In all fairness, the problem may have been exacerbated by the barely functional battery. The iPad would often go *poof* back to the dead battery icon, etc. I think I was very, very lucky to have resuscitated the battery. But yeah, my thumb got *very* tired, esp. not knowing if the iPad would ever get to the Restore screen!
-Carl > On Jan 22, 2020, at 11:51 AM, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
