8GB iPod Touch default capacity reduced

Upgraded my 8GB iPod Touch (bought it on August 2008 - so no idea whether its 2G or 3G)...If my memory serves me right, the default capacity was 7.38GB when the firmware was 3.1.3. After yesterday's upgrade its reduced to 6.82GB. Did iOS4 consume 1.2GB of my iPod Touch space?
Is this only on mine or anybody else are observing the same?

I was loving my ipod, until Apple did the dumb update. I thought the new software would make me love it even more. But what the software has done to my ipod, decreasing my battery life and lowering my capacity, it just ruined it. Apple has to fix this Cause I'm {and a lot others)are not happy! now i have less space to add music and less time to listen and play games! -.-

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Why does my 8gb iPod Touch say it is over capacity when transferring songs from my 4gb iPod?, Why does my 8gb iPod Touch say it is over capacity when transferring songs from my 4gb iPod?

Okay So my little sister got a new 8Gb iPod Touch and it says that there is a little over 6Gb of space on it. I guess a little must be used up for formating or the operating system of the device. So that is normal I'd assume. Then she starts to sync her music library to the divice, all of the music that she had on her old 4Gb iPod.During the process it says that she is over capacity by .22Gb? How is that possible? How is it that her entire music library from Itunes and her CDs, a grand total of 700 songs, were able to fit on the 4Gb iPod but makes the 8Gb with 6Gb of usable space (said to be able to hold like 2,000 or more songs) over capacity?! could someone run me through a process to get all the music together so that we can get it set up right. I really have a feeling that somewhere we must have screwed up.
Thank you in advance for any help you can give.

This is really a guess but perhaps it's the factory-installed apps.
You might want to try a system reset. It cures many ills and it's quick, easy and harmless...
Hold down the on/off switch and the Home button simultaneously until the screen blacks out or you see the Apple logo. Ignore the "Slide to power off" text if it appears. You will not lose any apps, data, music, movies, settings, etc.

8Gb iPod Touch Capacity

I bought a new model 8Gb iPod Touch on Saturday, and so far have been massively pleased with it. This is my first iPod, so possibly I am doing something wrong.
But one thing that is confusing me and I would like to find out if this is correct is the capacity of the memory.
In iTunes it states the capacity is 7.01Gb and in the General Settings and about it says the iPod is 7.0Gb.
Is this correct or do I have a faulty iPod? As losing a whole Gb doesn't seem right.

Some of the available storage space is taken up by the operating system and other files needed for the iPod to operate, plus no storage space (hard disk, USB stick etc.) ever has the full capacity available for use, due to formatting and the way free space is calculated.
If you have a 100GB hard drive in your computer, you won't have exactly 100GB of free space available to you, but it doesn't mean its faulty.
See below for an official explanation:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2419

How many songs does an 8GB ipod touch really hold?

how many songs does an 8GB ipod touch really hold?

A little less than 1750 songs. The specs for older iPods specified a number of songs. For the 2G iPod Apple said:
Capacity
8GB, 16GB, or 32GB flash drive2
Holds up to 1,750, 3,500, or 7,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format3
The newer iOSs take more storage space so the number of songs will be reduced.

Well its another 3rd gen. 8gb ipod touch problem. Apparently they don't exist and that really ticks me off because the apple packaging clearly stated it was an 8gb 3rd gen. and now i can't update it. Apple lied and now im paying for it.I better get a new1

A year or two back i dad just used up all of my money to buy a brand new ipod touch 3rd gen. 8gb. I bought it at a local sams club and i even still have the packaging that says it was an 8gb 3rd gen. But Apple lied to me because it is only an 2nd gen. I looked it up and they don't exist. Now i can't get any games or anything because of thier false advertisement and ripping us off (as you can't update from iOS 4.2.1). This also happened to many of my friends and other Apple customers throughout the U.S. It was an unopened product from Apple. Since they tricked us i hold Apple accountable. I demand a refund and anyone else in this delemma please share your story. APPLE OWES ME A REFUND.

I see that you have the same problem as guys in the sites I found.
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/54866
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/55334
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/55180
I think most of them manage to came out either with FULL REFUND, with 75-90% DISCOUNT for iPod 4G purchase, or FREE iPod touch 4G 8GB.
I'll tell you this, it's not Apple who lied to you, it's the misled DEALERS. I've been collecting evidences and it seems from the beginning (the time of press release) until the release of iPod 4G, Apple never stated that they intended to release iPod touch 3G in 8GB.
See this image of Apple online store back in early 2010 :
The 8GB model were only UPDATED with iOS 3 however the true NEW iPod touch at that time (Apple hadn't used the terms Generation yet) was available in larger capacity. The iPod touch 8GB wasn't RENEWED but rather RE-RELEASED with lower price as previous 8GB iPod touch were more expensive. If you still not convinced enough to believe it, well search the youtube and watch Phil Schiller's presentation in 09/2009. He shown 8GB model (he didn't say new) would only experience updated price of $199 but later on, he pushed the 8GB aside and explained the NEW larger capacity models would be granted double capacity and improved performance
Hence, I'm truthfully sorry to say that the one whom to be wronged isn't Apple but dealers themselves for false advertising. I suggest you to bring up your complain to the dealer with valid evidences because if you don't, I'm afradi you might lose your chance due to the time being.

