My iPad Mini 6 seems to drain the battery quite fast while it is turned off. I have kept it updated but no change. If it sets for a week sometimes it is totally dead. I charged it yesterday, turned it off and this morning it is already down to 88%. I also have an iPad Air and it holds the charge easily for a month. What's going on?
iPad mini 6, 17
Apple don’t have a diagnostic for checking internal discharge. It is why I wrote the user tip.
A battery on 50% charge should stay charged in storage for 3 months at least. Losing 10% a night indicates a faulty battery, or very rarely a short circuit in the device
Use your test result as evidence.
Apple don’t have a diagnostic for checking internal discharge. It is why I wrote the user tip.
A battery on 50% charge should stay charged in storage for 3 months at least. Losing 10% a night indicates a faulty battery, or very rarely a short circuit in the device
Use your test result as evidence.
Internal self discharge in your battery (most likely) or iPad itself (less likely)
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Make sure it is powered right off
Ok, I made a Genius Bar appointment and they checked it out and said it was normal 😡 He told me that because it is a smaller device it will drain the battery faster. NOT ACCEPTABLE! He had me do a reset on the iPad even though I already did that earlier. I will charge it up to 100% tonight and check it tomorrow. If it still does it I will ask for a refund. Losing more than 10% of the battery charge overnight with the iPad off is unacceptable!!!!
Thanks I’ll give it a try
Thanks. I was near an Apple Store and figured I would let them look at it while I was there. It really irritated me when they said it was normal. I will try what you suggested before.
It would be normal to lose some charge overnight on standby, ie dark screen doing nothing, but not when powered down.
It is important to be clear what is meant by “off” when talking to Apple.
Ipad Mini 6 Battery drain while turned off
