The last couple of weeks the battery of my iPad Pro 10.5” (running iOS 15.5) is draining when I’m not using it: during a night or day in the office, about 8 hours, it drains by over 30%. According to the Battery info in Settings it’s “Find my” that’s using 100% off every hour.
This might have started when I purchased a HomePod mini and change some settings.
I have not had this issue with Find My, but with a lot of other apps and system services over the years on many iDevices and several iOS/iPadOS versions. Something seems to be stuck.
The IT Crowd’s motto might be the best help:
Have you turned if off and on again?
I would start turning the iPad off and back on again.
If it does not help:
And after that: Disable the system services for Find My.
Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services > Find My
It might be of help to wait some hours after each step to see if it has any impact.
And as a last resort you might try resetting all network settings. You will have to log back into WiFi, etc. after doing this so have all your credentials handy.
What happens when you disable Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services > Find My iPad and leave it disabled?
Is the iPad still showing 100% battery use even when not in use and if so, is it still Find My showing 100% activity during those times?
I just checked my iPad Pro Battery stats. Everything was fine during the last 5 days. BUT Find My indeed was acting up last weekend for 4 days: 100% battery use on my iPad Pro 24/7 with Find My being responsible for 93%.
I did not notice the issue, I have to say (I thought that I might have forgotten to charge the iPad on time). What did I do to resolve the issue? Because the battery was depleted, the iPad was turned off automatically. I charged the iPad… That’s it. Battery use since then normal (I have not used the iPad on Thursday, battery use one Thursday: a tiny green line indicates that it has used the battery just a tiny bit).
I really think that sometimes processes/services or apps get stuck on our iDevices. And yes, Find My might be a prime example for it. Turning the device off, disabling a service (and enabling it again after a day or so), deleting an app and installing it again, all those things always have helped me. And unfortunately there is not much more you can do. Apart from the more severe options like resetting all network settings, restoring the iPad from a backup or even setting the iPad up as a “new device”…