Why does the iPad take so long to charge?

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ՏℒAͣ͜CͩҜͩℰℜ May 19, 2011

Seriously folks. I burn through the battery in a few hours and it takes longer to charge than I get to use it. Suggestions?
☠GAMEOVER☠ May 19, 2011

Make sure when it hits 100% charged unplug it. Run the battery all the way down. And repeat never keep a battery plugged in. It ruins the battery life.
☠GAMEOVER☠ May 19, 2011

Never keep it plugged in when fully charged
MᎧJᎧ May 19, 2011

Steve Jobs put a "porn detector" in every IPad. Each video played at mobileboner.com reduces the battery life by 12 seconds. It starts at 10 hours...so let's see....
MᎧJᎧ May 19, 2011

Seriously, in case you're using an iPhone charger, don't, it doesn't charge fast. Fastest is to use the charger that came with it (10 watt I think). And if you want to speed her up a bit, turn on airplane mode, that will shut down all of the radios and gps whle it charges.
ՏℒAͣ͜CͩҜͩℰℜ May 19, 2011

Thanks for the tips fellas. Well. The real ones. Lol. Anyone else? Btw, it only stays on the charger after 100% if I'm asleep but I remove it immediately when I awake. (Gotta check in here. Lol)
Tapwaterfish May 19, 2011

Notifications eat up life too make sure to keep apps that u want with notifications on and the others off.
ЯĔςкӀΞSS✧И↭山↭Я✯ May 19, 2011

TapWaterFish™ wrote:
Notifications eat up life too make sure to keep apps that u want with notifications on and the others off.

Only notifications I have on are for tw.
Don Igor May 19, 2011

Switch to 240v instead of that 110v you guys use... My iPad will fully charge in 2 hours-ish
RevStraylight May 19, 2011

Wtf Pimp? My iPad battery lasts at least 10 hours on a charge and that's with almost constant usage. (I've also had it since June of last year...). It only takes me a few hours to get back to 100%....
Schmidty May 19, 2011

Are you using the charger that came with it? I lost mine and bought one of those cheap ones and had the same problem. Then I found the original one and it charges fast again and battery lasts at least 8 hrs.
Viva Palestine May 19, 2011

In future b4 you charge put it in the microwave for 5 mins defrost it 👍

Should be ok 👍😋
Viva Palestine May 19, 2011

YOU wrote:
In future b4 you charge put it in the microwave for 5 mins defrost it 👍

Should be ok 👍😋

👆 DO NOT try this at home 👆
★〓⌖ Viper ⌖〓★ May 19, 2011

Bad Mojo 🔨🔥💀 wrote:
Seriously, in case you're using an iPhone charger, don't, it doesn't charge fast. Fastest is to use the charger that came with it (10 watt I think). And if you want to speed her up a bit, turn on airplane mode, that will shut down all of the radios and gps whle it charges.

30 watt charger for the pad, the 10 watt charger is for the phone. If for any reason you are using the phone charger for the pad you are trickle charging the battery (which is bad for iToys).
ՏℒAͣ͜CͩҜͩℰℜ May 19, 2011

Well I got the thing second hand so I have the charger the guy gave me. It looks just like the one for my iPhone....
Schmidty May 19, 2011

[]D[][]V[][]D™ wrote:
Well I got the thing second hand so I have the charger the guy gave me. It looks just like the one for my iPhone....

Buy one from apple
J DཔB།TY D།ZZ༨E May 19, 2011

Ya get the bigger charger. U should have no problems then✌
wangberg May 19, 2011

RevStraylight wrote:
Wtf Pimp? My iPad battery lasts at least 10 hours on a charge and that's with almost constant usage. (I've also had it since June of last year...). It only takes me a few hours to get back to 100%....
∇@ИԺ@L!$M May 19, 2011

wangberg wrote:
RevStraylight wrote:
Wtf Pimp? My iPad battery lasts at least 10 hours on a charge and that's with almost constant usage. (I've also had it since June of last year...). It only takes me a few hours to get back to 100%....