No you can install JB apps without Cydia, the hard way. I don't really feel the need to JB so now i'm off JB.
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iPad After Spirt Jailbreak iPad is your battery going fast?
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No you can install JB apps without Cydia, the hard way. I don't really feel the need to JB so now i'm off JB.
I haven't been reading these threads until today, but I'd say since I JBed, yes I have backgrounder, I'd say I'd been thinking that my battery doesn't last quite as long as it used to. BUT, I'm also not put out by it if I have to recharge. I could see thought if you wanted this for things like watching videos on a long flight, that it might be a big drag.
Jailbreaking, in and of itself, does not affect battery life whatsoever. Installing apps that change the functionality of the device, as designed by Apple, does.
If you just jailbreak and don't do anything else with it, your battery usage will not be changed in any significant way from how it was prior.
Anyone who says otherwise is misinformed.
That said, this post is pretty much the same as my experience and usage:
I can do all the same stuff I would do on my laptop, but on a device a fraction of the size and weight without needing to be tethered to a power outlet all day. The iPad simply would not be worth it to me if I hadn't jailbroken it and installed backgrounder and the virtual memory hack. But with those things, it's utterly fantastic.
If you just jailbreak and don't do anything else with it, your battery usage will not be changed in any significant way from how it was prior.
Anyone who says otherwise is misinformed.
That said, this post is pretty much the same as my experience and usage:
I can do all the same stuff I would do on my laptop, but on a device a fraction of the size and weight without needing to be tethered to a power outlet all day. The iPad simply would not be worth it to me if I hadn't jailbroken it and installed backgrounder and the virtual memory hack. But with those things, it's utterly fantastic.
I've also noticed accelerated battery usage after the JB. I had installed backgrounder and SBsettings.
Now, I only use backgrounder occasionally so I am thinking that SBsettings is the culprit. I've uninstalled it for now and will probably do a restore once Apple gives us background capabilities.
Now, I only use backgrounder occasionally so I am thinking that SBsettings is the culprit. I've uninstalled it for now and will probably do a restore once Apple gives us background capabilities.
I don't know how long it would last if I had not jailbroken it. Mine was jailbroken as soon as I received it.
My brightness is half way, on a wifi model. Most of the time using WIFI but sometimes using my iPhone's Mywi hotspot. The main applications that I use includes web browsing, RSS feeds, online radio, Pages, Document on the Go. I get at least 10 hours of usage. I've also used a stop watch to time the rate of battery going down, and it works out to be 1% every six minutes, or 10% per hour.
Do those of you who have not jailbroken get better than what I'm getting?
My brightness is half way, on a wifi model. Most of the time using WIFI but sometimes using my iPhone's Mywi hotspot. The main applications that I use includes web browsing, RSS feeds, online radio, Pages, Document on the Go. I get at least 10 hours of usage. I've also used a stop watch to time the rate of battery going down, and it works out to be 1% every six minutes, or 10% per hour.
Do those of you who have not jailbroken get better than what I'm getting?
It's not an app, it's something you have to tinker with yourself. A bit of work, but 100% absolutely, hands down, worth it.
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/9864210/
For me, I jailbroken it right away when I got the iPad. But i still consider the battery life to be extremely durable. I've only charged my iPad times since the last week of launch. I'm sitting on 54% right now and its been close to 7 hrs of use. I have backgrounder on as well.
I ran a little test as I was starting to get worried about all the comments in here.
iPad 32GB WiFi, Spirit JB, Backgrounder, Circuitous.
I merged a bunch of TV shows into one big file runnning about 12 hours in total.
WiFi on and connected, pushmail active, max volume with headphones plugged in, around 6/8 brightness.
Started the video playback last night before I went to bed. When I got up this morning, it was still running of course. I stopped the test after 11 hours (!) of non-stop playback with 5% battery remaining.
Not too shabby, I doubt it would be much (if any) better without the JB.
iPad 32GB WiFi, Spirit JB, Backgrounder, Circuitous.
I merged a bunch of TV shows into one big file runnning about 12 hours in total.
WiFi on and connected, pushmail active, max volume with headphones plugged in, around 6/8 brightness.
Started the video playback last night before I went to bed. When I got up this morning, it was still running of course. I stopped the test after 11 hours (!) of non-stop playback with 5% battery remaining.
Not too shabby, I doubt it would be much (if any) better without the JB.
I jailbroke the moment I got my ipad and have always got at least 10 hours of use out of it at 50% brightness. Mine is a wifi model. I don't believe jailbreak has any impact on battery life.
Bumping this...for the first few weeks, I didn't notice any drain in battery life.
Recently however, it's been noticeable. My battery drains about 12% with each hour of heavy use. Prior to jailbreak, it wouldn't drain more than 8-10%. This is a big deal, because I get about two less hours of battery life than I should.
I don't have Backgrounder running, and I even removed SBSettings to see if it would change, and it didn't...I have zero mods or apps running constantly, I'm thinking of removing the jailbreak.
Anyone else see drain like this?
Recently however, it's been noticeable. My battery drains about 12% with each hour of heavy use. Prior to jailbreak, it wouldn't drain more than 8-10%. This is a big deal, because I get about two less hours of battery life than I should.
I don't have Backgrounder running, and I even removed SBSettings to see if it would change, and it didn't...I have zero mods or apps running constantly, I'm thinking of removing the jailbreak.
Anyone else see drain like this?
I've had mine for about two months. It was jailbroken on day one. I've noticed absolutely no difference in battery life.
I have had a jailbreak since it was available and had the iPad since its release (a while before the jailbreak became available). I notice no battery drain on mine to the diminishing amount you describe. It still could be a jailbroken install that is causing the drain, perhaps the install didn't fully uninstall?
I clean refresh and rejailbreak could be in order. Please note, if you've updated to iTunes 9.2 read about any concerns.
Its good to hear jailbreak works fine with iTunes 9.2. I wonder if it was just an early warning until they fully tested it that is still lingering.
jailbreaking and installing backgrounder will drain your battery. theres no doubt about that.
i would assume that jailbreaking itself kills battery life. i wouldn't trust those that say their battery lifes are not affected at all. how would they know? those same people probably have not used a non-jb'ed ipad since the day they got it.
for those that have jb'ed. reformat and don't jb. you will notice a BIG difference in battery life.
i would assume that jailbreaking itself kills battery life. i wouldn't trust those that say their battery lifes are not affected at all. how would they know? those same people probably have not used a non-jb'ed ipad since the day they got it.
for those that have jb'ed. reformat and don't jb. you will notice a BIG difference in battery life.
I have a friend who has a non jailbroken iPad and we've "benchmarked" the battery three times since buying them, just running them into the ground. Running multiple apps at once affects battery life slightly, but really the LCD brightness seems to be the biggest way to kill battery. (Also, the way I read his question was that battery life seemed to get worse over time after he jailbroke; I haven't noticed that, I've got the same level of battery today that I did two months ago.)
That said, in casual use, I've gotten about thirty hours off of one charge-- that's with 3G and push on, wifi enabled, connected to both an IRC and IM client (running in background) along with mail; general web-browsing, emails and typing (I've got a book coming out in August.
). All on one charge, it lasted over a full day before I had to plug it back in.If I'm supposed to get more than this, I can't fathom it. At any rate I would be willing to put up with 30 hours vs 40 if the 30 hours allows me to run multiple applications at once and abandon needing to take my laptop with me.