Using iPad2 (e.g. using safari) and screen blanks and apple logo appears.  Happened 3x today.  Does this mean my iPad2 is defective?  Thanks from a novice

My iPad2 recently started to what appears to be a reboot - screen blanks and Apple logo appears.  It has happened 3 times today with the screen just remaining 'blank' for several minutes before the logo appeared.  Any ideas???  Do I have a defective iPad2?  Any help appreciated.

If it were me, I would back up the ipad, restore it to the factory settings and then restore it from the backup.
That will give you back your settings and data, but will hopefully eliminate whatever is funky with the OS.

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