8GB iPod Touch has developed blueish bar 1 inch wide starting at the bottom

I have an 8GB iPod touch I purchased in August of last year. Until yesterday the iPod was working well. While online last night a blue block stretching from the bottom of the screen up about one inch appeared covering the bottom task bar and the complete lower set of letters when in portrait mode. I turned off the ipod, let it set overnight. Restarted, then completely wiped and restored and the bar persisted. I can touch the lower part of the screen and it selects fine, I just can't see what I'm selecting. I use my ipod touch for all of my calender syncing and it is very important that I can get this fixed soon. Again, I have gone through all the restore features and even before I restore the ipod the line still persists. The link included is pictures of the screen on my photo bucket. http://s638.photobucket.com/albums/uu105/schaia01/iPod%20Touch%20Screen%20Issues /

Try the sstandard fixes:
- Reset. Nothing will be lost
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Restore from backup
- Restore to fctory defaults/new IPod.
If y still have the problem then an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.

8GB ipod touch keeps freezing up and won't run apps correctly

I have an 8GB ipod touch that is almost a year old and it keeps freezing up. Some apps that use the motion side to side to move objects, doodlejump for example, won't work. I have reloaded apps and restored the ipod and it is still having a problem. What would be the issue and can it be fixed?

If the restore you did was from backup. restore to factory defaults/new iPod since you may have corruption that is now in your backup. If you then still have problems I wold make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store. If they determine it is a hardware problem and it is within warranty they should give you a replacment iPod.

How much music can an 8gb ipod touch hold?

How much music does an 8gb ipod touch hold? I have 200 songs and the capacity is already full and going over.

About 1,500 in 128-Kbps AAC format
What forma/compresssion are your songs? The 128 ACC format is more compressed than "normal" songs.

3rd generation 8gb ipod touch

How much would a 3rd generation ipod touch 8gb be worth today?

*Sigh!*
don_dudley wrote:
You are wrong, sir or ma'am.
There is an 8gb iPod touch. It does have a different video speck than the 16 and larger iPod touches. I know because I worked for an authorized Apple dealer during this time and had to be certified on the product line.
Not in 3rd generation, there isn't! This topic has been aired over and over again. Apple have never marketed a 3rd generation Touch with 8GB capacity. Never!
Non-Apple retailers may have done so, but Apple have not.
Look at this iPod identification chart from the following article, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1353:
don_dudley wrote:
please note the a1288 was branded as a 3rd gen.
Not by Apple!
From the same article mentioned above:
A1288 is 2nd generation. It's there - in black and white. Or you can check out the full article for yourself.
don_dudley wrote:
As for its worth, I sold mine on eBay for about $100 a year ago.
But it was not a 3rd generation model. If you sold a Model No. A1288 as 3rd generation, you better hope the buyer doesn't come back to you for mis-representation.

I have a brand new 8gb iPod touch 4g which has 0.43gb of other data right out of the box.

I have a brand new 8gb iPod touch 4g which has 0.43gb of other data before I've even put anything on it.I appreciate the OS takes up about 1.5gb, but this is in addition to that. There is absolutely nothing on the iPod and I've already done a factory reset.
The amount of yellow "other" data seems to go up and down if I click sync (although it is not syncing anything). There is no other data on the device. Is this normal?

That is about right. Normally it is about 1/2 GB. If can grow because of corrupt files. Then it is necessary to restore the iPod sometimes from backup works but sometimes a restore to factory defaults/new iPod is required. The other is made of ite items that do not fit the other categories listed.

