Yesterday I was told by the apple store in Lehigh Valley mall that the only resolve to my apple shutting down on its own was to buy a replacement. They insist it is a hardware issue. I now cannot open any of my apps or photos . I can use safari, but nothl

Yesterday I was told that my ipad which I finished paying off in March  (18)month loan , could not be fixed. The warranty had run out 150 days ago, it was now useless! The solution is to put out 299 dollars for a replacement! I am saddened, shocked and very diasappointed in apple products.  This is my only computer, I waited to get this version ipad so I could finance it, and am dependent on it for Bill paying, etc.. It seems not to be shutting down, so I am reaching out to this community for suggestions .  I now can not open any of my apps. If I tap to open apparently they open because when I tap to shut down they are on screen, but I can not access them!  Any suggestions? Or should I bite the bullet and find 299 to send to apple?

there are some things you can try. I'm sure you've done the reset. Hold down the sleep and home keys for about 20 seconds until you see the silver apple. See if it'll reboot.
You can also try to restore your iPad. You may need to borrow a friend's computer to do this.
If you have another apple store in the area you can make an appointment and take it in for a second opinion. however, once that device is out of its factory warranty period Apple is pretty much done with it. You get a year, two if you buy the extended warranty, then once it hits that deadline, all you'll ever get is an out of warranty replacement (which is what you were offered). Then it's up to you to decide if you replace it with your same model, put the money towards a newer model, or choose something else. (for me, I have an ipad 2, which is 2.5 years old, so if something goes wrong with it I either toss 249 at a practically defunkt device or put the money towards somethine else that will have a longer life span)

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