My iPad screen is locked

My iPad screen is locked and won't respond to any touch commands. Password protect has not been enabled. At the top of my screen a lock icon is displayed. Can someone tell me what happened?

A lock symbol at the top of the screen next to the battery indicator means that you have rotation lock on i.e. the screen won't change if you turn the iPad (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4085).
If the iPad's screen isn't reacting to you touching it then try a reset and see if it works after the iPad has restarted : press and hold both the sleep and home buttons for about 10 to 15 seconds (ignore the red slider if it appears), after which the Apple logo should appear - you won't lose any content, it's the iPad equivalent of a reboot.

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Try this.
Reboot 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.

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I can't personally as I never really liked nor used the picture frame feature in iPad. Just search in the App Store and read customer reviews and you'll likely find something you'll like.

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My Ipad screen is locked without me setting a password

Hi, Just got my new ipad today & set everything up except a screen lock password, but for some reason it is locked anyway, thought it might be going my my iphone but that doesn't work.

Try this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1212

My iPad screen is locked and unresponsive. I cannot slide to open. I've reset yet several times. Ideas?

The screen on my iPad is unresponsive. Does not respond to touch at all. Cannot open it behave reset several times, to no avail. Ideas?

You reset by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time until the Apple Logo appears on the screen? It can take 10 seconds or so to do this. If you didn't wait until the Apple logo appeared, try it again. Even if yo did see the Apple logo, try it a couple more times.

HT5858 my ipad screen won't rotate. It is locked in the vertical position

Ipad screen is locked in position. Won't rotate.

first go to settings>general, and look at the use of the side switch (if its for lock rotation just use the switch on the right side on top of the volume buttons- if not just go to the home screen slide your finger from bottom to top and you'll open a bar, and look at the lock with an arrow, if its high lighted turn it off.)

HT4085 How do I lock my ipad screen so the swipe action and side button on screen don't work? My cats do these things and the game disappears.

How do I lock my ipad screen so the swipe action and the side button on the screen do not work? When my cats play a game on my ipad, they regularly swipe the screen and push the side button and the game disappears.

The button on the top that you use to lock and unlock or put to sleep is the power button. The button lower center of the screen is the home button...can be used to also wake from sleep and switch to the base home screen.
Good to hear you are now able to lock rotation, even if you are not sure how you did it
If you go to the iBook icon, tap Store in the uppper left side of the screen, you can search for the iPad User Guide...a free download that will place the guide in your iBooks library as a great source of background information.

Trying to upgrade OS on an original iPad. Screen is locked showing iTunes/USB cable icons. Connected to iTunes and get an error 3014 message stating it cannot be restored and screen is locked in this mode. How do I unlock?

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bummer. *Note that if you are actually running iOS 5.1.1, that's it for the iPad 1st Gen.
Resolve iOS update and restore errors - Apple Support
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HT1766 I have a message box on my iPad screen that says "iCloud Backup"... This iPad hasn't been backed up in 2 weeks . Backups happen when this iPad is pugged in, locked, and connected to Wi-Fi. and then it had an "OK" button.... help!!!!!

I have a message box on my iPad screen that says,
"iCloud Backup" This iPad hasn't been backed up in 2 weeks. Backups happen when this iPad is plugged in, locked, and connected to Wi-Fi.
I cannot touch the 'OK' button to make the message go away... if I touch the 'OK' a few times the iPad turns off. I'm stumped... any suggestions?? Thanks, Linda

Perform a Reset...
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

After charging my IPad, Iam trying to use my I pad and screen says that ICloud backup hasn't been done and screen is locked will not let me escape

My start up screen seems locked. and I cannot unlock it. Backlight will not stay lit longer than 15 seconds. What can I do?

Try reset iPad
Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears
Note: Data will not be affected.

I can't lock my ipad screen.

I do not think that my lock screen button is spoiled but it does not lock my ipad screen. Has anyone encountered this problem before? i need some help.

I'm experiencing the same issue. Found a solution: Go to settings > general > accessibility. Turn on assistive touch. A white dote will appear in the corner of your iPad screen. Tap the white button > device > lock screen.

How to unlock a locked ipad It is locked and now i can not unlock it, the screen is not responding to my sliding the arrow to unlock. can someone suggest what should i do?

How to unlock a locked ipad It is locked and now i can not unlock it, the screen is not responding to my sliding the arrow to unlock. can someone suggest what should i do?

If you cannot remember the passcode, you will need to restore your device using the computer with which you last synced it. This allows you to reset your passcode and resync the data from the device (or restore from a backup).
If you restore on a different computer that was never synced with the device, you will be able to unlock the device for use and remove the passcode, but your data will not be present.
You may have to force iPad/iPod into Recovery Mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4097

The icloud backup window appeared on my ipad screen. It won't go away and my ipad appears to have locked.

The icloud backup window appeared on my ipad screen. I pressed Ok without thinking and everything on my ipad seems to have locked.And the icloud backup window won't go away.

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Hold Sleep and Home buttons for 10 seconds until the iPad restarts, so you will be able to use the device again

My iPad screen won't rotate it isn't locked either.

It isn't locked on the Side or in settings. Help!

This applies to system sounds and to the screen rotation lock. It is either set via the side switch or in the task bar.
If you lose sounds for keyboard clicks, games or other apps, email notifications and other notifications, system sounds may have been muted.
System sounds can be muted and controlled two different ways. The screen lock rotation can be controlled in the same manner as well.
Settings>General>Use Side Switch to: Mute System sounds. If this option is selected, the switch on the side of the iPad above the volume rocker will mute system sounds.
If you choose Lock Screen Rotation, then the switch locks the screen. If the screen is locked, you will see a lock icon in the upper right corner next to the battery indicator gauge.
If you have the side switch set to lock screen rotation then the system sound control is in the task bar. Double tap the home button and in the task bar at the bottom, swipe all the way to the right. The speaker icon is all the way to the left. Tap on it and system sounds will return.
If you have the side switch set to mute system sounds, then the screen lock rotation can be accessed via the task bar in the same manner as described above.
This support article from Apple explains how the side switch works.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4085
If the screen is not locked and you are sure that you have checked this - reset the iPad. Hold down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10 seconds until the Apple logo appears - ignore the red slider.

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