iPad3 charging times

[Stinky The Clown]

What are you experiencing? Mine discharged to <5% overnight (because my iPad2 Marware case failed to turn it off!). I put it on charge with the supplied charger and it seems to be charging at less than 10% per hour. Is that your experience? Does it get faster?

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. 10 hours to charge? Somtingwong

[denem]

2. This apparently is a known issue, when the battery is completely drained

the recharge is set to ultra slow.

I can't believe this performance was considered acceptable by Apple. The charging time from 20% to 100% is 4 hours, but if you drain it, and charge from a completely dead battery, it only charges at 10% an hour. This makes a complete cycle of usability 10 hours of usage + 4 to 8 additional hours. The iPad 1 and 2 took under 90 minutes to charge, making their complete cycles 11.5 hours.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3813401?start=195&tstart=0

It sounds like some battery reconditioning algorithm gone wrong, and may well be patched. I hope so.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. Thanks! The take-home on this is to keep the damned thing charged!

My problem was thinking the iPad2 Marware CEO case was working on the iPad3. Turns out it has the wrong magnetic polarity for sleep function. I thought the iPad was off when in fact it was on overnight. Hence the fully discharged battery I found in the morning.

I ordered a new Marware with the right magnet and gave the old one to the person to whom I gave the iPad2. Right now I'm using my old Apple Smart Cover and that *seems* to be working perfectly.