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I use my iPad for daily usage. Only on Wi-Fi because I do not have cellular. Used for checking email, Facebook, streaming videos and occasionally use pages.
When using the device, I can actually see my battery drain. Why?
Try to restart your device first, and then see if the battery lasts more.
You can also check if your battery is a bit old, because old batteries drain faster.
For more information try to check the link below.
Batteries - Maximizing Performance - Apple
How many hours is "awful"? Is this a WiFi only iPad? Or a cellular iPad without cellular service?
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So I have been monitoring battery and screen time and this is what is have.
You can see the IPad is in standby most of the time. It was fully charged Tuesday
And this is where I am today.
Are my expectations to high? I am comparing the life of a single charge with my surface pro laptop. When in a hibernate mode I loose now power on a laptop probably 4 years old.
anyone think this is normal?
I could leave it in standby mode for maybe three days intermittently using the iPad.
So using the IPad today to watch videos do net surfing for 30 minutes, it went from 98% to 92%. Not sure if this is normal or not. I also looked on line to see if other folks have this issue, ran into an article about ap refreshes and to shut down the app not being used. I did that last night.
hope that gives you more information
So after talking with you I stopped using the IPAD. Left it in standby mode and just reopened it.
the battery went from 92% to 78% just sitting there in an idle state.
I just turned on screen time to see if it can provide me better data.
Unfortunately, the first screenshot cuts off before it shows much in the list of what's using up battery life. It appears that number two on the list is Facebook. The FB app is a notorious battery drainer. I'd give some thought to getting rid of it and accessing FB through the browser. You also seem to be using the iPad for handling HomeKit and that seems to be using a lot of battery life. That would continue to happen in the background.
Also, based on the first screenshot, you last charged it to 100% on Tuesday at 7:46am. The screenshot was taken on Thursday at 9:04am and you're not quite to 25%. That doesn't seem "awful" to me. If you plugged the iPad in every night before bed, it would automatically back up to iCloud and be fully charged and ready to go in the morning.
Thanks for your reply.
But in that time the IPad was sitting idle. I waiting for Apple Support. Sent them all the same information including more. They sent me to “senior apple support “
I appreciate your comments
As long as your iPad is turned on, it's not truly idle. You may not be doing anything with it but it's doing things. Again, Facebook is notorious for draining iOS batteries. I'm not sure what your Homekit setup is but that's apparently been using battery life. I'm sure there were other items below Facebook on that list.
Try turning off location services to check if that makes a difference.
Thanks, I'll try shutting it off. Hopefully the battery isnt old. We just bought it at Costco either November or December
It's not a cellular iPad, just Wifi. As for awful... it seems It's plugged in more than not
rtspyder wrote:
It's not a cellular iPad, just Wifi. As for awful... it seems It's plugged in more than not
Which still doesn't tell me how many hours of use (approximately) you get.
So I just charged it yesterday. The IPad is in sleep or stand by waiting to use it. So when you ask how many hours, are you asking use or total time even if in standby>
I was asking usage but if you make a note of both, more data is better.
iPad Pro daily battery life is awful
