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Battery life

My iPad is less than a year old, the battery life is very short (like 3 hours) how can I fix this? Why is this happening?

iPad, iPadOS 14

Posted on Feb 21, 2021 7:50 AM

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Posted on Feb 21, 2021 7:55 AM

If your battery life is considerably shorter than expected, you would be well advised to directly contact Apple Support and request a remote battery diagnostic.


Alternatively, the technicians at the Genius Bar of your local Apple Store will be able to test and assess your iPad battery.


You can contact Apple Support using the Contact Support link at top-right of this page. You can also contact the Support Team, or open a support case using the Apple Support App. In not already installed on your iPad, the App can be downloaded from the App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/apple-support/id1130498044


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Feb 21, 2021 7:55 AM in response to Jasaty54

If your battery life is considerably shorter than expected, you would be well advised to directly contact Apple Support and request a remote battery diagnostic.


Alternatively, the technicians at the Genius Bar of your local Apple Store will be able to test and assess your iPad battery.


You can contact Apple Support using the Contact Support link at top-right of this page. You can also contact the Support Team, or open a support case using the Apple Support App. In not already installed on your iPad, the App can be downloaded from the App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/apple-support/id1130498044


Feb 21, 2021 8:00 AM in response to Jasaty54

What have you done to improve your battery life?

Leaving your iPad screen always at 100% brightness has detrimental effects on battery life.

There are lots of things on iPad that have detrimental effects on battery life.


Tap on the link below to my iDevice/iOS performance/optimisation/battery optimisation user tips link.



Slow iPad on iOS 11, 12, and iPadOS - Apple Community



Try all of these tips and leave each tip active together.

Do not simply try every tip individually, expecting just one tip to be a performance “cure all”.

Many of these tips are designed to work together to help improve overall iOS/iDevice performance.



Best of Luck to You!

Battery life

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