iPad Air battery drains too fast. Please Help!

I have an iPad Air which worked fine and no problems. For about 3-4 weeks it started losing charge alarmingly. Even when not being used it loses charge at about 15% per hour. All the "fixes" in here did no help. It is reported here that this is due to the last software update by apple but they will not admit it formally or otherwise.

Hi. Have you checked Settings > General > Background App Refresh? When you say "not being used", do you mean sleeping, or displaying the Home screen? Have you checked Settings > Battery to identify apps using power? My iPad Air with iOS 10.2.1 still gets 8-10 hours of use on a charge, down to 5% remaining.

Not sure if this will be the fix but I went to 'settings' > 'battery' and viewed the percentages of what was using battery life. Lock and Home Screen was 85% +. I found that the setting had been changed to "never" for that. Set to 5 mins. now and will see if that cures it.

other places to look are background app updates and notifications.

If all that stuff is off then you may want to consider backing it up and doing a restore....reset it back to factory settings and then restore from that backup.

then if it keeps going I'd make an appointment at your local apple store and have them check it out.

http://bgr.com/2014/04/08/how-to-improve-iphone-battery-life/

http://bgr.com/2014/03/21/iphone-battery-life-tips-and-tricks/

Try this first - Reset the iPad by holding down on the Sleep and Home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons. (This is equivalent to rebooting your computer.)

The quickest way (and really the only way) to charge your iPad is with the included 10W or 12W (5W on Mini) 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 (2.5W, 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

iPhone: Hardware troubleshooting (Power/Battery section also applies to iPad)

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2802

http://www.overthought.org/blog/2014/the-ultimate-guide-to-solving-ios-battery-d rain

http://www.overthought.org/blog/2014/the-ultimate-guide-to-solving-ios-battery-d rain

Extend iPad Battery Life (Look at pjl123 comment)

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

iOS 7 Battery Life Draining Too Fast? It’s Easy to Fix

http://osxdaily.com/2013/09/19/ios-7-battery-life-fix/

Poor battery life after installing iOS 7.1? Try these simple tips

http://www.zdnet.com/poor-battery-life-after-installing-ios-7-1-try-these-simple -tips-7000027348/

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

iPad: Charging the battery

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4060

Best Practices for iPad Battery Charging

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/best-practices-for-ipad-batte ry-charging/

How to Save and Prolong the battery life of your new ipad

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4480944?tstart=0

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

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

iPhone, iPod, Using the iPad Charger

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4327

Install and use Battery Doctor HD

http://itunes.apple.com/tw/app/battery-doctor-hd/id459702901?mt=8

To Extend a Device’s Battery Life, Get to Know It Better

http://tinyurl.com/b67c7xz

iPad Battery Replacement

http://www.apple.com/batteries/replacements.html

In rare instances when using the Camera Connection Kit, you may notice that iPad does not charge after using the Camera Connection Kit. Disconnecting and reconnecting the iPad from the charger will resolve this issue.

 Cheers, Tom 😉

I've got three iPads - an iPad 2 and two iPad Air - and my husband has his iPad Air, which we purchased three months ago.

All but his charge and deplete at around the same rate. The work iPad Air hasn't seen a charger in over a week and it's still at 95%. My husband's can't keep a charge overnight and takes twice as long to charge as the other three ipads.

He has only 12 apps and is using a 12W wart. His settings are good.

It's either a hardware problem - like a solder joint - or the battery.

I'd make an appointment at your local apple store and take the 'sick' one in and have the pros diagnose it.

For me, the issue very clearly began after the upgrade to IOS8. The iPad Air had gone from being able to perform for a solid day, if not more, and to retain a charge for days and days on end in sleep mode.

Post upgrade, I am lucky if I get two hours of use. And in sleep it rarely makes it more than 24 hours.

Before anyone asks, I never use location services, etc. And when not connected to WiFi, I turn the function off.

Effectively, IOS8 has taken a productive device and move it to the rubbish bin.

I found that even though it did not appear in battery usage the problem stopped when I deleted grand theft auto. Battery darin back to normal, yet with GTA installed the battery was draining about 1% every 3 minutes..