Sorry typo should have been 10:02:02 AM AWST My excuse is that I'm having a 'new' side effect to one of the drugs I have to take for my medical treatment and it is affecting my eyes.
Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 23/05/2013, at 4:12 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Alan the list members received your original message at 1:02:002 AM AWST > > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > > On 23/05/2013, at 4:01 PM, Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > >> re-sending in Plain Text - - - >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Alan Smith <sma...@iinet.net.au> >>> Subject: Re: iPad Battery charge cycles >>> Date: 23 May 2013 10:02:02 AM AWST >>> To: wamug@wamug.org.au >>> >>> A wrap-up on iPad battery life - - - >>> >>> I went to the Garden City Apple store and asked about reading the "1000 >>> charge-discharge cycles" count. >>> >>> Yes, Apple can read the cycle count, BUT the figure is meaningless as it >>> resets to zero each time the iPad is reset! >>> >>> Regarding battery replacement, I got the clear impression that ad-hoc >>> decisions are made depending on age and condition of the iPad, and the >>> argument made by the customer. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Alan >>> >>> >>> 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 10:08 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 >>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>>> >>> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
