My Ipad Mini only charge for 91% and never going up..problem?

how to charge ipad exactly?

Charger faulty. Go claim warranty bro.

change your charger adapter. mine charge until 87 percent only. but when using samsung adapter can fully charge tho.

Ooo i will try using my housemate tab charger later n see

You might want to check the current first before charging. Sometimes irregular current will affect your battery

Just go and claim warranty if it is still covered

I bought online, how arr?

Dun understand.....i used to charge it for whole night n still 91%

I think u can bring it to any apple authorized dealer and they can claim for u

Mine will sometime not charge fully too. I suspect it has to do with heat generated by the
Adaptor bcos if I use a fan to cool the adaptor during charging it will always reach 100%.
Just sharing my experience. I will try to see if Mac city will let me claim under warranty

Machine can?

can

your battery might be out of sync.

Try using the ipad until it totally run out of juice and shutdown. After it shutdown, plug in to charge and DO NOT interrupt the charge. Let it charge until 100% or overnight.

If still only up to 91% then something is wrong. Else this should fix the battery sync issue.

Orait will do

I believe it is due to the Amp rating on the included charger. It is the same rating as the one for iPhone. iPhone has a much smaller battery.

When I use the charger that comes with normal size ipad (2A rating), it charges all the way.

You're right its due to heat, i change to another plug and it is charging...used to leave it like hours and its not charghing..what a shit!

I will bring to Machine and try to claim warranty. maybe you right they gave me the wrong plug

many had similar problem in the past putting the blame mostly on the adapter itself.
If it's a sealed box, it can't be a wrong charger.
another possibility is to check with the Lighting cable as well. Some claimed replacing the Lightning cable resolves the problem.
Some did a reset and it works as well.

what should i bring for claiming warranty for my power plug ar..??

Reset? Penat la nak backup

what is there to penat?
Just hook up to your iTunes and it'll backup itself.

got my faulty power plug replaced at mac city apple authorised service center @ mac city 1u, just need my ipad mini serial number and immediately get a new one

okey hehe luper how the sync going on there lol

wat did you bring to claim the warranty? whole box incl ipad mini or only charger?? do u need to leave it there for few days before replacing?

u can bring ur serial num with ur plug itself.

they ngam2 got stock for my case, so i walk away with my new power plug

not need bring the ipad mini together? did they check or just listen to your problem then replace?

i brought mine

as long as you have the serial number with u, i think is okay.

that fella went in the room about 2-3min and come out with a replacement unit for me, did them check? no ide

How come i cannot change my ipad mini charger for free? The MACHINE's guy (in JB) told me to buy 12W charger for RM69. They told that the charger did not include in the warranty. WTF?! Damn. How come Apple can do such a silly mistake. I as a consumer was really disappointed with this situation.

is that a Authorized apple service centre?

i got the same experience , stuck at 87% on my 1st time charging but then i used ipad charger.Then got 100% charged on my 2nd time charging with ipad mini's wall plug & lightning cable.

This post has been edited by phyz: Apr 5 2013, 09:46 AM

Now sure what is the problem.
First time use charger charge until 84% then stopped.

After that I switch to another extension it charge all the way till full

go and exchange the adapter at apple authorised service center.
Its happen to me as well...

They allow exchange? Since it can still charge to full, just different output

Now every time you charge, it will reach 100%?
if you don't see any problem, maybe is your own extension problem

for my case, totally i charge for 10 times, only 1 time reach 100%.
they do exchange my adapter.

So after they changed it for u, it charges to 100% every time? Or problem still persists? The dock still heats up easily like before?

Maybe the battery faulty

Yes, it reach 100% every time i charge. (unless i unplug it before 100%. )
you mean the adapter still heat? hmm, cooler than before, but still you can feel the heat when you touch it.

The first few times after buying the iPad Mini I was just using the cable to manage and sync stuff. It was then charging without problems.

When I first used the charger to charge, it stopped charging when it reached 91%. I then switched off and on and since then further charging present no problems.

Its because of heat of the plug, turn off your power and let it cool and continue charging. U can claim warranty.

I know I can make a warranty claim. However, if there are no further problems, there is not a need to do so. Thanks anyway.

sure..hehe if u think its not a problem for you...its up to u lol..have fun with ur iPad

common case with the ipad mini charger, use my ipad charger can go 100%, with the supplied ipadmini charger only 87% max

Whoa, then I'll better go to machine service centre at mid alley next week..since its still under warranty..

Ipad charger draws different current output..u sure it is safe that way?

lol..i claim new charger and the same problem comes out. charge only 90%.. can forget using the supplied charger. i use my other ipad charger to charge mini now.

Perhaps you can try this. This is what I did (posted here earlier).

After it stops charging at whatever %, switch off for a very short while (5-10 seconds), then switch on again. I did that and since then, I have not encountered further problems.

