Q: IPAD mini 2 long time to charge and heat issue
Hi,
My friend who is a god-father of my son just gave me a pre-owned Ipad mini 2 128GB to give to my son. First thing I did when I got home is to charge the said device. Once it turned on, I connected it to my wifi. At around 40% charge, I checked the SW version and it showed that there is an update available (9.3.5). I waited for it to charge a bit beyond 50% then upgraded the SW. After the upgrade, I continued charging the device and one thing I noticed is that when the device is ON, the back heats up. So pressed the power to turn the screen off and allowed the device to continue charging. When screen is OFF, it does not heat up. I called my friend and asked if he was experiencing the same thing when he was using the said device and he said NO. But again, he is not sure how is it now since he has not used it for a while.
After having it charged to 100%, I tried using it. The device heats up after 15-30 minutes of usage. However, when you put it in sleep mode. The temperature drops down again. I tried playing a youtube playlist so that it will stay on for quite sometime and again it heats up.
Does anybody have an idea on what is the probable cause for this? Is it battery issue?
I am in a bit of a fix now since I already showed this to my son and he is already looking forward for this device. I cannot give it to him if I cannot fix this heat-up issue since I'm scared it might explode.
Appreciate any input you can give.
iPad Mini, iOS 9.3.5, 128GB
Posted on Sep 4, 2016 6:33 AM