iPad Air 4 Battery Drain

It is funny I also have an iPad Pro 2 and using iOS 14.2, 256gb, wifi only and there is no battery drainage... use for 3 or 4 hours non stop on internet, reading etc and my battery drops only 12/15% ——- When using iPad Air 4, same usage and battery is down to 45/50% so please don’t tell me that there is no problem on iPad Air 4 Please someone at Apple correct this problem paying 1000.00$ can for an iPad I expect better results

I stopped at the Apple Store last evening and told them of my issues. They did a battery diagnostic and said all was good. They then did a clean revert back to factory settings (w/ 14.0) and told me to try it for a week and see what happens.. They said maybe its an OS issue. I asked how will we get that fixed and they said “don’t know”. That’s it. Guess I will see.

Unit was off overnight and it lost 2% doing nothing.. 65% to now 63%. All I can suggest is to keep reporting your battery issues to Apple Support. Until they gets lots of reports of battery life issues, Apple apparently won’t look into it.

I erred above.. the Apple Store tech reverted back to a fresh copy of 14.2, not to 14.0 as stated above; v. 14 is no longer signed by Apple, therefore, it is no longer available. I did try to downgrade to 14.1 (I was able to download the image file on my computer) but keep running into errors in Tunes when I try to install it. Oh well.. guess I'll leave things at 14.2 and see what happens.

(Incidentally, is there a way to edit a prior post? I see no way to edit one of my prior posts.. odd that that wouldn't be an option.)

Same issue here iPad Air 4 WiFi +cellulair 64g. Still runnen 14.1 Os. Overnight on stand-by drain from About 50% to 12%. New and Unique for ipados is of course the a14 chip. I suggest Apple to look into this issue seriously

Have you contacted Apple Support or gone to an Apple Store to report this? Seems Apple won't consider this a bug or problem until they see lots of people reporting the issue. That's what the tech told me when I contacted Apple Support via their chat feature.

My complaint for now it’s actually I am using the iPad more than usual and that’s why perhaps I noticed poorer battery life in comparison with air 3, however I haven’t experienced any significant battery drain overnight or when not in use. I can recommend you to delete the iPad and set it again as new device not from back up iCloud and this may help you a lot. If not best to buy Apple care in case you out of return period so you can keep coming back to Apple for repair or exchange plus you will have another year of warranty and accidental damage cover. 👍

I traded in an iPad Air 3 for a Air 4 in late Oct. I used the 3 the same as I use my new 4 and the 3's battery lasted considerably longer than the new 4 does. I have not changed anything in terms of settings or added any new apps to the 4 so I see no valid explanation as to why the battery performance of the 4 is so much less than the 3. I actually did a comparison of my wife's Air 2 (about 4 years old?) to my new Air 4 and their battery use was nearly comparable... I guess I should have kept the 3 and not 'upgraded' to the 4 but I could have not foreseen the poor battery performance of the new iPad Air 4 until I got it.

Noticed that the sleep/wake function does not work on iPad 4 I have changed the cover 3 times and the function still does not work... did what Apple suggestion turning lock/unlock off then on and still none of my covers function with the iPad 4 (iPad 4, 256gb, wifi only) never had any problem with other iPads pro or air

I noticed the same thing on the 1st cover I purchased and soon realized that the magnet built into the cover was not properly lined up with the iPad's sensor. You can easily tell by experimenting with some small magnets and determine exactly where the cover's magnet is. Another issue I noted was slack in the cover's spine. When you close the cover, the the cover's spine isn't tight against the iPad's left edge, the magnet (in the opposite corner) will not line up with the sensor in the iPad. I switched to a Fintie brand cover (I had good luck with their covers for prior iPads) for my new iPad Air 4 and theirs works perfectly. I sent the other cover I bought (from a different company.. I can't remember the brand now) back as I had the same issues as you. I'd suggest trying a Fintie brand cover and see how that works.

I am also having the same issue here with my new iPad. Just by reading this forum with Low brightness my battery has drained 3 percent. Really disappointed with the battery life. I just had it for couple of days and only used Procreate and watched some YouTube nothing too heavy but it’s draining fast

No problem Suzanne. Glad that worked.

Thechchlc - have you contacted Apple Support to report the issue you are having. As mentioned above, it seems Apple will only acknowledge there's a problem if enough iPad Air 4 customers complain.

Same issue here, but on standby mode my iPad doesn’t drain at all, but while using, doing simple things such as reading or note taking battery drains really fast, I have been on this website less than 10 mins and already 6% has drained. I’ve pretty worried man.

I'm going to give it a go. Like others here, I am amazed at how fast the battery drains, even when the iPad is off. Like another subscriber here, I use it only to read most of the time. Do not have Apple pencil and never watch videos or play music. In fact, as I said, I do bugger all on it and the battery is worse than the little one I traded in.

I contacted Apple again to see if they have any info about battery drain issues w/ iPad Air 4 and the tech said he's heard very few people report any problems. If you are having these issues (and can verify it isn't due to things like background apps, updates, etc.), I strongly suggest contacting Apple via their free online chat support feature to report your battery drain problems.

Here's the link: https://getsupport.apple.com/?caller=psp&PRKEYS=PF22

(click on Battery & Charging, Battery Questions & TroubleShooting, and then click on CHAT). You will need your serial number which can be found in Settings. Usually takes them about 1~2 minutes to connect with a rep.

The more of us report these battery drain issues, the more likely Apple will actually acknowledge an issue and hopefully look into it and fix it.

Thanks for the advice. I was in touch with them this morning and have to wait for an adapter so I can backup the iPad and reset it it to factory settings and start again. I told them if that didn't work, I would be seeking a replacement and they said that would be the next step.

I advised that I'd turned off pretty well anything that took up power, apps in the background, notifications, brightness etc etc. But it still lost 10% overnight last night when off.

I've also drained the battery as someone suggested in this thread, and am now re-charging to see if that helps as I have to wait a week for the USB-A to USB-C adapter to arrive. My iMac is old and although I got a new hard drive and upgraded RAM and it runs beautifully, it doesn't have the right port for either my iPhonen or iPad! Technology huh?

Thanks for your help. I'll come back with the outcome in due course.