Not sure if it's just me but it seems the battery life on my iPad has taken a hit since going to 4.2GM.. Anyone else experiencing this also?
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Battery life lower w/iOS4.2GM??
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shyam09
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i dont have the ipad (yet!) but from what i have rad i think that 4.2 introduces the multi-tasking which does take a big bite out of battery life
With beta 3 and now with the Golden Master I have the same awesome battery life that I had before.
Battery evaporating...
Yes, my battery is going down much faster than before.
I am trying quitting the apps in the background (most of them are not ready for multitasking) but still, the battery doesn't seem to hold as it used to.
Anybody found a way to fix this?
Gus
Yes, my battery is going down much faster than before.
I am trying quitting the apps in the background (most of them are not ready for multitasking) but still, the battery doesn't seem to hold as it used to.
Anybody found a way to fix this?
Gus
Calibrating the battery by running it down to zero then charging back up to full might be a prudent course of action before necessarily hitting the panic button.
I calibrated in this way last night after a few days on GM iOS4.2 and so far so good today although ymmv.
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I calibrated in this way last night after a few days on GM iOS4.2 and so far so good today although ymmv.
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Not saying it is draining down in a couple hours and defintately not panicking at all, it just seems to be draining a bit faster then it did with iOS 3.2. I've been running the original factory iOS 3.2 since the day I bought it until loading iOS 4.2GM so I can't compare it to the betas only to 3.2.. I have not been shutting off the multitasked apps, that could be the culprit if they are still running in the background.
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