

There are two ways to do force reset: one is when you have an iPad with a home button (iPad Air) and the second one is when an iPad doesn’t have a home button, for example, the 2020 iPad pro. This is supposed to be done prior to the factory reset. Likewise, soft reset, the data won’t delete in force reset. When your iPad completely freezes or is not functioning at all or soft resetting is not possible then we go for a hard reset. Again, press and hold the power button to restart the device.Drag the slider to the opposite side of the screen.You have to press and hold the power button until the slider emerges on the screen.It is one of the quickest ways to resolve the device’s bugs. This process will not wipe the data of the device. This is also the first step before doing a hard reset or factory reset an iPad. Apple currently allows up to 5 computers to be authorized for each iPad.When your device is not responding or any app which is not functioning appropriately then your device needs a soft reset. Turn iPad on and using iTunes activate it on any computer you have.Disconnect iPad from iTunes ,unplug from computer and turn off.This is because all user content on iPad including activation status was erased during restoration. You will be notified by iTunes when iPad is successfully restored, but… in a while, you will get an message saying that the iPad isn't recognized.

Do not touch iconic tablet and you computer while iTunes downloads and installs the fresh copy of firmware on your iPad.After you detected this message, release the home button and press OK on iTunes pop-up to confirm the restore option.When you reconnect the USB cable, tablet should power on and you should see a message on your PC/MAC display saying that iTunes has detected an iPad in Recovery Mode Holding the home button, connect the USB data cable to iPad.Release the Wake/Sleep button once Apple tablet is off, but continue to hold the Home button.Don't do anything after its appearing, just keep holding Wake/Sleep and Home buttons until Apple tablet will power off. Simultaneously press and hold down the Wake/Sleep button and the Home button and wait until "slide to power off" screen appears.
HARD RESET IPAD PRO WITH HOME BUTTON PC
Make sure your PC or MAC is awake and its screen saver is turned off.Nevertheless USB cable must be plugged into your PC or MAC. Make sure your tablet is disconnected from the dock or USB data cable that equips the gadget.
HARD RESET IPAD PRO WITH HOME BUTTON SOFTWARE
Temporally disable firewalls and other security software to prevent interference with iTunes.Make sure iTunes is not running on your computer but is ready to be run.If you are not sure charge you tablet for at least 30 -40 minutes. Make sure the iPad battery is charged above 20% ( we would recommend at least 40 - 50 %).iPad 2 / iPad 3 / iPad 4 into Recovery Mode that allows to flash a genuine firmware version greater than (if available) or equal to a current one. , because your gadget continues to be frozen after all those attempts to unfreeze it, or repeatedly restarts but never stops on the Home screen, or shows only the logo of Apple with no progress bar further, or is no longer recognized in iTunes, or you wanna grab its SHSH blob or for some other reasons there is a need to put either the newest Retina iPad mini / iPad Air or iPad of older gens i.e.

Just found this and withyour encouragement it seems to be working, but i have to wait for the new OS to be downloaded.
