iPad 3 battery running down

I use my new iPad all day long at work and it almost never goes to sleep and I easily get 10 hours or more out of the battery every day. I charge the iPad every night as well. No matter what the battery level, I charge to battery so I can't comment on how much the battery drops when the iPad is asleep all night.

So my first suggestion would be - charge the battery every night since this will not hurt the battery and you will have a full charge every day when you begin using the iPad. Then see how long the battery lasts when you use the device all day long. If you get at least 10 hours, then you are OK. If you aren't getting that kind of usage out of the battery, then you might have a problem?

My point is that I would judge the battery more on how long a full charge will last rather than how much the battery drops overnight while it is asleep. And that can be prevented anyway, by simply charging the battery every night.

I am not really stating that your iPad should drain the battery this way. Like I said, I haven't experienced that yet. Frankly, that does seem a bit excessive to drain 10% while it is asleep - over an 8 hour period.

I know that I could put my iPad one to sleep with a full 100% charge and when I would wake it the next morning - 7 hours later - it would still be at 100%.

I am wondering if the reading is accurate on your iPad and that is why I suggested seeing how much actual usage you get out of the battery with a full charge. My thinking is that if you get 10 hours, the battery is working OK, but that still doesn't account for the inaccurate reading of the indicator.

If the device is less that 14 days old and if you bought it an Apple Store, you can return it for a full refund - no questions asked - and then purchase another one.

Look at the Extend iPad Battery Life link (below) first.

The quickest way (and really the only way) to charge your iPad is with the included 10W USB Power Adapter. iPad will also charge, although more slowly, when attached to a computer with a high-power USB port (many recent Mac computers) or with an iPhone Power Adapter (5W). When attached to a computer via a standard USB port (most PCs or older Mac computers) iPad will charge very slowly (but iPad indicates not charging). Make sure your computer is on while charging iPad via USB. If iPad is connected to a computer that’s turned off or is in sleep or standby mode, the iPad battery will continue to drain.

Apple recommends that once a month you let the iPad fully discharge & then recharge to 100%.

How to Calibrate Your Mac, iPhone, or iPad Battery

http://www.macblend.com/how-to-calibrate-your-mac-iphone-or-ipad-battery/

At this link http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/galaxy-tab-android-tablet,3014-11.html , tests show that the iPad 2 battery (25 watt-hours) will charge to 90% in 3 hours 1 minute. It will charge to 100% in 4 hours 2 minutes. The new iPad has a larger capacity battery (42 watt-hours), so using the 10W charger will obviously take longer. If you are using your iPad while charging, it will take even longer. It's best to turn your new iPad OFF and charge over night. Also look at The iPad's charging challenge explained http://www.macworld.com/article/1150356/ipadcharging.html

Also, if you have a 3rd generation iPad, look at

Apple: iPad Battery Nothing to Get Charged Up About

http://allthingsd.com/20120327/apple-ipad-battery-nothing-to-get-charged-up-abou t/

Apple Explains New iPad's Continued Charging Beyond 100% Battery Level

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/27/apple-explains-new-ipads-continued-charging- beyond-100-battery-level/

New iPad Takes Much Longer to Charge Than iPad 2

http://www.iphonehacks.com/2012/03/new-ipad-takes-much-longer-to-charge-than-ipa d-2.html

Apple Batteries - iPad http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html

Extend iPad Battery Life (Look at pjl123 comment)

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3921324?tstart=30

New iPad Slow to Recharge, Barely Charges During Use

http://www.pcworld.com/article/252326/new_ipad_slow_to_recharge_barely_charges_d uring_use.html

Tips About Charging for New iPad 3

http://goodscool-electronics.blogspot.com/2012/04/tips-about-charging-for-new-ip ad-3.html

Prolong battery lifespan for iPad / iPad 2 / iPad 3: charging tips

http://thehowto.wikidot.com/prolong-battery-lifespan-for-ipad

 Cheers, Tom 😉

bhsummer wrote:

I get what your saying. In this case, the battery percentage drops consistently. So, if it loses 10% life over 10 hours on standby, that's about an hour of actual usage I am losing. Charging at night is possible, but I'm also talking about having it in a bag for 8 or 10 hours and then pulling it out to find it lost 10% ... It's disappointing and it shouldn't lose that much in standby ... My iPad 2 certainly doesn't and it is set up identically. As I said, I would expect longer standby time if the screen is always off. Might need to try another one.

I followed the advice by many here and restored my new iPad and the problem continues. I let the battery drain down to 0% the first few times when I first got it and charge it for at least 8 hours to make sure the battery gets to 100% full charge.

My battery still drains down 15% to 20% overnight, sometimes MORE. I barely use the new iPad. It sits on my nightstand most of the time. In 3-4 days on standby, the iPad dies. My iPad 2 never had issues like this. I have the Verizon 4G 64 gig version. I exchanged the iPad at Best Buy because I thought something was wrong with the battery on my first iPad 3, but it looks to be a software issue instead of a hardware issue.

What do I do now?

800=275-2273 in the U.S.A. and I think Canada.

Philly_Phan,

I called Apple iPad support and they had no solution to my problem. They simply told me to go to an Apple store to test out the battery. It's NOT the battery in the iPad. It's NOT a hardware issue. It's all software. Will Apple be releasing a software issue to fix this?

It IS the battery. It IS hardware. It's not software.

Go to the Apple Store.

So I got two defective iPads in a row from two different shipments from two different Best Buy stores?

You have a problem with a product.

Option 1... Do what the manufacturer of the product has told you to do.

Option 2... Fix the problem yourself.

I just wanted to post an update to my issue.

Before I wasted any time going to the Apple Store to test out the battery or anything like that, I did a quick test just to see what would happen if I shut the Cellular data tab off. Once I did that, there was virtually zero battery drain overnight or for long periods of time in standby.

I waited about a couple days and turned the Cellular Data tab back on and kept LTE on and the battery didn't start really draining at a fast rate until the second day after I switched it back on. I guess the iPad has to constantly communicate with the nearest cell towers for the best reception and that causes the battery to drain at a VERY fast rate.

To save your battery life, turn cellular data tab off unless you are constantly using LTE and are not able to use WI-FI.