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
