Is it normal for my new iPad Pro to drain 5% charge with normal use?

It is not unusual for a new installation to be running background tasks to rebuild all the internal indexes for storage, and the extra work causes more battery load than expected by the user. This usually reverts to normal within about the first day.

The other issue is the New Toy Factor. The rated battery life is for a set of standard conditions which reflect normal usage. You have a new gadget, and if you are anything like me the screen (heavy battery user) was awake for several continuous hours while you explored. My 11" iPad Pro M4 went down to about 60% in a few hours yesterday afternoon after completing the initial setup. After re-charging it dropped 3% overnight in default configuration.

Rubee wrote:

My new 2024 11 inch iPad Pro is seeing issues with the battery draining overnight from 80% to 0% it wouldn’t even turn on in the morning. Any ideas why it can drain when off? I never had an iPad do this in the past. My old v1 iPad Pro still hold a better charge. In fact, it was sitting right next to the 2024 iPad and it still has plenty of charge and hasn’t been plugged in for a few days.

Something isn't right.

Try a forced-restart of your iPad - as this will often clear an isolated software issue:

Force restart iPad (models with Face ID or with Touch ID in the top button)

If your iPad doesn’t have the Home button, do the following:

1. Press and quickly release the volume button nearest to the top button.
2. Press and quickly release the volume button farthest from the top button.
3. Press and hold the top button.
4. When the Apple logo appears, release the top button.

Force restart iPad (models with the Home button)

Press and hold the top button and the Home button at the same time. When the Apple logo appears, release both buttons.

If the problem persists after performing the restart, it may be necessary to reset your iPad settings. While this reset will not cause any loss of data, as a precaution, it is always wise to ensure that you have a current iCloud or iTunes backup before performing the reset:

How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

When you are happy to proceed, you can perform the reset from iPad settings:

Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPad > Reset > Reset All Settings

If the problem still doesn’t clear, the next step is to reset the iPad to factory settings:

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support

Otherwise, you would be best advised to seek assistance directly from Apple Support. You can contact the Support Team using the Support link at top-right or bottom-left of this page. Alternatively and perhaps easier, you can initiate and manage your support cases using the excellent Apple Support App. If not already installed on your iPad, the App can be downloaded from the App Store:

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

You might also visit the Genius Bar at your local Apple Store or Apple Authorised Service Provider (AASP) - where the technicians will be able to test and assess your iPad - and you can explore your available options:

Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple

Be aware that if purchased directly from Apple, you have 14-days within which to unconditionally return your new iPad for exchange or refund. If you have any issues that cannot be easily resolved, you would be best advised to make use of the opportunity while it is available.

UPDATE: Spoke with support and they agreed there was a problem after running the diagnostics. They called my local Apple Store and I just returned home with a new replacement.

I had nothing running in the background and all updates had finished. When I tried to charge it this morning it stopped at 27% because it got too hot. That was the dead giveaway for me. The back of the unit was not just warm but hot to the touch.

All in all pretty painless except for the traffic by my Apple Store.

Un conseil , installer Battery grapher sur vos iPad Pro puis mettre le widget de cette application , vous allez voir ainsi la consommation en heure en veille .

Mettez les graphiques en capture d écran la normale sur une nuit en veille sans actualisation ni gps c est moins de 2% voir 0%

https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/battery-grapher/id1498632956

The problem occur’s when iPad is newly set-up by pulling data from old iPad. I faced battery drain problem for 2-3 days, now battery is performing as normal ie almost a week in standby.

De mon cote c est un peu mieux meme si l écran consomme bien plus que mon M2 , j'ai les deux versions en 11 inch .

Pour l'autonomie ou je suis vraiment déçu c est en standby je réfléchit meme a faire un retour .

Je pense que le problème va être résolu dans le futur , il ne faut pas oublier qu'il s'agit d'une nouvelle puce qui doit pas être encore optimise

drbliss wrote:

I posted earlier in this thread about my 13" M4 draining fast; well now I also have an 11" Air and that seems even worse. Drains from fully charged to >30% overnight. I bought this for my wife, and all she does is some Instagram and reads a book before she goes to sleep.

@apple any thoughts on this? Do I need to return both units?

Perhaps understand the Apple Support Community is a user-to-user technical forum. Contributors here are all end-users, just like you. Other than the site Moderators, Apple neither monitor nor participate here.

As such, if you hope to reach Apple through these forums, you will be disappointed.

