When pressing on the home button the applications do not always close.
Sometimes...not every time, when I try to close an application the home button does not work. I need to press it several times and other times it responds immediately. Any ideas what is wrong?
kastefam wrote:
Sometimes...not every time, when I try to close an application the home button does not work. I need to press it several times and other times it responds immediately. Any ideas what is wrong?
This is not how you close an app. this is the method that you employ to return to the home screen.
Try this for a home button that is misbehaving. Close all apps and restart.
Go to the home screen first by tapping the home button. Quit/close open apps by double tapping the home button and the task bar will appear with all of you recent/open apps displayed at the bottom. Tap and hold down on any app icon until it begins to wiggle. Tap the minus sign in the upper left corner to close the apps. Restart the iPad. Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.
That is how you close apps.
If the home button still misbehaves, reset the iPad.
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 - let go of the buttons.
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