altstoreio / altstoreio/AltStore
AltStore beta using large amount of battery with screen off
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Description
Device: iPad Pro M1 11”
iPadOS: 15.2
AltStore: 1.53b
- My AltStore has used more than 13 hours of battery life in the past 24 hours, with the screen off. This is causing a considerable amount of battery drain: what’s happened, and what’s the fix?

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Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported battery usage on an iPad Pro M1 running iPadOS 15.2 with AltStore 1.53b, while the screen is off. Investigate the source of the background activity and verify that the fix prevents excessive battery drain without disrupting expected AltStore behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- swift
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100