iPod Battery Life...
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- 2cents
Mine sure as hell doesn't get 10 hours of playtime from a full charge like apple claims...I seem to get around 6 hours if i use it in a warm environment and about 2 hours when i'm out on mtn in the cold riding.
what about you guys...yes, no?
- modulate0
yup, the battery life sucks, and gets worse over time. I have an original 5Gig.
you just have to get in the habit of plugging it in everytime you sit down at the computer.
to top it off, I bought the remote for it and now that shit happens when the sound in one ear goes out.
- dopepope0
I have the original one also. It's been fine for a year. But recently it's been acting up really bad. I had it charges for 3 days...3 DAYS...and it lasted 30 mins...if that long. Most of the time it gets to about 50 mins with 12 charge. It pretty much renders it useless.
- ma_rk0
true.
it dies fast in the cold.
that makes this a little less tasty.
http://www.burton.com/gear/pr_am…
sp.v. your up in whistler?hows the snow? soggy parks here at the local hills.
- modulate0
that sucks dopepope, my battery life does not eat it that bad.
maybe a "genius" at an apple store might know something?
- apt5a0
1. turn off alerts
2. turn off clicker
3. dont use backlight unless you need toif you would go to the apple site or bother to call customer care you would already know this. and the same goes for other mp3 players, palm, visor, etc...
- sinbad0
Make sure you download the latest software update from apple!
My friend was having the same problem and the software download fixed it - apparently the software was giving a false reading of the battery power.
- InVivio0
You're not the only one:
http://www.ipodhacks.com/article…
- dstlb0
Mine was lasting 8 hours when i first got it then went down to 4 if I was lucky.
I've found that if you let if go completely flat then charge it using the mains recharger while it's turned off you get a much better charge than you do if you charge it through the Mac and it's on and showing up in iTunes.
Lots of small charges don't seem to work as well as a full charge.
- 2cents0
ma_rk : the snow up here is icy at the moment...not too bad, the parks are in pretty good condition.
we're supposed to get dumped on this weekend and into next week.