Ipad pro m1 battery life

Hi,
I have been trying to understand the Ipad pro battery life and How can I manage to keep the battery life going longer...I did not wanted to hijack this thread https://techenclave.com/threads/ipad-pro-m1-and-logitech-combo-touch-keyboard-case-for-ipad.213544/

So posting here....as per Imazing my ipad has 86 battery cycle count with 95% battery life and according to the Ipad sold here has battery life of over 99% even with over double the battery cycle count.

I did chat with MarioBros regarding this and he pointed out about using charging adapter and charging cycles can make a difference.

So I am using a regular 7W samsung and sometimes also araimo charger which 10W. I also have 65W charger from Realmepro which i avoid using it as I believe fast charging can have adverse issues on devices (ofcourse it is still debatable and no body is 100% sure about it yet).

Should I continue using the normal adapters? I dont have apple ipad pro adapter but I can get one if needed.
 
In general for Apple products, in my experience, battery for each device will behave differently. When I had iPhone 11, it was down to 89% in a year with about 250 charge cycles. It would keep going down and settled on 82% and stayed at that level for almost 9 months - till I sold the device. Now I am using iPhone 13 since last 7 months - it's sitting on 99% since I bought. Charging cycles about 140.

Chargers I use are 20W UGREEN PD, iPad 10W, Samsung 25W PD, Google 5W. I would suggest to use compatible chargers without much concerns.

General suggestion is monitoring if device heats during charging; if it does pause charging for a while.
 
In general for Apple products, in my experience, battery for each device will behave differently. When I had iPhone 11, it was down to 89% in a year with about 250 charge cycles. It would keep going down and settled on 82% and stayed at that level for almost 9 months - till I sold the device. Now I am using iPhone 13 since last 7 months - it's sitting on 99% since I bought. Charging cycles about 140.

Chargers I use are 20W UGREEN PD, iPad 10W, Samsung 25W PD, Google 5W. I would suggest to use compatible chargers without much concerns.

General suggestion is monitoring if device heats during charging; if it does pause charging for a while.
so it is just a luck thing . No matter what charger i use it is hard to say if it will make a difference or not.
Thanks you saved me from buying a charger again.
 
so it is just a luck thing . No matter what charger i use it is hard to say if it will make a difference or not.
Thanks you saved me from buying a charger again.
Key here is to use chargers which are capable of USB-PD. I think Realme 65W charger is not compatible as it is not same tech.

To add, M1 iPad Pro is capable to fast charge at 18W only.

Edit: I have noticed mentions of 65W GaN adapter able to get it charged at 36W. But I am not very sure on this so I will let others to comment who knows/have experience on it.
 
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Key here is to use chargers which are capable of USB-PD. I think Realme 65W charger is not compatible as it is not same tech.

To add, M1 iPad Pro is capable to fast charge at 18W only.

Edit: I have noticed mentions of 65W GaN adapter able to get it charged at 36W. But I am not very sure on this so I will let others to comment who knows/have experience on it.
Got it.
Will look for it.
 
Do you charge it with the original Apple charger? I've noticed that my battery percentage drains more quickly when I use the Spigen 70-watt charger. It also tends to be slightly warmer when charging compared to the Apple original charger.
 
so it is just a luck thing . No matter what charger i use it is hard to say if it will make a difference or not.
Thanks you saved me from buying a charger again.
in a way its luck but not because of the charger used. its because of the battery design capacity.

The battery health % is calculated as estimated current capacity divided by design capacity. This design capacity is the specification marketed by apple, whereas the actual capacity is slightly more than this number during the production process. This is because its not feasible to produce lithium ion batteries to the exact specified number, for ex. 3500 mAH. So most companies, produce it a bit above the specification i.e 3500 mAH. Sometimes you may get lucky that the actual capacity of the battery in your phone or tablet might be 5-10% higher than the design capacity.

In that case, the battery health % will report 100% for a long period of time before dipping down to 99%. Hence you see the different experiences coming out.

Chargers do make an impact on the health of the battery. Fast charges are known to create more heat leading to reduction in battery health faster than slow chargers. Ultimately, heat is the enemy for the battery health.
 
in a way its luck but not because of the charger used. its because of the battery design capacity.

The battery health % is calculated as estimated current capacity divided by design capacity. This design capacity is the specification marketed by apple, whereas the actual capacity is slightly more than this number during the production process. This is because its not feasible to produce lithium ion batteries to the exact specified number, for ex. 3500 mAH. So most companies, produce it a bit above the specification i.e 3500 mAH. Sometimes you may get lucky that the actual capacity of the battery in your phone or tablet might be 5-10% higher than the design capacity.

In that case, the battery health % will report 100% for a long period of time before dipping down to 99%. Hence you see the different experiences coming out.

