceed by tapping on "Start";
Step 2: Here, you need to choose one repair mode to address the iPad problem. In general, it is suggested that you select the standard mode to work for you, as there is no data loss with this mode;
Step 3: What you should do in this section is to set the iPad into recovery mode or DFU mode according to the steps on the screen. Know that the link at the bottom is used to switch mode;
Step 4: Please confirm your iPad info shown on the screen. Thereafter, hit on "Download" to download and verify the compatible firmware package for the iPad;
Step 5: After verification is completed, have the firmware package unzipped by touching "Repair", and the program will start fixing your iPad frozen screen issue in no time.
Part 4. Use iTunes to Restore iPad
Using iTunes to restore iPad is also one of the solutions to the issue of iPad screen frozen. It works by wiping all data from your iPad. So, before doing it, please make certain that you have already backed up iPad with iTunes or iCloud. Here are the steps.
Step 1. Run iTunes and connect the iPad to a trusted computer;
Step 2. When iTunes recognizes the iPad, please click on the iPad icon to go on;
Step 3. Now, choose "Summary" and then go to "Restore iPad..." in the right panel;
Step 4. Keep iPad connecting with iTunes till the restoring process ends.
Note: There is a precondition for the above operation, which is that your iPad has been synced with iTunes before. If not, put iPad into recovery mode first and then connect to iTunes to restore it.
Part 5. A Comparison of These Methods
The following is a comparison of the above 4 methods in some respects so that you can gain a clear and direct understanding. As thus, you don't have to try them one by one but simply choose the one that suits you most to repair the iPad screen frozen issue.
| Fix iPad Screen Frozen | by (Force) Restarting iPad | by Charging iPad | with Joyoshare UltFix | with iTunes |
| Problems That Can Be Fixed | Common Software Issues | iPad Battery Issues | Almost All iOS System Problems | Part of iOS Problems |
| Success Rate | Relatively Low | Low | High | Medium |
| Ease to Use | Easy | Easy | Easy | Relatively Complex |
| Data Loss | NO | NO | NO | Yes |
| Price | Free | Free | Cost A Little | Free |
