HUGE ipad battery problem!

okay so basically i've had my ipad since june last year. it had been working fine i'd usually be playing on it for hours and the battery would only go down to like 90%. im not sure if it was after or before the new update (probably after) the battery starting decreasing very fast! when i'd watch a movie it would go down 10% half way through the movie! with my brightness halfway and no other apps running on the multitask.. not only that the location services and the push notifications are kept off aswell! its not only when i watch movies that the battery goes down even when i play games such as angry birds or real racing if i play for 30 minutes the batter goes down about 15%, the reason i dont think its the update is because my brother and dad both have ipads and they have the new updated and their battery doesnt die as fast as mine! so does anyone know what i could do? i was thinking of taking it to the apple store hoping for a replacement but im not sure if they would give me a new one just like that?

bobgoldstein wrote:
Sorry, but I think this is a mis-statement of Apple's advice. I believe they mean to tell us to make sure we do some charging of the battery in the iPad at least once a month, even if the device is unused.
Despite what you believe, the actual text from Apple, as contained in the User's Guide and elsewhere, is as follows:
+Use Your iPad Regularly+
+For proper reporting of the battery’s state of charge, be sure to go through at least one charge cycle per month (charging the battery to 100% and then completely running it down).+
And I was told in another thread, that it puts more stress on the battery to charge it from a deep discharge, and that doing so will lessen its overall lifespan.
So who are we to believe, Apple or some anonymous yahoo who told you something or other in some other unspecified thread?
RTM remains a fairly useful starting point in many cases.
For anyone wondering, '...completely running it down ...' means exactly what it seems to. Keep using your iPad right on through all of the low power warnings until it finally quits on you.
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