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My iPad mini first gen takes about 8 hours to charge, but I can get about 15 hours of use out of it. You'll sacrifice charge time for battery life (Usually). Sent from my iPad using iMore Forums I have an iPad mini first gen and it takes about 3.5 hours to charge. I'm using the 12 W charger. Total ipad mini retina battery charge time is 3 hours and 15 minutes. There are three important points I think are worth discussing here. The total time taken, the 80% charge drop and the double 97%. The total time to charge the iPad mini of 3 hours 15 minutes is faster than the time it takes to charge an ipad 3. This will differ depending on the charger you use. Since the device has a 12 Ah battery if you charge it with a 1 Amp charger it will take 12 hours to charge. Similarly if you charge it with a 2.1 Amp charger it will take just under 6 hours to charge. This is assuming a 100% charging efficiency. If it takes your iPad charger 5 hours to charge up your iPad with the iPhone charger it will take 10 hours to charge it because it is about 1/2 the watts and amps. It will take around 4-6 hours to charge a completely drained iPad battery, depending on the model. A couple notes here: 1  You can still charge an iPad with a 1 amp USB power adapter, but it will take longer than 5 hours to fully charge. 2  The iPad’s 2 amp charger is still safe to use with your other USB devices (iPhone, iPod, etc.) and will not damage them. 1 You can still charge an iPad with a 1 amp USB power adapter, but it will take longer than 5 hours to fully charge. 2  The iPad’s 2 amp charger is still safe to use with your other USB devices (iPhone, iPod, etc.) and will not damage them. 3  You can’t overcharge them. Depends on the iPad. Our office has four of them and they all take a different amount of time to charge. We have one that charges in 4.5 hours but the others take 6, 6.5, and 8. 1  Answered by Debi T from Ogden.
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