How to check your iPad battery (and when to replace it)
Do you need to replace your iPad’s battery yet? Or not yet? We show you how to check it and how much a new battery costs!
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iPad battery: how to check the status …
The iPhone and the Mac both have a battery check feature. Unfortunately, the iPad has no option to check the battery and you can never be sure if it’s not time to replace the battery. Whether Apple will add this feature is unknown. Don’t you want to wait for that? Then we have the solution for you.
coconut battery 3
You have to install a program on your Mac to do this. This is coconutBattery 3 and the software is free to download from the website. Don’t have a Mac but a Windows PC? Then you can use the program iMazing 2.
Start the coconutBattery 3 program and connect the iPad to your Mac using a cable. Sometimes you have to give permission on your Mac and on the iPad, but then the battery status of your iPad appears in coconutBattery 3. Tap the ‘iOS Device’ tab. You will then see all data from your iPad appear in the program.
… and this is when you should replace the iPad battery
If you look at the ‘Design capacity’ of the iPad in the program, you will see how many percent the battery still has. Is this value lower than 80 percent? Then Apple says it’s really time to replace the battery.
According to Apple, you can charge the iPad’s battery about 1,000 times and it will stay above the 80 percent limit. Isn’t that the case? Then it’s time for a warranty. Apple offers a standard one-year warranty.
Apple itself says that the iPad (two years) is eligible for a battery replacement at no extra cost if you have AppleCare+. In addition, your iPad’s battery must be less than 80 percent of its original capacity.
This is what Apple asks for a new iPad battery
Is your iPad out of warranty? Then you can have the iPad battery replaced at Apple. Exactly what you will pay for replacing the battery in your iPad depends on the model. For example, an iPad Pro battery (6th generation) costs 219 euros. Replacing the battery in an iPad (7th generation) will cost you 109 euros.
Do you want to know what you have lost at Apple for replacing the battery in your iPad? You can find this on the repair and service page for the iPad, under the heading ‘Request an estimate’.
