yea hold that down until a red slide to shut down or sklide to kill comes up do that and it powers off (from memory, mine is jailbroken.)
iPad: Turning on/off and resetting
Summary
If something is not working right, restarting or resetting iPad will likely solve the issue. Learn how to turn on/off (restart) and reset iPad.
Products Affected
To turn on
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
To turn off completely
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then slide the slider.
If you can't turn your iPad on or off
You may need to reset. Note: Only reset your iPad if it is no longer responding.
To reset
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
By shut down you mean the little black button up on top. Okay, being as how you can rotate it 360°, top is a vague thing. LOL
DavidThis is being typed using Dragon Dictate. Dragon Dictate allows you to talk and the computer to type your words as you speak. Any arrows, I will blame on the soft wear. ;-)
Have a great day
On Dec 1, 2010, at 9:12 AM, Just Murray wrote:nonjailbroken i would shut down and restart, jailbroken i would swipe sbsettings, hit the power button then reboot.
`KMOn Dec 1, 2010, at 9:08 AM, david wrote:Please refresh my memory, how do you do a reboot?
TIADavidThis is being typed using Dragon Dictate. Dragon Dictate allows you to talk and the computer to type your words as you speak. Any arrows, I will blame on the soft wear. ;-)
Have a great day
On Dec 1, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Just Murray wrote:we reboot ours every week or three, same with iphones and ipods. my wife every moneth or so would complain about her phone, i had her reboot it now thaht she does it every so often (think: sleep) she has reduced her glitches to almost zero. she has a 3g
`KMOn Dec 1, 2010, at 8:20 AM, bj wrote:I don't think I've powered *off* my iPad since I got it.
