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What to do with an old iPad

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190 points owenmakes | 3 comments | 05 Sep 25 17:14 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

Coming back with my own blog (hosted on iPad 2) after asking here the same question
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clumsysmurf ◴[06 Sep 25 22:25 UTC] No.45153457[source]▶
Wouldn't "spicy pillow" be the main problem with old iPads? My iPad Air 4th gen doesn't have an option to limit charging to 80% etc.
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jraph ◴[06 Sep 25 22:35 UTC] No.45153537[source]▶
Good point. My old iPad's battery is still lasting very long, but I don't know how it would behave if it were indefinitely plugged.
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owenmakes ◴[06 Sep 25 22:51 UTC] No.45153638[source]▶
I keep mine unplugged and it gets surprising good battery life, and I think it kinda improved with the downgrade. On normal use I would get like 8-10 hrs screen on time. No spicy pillow yet, though I did have that issue with my old iPod.
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1. jraph ◴[06 Sep 25 23:00 UTC] No.45153700{3}[source]▶
Do you know long it can last unplugged answering requests with insomnia?

My old iPad lasts weeks on its battery if I don't use it, I can only imagine it actually sleeps and would not answer network requests in this state.

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2. owenmakes ◴[06 Sep 25 23:18 UTC] No.45153801[source]▶
No idea honestly, but the main reason the battery lasts so long is that it turns the WiFi off, which is why I had to install Insomnia. It was doing fine so far, with 60% battery, but decided to plug it in since it's getting many requests now
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3. jraph ◴[06 Sep 25 23:33 UTC] No.45153866[source]▶
OK, thanks!

Congrats for the successes :-)