This post has been edited by PeeEl: Apr 11 2013, 08:43 PM

the charger overheats and safety cut off the current...

so let the charger rest and re-charge

also not good to use your ipad battery to below 40% very bad for battery

Source? apple does recommend users to do at least a full charge once in a month..meaning drain it to 0% and charge up to 100%

Sometimes my battery just drain out faster than the usual usage. Wonder what happens. Sometimes the battery just goes back to normal. Haiz

I bought an ipad mini from EpicCentre in IOI mall recently, and noticed that whenever I charge, it will only go up to 85%. I searched google and found this thread, seems like I'm not the only one who have this problem. Anyway, I went back to EpicCentre to claim warranty and hopefully can get a one-to-one exchange for the charger. EpicCentre said they can't do one-to-one exchange, instead they have to send the charger to Apple service centre for repair. The whole process would take 7 days. I'm really disappointed with this service. Do they expect me to go 7 days without a charger for my ipad mini? EpicCentre suggested that if I wanted faster, I could to Apple service centre directly, either the one in Berjaya Time Square or the other one in KL. It is really time consuming for me to go to the Apple service centre in KL. If the service centre also ask me to wait 7 days I would just forget about it and live with it. Does anyone know if Apple service centre can give one-to-one exchange on the charger?

Yes, this is a known problem with the adapter. You can get the adapter replaced but the problem may not go away.

There is nothing bad about letting your battery discharge till 0% anyway.
I've done that with all my iPads and iPhones.
The battery acts as a vessel to collect juices for your device. Similar to barrel of wines/beers.

Iv buy OEM 10w iPad charger from lelong, finally my Mini batteries fully charge 100%. , this charger is 45minutes- 1hours faster than stock charger, not much heat during charging


alternative theres alot charger with multiple USB slot include 2.1a (10w)

Your statement is correct if your battery is NICD or NIMH

if you read through the article it is very destructive to discharge till 0% as li-ion is not design that way

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article...based_batteries

Read the article above and you will understand... by discharging your battery flat you will only have a charge cycle of say 300-500... which is bad...

I did it this way. I charge until it stopped and close the switch and let it charge again. I did end up 100% usually because the adapter we have is not enough powerful so it takes two times to charge.

What on earth are you talking about? Your power of explanation is not only beyond me but others as well as proven in the other threads you posted.

Change mine at QCD times square, just took like 15 minute..they change the new plug..balik later charge its charging up to 100%..me happy

to busy to change before lol..

i have 2 ipad mini at home, 1 for myself, and 1 for my wife. Both ipad got problem to charge until 100%. normally, it will stop at 91%.

so what i do is switch off the socket, then turn on back. the ipad will continue charge until 100%. i'm not sure whether this problem come from adapter or ios it self.

My less than 1 week old ipad mini have the same issue as well. Did 1-1 exchange of the whole box and still not able to charge above 90%

To you and @nevv

Read the earlier posts and you will know the source of the problem. And also, possible 'solutions', if you will.

Actually I've tried few methods proposed in multiple forums (for both initial purchased set and exchanged set )

1) recalibration as recommended by apple tech
result: stop charging at 90%
2) Switched power supple off and back on after few second
result: manage to charge to 100% eventually
3) Perform hard reset
result: battery percentage indicator from 89/90% - ard 94%

Even though method 2 works, I do not think it is how a gadget should behave. A non-faulty electronic gadget should be able to charge to 100% at one-go.

I reiterate. If you read the earlier posts (and the iPad Mini thread), you will know the options to getting a solution.

want to ask..
if my ipad mini comes from maxis warranty,
for the warranty claim of the charger, do i need to go only to maxis centre or i may go to apple centre?

Maxis does not provide direct service. You have to go to Apple's authorized service providers.

try to update to latest firmware

Try using an app called Battery Doctor HD. It will guide you to charge your battery. Just turn on the app when you plug in the iPad mini to charge.

the battery doctor is recommended but , it does not solve incomplete charging,

I can charge fully 100% using Asus AI charger software, and using 3rd party 10watt usb charger, hence the stock charger is the real issue


This post has been edited by enCORe: May 18 2013, 02:43 PM

tq bos!

Let me repeat myself too, I've read and tried few methods proposed in multiple forums. Some possible 'solutions' like using iPhone's adapter or watnot, for some first time apple product buyers like myself, we just don't have spare apple adapters laying around the house But anyway, thanks for responding.

Anyhow, got another 1 to 1 exchange within 7 days of purchase and finally it is able to charge till 100% (AT ONE GO). According to the technical staff, the 1st shipment of adapters were faulty. Hope this helps

When you said at one go, from what % did you start to charge? Also, there are reports of problems from people who bought the iPad Mini which are not in the first shipment(batch) which means whatever claimed by their technical staff is not correct.

I alao facing same problem ... Using ori charger will chraging until 89% ...
If using iphone charger , it will be 100% ...
Solution for me , just change plug with my iphone then problem settle ... Huhu ...

Same question, if you don't mind…what % you start to charge from please? And using iPhone adapter, you do not experience any problem at all?

Start charge from 5% ... Almost finish will playing clash of clans and movie everyday ... Huhu ... After change to iphone adapter , it fully charging ... 100% ...

Good for you. Reason I asked is the iPhone charger is also 5v, same as the adapter provided for iPad Mini. Looks like it actually is THE iPad Mini's adapter which is giving the problem and not because it is only 5v.

Actually never get full charge on iPhone and ipad mini charger..i charge using my ipad charger now. Full charge everytime

Claim warranty for charger if nex time have other things happen on ipad still can claim again right?

Yes, still can claim.

Actually if i use iphone adapter can ar?

Charge two time usually.

of koss can, its the same specs...
i even use my ipad2 charger sumtimes..... i didnt really use a timer, but i think its faster too...

+1

Just claim the warranty dude!! What for you seeking for other solutions when you still having the warranty covered your ipad mini.