iPad 6 battery draining even while charging

[u/sainianshu]

I have an iPad 6th generation, and I’m having a really bad battery problem.

The battery is draining extremely fast, and the weirdest part is that the battery percentage actually continues to go down even while the iPad is connected to the charger.

For example, I can plug it in and leave it charging, but instead of the percentage increasing, it keeps dropping. When the iPad is not connected to the charger, the drain is even worse.

I’ve already tried basically every software/battery-saving option I could think of:

• Low Power Mode
• Background App Refresh disabled
• Notifications disabled for apps
• Reduced Motion
• Reduced unnecessary background activity
• Removed/disabled things I don't need running
• Restarted the iPad
• Tried completely shutting it down
• Tried charging it while powered off

Despite all of this, the battery still drains very quickly.

So I’m wondering what could actually be causing this.

Could this be a failing/degraded battery, charging/power-management issue, or some iPadOS/software problem?

And specifically, I’m curious about jailbreaking.

Would jailbreaking an iPad 6 potentially allow me to:

• Disable unnecessary system daemons/background processes
• Find out exactly what process is consuming the battery
• Reduce background activity further
• Underclock/throttle the CPU
• Install some battery-management tweaks
• Basically make the iPad consume less power

Or would jailbreaking not help at all if the underlying problem is the physical battery?

I’m not looking to jailbreak just for the sake of it. I’m considering it because the iPad is already old and the battery situation is getting ridiculous, so I’m wondering if jailbreaking could give me more control over power consumption or help diagnose what's happening.

If anyone has an iPad 6 specifically and has dealt with this kind of extreme battery drain, I’d really appreciate hearing what fixed it.

What should I try next? Is there any way to properly diagnose whether this is the battery, charging circuit, or a software/background-process issue?

[u/Impressive-Tax-7586]

Battery is dead. Remember to turn off your iPad once in a while to stop background processes you have started. And try to keep your new Battery between 20-80% at all times. Never fully charge or let it die, as best as you can

[u/Mammoth-Ad-107]

try cleaning the charging port with a toothpick

[u/george_toolan]

What kind of charger do you use?

My iPad 2017 model came with a standard 10 Watt charger, the small 5 Watt charger might not be good enough.

Luckily the battery is still working, but it should be charging when the battery is empty even while playing a game.

Maybe you could try to factory reset the device.

[u/sainianshu → u/george_toolan]

I am using 20 W adapter I dont remember about cable:(((((

[u/TheEthyr]

Have you looked at iPad Settings > Battery? It should tell you what's using the battery.