Quick Charge Your iPad Using a Higher-Wattage iPad Charging Block
The iPad comes with its own USB power adapter, also called a charging block, which connects to your device with a lightning cable. This charging block is larger than the cube that comes with the iPhone, and this larger size translates into more watts and a faster charge.
Turn your charging block over to see the number of watts on your brick. Depending on your iPad model, your charging block is either a 5W, 10W, 12W, or 18W power adapter. The higher the number, the faster the charge.
You can purchase a higher wattage charging block from Apple to cut the time it takes to charge your iPad.
How to Use the iPad Rapid Charger
Fast charging is a method Apple developed to give users a quick way to recharge their iPad or iPhone. A fast charge brings your battery level back up to 50 percent in 30 minutes. This quick charging method works on the original iPad Pro 12.9-inch model, iPad Pro 10.5-inch models and later, and iPhone 8 and later.
Here’s what you need to get a quick iPad charge:
An Apple USB-C to Lightning cable Any of these Apple charging blocks: 18W, 29W, 30W, 61W, or 87W
Plug the USB-C lightning cable into your iPad and the charging block, and wait. Depending on the device you’re using, you should have 50 percent of the battery life back in half an hour.
How to Charge Your iPad Faster
In addition to using the largest wattage charging block, there are other ways you can charge your iPad faster. The key is to give the battery a chance to rest so that it can focus on one thing—charging—instead of simultaneously draining the battery using other applications.
Turn off your iPad for a quicker charge. While it’s fine to use your iPad while it’s charging, any energy the iPad uses to light the screen takes away from some of the power you’re trying to build. Turn off your iPad, walk away, and let it charge. Put your iPad in Airplane mode to charge faster. If you must use your iPad while charging, put your iPad into airplane mode if you don’t need internet connectivity. Airplane mode saves battery power by cutting off your iPad’s connection to Wi-Fi and cellular networks. You will not have access to Bluetooth, location services, or any other activity that requires an internet connection. You can access airplane mode on the home screen by swiping up or down to see the Control Center. Tap the airplane icon. The iPad goes into Airplane mode and an airplane icon then appears on the screen status bar.
Getting a Faster Charge While Using Your iPad
If you must use your iPad with internet access while charging, there are a few things you can adjust, temporarily, to conserve battery power, so that your iPad can get to full power quicker:
Turn down the screen brightness. Screen brightness is probably the biggest battery drain. Shift it down to the minimum brightness so that you can read the screen, but low enough to conserve battery. Go to Settings > Display & Brightness to dim the brightness. Close any apps you aren’t using. Swipe any apps that are running in the background to close them. Disable Background App Refresh. You may not need your apps to continually refresh their content while you’re not using them, which can drain your battery life. To turn background refresh off, go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh and select which apps to stop refreshing in the background. Disable Location Services on apps. Find out which apps are using location services by going to Settings > Privacy > Location Services. Turn off any apps that are requesting location. Turn off notifications. Notifications come intermittently from other apps that are not even open, which consumes battery power. Go to Settings > Notifications and select the apps that you would like to disable notifications. Turn off Bluetooth & Handoff. In addition to turning off Bluetooth, disable Handoff by going to Settings > General > Handoff and toggle off the feature.
