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iPad Tips and Tricks: Make your Battery Last: The iPad Story Part 3

Posted Feb 6, 2011 at 3:10AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: iPad Tips & Tricks Tags: apple

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No Wireless, when iPad’s ‘Wire’less: Obviously the latter ‘wire’ here refers to the iPad’s charging cable. Remember to switch off all wireless controls such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G when not using them. These are often the biggest battery life eaters. When short on battery charge, wireless controls must be used only when utmost necessary.

In order to disable the wireless controls, all you need to do is to make the required changes in the settings menu. Keep an eye on those nasty applications: When on a ‘tight battery budget’, it is essential to keep away from applications which use greater battery resources. There are mainly two types of such applications. The first being Internet searching applications which gather information and bring it to your iPad’s screen. Second are those highly enjoyable games, especially ones which never let the screen dim/switch off.

It is important to be aware of applications running on your iPad and making sure they don’t suck out battery juice unnecessarily. Systems Sounds keeps battery down: This may not be the most effective battery saving tip but nonetheless, switching off sounds, notifications and vibration can help in saving small amounts of battery. Remember, every little helps.

This can be easily done by going into settings, then general and then sounds. Regular discharge can save Battery charge: You should remember that to get the best out of your iPad’s battery, you must completely charge and discharge it once in a month; something which Apple itself recommends. But remember not to keep a completely discharged battery inside your iPad as this may result in the battery losing some of its capacity. As soon as the battery goes nil, charge it immediately. An Up to date iPad is a happy iPad And finally, making sure your iPad iOS is updated to the latest version available can help in keeping your iPad away from bugs, errors and instability which in turn can result in better battery life.

Thus, the tips and tricks found in this three part series are some of the steps you can take to make your iPad’s battery last longer. The iPad is a multimedia powerhouse and definitely has the best battery life amongst its competitors. Using it to its capabilities will obliviously result in rapid battery loss and there is no point in owning an iPad without doing anything on it. Hence, in situations where you do not have the availability of a charger, the points mentioned in these articles can definitely help go that extra mile.

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