The Apple iPad, no matter how sophisticated, advanced or snazzy, isn’t really alien to battery woes. Rather, this has been a consistent issue with subsequent generations of the iPad. While its true battery life has improved over time, excessive drainage still continues to be among the top headaches for owners of the otherwise excellent iPad.
Fortunately, there are ways to deal with such issues so that excessive battery drain can be stopped effectively. Here are some tips you can try before considering an expensive iPad battery replacement
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Restart your iPad
This is one of the golden rules to deal with many iPhone or iPad issues.
1. To restart an iPad without a physical Home button, you will have to press and hold the Power button at the top and the Volume button simultaneously.
2. Hold on till the Power Off slider appears.
3. Drag the slider to the right for the device to shut down.
4. For iPad models with a Home button, press down and hold on to the Power button until the Power Off slider appears.
5. Slide to the right for the tablet to turn off.
Force restart your iPad
For an iPad with no Home button:
1. Press and release the Volume Up button, press and release the Volume Down button, and then press and hold the Power button, all in quick succession.
2. Keep holding on to the Power button until the device restarts.
For an iPad with Home button
1. Press and hold the Home button and Power button until the device restarts.
Stop background app refreshes
While this can be a nice feature as all apps get updated and refreshed in the background, it is among the biggest battery drainers as well. If your iPad is losing charge rapidly, it’s best to stop or limit the scope of this feature, if you don’t want to go in for an iPad battery replacement. Here are the steps.
2. Go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh.
3. Tap on the toggle to disable the feature completely, which is the recommended thing to do if you wish to see a dramatic turnaround in your battery performance.
4. Or you can opt for selective approach, in which, you disable only the non-important apps which you can do without, or those apps which have been particularly unkind to the battery.
Install the latest update
Apple releases timely updates to its iPadOS software to take care of the most common bugs that you might come across. As such, updating your iPad to the most recent version is always recommended to deal with any issues with the device, including unusual battery drain.
1. To update, go to Settings > General > Software Update. Install any update that might be available.
Reset Your iPad
This can well be your last resort, the only thing left for you to do if all the steps mentioned so far has failed. Also, make sure you have backed up all your data and settings before trying this hack, as the iPad will get back to what it was when you first bought it.
2. To reset, go to Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings > Erase iPad.
3. Tap on Erase iPad again for confirmation.
4. Your iPad will restart after the process is complete.
So, now, check if any of the above steps help reverse the battery drain. If it doesn't, you might be looking at a bigger issue that might even require an iPad battery replacement. For that, get in touch with a reliable and well-known service centre that has qualified and experienced technicians.
