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ks-man

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Sep 25, 2007
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I got the iPad on launch day and like everybody else was wowed by it's battery life. I now find that I'm losing 15-20% a day overnight even when it isn't in use. The battery during use still seems very good, but I'm now finding that I only get 3-4 days between charges vs. 7-10 days when I first got it despite no difference in usage. Is anybody else seeing this?
 

prot0type

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Jul 12, 2010
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I tend to see a loss of 2-3% after leaving it in sleep mode for 6hrs or so.

32gb wifi, no push notifications, hasn't been jb and I've probably had it for 2 months so far.
 

ks-man

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Sep 25, 2007
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Not jail broken. I have more apps on it but I don't see many push notifications. Could push be running stuff in the background? This is wi-fi only FYI.
 

poloponies

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May 3, 2010
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I just returned from a long trip during which I was not consistently able to fully charge my iPad. Some days I only charged it to 25% or so, on other days a full charge. The discharge rate varied greatly because of this. The battery metering is not Swiss-watch accurate and it obviously depends on how you're using and charging the iPad. Discharge it fully and give it an overnight full charge and then see if it's still exhibiting the same behavior.
 

saberahul

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Nov 6, 2008
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Mine lasts in pretty good shape... or did until I installed We Rule and turned on Push for everything possible. Lol.
 

WilliamG

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Mar 29, 2008
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I got the iPad on launch day and like everybody else was wowed by it's battery life. I now find that I'm losing 15-20% a day overnight even when it isn't in use. The battery during use still seems very good, but I'm now finding that I only get 3-4 days between charges vs. 7-10 days when I first got it despite no difference in usage. Is anybody else seeing this?

15-20% is outrageous. You tried rebooting it? I only lose 1-2% overnight at most, and my iPad is jailbroken.
 

ks-man

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Original poster
Sep 25, 2007
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15-20% is outrageous. You tried rebooting it? I only lose 1-2% overnight at most, and my iPad is jailbroken.

I just did a reboot and am charging it fully. I'm going to start keeping stats to see how much it is losing.

Thanks for all of the suggestions.
 

ks-man

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Original poster
Sep 25, 2007
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A quick update, there must have been a process running that wouldn't quit because the reboot seemed to fix my battery issues. Thanks for the help.
 
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