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iPad Pro iPad Pro 12.9” magic keyboard battery drain
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Not really noticing it although i have had the keybord from the get go, i have the keyboard brightness set at about 25%, the screen is that bright lights it up anyway.
Tell me this does your iPad get warm on the back apple logo when using this forum for awhile, happens to mine but only while on here ?♂️
Tell me this does your iPad get warm on the back apple logo when using this forum for awhile, happens to mine but only while on here ?♂️
I‘ve got my backlit keyboard turned off, agree on the screen brightness it’s amazing at even low brightness.
I’ve had mine in the folio case and now the magic keyboard, can’t give you a honest answer since it’s been in a case most of the time, my 12 pro max was getting warm when using the forum.
Down to 50% for 3h50m usage ?♂️ Battery is draining very quick, love everything about the keyboard, but not sure if i can put up with this battery drain, i‘ll test it out for a week, if it stays like this, might have to return it. ?
What battery life have you been getting while using the magic keyboard?
To be honest having really tested it, when on my desk it’s plugged in all the time, and haven’t had it off long enough to know, it is what it is i need it, can’t return it anyway bought from JB lol.
I read on here somewhere someone did and didn’t really make much difference, if i can find it i will show you.
Think you might be right about this forum, realising my battery is draining faster on here than other websites.
other people have noticed some funky stuff going on here as well, hopefully the support team or mods can look into it.
Also the safari loading animation wheel seems to stay around more often on this site.
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Yes have noticed that with the safari wheel, as soon as you start browsing here the apple logo gets warm.Think you might be right about this forum, realising my battery is draining faster on here than other websites.
other people have noticed some funky stuff going on here as well, hopefully the support team or mods can look into it.
Also the safari loading animation wheel seems to stay around more often on this site.
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MacRumors buggy on iOS for anyone else?
When I type in a text box, like this one I’m using right now to type a post, or when I reply to a user, the experience is extremely buggy. first of all, when I finish a paragraph and create a space between a paragraph like I just did right now, the caps lock automatically turn off when I reach...
Could be something ? or maybe nothing, will do some testing tomorrow, will browse this awesome forum on my phone and will use my iPad without browsing these forums for a bit and see how battery life ends up.
Took iPad off the charger at 100% battery dropped 2% in the first 6 minutes ? so far I'm at 88% for 1h11m usage, seems to go down hill pretty quickly after the first hour, I'll keep a eye on it through out the day.
Also realised when you come back to use your iPad after a few hours, as soon as you open the magic keyboard case and start using your iPad, battery life will drop by 2% instantly.
Finished yesterday with 5h30m usage, used 80% battery, not impressed so far with the battery drain, if it stays like this, I'll be sending the magic keyboard back to apple. ?
Can't fault anything else with this keyboard, great to use, but for $500 it shouldn't drain your iPad battery like this.
Also realised when you come back to use your iPad after a few hours, as soon as you open the magic keyboard case and start using your iPad, battery life will drop by 2% instantly.
Finished yesterday with 5h30m usage, used 80% battery, not impressed so far with the battery drain, if it stays like this, I'll be sending the magic keyboard back to apple. ?
Can't fault anything else with this keyboard, great to use, but for $500 it shouldn't drain your iPad battery like this.
Looks like you were right, my battery drainage on my iPad is due to these forums and not my magic keyboard.
Yesterday at 50% battery I had 3h50m usage, haven’t browsed these forums on my iPad today, currently at 60% battery for 3h50m usage, so I’ve got 10% extra battery life with the same usage as yesterday.
Good to see one of the support staff is looking into the battery drainage on these forums.
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I've realised if you're typing a lot on the magic keyboard, the battery tends to drain faster.
I noticed my battery was draining very fast when I had mine, but I didn’t have it long enough to see what the problem was. The 2018/2020 iPP didn’t do this, but the 2021 drains fast. I thought I could use my 2m cable I bought to plug in the iPP through the Magic Keyboard and keep it at 100% charge all the time like I did with my Air 4, but that didn’t happen. Just kept draining even when plugged into a power source.
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Then use safari on here without any battery drain or heat 😃👌
Battery drain is more to do with this site than the keyboard, here’s a fix. 👌😃
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Well I noticed if I turned off my cellular service, and just used Wifi, the battery life improved. I have no way of knowing for sure, but my 2018 iPP 12.9" with cellular on all of the time seemed to have less battery drain, than my 2021 12.9". I don't have 5G in my area/state yet. I'm wondering if the 5G capability drains more power, even just using LTE?
I have a 2020/21 ipad pro 11" with a magic keyboard and have significantly faster battery drain when the keyboard is attached. So much so that I thought there was something wrong with the ipad pro. Taking off the keyboard and using the folio cover gives me battery life much closer to my expectations.
