iPad mini Charged my battery to 100% unplug it and it goes down to 99%....

JGWolven said:

Nah. It's normal. My Air does that as well. Once the iPad hits 100% it stops charging. Just check how much usage you have at 1%. That's the real indicator.

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TB07-NJ said:

Actually it doesn't stop charging at 100% it drops down to a very low trickle charge in order to maintain the 100% while it is on the charger.

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JGWolven said:

That's actually incorrect.

"So, here’s how things work: Apple does in fact display the iPad (and iPhone and iPod Touch) as 100 percent charged just before a device reaches a completely charged state. At that point, it will continue charging to 100 percent, then discharge a bit and charge back up to 100 percent, repeating that process until the device is unplugged. "

It's not a sustained charge like you indicated. That would be an unreasonable waste of power. It can even drop to 98% before it realizes it needs to be charged back up.

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lina231 said:

Thanks guys! Ive had my ipad off of the charger all day and its still at 94%. So im assuming that its fine. I am, however, looking into getting applecare for my ipad. Worth it?

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JGWolven said:

That's actually incorrect.

"So, here’s how things work: Apple does in fact display the iPad (and iPhone and iPod Touch) as 100 percent charged just before a device reaches a completely charged state. At that point, it will continue charging to 100 percent, then discharge a bit and charge back up to 100 percent, repeating that process until the device is unplugged. "

It's not a sustained charge like you indicated. That would be an unreasonable waste of power. It can even drop to 98% before it realizes it needs to be charged back up.

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TB07-NJ said:

We're talking a very low few mAH trickle charge. Don't think it's "wasting" any appreciable amount power. It was actually measured a couple iPhones ago and photos were posted here or somewhere of the tests & setup. Been a few years but it was confirmed by a number of people. Same test have been run on other phone devices as well with the same results. IIRC trickle charge was under 5 mills. It's easy enough to measure just put a USB extension between the cable and USB brick (so you don't have to cut your lightening cable) and break out the 5V line and split it and put a meter inline. Just because a device no longer shows charging doesn't mean it is not being trickle charged. You have to actually measure the current draw with a meter after the charge shows complete.

It came up trying to prove to people that even if you used a 100 amp hour battery to charge a device it only pulls the max current the circuitry is designed to charge with despite the output of the charger (which has nothing to do with THIS discussion). There was some guy who graphed it with some high end battery testing equipment made for just that purpose.

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

Most lithium-ion polymer batteries use a fast charge to charge your device to 80% battery capacity, then switch to trickle charging. That’s about two hours of charge time to power an iPod to 80% capacity, then another two hours to fully charge it, if you are not using the iPod while charging.

Added (not by Apple) after the previously mentioned testing (the trickle continues at a low rate).

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JGWolven said:

OP is referring to when the device is fully charged. What happens at the end of the cycle (and what OP's post was in regards to) is explained by https://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/2...-continued-charging-beyond-100-battery-level/.

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AntnyMikal said:

If I charge my Air to 100% overnight and unplug it, it will stay at 100 for about 10-20 minutes depending on what I do. My phones, iPods, iPads and MBPs will do the same.

So it's seems a a little strange to me.

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lina231 said:

Hi all,

Thanks for your replies! I cave in and just called apple, the representative said that it was normal for the ipad to do that. He also said that they never charge to an actual 100%. More like they charge to 99.999999%. If thats true, I have no clue. Either way, I haven't charged my ipad since yesterday and it s at 83%. I was also asking about the applecare for the ipad, and he said that there is no student discount for the applecare for the ipad, which is kind of dumb but whatever. I'm still debating on whether I want to purchase the apple care for it or not.....

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