Battery Discrepancy (iPadOS v. Infinite Flight)

[Zachary]

Happy Wednesday.

Following the release of iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, I have noticed an issue in which there is a discrepancy between the battery percentage shown by my iPad and Infinite Flight.

At 2:15 this afternoon, my iPad was showing 96%. Infinite Flight, however, was showing 95%. While abnormal, there was nothing to sweat.

About 15 minutes later, at 2:33, I went to lower my screen brightness and noticed my iPad dropped to 94% (no issue there, that was expected). What was concerning, though, was Infinite Flight was showing my iPad at 95%.

Surely, you all are going to say I am crazy. How could this be? I had to have swapped the screenshots while uploading. Nope. Check the ETE to Dest, Fuel Used, Flight Time, or Fuel Remaining tabs. All will show a different number (ascending or descending from the previous), as expected while en route.

Here’s another test at 2:41. My iPad shows 93%, and Infinite Flight still shows 95%.

Further, it is important to note that this is a two-way street. Like the first two images, Infinite Flight displays a lower percentage than the device, 92% and 90%, respectively.

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Device: 11-inch iPad Pro (8,1)
OS: iPadOS 17.0
Infinite Flight Version: 23.2.1 (4433)

Is this a show-stopping issue? Absolutely not. Annoying? A tad. It is nice knowing the current state of my device at a quick glance rather than having to enter the Control Center.

I just wanted to put this on the map. Thanks, all.

[DeerCrusher]

Wow. Someone with a brain who made an actual support issue… nice!

[DarkspoulYT]

Same thing happens on my iPad Pro M2, i’ve tried everything to fix it but nothing works :p

[bensonb]

I’ve been experiencing the same issue on my iPad Air M1. Infinite Flight will only display the battery percentage as multiples of 5.

[Mort]

Could there be some kind of “lag” between the actual battery level and what IF displays?

[Zachary]

This issue is present in the Scenery Editor as well.

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Device details and testing environment are constant with respect to the content in the original post.

Totally didn’t plug an EWR rework…

[bensonb]

It’s not really a lag, Infinite Flight just rounds the iPad’s actually battery % to the nearest 5 for whatever reason

[Cameron]

Thanks for the report, it looks like there was a different implementation of this battery indication in one of our frameworks, which we upgraded earlier this year, that reports lower accuracy readings than before (every 5% as @bensonb noted)

We’ll take a look at this. but just for transparency, it’s a low priority issue for now on our issue tracker

[Zachary]

Thanks, Cam! That’s all I needed to hear. You’re welcome to close this if you’d like.