The shutter on my iPad front facing camera won't open. My husband and I are in Ireland and I can't take pictures. Can anyone help? It is the latest iPad version and I am updated with version 6.1.3.

My husband and I are traveling through Ireland and my iPad front facing camera won't work! The shutter won't open. I have shut all programs that might take up memory, I have totally rebooted and I have tried restarting everything. Any advice to help me take amazing pics while on our vacation?

Try This...
Close All Open Apps... Perform a Reset... Try again...
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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