I haven't been too impressed with the battery life in mine, but then again, I have been running streaming audio (TuneIn radio and MLB At Bat 2011) quite a bit.
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I haven't been too impressed with the battery life in mine, but then again, I have been running streaming audio (TuneIn radio and MLB At Bat 2011) quite a bit.
The battery is my favorite feature of the iPad. After a year of making sure I always had a power source nearby to recharge my Droid (which has terrible battery life), it's been so refreshing to have a machine that I can actually use without running out of juice.
I use the heck out of mine. Netflix, Slingbox, streaming audio, Kindle and I still have 20% or so at the end of the day. You should go to Apple and see what they can do.
This is what Apple has to say about their battery and usage. If you aren't getting results similar to this after only two months of use, you should definitely talk to Apple Support.
Apple's iPad batter page
Apple - Batteries - iPad
I get at least the advertised 10 hrs. of continuous use.
I use my ipad all day every day. Heavy media content, games, etc. And I get about 10 hours use out of it. Its amazing
Here's a tip i tried myself when i realise my battery life is dropped.
Sync and backup with itunes, theresfter do a full restore. This works with my iphone as well.
Sounds like driving nails with a sledge hammer. Have you ever tried running it down until shutdown, and then a full recharge? Apple recommends doing this about once a month to keep the charge indicator calibrated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Samuelchua
That's probably what your restore accomplishes as well.
From Apple's site:
Apple's iPad batter pageQuote:
Use Your iPad Regularly
For proper reporting of the battery’s state of charge, be sure to go through at least one charge cycle per month (charging the battery to 100% and then completely running it down).
Apple - Batteries - iPad
Hm, on closer reading I seem to have been less than precise with my earlier recommendations. I've beens saying run it down then recharge, but Apple is saying the opposite. I wonder how much of a difference it makes. Not that I charge to less than 100% very often.
So I took my iPad off the charger yesterday morning and have used it pretty well since yesterday and all day today. It is currently 7:21 pm here and I have 24% left. I used it pretty heavily this morning as I had about 71% after yesterdays usage which was on the light side. Just to give you a rough idea about how your battery should perform.
Well, just returned home the the Apple Store - with a new (I think) 32GB WiFi Ipad. I am not altogether certain that they swapped with a brand new one, but they said that it was, and I HOPE that it was.
Anyway, they were able to determine, through diagnostic testing, that my stated issues were well founded. The Mobile Email was crashing on me which, I learned, was the reason behind my not being able to to type any replies until I had rebooted the device. It was also determined that there were some Apps running int he background, that was draining my battery down. The technician said (knowing that the unit was purchased only a month ago) that he'd feel better about exchanging the unit, and I agreed.
I don't know just which Apps were causing the problem, and had neglected to ask him. And I don't know how to make that determination myself. I do know that I have taken the extra steps to display on the screen bottom (double-clicking on the 'Home' button), the Apps that had been open, and I would go through the process of closing each one down. But have I missed something? Is there a way by which to insure that nothing is running in the background?
Dont worry about that, see if you get better battery life now with your normal usage. If its still bad then you can start bothering about background apps. I never close apps except skype and maybe navigation apps but those are both on my phone but on my iPad I never close apps. iOS multitasking is designed so users don't have to bother with managing their opened apps.Quote:
Originally Posted by NLAlston