My home button and silence on ipad 2 have stopped responding

Any Suggestions? Apple care is closed until tuesday.

Kevin-
In case your battery has run down, try charging it for half an hour using the iPad's wall charger and see if that helps.
Another thing you can try is to reboot the iPad. Hold both the Home and Sleep buttons for several seconds until the Apple logo appears. Ignore the "Slide to power off" arrow. The iPad will restart in a couple of minutes.
If the Apple logo never appears, you may have a defective iPad.
Fred

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Well the next couple of things to try would be to reset all settings, and if that doesn't help, it's probably time to restore the iOS software.
Settings>General>Reset>Reset all settings. That will take all settings on the iPad back to factory defaults. It will not delete anything and you will not lose any data, but you will have to enter all settings again ...WiFi passwords, enable Siri, select your wallpaper, adjust brightness, turn on location services and set privacy settings, etc, etc.
You can read about restoring the software here.
iTunes: Restoring iOS software - Support - Apple
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If you do not sync with iTunes, then I assume that you backup with iCloud. In that case you can erase the device in Settings>General>Reset>Erase all content and settings. Once again, backing up with I loud is I,operative before you do this so that you can restore from the iCloud backup after you erase the iPad and start over again with activation.
You should read this first before you restore from either backup.
How to backup and restore from a backup
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
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Is it at all possible to lock the home button and lock the ipad on a
page/screen? My 17 mo old granddaughter loves to play with her apps but continously hits the home button and gets frustrated when her apps close. Gramma would love to lock the pad on the screen with the baby apps so my calendar, contacts, etc don't get tampered with by my electronic genius baby girl!

Your granddaughter is likely old enough now that this may not still be a problem for you. But for the sake of information, there are a few solutions, some of which were not around until recently:
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3) Coming July 2011 from Fisher-Price is a slobber-proof case for iPhones and iPod touches that actually cover the home button. It won't help with an iPad, but figured the info might help someone reading this thread.

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Have you tried a Reset (No Data will be Lost)
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. Release the Buttons.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430

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HT201412 My ipad will not come on, but I do not have a manual, which is the home button and the sleep button to perform the reset as described above?

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Reset
1. Hold the Sleep and Home button down (together)
2. For about 10 seconds
3. Until you see the Apple logo (very important)
4. Ignore the red slider
Home button
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/Diavonex/522812e64948b65ef3f55ab87341a 51b.jpg
Sleep/Wake button
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/Diavonex/2760061b69712de27333baaf3e889 2b3.jpg

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While this could potentially be a hardwar issue:
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I gad my iPad 2 for Christmas last year, so 11 months.
Last month I started to get an issue where my home button wouldn't work. I admit I ignored it for a bit, but it can no longer be avoided.
I'm so disappointed and hate faulty goods, so I now hardly use the iPad, which is a shame because I'd more or less disregarded the laptop in favour of this piece of kit.
I just don't know how to mend it and return it to its loved status again.
I was going to buy one for my husband for Christmas this year, but I've been totally put off.
Can anyone help with an easy fix? Is it to do with the update to iOS 6 as that seems to be the link?
In addition, the thing will no longer connect to my air printer, saying none found!
I've had enough now

Calibrate Home button
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See if this fixes things.
Reset the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up.

My home button and silence on ipad 2 have stopped responding

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