iPad Air 4 Battery Drain

Yes, of course you are right and I agree with you. I did it only once for a trial. I hope I did not damage the battery ...

My iPad Air 4 is brand new and I only have it for 6 days. Of course I am not going to replace it with a refurbished one. If the problem is hardware then Apple must recall the devices.

That’s great news for you!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 My iPad has 14.3 from the 1st day but unfortunately has still the battery issue. I put in flight mode at 3:00 AM, 54% battery and at 9:30 AM the battery was 24%. 😞

I contacted Apple again today via their online chat feature. The tech did another battery analysis remotely and said it is fine. They had no clue as to why my battery drain issues persist. They had a senior tech call me and he didn't help much at all. He said I'd need to send my unit in or or I can take my again to an Apple Store. I explained that I use my iPad for work and therefore can't send it in and wait 10~20 days for a return unit. I told them I had done this already and they did a factory reset to no avail and the issues persist. I asked if they could send me a replacement (charge me for it) and I'd return my current iPad back and then credit back to me when they receive it back. They said Apple won't do that. Then, the tech had me download the Apple Support app to set up an appt. Within 150 miles, there is no appt. available any earlier than next weekend at any Apple Store, Best Buy, or other retailer. Their online scheduler only goes out 8 days so who knows. No idea why no Apple Store or other retailer has any available appts. for at least 8 days.. do that many Apple customers have problems with their devices right now that need repair or replacement and that explains why all appts are taken in the next week plus within 150 miles of me?

Wow, thanks for that advice. My iPad has seemingly settled down. I didn't have to do a full reset after all. It probably still drains faster than I hoped but it's OK. I use Firefox nowadays too and find it slow even on the iMac. And confusing at times. I'll do a comparison with Safari as it's faster anyway than Firefox. Thanks for the advice.

I use Safari.

Unfortunately, none of the suggested performance improvement fixes have changed the unnecessary, unexplained battery drain. I have to charge my iPA4 at least 2-3x/24 hrs. I do, however, appreciate any and all posters' suggestions of help. Very kind of you. Thank you.

Apple needs to step up and do the right thing. I'm growing tired of the same old song. Even elephant orgs can loose stability with enough resistance.

Hi, same issue here. My iPad is 4 days old. First day out of the box after first charge... I’ve unplugged my iPad at 7am at 100% and came home around 5pm and the iPad was on 33%. No one used the iPad or anything and it was locked with only WiFi on. I owned an iPad mini 4 and it never had issues like that and I have the same settings on my iPad Air as my iPad mini had. My 5 year old iPad mini holds charge better than a brand new iPad Air 4. Been in contact with Apple and they said my battery capacity is at 100% and everything passed the test so they are unsure on why it’s happening. Apple needs to recall devices and provide us with new units or if it’s a software issue to release an iOS update ASAP as I don’t wanna charge my iPad every several hours not being used. My iPad mini not being used for overnight did not even drop 1%... but this is horrible... hope Apple does something soon...

I am having the same issue. too much battery drain when idle. I did a factory reset and seemed to resolve for a while but is happening again. I don’t have an Apple Pencil and have very few apps installed.

I’ve exactly the same problem with my ipad air 4 wifi + cellular. I’ve tried to disable cellular but the problem persist. I have exactly the same graph than you in the battery menu.

Is there are a problem with ipados ?

In one night, with the ipad lock and in standby mode the battery start with 100% to finish at 0% ...

And the battery menu don’t tell me that a specific app take the battery.

I Strongly agree! I have also noticed that the battery drains more when it’s not being used and not while I am using it. I also reset it and didn’t restore it from any backup, but manually. Unfortunately the issue still persists. I’m sure that it’s a software issue...

I have been having the same issue, my battery went from above 50% to about 25% last night with no apps running in the background (according to the battery management utility). I have been consistently having this issue. Posting my picture here to add to the pile of evidence.

I did not replace my device… I'm sure it's a software problem but I'm not sure if it will be fixed with the iPadOS 14 updates or the new iPadOS 15. You said that it’s your second unit... do you mean the second replacement device or your brand new iPad had terrible screen bleed?

First one I had had terrible screen bleed. Replaced it. This one has terrible battery. Didn’t have the first one long enough to test the battery really. I have gotten a refund through Amazon for this iPad now. The question is do I roll the dice and get another one ? I would be very disappointed to have to go through the whole rigmarole again.

I am half tempted to get the 8th gen, save some cash or bail out of iPad altogether and get a MacBook Air.

I’m so sorry for both of terrible iPad Air...! I’m very disappointed with apple, too... maybe it’s a good choice to buy the iPad Pro... if you use the Apple Pencil... Please let us know when you have any news for the iCloud account from apple...!

actually I spoke too soon. Battery drained over night by 10% with wi fi and bluetooth off. I got a refund on that particular ipad this morning.

I have a NEW ipad air 4 replacement device as of today. I am not confident that the issue will be gone as I am fairly sure it is software related. I will keep you all posted. The troubleshoot continues.

Maybe im an idiot and shouldn't have got another one of this model. Time will tell. I will be very annoying for apple customer support if this repeats !

I do not think it is easy to find out before the purchase that iPad Air 4 has a battery drain issue. Even if, I assume that Apple sells thousands of these devices yet apparently few make it to complain as we do. I would have hoped that mine will be fine.

I am waiting for a replacement device sent by Apple (a relatively smooth process) and hope to have better luck.

However, should the problem persist, I would definitely want my money back.

So sorry to hear that your supplier does not offer a 14 day money back guarantee. In Europe this is standard!