Top Secrets to Maximize iPad Mini Battery Life

If you optimize your iPad Mini performance, you can maximize it’s battery life easily at the best level.

No doubt, Apple has improved iPad Mini battery specs, and so on, the expectations with iPad Air have been increased. iPad Mini has long life battery power. It consumes low battery power and stand out for maximum time period. But, somehow, if you are facing low battery all the time suddenly after recharge it, you should read word to word of top secrets to maximize iDevice battery life.


With minimal use, my iPad Mini can suffer at least 10 days. It decreases up to 24 to 48 hours with full battery recharge, when I use it with full specs like 3G, WiFi etc. However, We can still improve it for the best use, if we care some simple things that I would discuss today.

How to Extend iPad Mini Battery Life


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1 Monitor Runny Apps: You should check running apps frequently and make sure that all unused running apps have been closed successfully. If you run more than normal apps at any time, it will consume more battery power. Try to make a habit to close unused apps at regular interval.

2 Turn Off 3G or WiFi: Do you know 3G and WiFi usage consume huge part of your battery power. Try to turn off these online applications or services, when you are not using them. It will increase your iPad Mini battery time.

3 Brightness & Wallpaper: You can save battery power by using still wallpaper rather than dynamic graphic. You can easily turn on still wallpaper from iPad Mini setting menu and put the brightness at lowest level, if possible.

4 Background App Refresh: This is really a wonderful feature of iOS 8.1.2, if you are using services that needs real-time updates. But, if you are not using those services, it can consume your battery power a lot. Try to turn off this feature too from setting menu.

  • Open Setting App
  • Tap on General
  • Turn off Background App Refresh.

5 Auto Updates: iOS 8.1.2 offers auto updates to all kind of applications. Actually, this is one of the best feature of iOS 8.1.2, however, sometimes, it create a lot of issues. Your apps will be updated automatically without any notifications. What it does is, it automatically connects to internet via 3G or WiFi and checks apps for new updates. It consumes battery power. You can extend iPad Mini battery time by disabling auto updates.

  • Go to Settings
  • Tap on iTunes & App Store
  • Turn off Automatic Downloads and app updates

Conclusion

How it would be, if these all things can be turn on and off automatically just by one app! Its possible using Cydia apps and tweaks. Yes, its possible, but, you have jailbreak iPad Mini in order to use these apps.

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  • Romántico Alemán

    Software-Update-Mörder noch läuft auf iOS 8.1.2?

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  • rohan

    Does it work on iPad Air? My iPad Air battery is draining too quickly

    • Helper

      iPad air has great battery life comparing to iPad mini

  • Kyle

    I would recommend turning off online services, Bluetooth and background app updates. It can really improve your battery life a lot.

  • Lucy

    Stand it out! Just Great tips!
    It works on any iDevice, I tested these on my iPad Air runs on iOS 8.1.1.2.1, iPhone 4S. Simply it works great. Specially, after turn off cellular data. I turn off a few apps that were consuming cellular data and my iPad Air battery extended flat 2 more days.
    Great

    • Guest

      What about iPhone 4S? Does the same effect on iPhone 4S too? I have iPhone 5C and tested a few tips on iOS 8.1.1.2.1 beta, but, I couldn’t figure out the correct reason for large battery fall.

      • Helper

        iOS 8.1.1.2.1 is the same theme whether it’s iPad air or iPad mini or iPhone

  • mark

    The new Mini really is a worthy challenger to the full-size iPad Air. Choosing one over the other is more a matter of what size works better for your lifestyle and your use habits. Unlike, say, the iPhone 5C and 5S, this is not a case of “low end” and “high end”. Just big and small. The battery life is also long compared to iPad Air.

    • KK junior

      Is there any jailbreak tweak to save iPad battery life?
      I have both iPad air and iPad Mini 2

      • Helper

        BattSaver iOS 8.1.1.2 can be used to extend battery life

  • Brain

    Technically there is a difference in CPU clock speed of 100Mhz i.e. iPad Air runs A7 chip at 1.4GHz vs mini Retina at 1.3Ghz, but you probably can’t tell the difference unless you’re really running a intensive app like infinity blade. Its clear that iPad Air can consume more battery power than iPad Mini.

    In fact, why bother buying the iPad Air? The mini retina has about the same specs and also $100 cheaper. Apple knew this and so that’s why they’re advertising the iPad Air heavily vs. The mini retina which the DIDN’T or barely advertise at all cause they’d be no stock left for Christmas :P

    Samsung wished they had the problem of not having enough supply for the demand ha-ha

    • Petrick Symond

      Actually the iPad mini Retina display is not sRGB compliant. It only displays 62% of the sRGB colour gamut. Compared to the iPad Air, which is over 95% compliant. So the Mini does NOT have the same specs as the Air, and this is quite apparent when you compare screens. Have you tested above tips, do you think, it does help to increase battery life?
      It works on iOS 9



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