Mail settings not accessible

My iPad 2 is running iOS 5 and when I go in to settings and choose mail, the settings window closes and returns me to the home screen. All other settings work without issue. Any one else had this issue and know how to solve it?

Other people have had the same issue. Try closing Settings completely and see if it works when you re-open it : from the home screen (i.e. not with Settings 'open' on-screen) double-click the home button to bring up the taskbar, then press and hold any of the apps on the taskbar for a couple of seconds or so until they start shaking, then press the '-' in the top left of the Settings app to close it, and touch any part of the screen above the taskbar so as to stop the shaking and close the taskbar.
If that doesn't work then try a reset : press and hold both the sleep and home buttons for about 10 to 15 seconds (ignore the red slider), after which the Apple logo should appear - you won't lose any content, it's the iPad equivalent of a reboot.
A third, slower, option is to :
- backup your iPad via your computer's iTunes
- restore the iPad back to factory settings
- try restoring to your backup
If you try this then make sure that you've got all your content copied/backed up first e.g. copy your purchases (File > Transfer Purchases) and documents/files/notes etc in your apps to your computer first, just in case the iTunes backup/restore doesn't work - it should work but it's best to be safe.

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