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1k9

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Feb 24, 2014
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I have an iPad Air and have it fully charged, I've been using it for approximately five 5 1/2 hours today surfing the Internet and watching YouTube videos and the battery hasn't moved at all from 100%. This just doesn't seem normal and want others opinion.
Does it sounds like my iPad air battery is malfunctioning? I don't believe I've ever had the Battery meter stay at 100% for so long.
 

Rodster

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May 15, 2007
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If it's running iOS 8 then that could be the problem. Several members on MR have reported quirky battery readings running iOS 8. Is it normal?. Nope, is your battery going defective? I doubt it.

Try doing a hardware reset (home+power buttons). Apple is releasing a new update for iOS 8 that addresses several bugs and performance enhancements. They haven't gone into details about what those fixes are for other than they want to improve performance on the iPad 2.
 

1k9

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Feb 24, 2014
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Did the hard reset and the battery meter jumped all the way down to 9%, I knew there was something funny going on.
 

s2mikey

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Sep 23, 2013
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Did the hard reset and the battery meter jumped all the way down to 9%, I knew there was something funny going on.

Geesh. That seems to be too low of a reading then. I bet your somewhere in the 40% to 50% range with the usage you describe. Charge it again and let it cycle a few times to see if it "figures" itself out. Could always try a third party battery app to see what it says you have left.
 

Batavian

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Mar 10, 2011
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This must be an iOS 8 bug. I was at the Apple Store and noticed all these iPads at 100%. When I started using them, all of a sudden the battery percent dropped to the actual percent, whatever that was for the particular device.
 
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