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My Ipad freezes up?

gem lover — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:38:03 GMT

Does anyone know why an iPad would freeze up. I have held both buttons down and it unfreezes but then it will do it again. I have even deleted all sites accessed. Is their a solution? Thank you.

Re: My Ipad freezes up?

Englishrose — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:40:53 GMT

It is unusual for this to be happening. Make an appointment at your local Apple store and I would bet they exchange it for you. Good luck! :-)

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gazelle77 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:42:07 GMT

Mine does it occasionally.... if I just shut it down and reboot it is fine.

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violann — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:45:47 GMT

I have a 2 that is upgraded to iOS7. Techie son thinks it freezes because it can't keep up with the new OS. It also freezes up all the time. Does your screen come right back to where it was before it froze?

Re: My Ipad freezes up?

Madremia — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:48:47 GMT

Is it the original ipad, or 2 or 3? If it's the original ipad time to upgrade to a newer one...it's already out of date; if it's a 2 or 3, check your router--may not be strong enough for all the devices you might be running in your household, as the previous poster said did you install the version 7 of ios? If not do that. If so, I would take it to Apple, I have a 2 and mine does not freeze.

Re: My Ipad freezes up?

mel b — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 21:07:36 GMT

http://help.apple.com/ipad/5/interface/ This link has been helpful to me for all sorts of things. However, try double clicking home button(square on outside border). A screen of small icons will appear at bottom. Click on each to delete. It will not delete from computer, it is just they are still running even though you are out of them. Also, clear out your history and any things still running in the bar at top. It is Just overloaded. Then restart if necessary.

Re: My Ipad freezes up?

violann — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 14:01:24 GMT

We have an Apple Router so it shouldn't be that, I don't think. Mine is a 2 updated to iOS7. It is an "old" 2, bought the first day the 2 was available.

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meem120 — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 15:46:20 GMT

I had the original iPad and this was happening all the time.. Traded it in and got the air. Target gave me $200.00 toward the new purchase. I think that was a limited promotion but I think you can do it anytime at Best Buy.

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TrishaMntka — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:04:04 GMT

I have an very old iPad (iPad 3) This just happened to me the other day. But only once. I figured it was the very old iPad not working well with iOS 7. I'm considering getting a new iPad version. Not one of the QVC new very,very old iPad 2s. LOL!

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glb613 — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:04:07 GMT

My iPad 3 locked up last night while opening Words with Friends. I couldn't do a hard shutdown or reset. I closed the cover, let it set for 15 minutes and it was fine. It almost locked up again this morning trying to open WWF. I think my problem is the app not the device.

Re: My Ipad freezes up?

gilmoregirl — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 17:05:47 GMT

On 1/8/2014 glb613 said:
My iPad 3 locked up last night while opening Words with Friends. I couldn't do a hard shutdown or reset. I closed the cover, let it set for 15 minutes and it was fine. It almost locked up again this morning trying to open WWF. I think my problem is the app not the device.

I agree, it did the same to my iphone 5. No problems after i deleted it.

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dooBdoo — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 01:55:49 GMT

On 1/7/2014 gem lover said:
Does anyone know why an iPad would freeze up. I have held both buttons down and it unfreezes but then it will do it again. I have even deleted all sites accessed. Is their a solution? Thank you.

It would be helpful to know which iPad you're using, which version of iOS, and when you see this problem occurring (what are you doing when it happens?).

I've been using the 3rd generation iPad for over 1 1/2 years (also the iPhone 5 for over a year, and the 3G for several years prior to that). I seldom see the screen-freeze problem, but I know it's been reported before.

In general, you might want to go to your settings and clear history, cookies and website data occasionally. The tech experts in general seem to feel closing out the apps running in background don't affect performance (though there's still disagreement about that), but closing those won't be harmful.

I know it's frustrating. Best of luck to you in resolving this.

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millieshops — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 02:04:41 GMT

On 1/8/2014 glb613 said:
My iPad 3 locked up last night while opening Words with Friends. I couldn't do a hard shutdown or reset. I closed the cover, let it set for 15 minutes and it was fine. It almost locked up again this morning trying to open WWF. I think my problem is the app not the device.

Glad to see someone with knowledge thinking it's the app. Same thing happens on my Kindle Fire- but just with one app, so I'm thinking it's that app, but I will call Kindle tech and get their advice.

Re: My Ipad freezes up?

dooBdoo — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 02:19:50 GMT

On 1/8/2014 millieshops said:
On 1/8/2014 glb613 said:
My iPad 3 locked up last night while opening Words with Friends. I couldn't do a hard shutdown or reset. I closed the cover, let it set for 15 minutes and it was fine. It almost locked up again this morning trying to open WWF. I think my problem is the app not the device.

Glad to see someone with knowledge thinking it's the app. Same thing happens on my Kindle Fire- but just with one app, so I'm thinking it's that app, but I will call Kindle tech and get their advice.

Since it appears to be happening on multiple platforms, you might also want to talk with the app's developers on their support page. Or ask about it on their Facebook page -- I checked quickly, and it appears they're very active there, answering questions and resolving problems:

https://www.facebook.com/WordsWithFriends

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Lynnj — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 03:18:08 GMT

When I had a problem with freezing, I was able to narrow it down to just happening when one of my apps was in use. Either I was using it, or it was open in the background. So pretty much narrowed it down to that app. I deleted the app from my iPad, and downloaded it again from the cloud. Worked like a charm. No problems with freezing.

Re: My Ipad freezes up?

Dinaki — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 03:31:13 GMT

On 1/7/2014 gem lover said:
Does anyone know why an iPad would freeze up. I have held both buttons down and it unfreezes but then it will do it again. I have even deleted all sites accessed. Is their a solution? Thank you.

Long trouble-shootings but I hope one shall work for you:

(http://ipad.about.com/od/iPad_Troubleshooting/a/How-To-Fix-My-iPad-Is-Frozen-Stuck-Freezes.htm )

My iPad is NoT freezing up but surely though it seems that it is possessed sometimes. There are galore of posts in Apple forums about the above "booboo" but "my friends" at Apple seems to care not about us a lot, a small example: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5280272?tstart=0