IPad 2 gains battery life after reset.....

Funny thing, I hard reset my iPad 2 and gained 5 percent battery life...from 90 to 95. Is this a bug?

Yes, of course it's an estimate. But it seems to be behaving differently since a recent update. Also, I have some questions about your post:
As far as I know, there aren't any iOS apps that will give you any more accurate battery info than the percentage displayed. In fact, I believe there's a rule for developers using the battery API that their apps can only display the current battery percentage to the nearest 5%. Consequently, most apps will give you a slider asking YOU to move it to match what the percentage displayed in the top bar of the iPad is. if you know of an app that actually gives you greater access to battery stats, I'd love to know what it is. But please nothing that requires a jailbreak.
Also, when you talk about Activity Monitor, I assume you're talking about the Mac and not the iPad? But Activity Monitor on the Mac doesn't display any battery information either, as far as I'm aware.

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