Hoping you have seen my other posts I have the details there. Anyway my iPad 2 running iOS 4.3 has some major battery issues. The battery goes from 73% to 64% within a minute or two. Any suggestions? Happy solving and point earning
iPad 2, iOS 4.3
Well I can tell you that's not normal. Mine runs down about 7-10% every hour which would be on target for the advertised discharge time.
I'm guessing you've already tried a restore? Haven't seen the other posts i'm afraid.
Well I can tell you that's not normal. Mine runs down about 7-10% every hour which would be on target for the advertised discharge time.
I'm guessing you've already tried a restore? Haven't seen the other posts i'm afraid.
To answer this correctly you'd need to restore your IPad to the way it was new, test it, and then one by one install your apps.
Thanks but I already tried that. Same result.
Once a month, I let my iPad run down until it shuts off due to low battery. You need to do that to recalibrate the battery meter. Also check that you don't have some new apps that keep running in the background, sucking electricity as they may constantly access the web or do other tasks. I periodically (several times per day) bring up the recently used apps tray and shut down all but the most important ones that I want kept in memory. All that helps my perceived battery consumption.
This is like saying my car has major fuel issues. The gas gauge goes from full to half full in 30 minutes.
Of course it would, if you were driving your car at 300 km/h!
What are you doing with your iPad?
Using the battery level meter in this manner is comparable to using your car's gas gauge to calculate miles per gallon.
1. Charge the battery overnight using the charger that came with the iPad. Do not use an iPhone charger. Do not use an iPod charger.
2. Operate the iPad until it shuts down automatically. Ignore any "low battery level" warnings that occur.
How long did it operate?
I do that all night every night with the iPad charger
E-mail, Internet, Music, YouTube, and Games
davidfromwinfield wrote:
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If on top of those things you have set the brightness and/or the sound volume to a high level, you shouldn't be surprised that your iPad's battery runs down faster than for a low impact iPad user.
You will also find some useful battery tips here:
And how much time do you get before automatic shutdown?
Hi davidfromwinfeield,
You can extend your iPad's battery life by -
1.Which case or cover are you using because the rechargeable Lithium-based battery in the iPad is sensitive to heat, and it lasts longer when it's cooled.
2.Keep your iPad updated as software updates usually fix bugs or odd behaviours of your Product.
3.Lock your iPad when you aren't using it.
4.Set your screen brightness to dim(minimum).
5.Turn off wifi and 3g services if you don't want them.
6.See which apps you are using because there are two types of apps that are particlularly hard on your iPad batteries 1.Games that never let your screen dim and 2.Some location based services.
.... and switch off Bluetooth, if it's not in use ...
is your problem been resolved, i've been had the same issues
did u try this
double tap on HOME button, at the bottom you'll get list of all apps running in background
hold one of the apps there till it starts to toggle, once that happens there will be a ( - ) symbol
on the apps, just minimise all of them as that will free up your ipads RAM memory and then try the soft reset as advised by other forum users
Hopefully that should fix the problem as it helped one of my colleagues, but didn't fix the issue yet on my ipad 2
i'll be taking it an apple store
Santosh (India)
iPad battery runs down fast.