8gb Ipod Touch does not sync, many other problems

Hello - If anyone has advice i would greatly appreciate it -
Here's the deal. I was given an 8gb ipod touch for christmas last year. The device worked for for several months, one day however it got stuck in a loop where error (9) kept coming up saying that I needed to restore my ipod to the factory settings. I did this and when it finished verifying the installation process it would give me the same error. I took the ipod into the apple store and they tested it on their computer and it worked fine on that, however the took it anyway and gave me a free new one which came a couple days later.
Since I have had the new one i have still had the same problems. I successfully was able to get my applications onto the ipod touch however when i tried to sync the music the ipod would freeze. When I checked the available space on the ipod it said that only 1.2gb remained eventhough there were no songs on the ipod at all. I tried to uninstall and reinstall itunes many times, i do receive an error message a lot on my computer saying that bonjour service is having issues and can not be accessed, but there is nothing that I do on my computer to cause this problem. My itunes again, with the new ipod touch, is asking me to restore the ipod to the factory settings again. Anyone have any idea what is going on or how it can be fixed?
Thanks

When it tells you new hardware is found, do you have the option to search the Internet instead of a CD?
Be sure you turn off all antivirus, zone alarm, firewall etc. Go into Control Panel and check the Security settings as well as the task bar in the lower right corner. Make sure all those are disabled. Then try again.
If still no luck, or you seem to be having USB problems, verify your USB is being recognized by XP by following these steps:
1. From the Start menu, right-click the My Computer/Computer icon and choose Properties from the shortcut menu. The System Properties window opens.
2. Windows XP and Windows 2000: Click the Hardware tab.
Windows Vista: Click Device Manager. If Windows needs your permission to continue, click Continue.
3. In the Device Manager section of the Hardware tab window, click Device Manager. The Device Manager window opens.
4. Double-click the "Universal Serial Bus controllers" entry.
5. Double-click the name of each USB Host Controller that appears under the "Universal Serial Bus controllers" entry. A window with the name of the installed USB Host Controller appears.
6. If necessary, click the General tab. If the USB card is working correctly, you should see "This device is working properly" in the Device Status field.
If still no luck, look at [Updating the drivers on your Windows PC|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1768?viewlocale=en_US]particularly for updates to the CD or DVD drive, graphics card, sound card.

3rd gen 8GB ipod touch stuck on connect to itunes

This isn't fair. I just bought this 3rd gen 8gb ipod touch (my first ipod ever, only owned Mp3 players) from best buy today and i can't even use it...
I'm going to start from square one, this will be long-winded, so forgive me in advance. But detail might help you guys help me out...
Okay, all giddy with excitement I boot up my touch for the first time. It tells me to connect it to itunes. I do that, hooking up the touch to the computer via usb. Vista detects it, installs the "apple mobile device" drivers just fine. Good, so then I open up itunes -- latest version -- and it's telling me to set up my ipod; name it, etc. Alright, I'm almost bursting at the seams here with excitement, but then itunes is notifying me that iOS4 is out. I upgrade, it takes a few minutes to do its stuff, it's done, and bam it's working. I play with the ipod a little bit, looking at the apps that already came with it. I disconnect, play with it, then reconnect to the computer again.
So now, itunes for some reason is doing a "recovery" process -- i did not tell it to initiate this. So it's in the process of "recovering" (backing up, i guess?) and Vista is prompting me to install the driver "Apple Mobile Device (Recovery)" I tell it ok, locate and install them. It does that, I'm guessing, for it's now prompting me to insert a CD. Well, there is no CD so I tell it to find this driver on the internet. It says "cannot find drivers check manufacturer's support site blah blah blah." At this point, itunes tells me that it cannot complete the "recovery process" -- no error code or anything, and the dialog box closes.
Now, my ipod goes into the connect to itunes screen. Itunes does not recognize it, for it does not even display my ipod at all. Vista does however, and each time i connect the ipod to the computer it attempts to install the "apple mobile device (recovery)" driver and fails each time. I don't know what's happening. I've lost all functionality in my ipod, can't even get into DFU. iTunes just refuses to recognize it. I've tried all of those fixes (reinstalling itunes, rebooting, trying that method where you go into device manager and update the apple mobile device (recovery) drivers....all of it doesn't work). I've spent hours websearching...
And I'm at a loss. I'm ready to throw this thing somewhere. Can you guys suggest any help for me? Please...
Message was edited by: regal
I didn't leave it connected - sorry. edit by regal

What did you do, I'm having the same problem, and also about to chuck the thing in a lake... help!!!

8GB iPod Touch 2g unresponsive

Here's it the situation: a coworker of mine bought an 8GB iPod Touch 2g from a friend because it "wouldn't work". Then the coworker came to me to see if I could fix it. I asked if it had been jailbroken/dropped/etc. He said it hadn't been jailbroken, but he was pretty sure it had been dropped. After getting my hands on the iPod I have not noticed any evidence of it being dropped. Anyway...
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Is my only solution to make an appointment at the Genius Bar? If so, is it going to cost me anything since the iPod is out of warranty? It isn't my iPod, that's the only reason I am asking.

I have an older nano that iTunes can't see unless I reboot it while it's connected to iTunes. You could try that.
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8GB iPod Touch default capacity reduced

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