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YOUR IPAD HAS A HIDDEN BATTERY HEALTH FEATURE — HERE’S HOW TO CHECK IT

How-to
By Richard Priday
last updated February 14, 2024


Apple hasn't given iPads a Battery Health feature yet — but this is how you can
check anyway

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Your iPad's battery health is strangely hard to check unless you know where to
look. As of iPadOS 17, there's no specific Battery Health menu like you find on
iPhones or Macs, which makes it tricky to know how much your battery's degraded
since you first starting using your Apple tablet.



This can be important not only for your own interest, but for Apple too. Apple
doesn't replace iPad batteries unless they're under 80% of their original
capacity, so it can be good to know if your iPad is eligible before wasting your
time booking and waiting for a Genius appointment.



Fortunately, your iPad is likely recording key battery data already. The
annoying thing is you have to enable the analytics, then comb through the
technical gobbledegook to actually find the figures, unless you use a handy
shortcut we'll share with you shortly.




So without further ado, this is how to check your iPad's battery health without
using other apps, or until Apple adds Battery Health to iPadOS.

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HOW TO CHECK YOUR IPAD'S BATTERY HEALTH

Firstly, we'll show you the longer, more in-depth method. However, there's also
a method using iOS/iPadOS Shortcuts, which we'll cover afterward.




1. GO TO SETTINGS > PRIVACY & SECURITY > ANALYTICS & IMPROVEMENTS



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Open the Settings app, tap Privacy & Security, then tap Analytics and
Improvements.












2. TOGGLE ON SHARE IPAD ANALYTICS, THEN OPEN ANALYTICS DATA



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This could prove a roadblock for some users. For whatever reason, the only way
for us to read battery health data is if you've agreed to send it to Apple. If
like me you had shared analytics turned off, you'll need to enable Share iPad
Analytics and then come back in a day or two when the necessary data's been
recorded. Once it's available, tap Open Analytics Data.


3. OPEN A FILE AT THE TOP, THEN COPY THE FINAL BLOCK OF TEXT



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Open one of the files at the top of the list, then scroll down to the bottom and
copy the final block of text.



The file type you're looking for is named
Analystics-year-month-day-time.ips.ca.synced, and should be one of the first
entries in the list.


Try and pick the one with the most recent date on it, although in my case I had
to pick the file from the day before to find the information I needed.


Opening the file up confronts you with a whole lot of indecipherable text. Brace
yourself and scroll all the way to the bottom, then select and copy the last
continuous block of text. You should see a few mentions of "battery" in there to
tell you you're in the right place. 


4. PASTE THE TEXT AND SEARCH FOR LAST_VALUE_MAXIMUMCAPACITYPERCENT



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Open a text editing app like Notes or Google Docs, as long as it has a search
function. Paste the copied text in, and then search for "MaximumCapacityPercent"
to find the first number we're after.



The figure listed by MaximumCapacityPercent is, as the name suggests, the
current capacity of your iPad mode compared to when it was new. This should give
you a good idea of how your iPad's battery health is doing, though it's not
fully accurate.



If you want to know the full state of affairs in your iPad battery, and
especially if you're confused that your MaximumCapacityPercent is over 100,
follow the next step to learn more.


5. DIVIDE THE NOMINALCHARGECAPACITY VALUE BY ONE OF TWO FIGURES



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Now we need to work out a more accurate estimation. In the same block of text,
look for two values — MaximumFCC and NominalChargeCapacity — and note them down.
The first is the mAh (milliamp-hour) capacity of your iPad's battery when it was
brand new. The second is its mAh capacity at the time the data was captured.


Also, look up the rated battery capacity for your iPad model from an online
specs page. Unfortunately Apple lists its capacities in watt-hours, so you'll
have to look elsewhere, such as GSMArena.



