iPad Battery Life 2 Years Later

Stretch · Stretch #16 (**permalink**)

03-09-2012, 06:32 PM

I have a 1st gen and 2nd gen iPad, both still have strong batteries. We can use them several days before thinking about charging them.

mrplow · mrplow #17 (**permalink**)

03-09-2012, 06:42 PM

Still really loving my iPad '1' and iOS 5.1 seems to have given it a bit more grunt too! 5.0.1 seemed to slow it a little but it's all good now. It's even running iPhoto well

dbm · dbm #18 (**permalink**)

03-10-2012, 09:35 AM

My iPad 1 is still holding up excellent, with the no noticeable degradation of battery life.

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Originally Posted by mrplow

Still really loving my iPad '1' and iOS 5.1 seems to have given it a bit more grunt too! 5.0.1 seemed to slow it a little but it's all good now. It's even running iPhoto well

My iPad 1 is iOS 5.1 but it refused to load iPhoto - yours will do that?

iggibar · iggibar #19 (**permalink**)

03-10-2012, 10:10 AM

So, will it be possible to calculate the average battery % loss from the users that reported, at those monthly intervals, and show it on a graph? I know there are iPad apps that monitor battery health the same way as CoconutBattery does. That would be something that I would really enjoy looking at. I've been really impressed with Apple's batteries, or choice of battery vendors.

Zoolook · Zoolook #20 (**permalink**)

03-10-2012, 10:44 AM

I'm still easily getting 10 hours. Last night my iPad had 78% charge. I watched a 720p Game of Thrones (about 55 mins) last might, posted a bunch of Mac Forum posts this morning and replied to my emails as well as updating the Twitter app and I have TuneIn radio in the background for the last 30 mins, that's about 3 hours this morning with the screen on and off during that time. Charge? 61%. In fact, I think I get almost 11 hours on a full charge.

I'm getting the new iPad, but whoever gets this iPad will still get decent battery life.

Flapjacks · Flapjacks #21 (**permalink**)

03-10-2012, 01:31 PM

Ya, the energizer bunny has nothing on this iPad battery technology.

Zoolook · Zoolook #22 (**permalink**)

03-10-2012, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by dbm

My iPad 1 is still holding up excellent, with the no noticeable degradation of battery life.

My iPad 1 is iOS 5.1 but it refused to load iPhoto - yours will do that?

iPhoto doesn't work on iPad 1 - the iTunes store reviews are full of complaints about that fact (Apple says it's the fact it doesn't have a front facing camera, but the real reason is the paltry 256mb of RAM it has).

dbm · dbm #23 (**permalink**)

03-10-2012, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Zoolook

iPhoto doesn't work on iPad 1 - the iTunes store reviews are full of complaints about that fact (Apple says it's the fact it doesn't have a front facing camera, but the real reason is the paltry 256mb of RAM it has).

Cool, thanks

mrplow · mrplow #24 (**permalink**)

03-10-2012, 02:59 PM

Oh ye of little faith....... iPhoto works really well on iPad 1, I was really surprised just how well it worked.

You just need to use the Apple iPhone configuration utility to install it. The same is true of iMovie - but that doesn't run do well.

There are several guides knocking around, here's one:
Install iPhoto App For iOS On iPad 1 [How-To] | Redmond Pie

Zoolook · Zoolook #25 (**permalink**)

03-11-2012, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by mrplow

Oh ye of little faith....... iPhoto works really well on iPad 1, I was really surprised just how well it worked.

You just need to use the Apple iPhone configuration utility to install it. The same is true of iMovie - but that doesn't run do well.

There are several guides knocking around, here's one:
Install iPhoto App For iOS On iPad 1 [How-To] | Redmond Pie

I saw the story on Arstechnica a few days ago, but it's important for the average Joe to note that a) it isn't supported (future updates may break compatibility) b) large photos won't load into memory, resulting in a crash and c) you can't do it without a Mac.

But you're right, it's technically possible.

mrplow · mrplow #26 (**permalink**)

03-11-2012, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoolook

I saw the story on Arstechnica a few days ago, but it's important for the average Joe to note that a) it isn't supported (future updates may break compatibility) b) large photos won't load into memory, resulting in a crash and c) you can't do it without a Mac.

But you're right, it's technically possible.

Granted it's not the conventional route.

But I've had it work with 14mp images ok but I imagine that pushed too hard it'd struggle.

It doesn't, however need a Mac. There's a windows version of the utility too.

Stretch #16 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 13, 2007 Location: Central New York Posts: 4,614 Mac Specs: 15in i7 MacBook Pro, 8GB RAM, 60GB SSD, 500GB HD	03-09-2012, 06:32 PM I have a 1st gen and 2nd gen iPad, both still have strong batteries. We can use them several days before thinking about charging them. Blog and Photo Gallery: http://philolin.me/ Currently running OS X 10.8.2
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Zoolook #20 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 24, 2006 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 2,743 Mac Specs: 15" MacBook Pro, i7 2.66Ghz, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD; iPad 32GB, iPhone 3GS	03-10-2012, 10:44 AM I'm still easily getting 10 hours. Last night my iPad had 78% charge. I watched a 720p Game of Thrones (about 55 mins) last might, posted a bunch of Mac Forum posts this morning and replied to my emails as well as updating the Twitter app and I have TuneIn radio in the background for the last 30 mins, that's about 3 hours this morning with the screen on and off during that time. Charge? 61%. In fact, I think I get almost 11 hours on a full charge. I'm getting the new iPad, but whoever gets this iPad will still get decent battery life. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death. - Joan D. Vinge
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mrplow #24 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 01, 2007 Location: UK Posts: 5,535 Mac Specs: 27" iMac i7 (2011), iPhone5, iPad3, AppleTV2	03-10-2012, 02:59 PM Oh ye of little faith....... iPhoto works really well on iPad 1, I was really surprised just how well it worked. You just need to use the Apple iPhone configuration utility to install it. The same is true of iMovie - but that doesn't run do well. There are several guides knocking around, here's one: Install iPhoto App For iOS On iPad 1 [How-To] \| Redmond Pie External hard disk acquisition addict - but admitting the problem is the first step to a robust backup Please use the reputation system if you think you've been helped - top right of this post
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