wow, i was starting to panic i did both a few solid slaps and a few punches (but hitting with the soft squishy part of my fist not my knuckles) but that didnt get me anywhere, so after reading through all these comments i though, every one is saying to hit it solidly on the left hand side, so i took a hit near the bottom and the on the top of the ipad (on the back obviously) with the squishy part of my fist and boom, all the colours clicked back into place looks live ive got to start taking better care of this thing XD