New ipad issues gone!!!

[Tman904]

Thought about taking my new iPad back but I loved the new features so much that I didn't want to. Just like anyone else i felt my new iPad getting too warm battery seemed like it did last long. So I decided to try something. My second day of owning my new iPad I drained my battery down completely during the day then fully charged it back up at night. I did this for a week. Since than I can run my brightness at 100% without getting hot my battery even last like it should now comparing it to my iPad 1 there both equal now. Maybe you guys should try this!!

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[Mickeylittle]

I've also read that when charging the new iPad it isn't fully charged when it says 100% that once it reaches the 100% mark to go ahead and charge it for another hour to "fill it to the top"

[Patrizia_NC]

You do not need to run the batteries down. They do not have memory like the older ones

[intro2ipad]

best thing is to let your iPad charge overnight I think, as it does take a while to get "fully" charged. They leave a margin of error at 100% so the battery doesn't catch fire or swell or do any of the things that batteries do if they're charged too quickly, so leaving it charging for a while after it reaches 100% is a good idea. I think apple has battery care guidelines on their site, google them, I recall they suggest letting your battery run down completely once a month or something similar, but verify that for yourself.

[Gabriel1]

Check this link http://www.apple.com/batteries/

The full cycle once a month is purely to recalibrate the battery meter.

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[johnml]

You do not need to run the batteries down. They do not have memory like the older ones

I was having a quick draining battery compared to my first gen. Over the weekend I drained it to 5% and recharged. Well ever since the recharge, my battery drains much slower if my battery meter is accurate. Draining mine obviously did something - not sure what, but it's for the better...so far.

[Mickeylittle]

Yes I generally follow Apple's advice as well and try to drain mine until it actually shuts off about once a month.

[donka]

I noticed the heat issue with 100% brightness but did a full discharge and recharge and now have not been able to replicate the heat issue. Not entirely sure exactly why this is.

[5er driver]

Yes I generally follow Apple's advice as well and try to drain mine until it actually shuts off about once a month.

Can't go wrong there. When mine arrived it was 85% full. I ran it down until it shut down before I ever plugged it up to the charger, then left it to charge overnight after it showed 100%. It will go a good 10 hours before getting down to 1%. I don't play games on it but I am on the internet a lot and upload videos to Dropbox. When on WiFi I turn off cellular data and when on cellular data I turn off WiFi. I'm very satisfied with the battery.

Edit: I leave the brightness at around 60%.

Sent from my iPhone 4S or iPad 3rd gen, whichever I happened to have in my hands at the time, using iPF.net

[Tman904]

You do not need to run the batteries down. They do not have memory like the older ones

I don't know bout that. Why do you say that?