Re: Possible to revive older iPad?
Macs R We <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:51:53 -0700
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20 minutes to "perform" a restore is one thing. 20 minutes before you get the very first screen that says "plug me into the Mac" is quite unreasonable. > On Jan 22, 2020, at 8:22 AM, Andy Ringsmuth <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh no, that’s a very typical restore time. I’ve done countless factory resets/factory restores on all manner of iOS devices and it can take up to an hour sometimes. iTunes has to download a device-specific multi-gigabyte image, process it internally, install it on the device, etc. > > It’s not a quick process. > > ---- > Andy Ringsmuth > [email protected] > >> On Jan 21, 2020, at 6:57 PM, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> If the Restore screen took 20 minutes, I'm thinking your hardware is beyond hope. It should be ROM-level quick. >> >>>> On Jan 21, 2020, at 10:48 AM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Yes, I'm now following the directions given in HT204306 (hold down Home button; connect to Mac; wait for Recovery screen). >>> >>> It took about 20 minutes of holding down the Home button before the Restore screen appeared, but it did! And now, after clicking about half a dozen Restore buttons, iTunes actually seems to be working on the restore... >>> >>> Wish me luck! >>> >>> -Carl >>> >>> >>>> On Jan 21, 2020, at 10:40 AM, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> At this point, I think your only hope is to go through the reinitialization steps and try to reload the OS. If that fails, the unit is toast. >>>> >>>>> On Jan 21, 2020, at 10:09 AM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> On Jan 21, 2020, at 7:50 AM, Andy Ringsmuth <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jan 20, 2020, at 10:58 PM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for the feedback, guys. If it's just a battery issue, I'll likely give it a go. But really, shouldn't it be able to boot up without hanging when connected to power (5V 3.5A)? If so, it's more than the battery and probably not worth it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Carl >>>>>> >>>>>> Carl, >>>>>> >>>>>> Did you try plugging it directly into a Mac and see if it’ll show up in iTunes? Or see if anything at all happens? Perhaps it needs to be factory reset with a fresh iOS installed on it, which you can do via computer. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Andy, >>>>> >>>>> Okay, when I connect the iPad directly into a Mac USB port, the iPad icon does not show up on the iTunes GUI, but (eventually) an alert panel pops up telling me to unlock the iPad with a passcode. The passcode panel never shows up on the iPad, just the Apple logo with a frozen circular activity icon, so there's no way I can unlock it, nor would it likely stay up long enough to do anything with it in iTunes because after a minute or so the iPad reboots itself. In this state is there a way to reset it? >>>>> >>>>> I guess this means the iPad itself is toast, and it's not just a battery issue? >>>>> >>>>> -Carl >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> MacOSX-talk mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support >> in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. >> http://macsrwe.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk