8GB ipod touch has 7GB memeory

Got an 8GB ipod touch for xmas. First one wasn't working right so returned it. Second one is fantastic! Both of the 8GB ipod touch's I have had only have had 7GB of memory. Is this correct?

Absolutely normal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2419
Same is true of just about any device with memory - including your computer.

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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.

My 3rd 8GB iPod Touch has a broken screen.

It broke last night when it fell off my table. I bought it more than a year ago and I dont want to get a new one. Will Apple fix? If not How can I get it fixed? Thanks!

Apple does not repair them. They just exchange it with a refurb. Your model would cost $99.00. Check in the link below for third-party iPod service. You probably can get it fixed for under $70.00.
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Hi., i bought a 8gb ipod touch for $199 on September 2nd.. but apple has announced that 16GB ipod will be now available at the same price.. is it possible for me to exchange my 8 to 16..??

hi., i bought a 8GB ipod touch for $199 on September 2nd.. but apple has announced that 16GB ipod will be now available at the same price.. is it possible for me to exchange my 8GB to a 16GB one..??

If you purchased it within the last 14 days you can return it for a full refund and then purchase the 5G.

Bought daughter new 8gb ipod touch but it only takes 900 of her 1400 songs. Has anyone else had this problem?

Bought daugher the 8gb ipod touch to replace her nano but it only takes 900 of her 1400 songs. Has anyone else had this problem? I was told that it would hold 2000+ songs. She had no photos or videos on it, just uses it for music. Can anyone advise. Thanks

The person who told you it would hold 2000+ songs was stretching the truth. This might be true with 128kbps MP3 files. Not true with 256kbps AAC files (like from the iTunes store).
128kbps MP3s are around 2 to 4MB each. 2000 x 3MB = 6GB.
256kbps AAC files are often 5 to 10MB each
The average size of your daughter's music files is 6.5GB/900 = 7.2MB
1400 songs at 7.2MB = 14GB
Many of us have the problem of not being able to sync our entire music collections. In that you are not alone. The answer about converting to 128kbps AAC is a possible solution. It sacrifices sound quality for size, though. My solution is to sync what I usually want to listen to. I have many songs that I rarely listen to; the result of ripping complete CDs, including all the "filler" songs.

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.

Restore 8GB iPod Touch

My original computer has crashed and I have forgotten what my 4 digit code is, how do I restore my 8GB iPod touch back to factory settings so I can start all over? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Try forcing your iPod into Recovery mode by switching it off completly,
Then press & hold the HOME button while pluigging the cable into the iPod,
Plug Cable into computer and iTunes shouldf let you do a full restore.
see this page for full instructions.... http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
Hope this helps..

I just bought a 4th gen 8GB iPod touch ,won't connect to iTunes/iStore I've been told by support that I have to have a WiFi network. We travel in an RV, never near a WiFi network.I have a USB Telstra mobile b'band dongle. How can I get iPod to work

th gen. 8GB iPod Touch. It won't connect to iStore. Support say it has to have access to a WiFi network. We travel a lot in an RV and rarely have access to WiFi. I connect the iPod to a laptop which has a Telstra USB mobile broadband dongle. I explained this in detail and was told by the sales assistant that the iPod would work on this setup. It doesn't. Has anyone got around this problem?

Go back to the sales assistant and gently place the iPod where... well, you get the idea.

I bought an 8GB iPod touch in july 2010 advertised as a 3G iPod Touch and now it is a 2nd gen according to apple

I bought an 8GB iPod Touch in July 2010 and it was sold as a third generation iPod. Now, apparently, I can't update to iOS 5.0 because i 'don't have a late enough generation ipod' according to apple.

Here is another thoight. You pay $220 for an iPod and then, a year later, you cant update it because apple has phased out the hardware.

4th gen 8gb ipod touch tiny memory

I have a 4th gen 8gb ipod touch and I can only put around 28 albums on, my dad has a 3rd gen 8gb ipod touch and can put 58+ albums on it, why is my memory so small in comparison?

Connect the iPod to your computer and look at the storage used by the various categories as shown in the colored bargarph in iTunes.
Come back with the results.
Also, the music can have different compression. You can go to the Summary pane for the iPod in iTunes and check the box that says "Convert higher bitrate songs to XX kbps ACC. A good compression is 128

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! -.-

Approximately how many games can fit on an 8GB iPod Touch?

I realize that games can vary in size, but can someone please give me a rough estimate as to how many games I can expect to fit on an 8GB iPod Touch?

It really depends on what kind of game it is, what kind of graphics it has, etc. Monopoly, for example, takes up 70 MB, while Scrabble takes up 10, Doodle Jump, 7, Solitare, 2.7, and the Sims takes up a whopping 97. All apps are different. On an 8GB iPod, there are about 7 GB available for user data, so you could get 7000 MB worth of apps, assuming that there is no music, photos, or videos on said iPod.

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

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.

8GB ipod touch has 7GB memeory

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