Oh... I wish I had seen this thread before. I just updated mine an hour ago. Well let's see what happens.

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Today when i synced my ipad with i tunes i had the update firmware popup, but i cancelled it. I am happey with the current firmware, where as with the previous one the battery drain was high. So what are the benefits of the newest firmware?

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Originally Posted by Good karma

Today when i synced my ipad with i tunes i had the update firmware popup, but i cancelled it. I am happey with the current firmware, where as with the previous one the battery drain was high. So what are the benefits of the newest firmware?

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Apple said it resolves some location tracking and a battery performance fix.

Jailbroken iPad iOS 4.3.3

Shoot if the battery gets any better than mine is with iOS 4.2.1. then I will never have to recharge. Shoot I get 2 days on my battery now.
Thats one thing I do love about the iPad. the battery life is awesome.

Thanks amg65, greasemonkey, when i had you firmware it used a lot of battery, so do uograte to the lastest one and see how it improves

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I didn't even know there was yet another update, geesh I'll stick with 4.3.2 for awhile.

Originally Posted by David79

I didn't even know there was yet another update, geesh I'll stick with 4.3.2 for awhile.

You are not missing anything by the sounds of it, David. I'm waiting for the next one, myself.

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My battery is definitely draining quicker since 4.3.3

I never used to have any over night drain, but now I loose about 3%!!!

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Originally Posted by Harters

My battery is definitely draining quicker since 4.3.3

I never used to have any over night drain, but now I loose about 3%!!!

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I hate to point out the obvious here and I'm not trying to be smart, BUT, 3% drain overnight seems perfectly normal for an iPad under standard circumstances and configuration to me.
According to my calculations, assuming overnight is about 8 hours, that gives you 11 days of standby. Pretty good in my book, unless you are the type that always has all your services switched off completely.

I appreciate you think you were getting zero percent battery drain previously, and sometimes you can observe that if you iPad was fully (over) charged to 100% when you left it (it can stick for slightly longer than normal at 100% in common with any battery powered deceive of this type), but losing less than 1% in standby over a period of say 8 hours would be exceptional. It would equate to something like 33+ days standby. I don't recognise that as being the normal standby time you can expect from an iPad.

I do find it interesting that whenever a new version of iOS comes out there are always people who seem to observe what they consider to be additional drain. Perhaps it is more to do with observing the device more than before? I don' know.

Anyhoo, my advice would be don't be worried by this. It seems fine... I don't see any evidence anywhere that 4.3.3 has a battery drain issue.

Originally Posted by David79

I didn't even know there was yet another update, geesh I'll stick with 4.3.2 for awhile.

Well you are outta the loop, My Friend.


It's okay, David ~ we will take care of you!