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My iPad’s battery life is miserable. I checked its battery health percentage using imazing and it showed 75%.I am not in a financial position to go and purchase a new battery for my ipad since i have currently invested money in an expensive  product 🤦🏻‍♂️. I am planning to downgrade my iPad’s iOS version to 10 or 9. Will an older software consume lesser power when compared to the newer ones.Currently I'm running iOS 12.1.1? So should i downgrade my iOS version? And which version would be perfect?

Posted on Jul 3, 2019 4:48 AM

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Jul 3, 2019 5:36 AM in response to akhilmnair007

You are incorrect about that.

There is NO WAY to downgrade the iOS for any iDevice.

iOS backups only save iOS settings and app data. Not anything to do with saving of an iOS version.

You are mistaken about this.

Apple has never stayed signed to an iOS upgrade/update for more than 1or 2 weeks after initial release.

You will NOT be able to downgrade the iOS on that iPad.

Not going to happen.

Sorry.

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Jul 3, 2019 5:41 AM in response to David_231

See all the post replies above.

You can’t.

Apple has never had any procedures/provisions for reveting any iDevice to a previous iOS version.

This is NOT possible and will never happen.

Sorry & Best of Luck to You!

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Jul 3, 2019 4:51 AM in response to akhilmnair007

You cannot downgrade the iOS version. If your battery is at 75% then it sounds like you need a new battery. You will have to save the money for that.

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Jul 3, 2019 5:06 AM in response to kb1951

Actually we can downgrade ios version using itunes by restoring from an older ios version backup.

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Jul 3, 2019 5:37 AM in response to akhilmnair007

How it can be downgraded to lower version. I don't find any option for that.

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Jul 3, 2019 5:34 AM in response to MichelPM

Maybe you should upgrade that iPad to iOS 12.3.1

You will have to save up for a battery replacement.

Have you changed any of your iPad's settings to help with battery conservation?

In Settings app

Turn off WiFi and Bluetooth when not needed.

Reduce screen brightness.

Turn ON Reduce motion.

Turn OFF Background App Refresh for ANY apps that do not need background updating or totally turn OFF Background App Refresh globally for ALL apps.

Set your mail to fetch manually when you launch the mail app.

Set screen lock for its shortest setting

Turn OFF automatic app updates.

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