Hi, I got an iPad air for drawing and the battery has been draining very quickly when the screen is off, almost as if the screen was still on. The only app I have is procreate and I have a apple pencil 2 paired with it. Any help would be appreciated.
iPad Air, iPadOS 14
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 still have the battery drain issues even with a new iPad Air 4. I got Apple to replace my original one and still have the issues. I have reset my unit back to factory default several times and re-installed many fewer apps on it. Apple says to expect about 10 hrs. of battery life with this unit. Not sure what else to try since Apple seems to still not acknowledge an issue.
About how much battery drain per hour are you seeing now with the replacement? Essentially - if you use the iPad for an hour straight, no breaks, what's the battery % loss? It's so hard to find what a normal/acceptable drain is!
I lose about 1% every 2 minutes with wifi and bluetooth OFF and screen brightness set to about 40~45%. I don't have an Apple pen so that isn't affecting me at all. I have auto-updates for apps turned off. I've never used my iPad for 10 hours straight but I know there is no way my battery would provide the life advertised by Apple for the iPad Air 4. I think I'd get about 3 hrs out of a full charge if I used it non-stop for that amount of time with wifi and bluetooth each turned off.
When you noticed battery drain have you noticed any excessive heat around bottom right corner of the screen in landscape mode? This is where my one heats up and battery drains usually faster.
Yes, it is... Apple service let me know today that I will receive a refurbished iPad if will be a replacement. Please let us know how it goes when you reset it and restart again.
Has everyone here contacted Apple Support (via phone or their chat feature)? Hopefully everyone contacts Apple so hopefully they'll acknowledge a problem exists.
Hardware problems all faulty battery
I upgraded my replacement iPad to 14.4. So far still no problems.
Fault with battery
n3ntjmatt wrote:
Why is an iPad losing 3% overnight at all when turned off?
Background app activity, like push email notifications etc.
If the unit is turned off, there should be no notifications, no activity, etc.
Changing machine solved it for me
So.. update from my end.
Diagnostic found nothing, but now after some discussion it went for free (first they wanted to get money...) to apple tech support and i do get a replacement.
Lets see.
This is the best… do it asap! I regret that I kept the defective iPad for three months thinking it was a sotware issue.
That is far from normal battery drain for a new iPad.
How long have you had this 2020 iPad Air and did you purchase extended AppleCare+ for this expensive device?
iPad Air 4 Battery Drain
