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iPad iPad 4 poor battery life
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It depends on what your are doing with your iPad. Dim brightness to 50% and you will see 10+ hours of usage.
Most battery tests are run at half-brightness. I can't imagine ever running my iPad at full. But if you like it set at full then you do pay a price in battery life.
That is horrible. My iPad battery is extremely good. You might want to visit the Apple store soon.
P.S Didn't read the last sentence. Yeah 100% brightness is bond to happen ... Battery drainer !
There are different reports about 6.1.3 not being good on battery life, in other sections of this forum and on the net in general. If you google it, you'll find that there are quite a few other people saying the same thing.
Here's one sampling.
It's supposedly affecting bluetooth and wifi connectivity as well.
I'm glad I'm on 6.1.2. I imagine Apple will sort it out, but you might be in for a bit of a wait.
Here's one sampling.
It's supposedly affecting bluetooth and wifi connectivity as well.
I'm glad I'm on 6.1.2. I imagine Apple will sort it out, but you might be in for a bit of a wait.
Read the post above you! You have a Retina Screen,at Max brightness, both items are sucking juice from your battery. I have brightness at 60%, and get over 10 hours use
Well I have my ipad at full brightness because of the screen it looks like 80% on my iPhone so that´s the reason it can be of course the iOS version I hate these ****** apple upgrades nothing new but everythink worse I would never install this update but I bought it second hand cheaply so I have to wait I hope they will fix this
Commas and periods are your friends, get to know them.
That being said, if you haven't changed any habits from before 6.1.3, then yes, it's most likely the software version.
The abnormal thing here is that you set it on maximum brightness. Unless you are using it in the sun all-day long, that must be very bad for your eyes.
To give you an idea: most iPad users use their iPads at 30-60% brightness.
Want to adapt to a lower brightness? Use the device at like 20% brightness for a while (which you will probably _not_ enjoy) and than, after a while of using it at such a low brightness, set it at 40 or 50%. You'll than realize that 40/50% is bright enough.
Also, you can check your battery life at: "Settings > General > Usage"
http://imgur.com/vgUca61
Getting awesome battery life on 6.1.2 jailbreak. Brightness at 75%
Lots of web page viewing and reddit/rss feeds
Some videos, probably about 30-40 minutes worth
Getting awesome battery life on 6.1.2 jailbreak. Brightness at 75%
Lots of web page viewing and reddit/rss feeds
Some videos, probably about 30-40 minutes worth