Would like to hear on the battery life for the iPad mini 4G LTE devices. How is the usage time between every charge for you?

My second iPad mini just arrived from Apple Online Store. Less than 2 weeks

They are busy filling iPhone 5 orders

I have tried the original smart covers and i'm quite annoyed with it frankly. The 'smart' function doesn't seem to function well.
Perhaps YMMV. This video demonstrates what i mean:

iPad Mini Smart Cover Review


I am really, really lovin' the Zazzle Premium, can't recommend it enough.
It's like the smart cover, only better because the magnets holds works fine, doesn't slip off easily and provides protection for the rear.

If you're still looking for rear protective skin for your iPad mini, PM me.

Just trying to help & sharing my two cents

This post has been edited by connor: Jan 1 2013, 04:16 PM

Anyone affected by the New Year's Day Do Not Disturb bug?
My DND setting tab is stuck and can't be accessed. Also, it is stuck to on even though its supposed to have lapsed to off.

http://www.tuaw.com/2013/01/01/another-new...urb-issues-hit/

Is this your first purchase from the App Store? If yes, there will be a pre-auth sale to verify your credit card.
If you're using a debit card, then a pre-auth sale will show up for each purchase, but don't worry, it should be refunded to you in 16 days.

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Added on January 5, 2013, 1:49 amyou must have plugged in into a USB hub, or a low powered USB port. 'Not charging' is misleading, it actually still charge, only very, very slowly. it will take about 5hrs for a complete charge to 100%

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Added on January 5, 2013, 1:53 amThe issue will resolve itself on January 7. So naturally the issue is still bugging my iDevices.

This post has been edited by connor: Jan 5 2013, 01:53 AM

You can save on shipping, and it's convenient to have everything arrive together with your iPad mini. (though sometimes they deliver separately)

If you're into AppleCare Protection Plan, it'll be automatically activated for you.

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Added on January 6, 2013, 10:50 amMay i ask, why the need for neodymiums as the magnets?

If money is not an issue, my suggestion would be to reverse engineer & salvage the magnets from a compatible smart cover.
At least you'll know that it's working, safe & won't damage your iPad.

My concern with using neodymiums as a DIY smart covers is, even if if doesn't damage your iPad, they might affect your other gadgets that you carry and travel with in close proximity of your iPad.

HDD storage, credit cards and other magnetic strip based cards will definitely be affected in the long run.

Hope this helps.

This post has been edited by connor: Jan 6 2013, 01:49 PM

You can use any USB car charger that supports iPhone / iPad, paired with a Lightning to USB Cable at the moment. I haven't seen any good Lightning Car chargers in Malaysia yet.

Try pausing and resuming the app download by tapping once on it, and then tapping it again to resume.

Few things you can troubleshoot:

1. Reboot wireless router

2. Renew Wi-Fi lease on your iPad mini
---> Settings > Wi-Fi > "your wireless network"" > Renew Lease

If problem still persists, try this:
3. Perform a fresh reconnection between your iPad mini & the router.
---> Settings > Wi-Fi > "your wireless network"" > Forget this Network
You will have to re-enter your Wi-Fi password again.

Hope this helps.

If all else fails, perhaps you can try using manual TCP/IP for your iPad mini for access points that has issues. I much prefer it this way anyway, since i can sorta hide my device's presence from the router's DHCP server.

For those who has the battery issue, perhaps you can try to give Apple Support a call. They can be pretty helpful. And they will know best how to solve the issue for you, with the least inconvenience way for you.

http://www.apple.com/my/support/complimentary/

Apple Malaysia Support (Toll-Free)
1-800 803-638

The battery percentage display is just an estimate. For all iDevices that's working correctly, once the display percentage hits 100%, it's actually just 80-90%. It will continue to charge for the next 1 hour or so, using what's called trickled charging. This is to protect the battery from being damaged by overcharging.

Continued usage of the power adaptor after it hits 100% is fine, but not advisable.

reference:
http://allthingsd.com/20120327/apple-ipad-...arged-up-about/
http://allthingsd.com/20120325/analyst-new...-fully-charged/
http://www.apple.com/batteries/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/252723/appl...g_concerns.html
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/413318...tart=0&tstart=0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle_charging
http://www.tuaw.com/2012/03/26/debunkatron...ts-own-battery/

Guys, for those who are really experiencing the not charging up to 100% issue, just give Apple Support a call. From the sound of it, it doesn't seem like isolated cases. They'll know best on how to solve it for you all.

iPad mini can playback H.264 MPEG-4 up to 1080p codec videos. You may drag and drop most of the new downloaded content that's encoded in H.264 MPEG-4 into iTunes and sync the videos. If you sort the video nicely, (list them under Movies / TV Shows, rename title, add album art), it will appear beautifully in your iPad.

If you wish to transfer non-compatible codecs, you'll have to use any of the many video converters available.

Hope this helps.

This post has been edited by connor: Jan 21 2013, 01:03 AM

Not every time. It will shorten your battery's lifespan. Once every 2 months is fine to recalibrate your battery.
It's recommended to recharge when it hits the low battery warning.

No. You'll have to buy the 64GB model

Agreed. Can't stress how great the iPad mini is on the bed. It's the reason for many late nights and mornings, all for the wrong reasons

Here's mine...

Just heavy surfing + reading with no gaming or videos for that charge. My screen brightness is usually below 20%.

To be fair i had just plugged-in to sync with the computer just seconds before i took the screenshot. I don't like my battery to go below 10% level.
I'll do another one in 4-5 hours for the current charge

WOW... that's nice! Right before it turns itself off!

Mine today.

MacX iPad Video Converter

Edit: Ops, didn't know it's pay ware now. I got it for FREE previously

This post has been edited by connor: Jan 26 2013, 12:01 AM