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Hello,
When I finish using my iPad Air in the evening, I turn off the wifi on my iPad and leave it on standby for the night. I noticed that my iPad lose 2% to 3% during every night and at least 1% during the day, is that normal?
I should point out that my Apple Pencil remains magnetized and therefore actively charged, could that be the cause? Should I turn off Bluetooth?
Thanks for all the future answers.
iPad Air 5 Wi-Fi
Yes, its normal. If its powered on, the battery will deplete to a small degree as you've noted. Why not just plug your iPad in to charge at night, connected to Wifi and assuming you have iCloud Backup enabled, it will backup every night, so you can't lose your valuable data?
Yes, its normal. If its powered on, the battery will deplete to a small degree as you've noted. Why not just plug your iPad in to charge at night, connected to Wifi and assuming you have iCloud Backup enabled, it will backup every night, so you can't lose your valuable data?
No. You cannot harm, nor overcharge an iPhone/iPhone/Mac battery at all. Once the battery has reached a full charge, it will stop charging and using Optimized Battery Charging actually prolongs the health of the battery. Again, a 2% loss in charge is nothing to be concerned about at all.
Is it normal because of my Pencil always charging? About charging it at night, I'm a bit phobic of the battery problem like I know that have my iPad always plugged in or plugged in for a long time can cause damage to my battery, right?
The problem is still there even when I charged my iPad before I go to bed, so iPad at 100% and in the morning the battery is at 98%
I'm not near my iPad (I have an Air 5 and an 11 Pro M1), so I'll check when I get home. But either way, you can are safe leaving the iPad plugged in at night, all night and it will not harm anything.
Oh okay thanks for the tip. Unfortunately I can't use "Optimized Battery Charging" on my iPad.
Great thanks for the advice!
You're very welcome.
Losing iPad battery during night
