Top 7 Ways to Fix iPad White Screen (iPadOS 17/18 Beta Supported)

Category: iPhone Issues

August 15, 2024 3 mins read

Have you enver encountered the situation when you are watching live videos or playing games with your friends, your iPad screen turned white and has no response to any touch?

This is the typical iPad white screen problem that happens to most of the iPad users. Some may don't know how to fix and worry about potential data loss.

But don't worry, with this article, you can learn about 7 practical solutions for this white screen on iPad issue, some of them can even fix your iPad in minutes!

You may be curious about why your iPad stuck on white screen when it worked well yesterday. Well, we've concluded several reasons that can helo you better understand this problem.

Though the white screen on iPad problem is troublesome, we've found 7 effective methods that can definitely fix this problem, just keep reading.

Method	Data Loss Risk	Difficulty	Success Rate	Required Time
Deplete iPad Battery		Easy	30%	3-4 hours
Check Zoom Feature		Easy	30%	1-5 mins
Three Buttons Trick		Easy	30%	10-15 mins
Hard Reboot		Easy	40%	10-20 mins
iPadOS System Repair Tool		Easy	99.99%	10-15 mins
Recovery Mode		Complex	50%	1-1.5 hours
DFU Mode		Complex	60%	1.5-2 hours

You may have a preview of the difference between 7 methods. If you need a quick and safe method to fix iPad stuck on white screen, you can jump to the iPadOS system repair software part to fix your iPad.

1 Deplete iPad Battery

When your iPad screen is white, you may not be able to access it by any means. Therefore,the first easy solution to fix iPad white screen is by letting the iPad battery drain naturally.

When the iPad battery runs out, the screen will turn black. By that time, you can try to hard reboot the iPad to see if the white screen is gone.

2 Check Zoom Feature

The iPad's Zoom feature helps people with visual impairments by making things on the screen larger. You can zoom in on parts of the screen to make text, images, and other items larger and easier to see.

Sometimes, you may accidentally activate this feature on some white object that makes your iPad screen to turn white. If that's the case, you can double-tap the iPad screen with three fingers to unfreeze your iPad.

3 Press Three Buttons Together to Fix iPad Screen Goes White

Sometimes, the trick proposed by Apple users can bring surprise to people. You can try to press the Home button, Volume Up button, and Power button altogether. Hold them for a few seconds or until you see the Apple logo appear on the screen.

When the logo appears, your iPad will reboot automatically and may function normally then.

4 Hard Reboot Your iPad

Hard reboot is always the first choice for Apple users to troubleshoot some iPhone/iPad issues including this iPad screen gone white. Follow the steps below to perform a hard reboot on your iPad.

Press the Home button and the Power button together for at least 10 seconds until you see the Apple logo.

Quickly press and release the Volume Up button, and then the Volume Down button. Finally, press and hold the Power button until the Apple logo appears.

After that, your iPad will restart and you can check if it functions normally again.

5 Fix White Screen on iPad with System Repair Tool

If force restarting your iPad doesn't work, you have to indentify the root cause, which is the faulty iPadOS system that needs repairing to prevent more serious problems like iPad reboot loop won't turn on.

iMyFone Fixppo- iPadOS system repair tool in this case, becomes a choice for most users. Recommended by professional tech sites, Fixppo is known for fixing various iPhone/iPad problems, iPad stuck on white screen is no exception.

iPad White Screen of Death Fix Tool:

• No Data Loss: Fix iPad Mini/Air/Pro screen turned white issue without losing data.
• Easy to Use: Clear tutorial for anyone to easily fix the iPad white screen won't turn off problem.
• 3 Simple Steps: Get iPad respond to touch and help you access all iPad features with 3 simple clicks.
• Powerful & Reliable: Fix all iPadOS problems including iPad screen flickering, iPad black screen, iPad won't turn off, etc.
• Full Compatiblity: Compatible with all iPad models including iPad Mini/Air/Pro running iPadOS 17/18 beta.

How to fix iPad white screen? To find out the answer, please download Fixppo and fix this iPad frozen on white screen problem with us now!

Step 1: Connect your iPad to the computer, open the downloaded Fixppo and choose the Standard Mode option here.

Step 2: Fixppo will show you the available firmware file once detects your iPad, choose the suitable one and click Download button to get it.

Step 3: With the firmware downloaded, you can click the Start Standard Repair button, Fixppo will begin to repair the white screen on iPad problem.

In a few minutes, your iPad will restart itself. After entering the iPad passcode, you can access the iPad and use all features as usual! With 99.99% success rate, you can download to try this worry-free repair tool!

6 Try Recovery Mode to Fix iPad Screen Turned White

Restoring the iPad is a normal method to fix iPadOS problems such as the white screen of death. Since your iPad screen goes white and won't be recognized by iTunes as normal, you need to set your iPad in recovery mode and then restore your iPad with iTunes. Here are the steps:

Note

To make sure the process to finish successfully, you should update your iTunes to the latest version. Besides, you need to back up all data on iPhone/iPad as enter recovery mode and restore your iPad with iTunes will clear everything from your device.

Step 1: Connect your iPad to the computer, open iTunes and try steps here to get your iPad in recovery mode:

Step 2: When your iPad gets detected by iTunes, choose Restore. iTunes will try to install the latest iPadOS on your iPad by overwriting all the settings and contents on your iPad.

Step 3: When the process completes, set up your iPad and see if your iPad still frozen on white screen.

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7 Try DFU Mode to Fix iPad Screen is White

DFU or Device Firmware Update mode is also a method that you can choose to fix the iPad white screen of death issue. This method fixes the iPadOS errors by completely reinstalling iPadOS on your iPad, so all the content on your iPad will be erased.

Here are the steps on how to perform a DFU restore on an iPad with white screen.

Step 1: Plug the iPad to your compute, open iTunes, switch off iPad and follow to put iPad in DFU Mode.

Step 2: After your iPad gets into DFU mode, iTunes will display a message saying that it detects an iPad in recovery mode and you will be able to click OK button and head to the next step.

Step 3: Similarly, after the whole process completes, your iPad will reboot like a new device. Then you can set up it again. And the data can also be restored from a previous backup.

Here we collect some of the frequently asked questions from iPad users.

1 What is white screen of death on iPad?

Generally speaking, white screen of death refers to the frozen state of an iDevice such as an iPad, iPhone, or iPod. Once the error occurs, those digital devices will show nothing but an unresponsive white screen. That's why people call it a kind of death.

2 What causes white screen on iPad?

The iPad white screen problem lies in software problems like iPadOS glitches, jailbreaking iPad; Or hard ware problem like dropped iPad.

3 Can I fix iPad white screen without losing data?

Yes! You can try to reboot your iPad, press the three buttons or use Fixppo to fix your iPad problem without losing any data.

The full guide on how to fix iPad white screen is here, you don't have to worry as the 7 methods here can quickly help you fix the iPad problem.

Among these solutions, iMyFone Fixppo is the only method that can get your iPad back to work without losing data while ensuring a high success rate. Feel free to download it to have a try.

Melvin Cooper

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