Hi Alan, Developers have to Sandbox their Apps. All Apps on the Mac App Store are Sandboxed. A sandboxed app doesn’t have direct access to any files or frameworks on the system. It's not possible for sandboxed apps to read the cycle count under iOS.
Apple Sandboxes apps for security, to protect your data. <http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/ipad/#documentation/iphone/conceptual/iphoneosprogrammingguide/TheiOSEnvironment/TheiOSEnvironment.html> <http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/ipad/#documentation/Security/Conceptual/AppSandboxDesignGuide/AppSandboxInDepth/AppSandboxInDepth.html> Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 19/05/2013, at 5:26 PM, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > Hi Ronni > > Thanks for the information and the Google search tip. The Cydia app would > seems to provide the wanted data, so the info must be available (iOS command > programming anyone?). But I will not be jailbreaking the iPad! Just hope > the battery lasts until the iPad5 or iPad6 becomes irresistible - or someone > writes an app that Apple will approve. > > Cheers > Alan > > On 19/05/2013, at 2:31 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Hi Alan, >> >> There is no System Profiler on the iPad. >> There are third party apps in the app store that allow you to monitor >> certain system functions on the iPad. >> Google "system monitor apps" for iPad. >> -- >> "BatteryInfo Lite is an application that allows you to view stats about your >> device’s battery including; temperature, current capacity, max capacity, >> design capacity, charge percentage, cycle count, voltage, boot voltage, >> serial number and model. >> >> It’s a simple little app, nothing too fancy, just a list of the battery >> stats. But, if that is all you are looking for, you’re good to go with this >> one! You can get BatteryInfo Lite via the BigBoss source." >> >> 'BatteryInfo Lite' is a Cydia app. You would first need to install Cydia >> 'iFile' app to be able to install .deb files on your iPad. >> BUT.. NOTE: I believe you have to jailbreak your device to install these >> apps. >> Which is NOT something I would recommend. >> >> <http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2012/05/09/ifile-via-app-store-and-cydia/> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >> >> On 19/05/2013, at 11:27 AM, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ronni >>> >>> Thanks for the response, which is helpful. I calibrated the battery once >>> long ago, but have since tended to use the displayed 10 percent as my >>> recharge signal. >>> >>> However, when Apple claims that the iPad battery has a life of 1000 full >>> charge-discharge cycles, I would have expected a Settings menu that would >>> give a log of full and partial charge cycles. Might ask at the local Apple >>> store one day when I have plenty of spare time. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Alan >>> >>> On 19/05/2013, at 10:37 AM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Alan, >>>> >>>> "The only way to really know the state of your battery's health is through >>>> how it performs in normal use, which is the only spec that is provided by >>>> Apple. >>>> The test you go through is a multi-stage one, as follows: >>>> >>>> Run your battery all the way down, in normal use, all the way until the >>>> iPad shuts itself down. >>>> Now re-calibrate your battery metering by plugging it into a known good >>>> charging source, for which read the Power Adapter which came with it, and >>>> charge it all the way up to 100%. It will take a few minutes before you >>>> see and hear your iPad come back to life. >>>> Once it reaches 100%, leave it overnight. The next day, just use it like >>>> you normally do, do whatever it is that you normally do; but keep on doing >>>> it until the battery goes flat and shuts it down agaion. Make note of how >>>> long this took. The average user should expect about ten hours of use out >>>> if it, on wifi, less on cellular, depending on how heavy your video loadng >>>> is. >>>> >>>> The recalibrating needs to be done every month or so to ensure that the >>>> metering (the percentage that you read) remains fairly accurate. If you >>>> fail to do that, eventually it will no longer be. >>>> >>>> If you get less time before it shuts down, try it again. If you >>>> consistently get much less time than you should, then you definitely have >>>> a battery capacity issue and need to start talking to Apple." >>>> >>>> There is 'Battery HD+'. But as I have never used it so cannot recommend it. >>>> >>>> Battery HD+ for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad on the iTunes App Store >>>> <https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/battery-hd+/id331453283?mt=8> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >>>> >>>> On 19/05/2013, at 10:08 AM, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The battery of my iPad 2 now needs more frequent charging for normal use. >>>>> >>>>> How do I measure the capacity of the battery? >>>>> How do I determine the number of full charge and discharge cycles that >>>>> have been made? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, Alan >>>>> >>>>> Late 2012 iMac 27" Intel Quad Core i5 3.2Ghz 8GB RAM - OSX 10.8.2 >>>>> Late 2009 iMac 21.5" Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.8.2 >>>>> iPad2; ATV2; iPhone5
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