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iPad mini iPad mini battery setup

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Anfield

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Oct 26, 2012
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Hi Guys,

I received my iPad mini yesterday (2 days late!) and I was wondering how I should have charged it for the first time?

I think I made a mistake and charged it over night ready for work today. Should I have just let the battery run down to 0% and then charge it to full capacity?

Thanks in advance.
 
maflynn

maflynn

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May 3, 2009
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Charge it up fully and enjoy :)

I'd avoid deep drains as that will shorten the lifespan of the battery
 
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Anfield

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Oct 26, 2012
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Right, thank you.

I am letting it run down now and then will charge it fully.

Last night I charged it out the box from 85% overnight, I hope it hasn't worsened the battery life.

:(
 
maflynn

maflynn

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May 3, 2009
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Anfield said:
I am letting it run down now and then will charge it fully.
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Why let it run down, I'd avoid draining it just for the sake of draining it. Batteries are measured by cycles adding draining/charging cycles decreases the lifespan.

You charged it up last night as you should have, but I'm not sure why you want to drain it
 
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Anfield

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Oct 26, 2012
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maflynn said:
Why let it run down, I'd avoid draining it just for the sake of draining it. Batteries are measured by cycles adding draining/charging cycles decreases the lifespan.

You charged it up last night as you should have, but I'm not sure why you want to drain it
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Okay, I'm currently at 20% battery life after 5 hours and 18 minutes usage with 12 hours and 28 minutes in standby. I did Facetime for over 2 hours though.

The only reason I wanted to let it run out and then charge it was due to reading a few articles online stating that was what should be done and not charging it out the box like I did last night.

Thanks for advice guys.
 
Chupa Chupa

Chupa Chupa

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Jul 16, 2002
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FWIW Apple recommends users deplete the battery fully once a month to recalibrate the device's battery meter. Except for that, it is best to recharge before 50% drain when possible.
 
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ejin222

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Oct 12, 2011
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Chupa Chupa said:
FWIW Apple recommends users deplete the battery fully once a month to recalibrate the device's battery meter. Except for that, it is best to recharge before 50% drain when possible.
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Why would it be best to recharge before 50% drain? Doesn't that increase the number of charge cycles therefore killing the battery faster? I always thought that the battery had a set number of charge cycles and charging fewer times by plugging it in at, say 10%, resulted in fewer cycles.

Enlighten this noob please :D
 
Chupa Chupa

Chupa Chupa

macrumors G5
Jul 16, 2002
14,835
7,396
ejin222 said:
Why would it be best to recharge before 50% drain? Doesn't that increase the number of charge cycles therefore killing the battery faster? I always thought that the battery had a set number of charge cycles and charging fewer times by plugging it in at, say 10%, resulted in fewer cycles.

Enlighten this noob please :D
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Sure, but who has time to charge at 10%. I'm using 50% at the max to let to go down before charging. If you can do it before that's good too. It's worse on the battery once you drop below 50% for charge, but sometimes it's not possible to charge and ultimately most trade up these devices before the battery really gets bad.
 
N0ddie

N0ddie

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Oct 23, 2011
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Glasgow
I drained it when we got ours. Got it at 52% and 2 days later it went off totally flat. Charged to 100% which doesn't take long.
 
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