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4.
Continue holding the Home button until you see the Connect to iTunes screen, and then
release the Home button.
If you don't see the Connect to iTunes screen on your iPad, try Steps 1 through 4 again.
If iTunes didn't open automatically already, launch it now. You should see a Recovery Mode
alert on your computer screen telling you that your iPad is in Recovery mode and that you
must restore it before it can be used with iTunes.
5.
Use iTunes to restore the device, as we describe in the preceding section.
Okay. So that's the gamut of things you can do when your iPad acts up. If you tried all this and none
of it worked, skim through the rest of this chapter to see whether anything else we recommend looks
like it might help. If not, your iPad probably needs to go into the shop for repairs.
Never fear, gentle reader. Be sure to read the
“
If Nothing We Suggest Helps
”
section,
later in this chapter. Your iPad may be quite sick, but we help ease the pain by sharing some
tips on how to minimize the discomfort.
Problems with Networks
If you're having problems with Wi-Fi or your wireless carrier's data network (Wi-Fi + 3G or 4G
models only), this section may help. The techniques here are short and sweet — except for the last
one, restore. Restore, which we describe in the previous section, is still inconvenient and time-con-
suming, and it still entails erasing all your data and media and then restoring it.
First, here are some simple steps that may help:
Make sure that you have sufficient Wi-Fi or 3G or 4G signal strength, as shown in Fig-
Figure 16-1:
Wi-Fi (top) and 3G or 4G (bottom) signal strength from best (left) to worst (right).
Try moving around.
Changing your location by as little as a few feet can sometimes mean
the difference between great wireless reception and no wireless reception. If you're inside, try
moving around even a step or two in one direction. If you're outside, try moving 10 or 20
