iPad shows low battery when fully charged

I have this same problem with my iPad Air. It’s fully charged, I punplug it, use it for about an hour then the red batter drained icon appears. My iPad when I plug it back in is usually around 80%. As long as I keep it plugged in and use it, it’s good to go. I though my battery was going bad until I read these posts. Guess there’s no fix ☹ Is it possible that Apple did something to make us go buy a new iPad, like they did with the iPhones making the batteries slow down??

Following your question as I have the same problem.

my wife has the iPad mini and has had the problem since upgrading IOS.

I have an iPad Air2 on the same release but have not had the problem.

At least other messages have indicated a work around but hopefully Apple will fix in the next release.

We were basically told the same thing!

We have the same bug with our iPad and our "solution" is the same, we try to only charge to 99%. If it hits the 100% mark we have no end of bother getting it working again.

I have placed a timer on the wall socket so it only charges for a hour at a time, which so far sort of works for us.

Our local Apple store said they would "repair" it for an unbelievable €660 ($820) - the iPad is just 18 months old! They weren't very helpful at all unfortunately for this problem (store in Frankfurt, Germany), rather disappointing.

Exactly what they would do they couldn't say, though (replace some hardware I guess or maybe just the battery).

I wonder whether it is worth just replacing the battery? I find the battery fairly low capacity and would like to have it connected all the time but can't do that now as it just switches off :-( It is such a pain!

Yes, does sound crazy but actually seems to work. Just had the issue again after inadvertently charging to 100%.

Tried the hairdryer trick before switching back on (pressing and holding down both the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time) and it stayed on!

Is this a winter-time issue?

I asked myself exactly that question, as all now know that Apple does indeed build in quite a bit of very unusual and customer unfriendly "logic" into their IOS (were there any apologies whatsoever from Apple that anyone knows of?)!

It could even be some related logic which has been badly programmed and somehow misinterprets 100% as 0%? Would be interesting to have more data as to when exactly this bug surfaces. Does anyone know if a battery replacement has worked for anyone with this "100%_battery_bug"?

I finally went to the Apple Store at the MOA. The solution was bad battery. They will not replace the battery, but will sell one for $100. You can risk installing one yourself if yo so choose. Second option was to replace your (mine was a laptop) for $100. I went with the new laptop. I have been perfectly satisfied going forward.

Same issue. I called Apple and they did remote diagnostics indicating that it is a hardware issue (battery). I think warming the battery gives temporary life (should note that you don't need a hairdryer ...body warmth often does the trick), but mine continues to get worse. Taking it in for a battery replacement today. 90% that they will need to replace the glass as well (likely crack getting in), so looking at $150 total at my local fix it shop.

I saw a comment from someone about the possibility that some bug might be treating 100% charge as 0%. Since then I have not allowed my iPad to reach 100% charge and have not had the problem. Just to test, I recharched to 100% and the problem returned until the iPad discharched a little.

Someone should let Apple look into this.

Not sure if your having this issue still or have resolved it. I read through posts and came upon someone with the same issue. My iPad mini will shut down on its own even when it’s not on the charger but it’s fully charged. It is getting more difficult to get it going. I used to plug it in to Mac and that worked a few times. So yesterday after having it plugged in to Mac for a long time and still nothing I read that is you use blow dryer to warm up the back of it it will then turn on. This is correct. For the last 2 days I put the back of it next to my space heater. It turns right on. This morning, I had to do it twice. I am calling geek squad today to find out if there are any fixes to this.

I get the same problem since Sunday.

The battery of my iPad Pro 12.9 (13 months old, iOS11.2.5) was nearly drained. After the battery was fully charged the battery indicator showed 1% capacity.

Now the iPad forces a full restart after exact 180 seconds, as long as the battery is fully charged. This means the iPad restarts 10-20 times every 3 minutes. After 20 restarts or so it shows the battery no longer as empty, but as fully charged.

In my opinion this is a bug in the firmware.

The Apple support made my the offer to change the iPad for a refurbished one for 550 € (660 $) plus 19% VAT.😮😠

I have the same problem 22 Feb 2018 with my iPad Mini, running on latest version of IOS.

Battery suddenly shows red line dead, iPad goes to blank screen, and you eventually get it restarted after rebooting, when it shows a fully charged battery.

There should be better Apple advice on this.

I have yet to try a full factory restore, which seems to be the last option.

Exactly the same problem with my 2 year old iPad Mini running latest IOS version throughout week of 22 Feb 2018.

Have yet to try a full factory restore, but this problem seems to have been around for months or years. Where has the Apple “It just works!” claim disappeared to?

I have the same problem with my iPad mini for week to 22Feb 2018, using the latest IOS version.

Really frustrating.

I am desperate enough to try this amazingly crazy hair dryer option!

Will Apple start cross-selling hair dryers too or return to their era of “It just Works”!?

Still happening with my iPad mini, after my earlier post of 22 February.

The main ‘fixes’ that seem to work are:

1. Don’t allow your battery charge to get up to 100%. Keep it in the 90s. Admittedly difficult, if you leave it unattended to charge.

2. If the iPad is ‘cold’ temperature-wise, warm it up using the hairdryer trick in the middle of its back.

Obviously, neither of these things is acceptable for an expensive Apple product that is meant to “just work”! The logical next step for Apple is either to fix this problem (attributed by some as a ‘firmware problem’ or replace free-of-charge any afflicted machines with a new replacement via authorised resellers.

The hair dryer trick worked but not always, this is total update bull. My phone does the same thing all after an update. I have a samsung company phone and a google pad neither have this issue. I’m soon to be a non apple fan and plan on posting my findings all over social media as Apple seems to be ignoring this issue.