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Mac Hammer Fan

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I have an iPad 2018 and iPadOS 16.6. How do I check the battery condition? I can do this on my iPhone but not on my iPad.
TIA
 

Mac Hammer Fan

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soulbot

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I'm running the free version where the "design capacity" tells me what I need to know. For instance, the design capacity for my seven year old iPad Air 2 is 58.6% which essentially means the battery is in pretty bad shape.
 

Slartibart

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you can use a shortcut for this on the ipad. See here and some more elaborate here. Install, select the analytics file @sparksd referenced and and run the shortcut (or just run the second one I linked to). You will all info you want:

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FeliApple

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I'm running the free version where the "design capacity" tells me what I need to know. For instance, the design capacity for my seven year old iPad Air 2 is 58.6% which essentially means the battery is in pretty bad shape.
Cycle count? Just curious.
 

BigMcGuire

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No offense intended ... but .... I have battery history from all my Apple Devices since my 6+ stored in coconutBattery and my MacBooks history on a daily basis (where it was installed). One of the best for the $ apps I've ever purchased (I do find battery stat watching a hobby). At least it isn't a subscription and it's been very stable over all the years - despite me only paying a tiny little $.

Not saying you HAVE to buy it but .... I've gotten my utility out of it for many many years now for such a small fee.

IMO, the BEST way to troubleshoot one's battery is to have a history of battery health over the life of the device, not a one time "oh look at that %" - imo. :p

But yeah this is pulled from Apple's own internal stats - you can get it with a shortcut or terminal code.
 

soulbot

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iMazing will also show the battery condition, and charge cycles. On any iPhone or iPad.
In addition to backing up your devices.
I've been using iMazing for a few years but didn't know this battery info was there until now. Thanks for pointing it out.
 
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