Alan, yes, in essence my issued was solved by cable connecting to my iMac, updating the backup, then doing a restore. Severin
On 1 Apr 2014, at 12:36 pm, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > For information and comment - - -. > > My iPad2 (iOS 7.1) was behaving badly. I had selected the Mail app just > before the problems started. My re-booting experience was similar to the > recent issue from Severin Crisp about Lost emails: Coincidence? > > My experience: > The iPad screen froze. Rebooting (home and power buttons held simultaneously > until apple logo displays) did not fix it. I did not get the red “power off” > slider in this sequence. (Is this significant?) 'Slide to unlock’ did not > work. Touching the screen placed a rectangle around the item, and each item > can be selected but has no function. If I use the magnetic cover to unlock > the device, the application icons on the page display but do not operate: a > rectangle displays around the icon I touch but otherwise screen is frozen, > and I can’t change pages. Voiceover suddenly started working and remained > on even after rebooting. > > Noted that Severin had similar results to this point, but I never noted a > final thread entry to say his issue was resolved. > > iPad operations came good after Restoring from the computer iTunes backup. > (iCloud is not used.) > > Another comment that may help future analysis if other people have iPad - > Mail problems: I had moved out of my normal WiFi base range to another > pre-approved base. Used Safari OK, then attempted to open Mail. No go, and > no other app would open, so rebooted (without success). > > Regards > Alan > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> ____________________________________________________ Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) mail to: sevcr...@westnet.com.au ____________________________________________________
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