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Turn off push and dial back fetch to extend iPad
battery life.
The iPad 2 offers excellent battery life-it lasted near-
ly 12 hours in Labs testing-but after so many charges,
2. Turn off Bluetooth
battery life invariably begins to fade. How can you
extend the life of your iPad 2s aging battery? Let us
Unless you are typing away in front of your iPad 2
count the ways:
with a Bluetooth keyboard, it's highly likely that you
can do without Bluetooth for a time. Go to Settings >
1. Don't push, and fetch less often
General and Bluetooth will be the fourth item listed.
Set the slider to Off.
If your iPad isn't your primary device for chec-
king e-mail, you don't need to have new messages

constantly pushed to the device or have it frequently
fetch new messages. Check your mail settings to
make sure push is turned off and fetch set to Ma-
nually, or, if you must, Hourly. You can adjust Push
and Fetch settings by following this path: Settings >
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Disable Bluetooth when you aren't using Bluetooth
devices.

3. Turn off Wi-Fi when not needed
You can turn off Ping by going into Restrictions.
If, during your morning commute, you pull "The Girl
5. Keep an eye on GPS apps and location
Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" off of your iBooks
services
shelf, read a locally saved copy of Sports Illustrated,
or play a few rounds of Super Stickman Golf, there
Many people claim you should force-quit out of
is no need to have Wi-Fi running. To disable it, go
apps, say, each night before bed. I'm lucky if I get
to Settings > Wi-Fi and set the slider to off. Turn it
all the dishes cleaned up before hitting the sack, so
back on when you want get online.
I certainly don't have the time or the energy to be
closing iPad apps on anything approaching a regular
Same goes for 3G on 3G-enabled iPads; turn it off
basis. Plus, it has not been definitively proven to me
unless you're using it.
that apps running in the background drain battery
life to any great extent. I will, however, force-close
4. Disable Ping
Google Maps or any other GPS app, since these do
seem to drain the iPad 2s battery.
Ping, Apple's social networking music service, is
enabled by default in iOS 4.3. It has been widely

accused of adversely affecting battery life. To turn it
off, go to Settings > General and enable Restrictions.
Enter a four-digit passcode, and slide Ping to off.

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Top 10 ways to improve iPad battery life | Battery Technology
7. Turn off EQ in iPod app
On its iPod battery page, Apple states, "Turning off
the Equalizer will extend your battery life." So, the
same ought to be true for the iPad's iPod app. Go to
Settings > iPod and turn EQ to Off.
8. Lower screen brightness
This is an obvious one, but having your iPad screen
at max brightness will drain the battery faster. In
fact, Apple states, "Managing the screen brightness
is the best way to extend iPad battery life."
To turn down the brightness, go to Settings >
Brightness & Wallpaper and adjust the slider. And
unless you are frequently using your iPad at the
beach or in other brightly lit environments, turn
on Auto-Brightness, which adjusts the screen level
based on ambient light.
Just because an app wants to know your location
doesn't mean it needs to know.
9. Climate control
I also keep tabs on which of my apps are using lo-
Apple recommends keeping your iPad between
cation services. Go to Settings > Location Services
32 and 95 degrees, and points to 72 degrees as the
to adjust which apps are requesting your location.
ideal temperature. This means keep your iPad in
the shade at the beach, out of locked cars in the
To kill four wireless birds-cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth,
summer, and off of heaters in the winter.
and GPS-with one stone, simply turn on Airplane
Mode, the top option listed in Settings.
10. Stay up-to-date
6. No more notifications
Sync your iPad from time to time to get Apple's latest
OS and firmware updates. Sometimes, these updates
Many more apps than necessary use push notifi-
can improve battery life.
cations. It's a way for a developer to keep his or
her app from getting lost in the shuffle, I suppose,
Did I miss anything? If so, hit the comments with
sending you a notification that may be useful or may
your very own battery-saving tips.
just serve to remind you that you installed that app
months ago. Go to Settings > Notifications to turn off
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