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iPad Pro battery drain

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gerbrian

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Jun 2, 2014
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Hey guys,

I have a question regarding the battery on my iPad Pro.
I woke up this morning with 86% battery and left it laying there without doing anything with it. When I picked it up in the evening (about 10-11 hours later), my battery was down to 82%. Is a 5% drain over half a day really normal?
I already did a DFU restore last week since I thought my battery drain is too high. I have background refresh disabled. The only thing connected to the ipad is my apple pencil. I notice that each time I turn the display on, the bluetooth icon in the corner is "blinking" or "flickerign" for a second or so before it is all white. Is that a problem?

Thanks!
 
The pencil when not in use goes into standby and disconnects from the iPad. Turning off Bluetooth isn't needed.
Beavix said:
That's the problem. Turn off Bluetooth when you're not using the Pencil.
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Beavix said:
That's the problem. Turn off Bluetooth when you're not using the Pencil.
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The Pencil goes on stand by mode when not used, disconnecting itself from the iPad. i just noticed this on mine and posted a thread on this "amazing tech".

Now, I am not sure if the pencil has motion detection or touch detection. So if it only has the motion detection, putting it in a bag and walking with it might make it stay on. Will have to report back on this later. ;)
 
Gav2k said:
The issue isn't the pencil. It's more than likely a background process running. Apps like Facebook will cause excessive drain.
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I have background activity disabled and facebook is not installed. I dont know how to check if anything in the background is draining it. The battery menu does not really show that.
 
gerbrian said:
I have background activity disabled and facebook is not installed. I dont know how to check if anything in the background is draining it. The battery menu does not really show that.
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If you go into settings then battery and tap the little clock face it'll tell you everything you need to know
 
Gav2k said:
If you go into settings then battery and tap the little clock face it'll tell you everything you need to know
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I do know that. But it does not show any app with massive background activity. It actually shows no background activity at all in the past 24 hours.
 
gerbrian said:
I do know that. But it does not show any app with massive background activity. It actually shows no background activity at all in the past 24 hours.
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How long have you had it? Mine took a a week or so to settle down.
 
Ok I am not in Airplane mode. I am connected to WiFi and to the pencil. I am just not sure if this is normal or if I just go through the hassle and make a store appointment.
 
Mine loses a few % points too when not in use (maybe 3-4% overnight or so), although I do have a few background apps refreshing. I also have mail pushed to the device, iMessages synced, etc.

For reference, I have other iPads and they too will lose a few % points when not in use.
 
I returned the ipp yesterday because I had this display pressure issue.. The new iPads battery just blows my mind!! The battery life lasts nearly twice as long compared to the old one .. So lucky that I returned the old one ...
 
I should maybe make an appointment. Not sure if they will do anything since I cannot proove the issue in store.
 
I have a similar issue. The battery when I use mine drains very fast! It certainly doesn't feel normal. Brightness set at 50%, connected to wifi. Just browsing the news app for 20 minutes can make it drain by 10-15%
 
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