If you have purchased a new device directly from Apple, if you are unhappy in any way, you generally have 14-days within which to unconditionally return the device for exchange or refund.

Upon expiry of 14-days, the opportunity to obtain an unconditional refund will be lost. However, hardware faults will be addressed under the terms of Apple's limited warranty.

So my new (factory replaced) 11” did exactly the same thing as my first. That’s 2 for 2 which have become incredibly hot and had massive battery drain with nothing running in the background.

The second one failed about an hour before I was leaving for the airport and I took some photos of how hot it was getting. Below is my M4 iPad alongside my iPhone 15 Pro Max.

The I pad discharged from 80% to 0% in a matter of minutes with nothing running.

HOWEVER!!!!!!

I turned it off and threw it in my bag at 0% charge and took my 5 hour flight. I have charged it 16 times now without issue. It seems to be working fine. No heat, no battery drain, nothing. The battery still isn’t fantastic but it for sure is acceptable and working fine.

No software updates, no changes in settings, (I wish there were so we could find the issue) - it just started working again. I even put my battery on full 100% charge (I stay at 80%) to try and get it to fail. The last 5 charges were to 100% without issue.

Can’t explain it, and it may happen again, but for now I’m happy (again).

My battery on my new iPad 13 in M4 model has been draining too, i charged it to 80% (12 am) went to sleep got up and it was at 49% (9 am) went to work and got back home checked the battery and it was at 23% (9 pm) I use to have the 11 in 2022 iPad pro and I never had this issue, it would last for at least 4-5 days if i didn’t use it charge would go down but not as fast as my new one. If it helps, the thing that says that drained my battery is Siri and Find My, which makes no sense how Siri would drain since I wasn’t even using Siri… and for Find My it makes no sense that it would drain over 60% of my battery in the span of a day.

My battery on my 13 inch M4 is draining faster than advertised. I drain about 2 to 3% overnight (with or without the Low Power Mode) - which is acceptable I guess. But I am only getting maybe 8 hours of screen time per charge (100% to 5%) when using light work, Y-Tube videos, and movie watching. I also keep my screen down to about 25%. Other than this battery issue, I am most satisfied with the iPad Pro. If I completely power down, the battery does stop draining - which I find myself doing when traveling. I have an iPad Mini 6 with even worse battery drain. My AirPods Pro also drain when not in use more than they should too. So I have concluded that Apple products have battery drain issues and have learned to accept this shortfall. In summary, my new M4 iPad Pro drains faster than advertised - but that seems to be par for the course with Apple. The only exception has been my iPhone 14 Pro which seems to drain it’s battery as advertised. I could hope for an Apple software fix for this - but I have been waiting too many years for these fixes with no resolution.

My M1 iPad Air battery appears to be far far better than my M4 iPad pro. I love the pro, but losing 42% the other night is not my idea of a good battery, then on standby yesterday evening it dropped about 25% again. There is seemingly some kind of issue going about with the M4 pro I'd say.

I am experiencing similar issues on the 11" M4 as well..., I turned off wifi, so that photos would not refresh in the background and honestly just left it alone for 1 hr, no activity, it drained 5% during that time, but if I start using it, with the apple pro pencil , it drains super quick. I am not suggesting it is the pencil , but something is draining it, and I did a full reset, and still no main wins. Maybe the current OS 17.5 ?

I do not know the issue, whether the current OS has not been optimized to handle the battery management of the new M4 or what, but it definitely is an issue somewhere. If anyone else has a similar iPad M4 11 inch and experiencing similar issues, do tell me, please. Otherwise, I may need to take it back to Apple and see what they say...

En utilisation l’autonomie est bonne mais en veille c’est pas terrible en 24h avec une connexion 5G et wifi ipad pro M4 est a 93% après 24h. La ou mon M2 est lui a 98% . C est certain que la puce M4 est encore mal optimisée surtout en standby .

Nothing at all running in the background. When I tried to charge it this morning it went to 27% then gave me "will resume when iPad gets to a normal temperature". This is the same problem I had with my old M1. It got hot and wouldn't charge after 4 years, this one only 2 days.

Je confirme ayant un pro 11 5G M2 et maintenant un pro 11 5G mais M4 .

En veille l autonomie diminue plus. Maintenant c est surement iCloud aussi mais un iPad même en sycho qui diminue de 40% en une nuit c est anormale