Divide the NominalChargeCapacity figure by the MaximumFCC figure or the rated
capacity figure. The result will be your current maximum battery capacity as a
percentage, compared either to your model when new (in the


case of MaximumFCC), or the average capacity of that iPad model when new (if you
use the rated capacity instead). 

Why are there so many different battery capacity numbers?

No two batteries are alike. The manufacturing process means some cells of
otherwise identical specs can carry a greater or lesser charge. This is why
electronics companies give battery size as a "rated capacity" or "typical
capacity," as they can't guarantee a specific one.

The listed battery capacity of the model I used for this how-to (an 11-inch iPad
Pro 2021) is 7538 mAh, but the original capacity of my iPad's particular battery
was actually 8,022 mAh. That's why in step 4, the 7605 mAh current capacity is
rated as 100% healthy, even though I've in fact lost just over 5% of the
original capacity. 

The former is the calculation that an iPhone makes when you look at the Battery
Health setting in iOS, and is more accurate than the MaximumCapacityPercent one
because it accounts for the original capacity of your specific iPad's battery.

However, the rated capacity calculation is the one Apple will make when deciding
if your battery is eligible for replacement or not, so that could be the one you
need to do instead.


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If you're interested in checking how many complete charging cycles your iPad's
been through (another indicator of battery wear), search for CycleCount.


HOW TO QUICKLY CHECK YOUR IPAD'S BATTERY HEALTH WITH SHORTCUTS 

If you're familiar with the Shortcuts app for iOS and iPadOS, then there's an
easier way to do all of this. Installing this Battery Stats shortcut (courtesy
of Reddit's r/iPad and users u/nairazak and u/ericswpark) allows you to quickly
get your key details with the Analytics file open in the Settings menu.


1. DOWNLOAD THE BATTERY STATS SHORTCUT



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Head to the Battery Stats shortcut page and download the shortcut. There's
nothing to worry about with this shortcut in terms of security. It's effectively
an automated custom text search that then pops up the findings in an
easy-to-read text box. Your data isn't recorded or sent anywhere in this
process.


2. OPEN AN ANALYTICS FILE AND RUN THE SHORTCUT



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You can follow steps 1 to 3 from the previous section to get to the file you
need. Once you're in, tap the Share icon in the top right corner, then tap the
Battery Stats shortcut icon partway down the list. 


3. CHECK OUT YOUR RESULTS



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Your results will appear in a pop-up at the top of your screen. Everything's
laid out simply for your convenience, however it doesn't include your
MaximumCapacityPercent, which lets you compare your battery health to the
original battery capacity listed on Apple's specs pages. 

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Assuming your iPad's battery is up to it, how about trying out some more fun and
handy features? Among our repertoire of guides, we can show you how to avoid
CAPTCHA popups on iPhone to breeze through online security checks, how to use
Google Lens on iPhone and iPad to search Google with your iPad's camera, or how
to type the Apple logo on iPhone, iPad and Mac to show your appreciation for the
company behind your tablet.

Still not enough? Then check out how to check your iPad model and generation if
you can't remember what age or type your iPad is, or how to turn a Live Photo
into a video on iPhone and iPad to more easily share clips with others. Which is
also the reason you'll want to make sure you know how to use AirDrop on iPhone
and iPad.


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4 Comments Comment from the forums
 * hoxygt
   I wasn't able to locate the analytics file as described but found a file that
   did work starting with the file name "Analytics-Never-Year-Month-Day"
   
   Used the shortcut method and it worked perfectly - much appreciated Toms :)
   Reply
 * Divan46
   This did not work on iPad Air 3rd generation. Even search for file, response
   “is no file”
   Reply
 * NJRB
   I clicked on the next synced log to get the section shown on the guide. Also
   found another entry "last_value_MaximumCapacityPercent":91, which was very
   close to the calculation - 88% made using the method in the guide.
   Reply
 * Snowfall-123
   I found the file but the keyword values were null except for original battery
   capacity. Any idea why that would be?
   Reply
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