Is it true that if you just purchased an Ipad, you must charge it first before using?

[UbuFamily]

I just bought white Ipad 3rd gen 32gb with cellular. Yepee...

 

[scifan57]

I just bought white Ipad 3rd gen 32gb with cellular. Yepee...

If the battery is holding sufficient charge when you first turn it on, you can use it right out of the box.

 

[UbuFamily]

If the battery is holding sufficient charge when you first turn it on, you can use it right out of the box.

Thank you. Well explained.

 

[scifan57]

Thank you. Well explained.

Of course, if you're setting up the iPad from the backup of another iPad , it can take several hours for everything to download. In this case it would be better to plug in the iPad during the process.

 

[UbuFamily]

Of course, if you're setting up the iPad from the backup of another iPad , it can take several hours for everything to download. In this case it would be better to plug in the iPad during the process.

Really? I understand that if we often plug & play the ipad, it would shorten the lifetime of the battery.

 

[scifan57]

Really? I understand that if we often plug & play the ipad, it would shorten the lifetime of the battery.

The reason you plug in the iPad when doing a large download is to ensure that the battery doesn't run down before the download is finished.

 

[UbuFamily]

The reason you plug in the iPad when doing a large download is to ensure that the battery doesn't run down before the download is finished.

Opps, well understood, sorry my bad. Thanks!

 

[zstairlessone]

When I got my 3rd gen iPad we set it up at the Apple store without having to plug it in. It was sitting at above 80% charge out of the box...

 

[mrcupu]

i thought its better just to drain the battery completely on 1st use so that the battery 'calibrated' right?

 

[thewitt]

You don't calibrate the battery, you calibrate the battery indicator.

 

[mrcupu]

You don't calibrate the battery, you calibrate the battery indicator.

also eversince i got this new ipad last july, i drained the battery (use until its off by itself, not sleep but total dead) once a month before charge it fully, i'm not sure if thats necessary or not......

 

[UbuFamily]

i thought its better just to drain the battery completely on 1st use so that the battery 'calibrated' right?

Yea that's what I'm talking about

 

[UbuFamily]

You don't calibrate the battery, you calibrate the battery indicator.

You got me confused bro

 

[UbuFamily]

also eversince i got this new ipad last july, i drained the battery (use until its off by itself, not sleep but total dead) once a month before charge it fully, i'm not sure if thats necessary or not......

I believe the concept are the same as in our cellular handphone. Don't you realize that why most of our battery being fat both side a few months later? and so on the battery will become useless as the charging meter could quickly fully charged but also quickly dead empty. Isn't it obvious?

 

[thewitt]

You got me confused bro

When you run your battery flat and recharge it to full, it does nothing special to the battery. The batter charge indicator software gets recalibrated. That's all.