Chargers do make an impact on the health of the battery. Fast charges are known to create more heat leading to reduction in battery health faster than slow chargers. Ultimately, heat is the enemy for the battery health.
nicely explained . Thanks.
My iphone x battery is crazy...it will go like just now from 42% to 52% within 5 seconds after connecting to charger.
 
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nicely explained . Thanks.
My iphone x battery is crazy...it will go like just now from 42% to 52% within 5 seconds after connecting to charger.
Jump in battery charge levels like that indicates potential hardware issue. Before concluding, try running down the battery to zero, then wait for 1-2 days and charge it back to 100%. If it’s not resolved after this, better to check the battery hardware
 
Jump in battery charge levels like that indicates potential hardware issue. Before concluding, try running down the battery to zero, then wait for 1-2 days and charge it back to 100%. If it’s not resolved after this, better to check the battery hardware
I will do that too.

But it does retain charge for decent time enough.
It's battery life is 72% and it does retain charge to about the expected time as per battery life.
Just that it acts crazy sometimes when connected to charger....like if it is 5% and once you connect it to charger it will jump to 12% and something like that.

But I will try to do the zero thing but don't think I can keep the phone away for 2 days.
 
But I will try to do the zero thing but don't think I can keep the phone away for 2 days.
objective is to zero it down as per software reported % and then drain further to make it zero at the hardware level. You can try turning on for 30-50 times after its zero to completely drain it and then charge it to 100% without pause
 
Hi,
I have been trying to understand the Ipad pro battery life and How can I manage to keep the battery life going longer...I did not wanted to hijack this thread https://techenclave.com/threads/ipad-pro-m1-and-logitech-combo-touch-keyboard-case-for-ipad.213544/

So posting here....as per Imazing my ipad has 86 battery cycle count with 95% battery life and according to the Ipad sold here has battery life of over 99% even with over double the battery cycle count.

I did chat with MarioBros regarding this and he pointed out about using charging adapter and charging cycles can make a difference.

So I am using a regular 7W samsung and sometimes also araimo charger which 10W. I also have 65W charger from Realmepro which i avoid using it as I believe fast charging can have adverse issues on devices (ofcourse it is still debatable and no body is 100% sure about it yet).

Should I continue using the normal adapters? I dont have apple ipad pro adapter but I can get one if needed.
Just use normal adapters and use it the way you want without bothering with battery life indicators too much.
AFAIK, ipad batery reporting API is available only to Mac OS so I am not sure how well imazing or 3rd party apps will calculate it.

The stock battery in iPads is generally fairly high grade and also, the health drop is not linear at all.. I have a 2018 ipad pro 11 thats still at 87% battery life and a 1.5 year old ipad m1 pro thats at 93% ..
In case it helps (not.a direct parallel) , my almost 4 year old iphone 11PM has been at 81 or 82% battery health for the last 1 year..

FWIW, i do not follow any charging patterns or limited charge cycle - all of them have always been used the way they are meant to .. and charging is almost always an overnight plug-in to whatever charger is available in the vicinity.
the only thing that may be worth noting is that all chargers in active use are relatively high grade chargers e.g. either 1st party (Apple/Samsung) or laptop type C (Dell/ Apple/ Lenovo) or good 3rd party brands (Spigen/Ikea)
 
Just use normal adapters and use it the way you want without bothering with battery life indicators too much.
AFAIK, ipad batery reporting API is available only to Mac OS so I am not sure how well imazing or 3rd party apps will calculate it.

The stock battery in iPads is generally fairly high grade and also, the health drop is not linear at all.. I have a 2018 ipad pro 11 thats still at 87% battery life and a 1.5 year old ipad m1 pro thats at 93% ..
In case it helps (not.a direct parallel) , my almost 4 year old iphone 11PM has been at 81 or 82% battery health for the last 1 year..

FWIW, i do not follow any charging patterns or limited charge cycle - all of them have always been used the way they are meant to .. and charging is almost always an overnight plug-in to whatever charger is available in the vicinity.
the only thing that may be worth noting is that all chargers in active use are relatively high grade chargers e.g. either 1st party (Apple/Samsung) or laptop type C (Dell/ Apple/ Lenovo) or good 3rd party brands (Spigen/Ikea)
My iphone x battery life 72% is since almost over a year.
Lets see how it goes after a few months and will share it here.
I just got mine last month only( used for over a year) so lets see how it continues to hold for some time now.
 
My iphone x battery life 72% is since almost over a year.
Lets see how it goes after a few months and will share it here.
I just got mine last month only( used for over a year) so lets see how it continues to hold for some time now.
BTW feel free to use higher wattage chargers .. PD chargers communicate with PD compliant devices to negotiate the right voltage and current profile.
With a typical 30W and above charger (including 65W), your ipad will negotiate anywhere between 18-28W depending on current charge level.

Most of the time, my ipads are charged with 18, 30 or 65W bricks
 
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