Notes App Heating up iPad and Draining Battery

Hello,


Until yesterday, I have always used note-taking apps such as "Notability" or "Good Notes 5" for note taking. However, I had to use Apple Notes to write down something quickly and had to continue using that note. Ever since writing on Notes, my iPad has been heating up a lot (feeling uncomfortable on my hand) and draining the battery very much (30% in less than an hour). Not only this, but it constantly lags and glitches when writing or erasing. Normally, I do not heavily use my iPad but on the rare occasion I do, no heating issues occur when using the other note-taking apps (even if iPad is on for multiple consecutive hours).


I have tried all suggestions which include clearing all applications from recent, restarting the iPad, disabling background app refresh, turning off iCloud Sync, and putting it in airplane mode but nothing has seemed to fix the problem since the minute I started writing again, the glitching continued and was later followed by the heating.


Is there anything that can be done? Is this issue software or hardware based?

iPad Air (4th generation)

Posted on May 14, 2023 9:26 AM

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May 16, 2023 2:46 PM in response to elio162

Hello elio162,


If the Notes application is causing the battery to drain when you're not using it, you can try removing and reinstalling the app.


1. Touch and hold the app.
2. Tap Remove App Remove App icon.

Delete apps on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch


Once it's removed, just go into the App Store, search "Notes" and select the download icon.


After that, use the device for some time and see if the Notes app is continuing to use the battery when you're not actively using it. In Settings > Battery, you can tap on each of the blue bars in the Activity graph to see what used the battery each hour. Check those to see if Notes used any battery during hours which you didn't use the app.


About the battery usage on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch


It's also a good idea to make sure your device is up to date in Settings > General > Software Update.


Update your iPhone or iPad


Cheers!



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