Turning off IPad

[DonMuncy]

My IPad has been running down while I wasn't using it. I had asked on the list before and several     people told I should make sure no applications were running in the background. I checked this carefully, and  it still ran down.

Tonight I attended an EAA Webinar, and asked the presenter how to keep the battery from running down. He said I needed to turn it off COMPLETELY, by holding down the off button for 3 seconds and then sliding the on-screen button to off. I had never seen that on-screen button before, as I just pushed the button on top until the screen went black and assumed it was off.

Maybe I'm not very smart, as I suspect that somewhere in the on-line manual, this was probably explained.

If anyone else has been having this problem, I assume this will solve it. The Webinar guy said you should be able to come back a few weeks later and the % charge should be the same as where you left it.

[Txbyker]

Hey Don, I don't remember which iPad you have but I got an iPad mini and battery is much worse than the I2 I had. I researched and apparently OS 6.0.2 is poor. It too drains with no use. Went to the Apple store and the tech told me OS upgrades can be corrupt and to do a full restore. You can do this on iTunes. Be sure to do a backup first. Maybe that might help. Seems to have help my mini a little.

Russ

[Marauder]

Another thing to keep an eye on is if you have Bluetooth running when you are not using it. If it is an WiFi only unit, both WiFi and Bluetooth will be running in the background at minimal power settings (if you have turned on). This is why when you go to the use the iPad, there isn't a boot up process to establish the connection. Unlike a PC that loads all of the drivers and powers up the wireless and Bluetooth. Holding the power button until the red slider comes up is the only way to really power down the iPad. The apps running in the background is more of a memory allocation issue. If you have too many open, you may get an error message saying the system is low on memory, I get this when I try to run the GTN trainer on the iPad after I have opened some apps like ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot without terminating them. They really shouldn't be drawing much power being in the resident memory. If your iPad has a cellular service and you use it, you may also experience what happens to cell phones in low signal areas. My iPhone runs down quickly when my cellular service is marginal.

[N33GG]

First, let me say I am not a technical geek when it comes to my iPad2 and iPhone5.  Posts like this make me shake my head in wonder, and hope my battery life doesn't change.  The battery life on my iPad2 is awesome (typically about 8 hours - never measured closely, but about right).  I am running ForeFlight.  I have friends with the same iPad for flying, and they also report the same experience regarding battery life.  I hope whatever button or app I haven't pushed yet doesn't get enabled and change the way it operates.  Also, FWIW. the internal GPS seems to work great for me, and my friends.

 

The iPhone5, on the other hand, is very disappointing with regard to battery life.  I never get through a full day without having to charge, but I am on the phone very much with my work.  All of my iPhone expert friends have told me how to shut off things in the background, and I have done so, with little improvement.

[mooneyflyer]

Things that use your iPad battery, even when you are not:  1) Bluetooth, 2) WiFi, 3) 3G/4G.  If not using, disable (at least Bluetooth).

Second major category is "close applications that you are not using"  You do this by double clicking the HOME button... Hold your finger on any app in the bar at the bottom... after a few seconds, little red X's will appear... Click on all apps that you don't need "active".

A third major battery drain is the Location Service.  You can either disable it altogether or disable it for applications that you don't want/need to run location services...

 

Hope this helps

Phil

[fantom]

8 hours on iPad2 is about right for me, and one day on my heavily used iPhone5 is also accurate.

[SkyPilot]

I used my iPad 3 going to Niagara falls in October. It's a bit bulky. Nice but I found myself sliding the finger over the screen alot and dicking around. I ended up sticking my iPhone 4 on the dash and using it instead. But I do admit it was helpful for coming down over Lake Superior in the schag. I have a nice little older King GPS for that but the moving map display is lacking.  I think I will just start using the VORs again and do more intense preflight planning. Seems I'm getting too much stress caused by electronic junk. I yearn for simpler times. Paper maps only cause trouble if you don't use them correctly and they never run out of juice. The second Beaver I ever flew had a non-funtioning ADF and a VHF. Plus the maps. It worked for me. And I like looking out the window.

[aviatoreb]

I used my iPad 3 going to Niagara falls in October. It's a bit bulky. Nice but I found myself sliding the finger over the screen alot and dicking around. I ended up sticking my iPhone 4 on the dash and using it instead. But I do admit it was helpful for coming down over Lake Superior in the schag. I have a nice little older King GPS for that but the moving map display is lacking.  I think I will just start using the VORs again and do more intense preflight planning. Seems I'm getting too much stress caused by electronic junk. I yearn for simpler times. Paper maps only cause trouble if you don't use them correctly and they never run out of juice. The second Beaver I ever flew had a non-funtioning ADF and a VHF. Plus the maps. It worked for me. And I like looking out the window.

 

But you can still buy paper if you wish.