A footnote that my 2017 iPad Pro is very similar but turning off wifi at
night means it actually has a charge in the morning, if you want a
short-term way to optimise its use.
That one no longer updates the OS and apps are starting to fail or
behave oddly. I’d put the money towards a new one tbh.
Cheers,
J
On 20 Nov 2025, at 13:11, 'Stephen Watson' via Sussex Mac User Group
wrote:
Hi Martin,
That sounds a little odd.
I had the 2nd gen iPad Pro 11” from new in 2018 and only replaced
it when the M4 version was released. The battery had lost some
capacity but I was still pretty happy with it when I got the M4.
My 2018 iPad Pro had the battery check and power history in the
Settings app so I don’t see why yours wouldn’t. That feature gets
updated each OS but I’m sure mine had it back in 2018. You may have
some app that it using a lot of power. I had a pair of KEF LSX
wireless speakers and found my iPad had gone down in battery
dramatically recently and when I looked in the battery usage data it
was KEF’s Control app which had used 50% of the battery and all
I’d done was increase the volume on the speakers and it was sitting
“doing nothing” in the background. I now quit it as soon as I’ve
finished with it.
If you can’t check what is going on then maybe they can do an
analysis at the Apple Store.
Cheers,
Stephen
You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. ~ Carl Jung
On 20 Nov 2025, at 12:18, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
The battery of my Apple 11" iPad Pro 2nd generation, bought from
Apple refurbished in 2022, loses power very quickly, including when
asleep overnight. It still charges to 100% but doesn't have the
battery health check software option.
I'm reluctant to go to a 3rd party repair shop in my local Horsham
town centre, as I suspect the replacement lithium battery would be a
cheap copy. I've had a poor experience doing that on an old iPad.
Could this be a software fault and not the battery?
Is it cost-effective to take it to an Apple shop for repair,
especially as the nearest Apple authorised shop to me is in
Guildford?
A 4th gen M2 (2022 model) 256gb refurb is on the Apple refurb store
for £669 v the new M5 chip £999. Time to buy?
I also read that there is a firmware update for the Apple Magic
Keyboard with fingerprint ID. Is that done automatically, or do I
need to download? If so, how?
Thanks for any advice.
Martin
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