Battery indicator seems to be incorrect

Hey,
i recently experienced the following problem: As i switched on my ipod after a longer period (1 1/2 weeks) of not using it, the battery status was indicated half full. Strangely the ipod switched of after only 2 minutes of usage. My Question is if there’s a possibility to recalibrate the battery indicator to avoid such problems in future. Greetings

Check this out.
http://www.vsa.cape.com/~danh/ipod.htm#recalibrate

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Battery indication seems incorrect

iPhone 5S 64GB, just over one year old. iOS 8.0.2 (12A405).
Battery indicator seems to have gone really weird - it'll be displaying anything from 10-25% and then the phone will just switch off and need charging. It'll then come back on (after a short charge) and the indicator will be where it was when it switched off.
I've tried a full discharge and recharge, not disconnecting until at 100%, and then a phone reset. Also tried charging using a selection of chargers, including my MBP, but this has been going on for a few weeks now...
Any

Depending on the use of the phone, could be a battery issue. If you can, visit an Authorized Apple Service Provider or Apple Store to get it checked.
Changing the battery will cost you around $79:
Model
Out-of-warranty service fee
Battery service*
iPhone 6 Plus
$329
$79
*available only if battery
fails Apple’s diagnostic test
iPhone 6
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iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5
$269
iPhone 4s
$199
iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G,
Original iPhone
$149
Plus a $6.95 shipping fee, if required. Fees are in USD and exclude local tax. Pricing is for service through Apple. The final service fee we charge will be determined during testing and may be less than the service fee listed above. Pricing and terms vary for service through an Apple Authorized Service Provider.
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IPod touch incorrect battery indicator?

I've had my iTouch for almost 2 years, and last year I realized that the battery indicator is incorrect. if i use my ipod 2 hours straight the battery would be competely drained and it'd turn off. but if i turn it on in 15 mins the battery would be up to 40% . plus when im using it i notice that the battery bar goes down quickly but if i leave it, it increases. its obvious that the indicator is incorrect and i think this is some sort of malfunction because almost all of my friends have the same problem, is there anyway i could fix this WITHOUT replacing my battery?
Thanks in advance :)

You have two separate issues.
Inaccuracy of the indicator, and the fact that it indicator rises to a higher level after you leave it turned off.
The battery runs down after just two hours.
1. Are we to assume that when you mention the percentage figure, you are approximating, because as lllaass has mentioned, the iPod does not have a percentage indicator? Any such indication will be from an App, and it should not be regarded as accurate. Even the Apple indicator is just that - an indication.
Regardless of that, to understand why the indicator is higher after leaving the iPod turned off for a while, imagine you go for a fast run. Eventually, you will run out of puff and stop running. At that point, you need to rest for a while, after which you will be able to run a bit further. Eventually, you will have to stop once again, until you recover your breath. Each time you start running again, you will run less distance before running out of energy. A battery is just like that. You use it, it runs out of energy. You turn the iPod off and the therefore stop using the battery and it will recover - a bit. When you start using the battery once again, it will not be long before it runs down again. Eventually, it will have no energy left - until you feed it.
So that behaviour from your battery is normal.
2. The length of time you use the iPod (and battery) before it runs down. You haven't mentioned whether you fully charged the battery before deciding that two hours was its maximum run time. So the obvious question is: did you fully charge it before running this experiment? If not, the result is of no use at all.
However, even if you fully charge the battery and then assess it's running time, it really depends on what you are doing and how the iPod is set.
If you're playing an online game (so the screen is permanently on and you are using the Wi-Fi connection all the time), that will run the battery down much faster than if you start some music (that's on the iPod) playing, and then let the screen turn off while it plays. In other words, having the screen on will drain the battery at a faster rate.
Even if you are simply playing music, if you have the screen on while listening, either because you have set the "screen off" time for a long period, or because you listen to the music while you browse your other music, or browse online etc. etc., then once again, that will run the battery down at a much faster rate.
If you only part-charge the battery before using it again, it will not last as long as if you fully charge it.

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Is the battery indicator misleading??

Hi all,
I just got the new iPod 30GB and I notice that right after it's been fully charged, when I just listen to music, within 10-15minutes the battery indicator goes from full to 3/4. It seems like the battery indicator shows the battery is getting less and less power. Do I have a defective iPod, or is this just the nature of the beast. I haven't let go all the way to the end, so I can't say whether it is actually losing it's charge, but the indicator appears that the battery is running out faster than what I'm used to with my old iPod. 10-15 minutes and the indicator going from full to 3/4 quarters seems a but fast right??
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As the tittle ays really. My IP4 battery doesnt seem to be charging.
Last night I allowed it to run completely flat until it switched itself off so it could calibrate the battery.
Plugged it in to charge and went to bed. Some 9 hours later, switched it on and it's only showing 3% ... Yep the mains was switched on lol
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Mikes1 wrote:
Draining a lithium ion battery untill it is nearly empty is not a good idear
In fact if you run it totaly empty it will be damaged beyond repair. The idear this calibrates the battery is wrong. This type of battery likes to be topped up oftern it will however take a week or so of use befour reaching peek efficiency
You are 100% incorrect.
Please read the Apple advice on batteries here:
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Not sure that can be much clearer.
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Strange battery indicator problem....

I'm having a very weird problem with my iPod, any help would be greatly appreciated!
I recieved an iPod Video 80gig as a replacement under the Best Buy replacement plan. At first I was very happy, as I had turned in a 40gig photo...so it was a nice upgrade.
But I soon realized something was wrong. The iPod simply wouldn't charge beyond a certain point, about 3/4 up the indicator. I would have it charge for days, on both a USB and AC adaptor charger, and it would never complete charging. From there, the battery began to hold no charge.
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Strange this is, the place I sent it to, to replace the battery, did a test to make sure nothing else major was wrong with it. But nothing turned up.
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I charge my ipad 3 overnight to give it a full 7-8 hour charge, using the wall charger and cable that the device came with. I then try to gauge how much time from when the battery indicator drops to 99%, then 98%, etc., calculating the intervals.
I do this as a means of extrapolating for all 100 percentage units how much battery time in total the unit would last until the battery is completely exhausted, and I've been coming up with roughly 8.5 hours for watching videos on the ipad (not streamed) at between 90-100% brightness setting, and about 10 hours for surfing the web using cellular or wifi service. The cellular seems to drain a bit faster.
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Strange behaviour of battery indicator

It seems, my battery finally has reached its full capacity. Three to four days of normal use is acceptable for me.
But the capacity indicator is worrying me. It shows full capacity for about two days, then it starts rushing down to empty in one day....
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What you are getting is pretty much the way it is with most phones nowadays. There is nothing wrong with your phone. The battery indicator is only a guide and should be used as such. Half bars does not mean half charge.

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Sorry if this is a repeat. I searched for this and didn't find it, though it seems like something that should have been reported before. Am both asking if others have the issue/how it was solved and offering my experience as possible help.
3 week old phone. Firmware 1.0.2 (never updated to 1.1.1, not a downgrade). Never hacked.
Phone has been working fine, was getting 100% charge, plug icon achieved w/ full green glowing icon when charged. Usage after my last full charge: probably 2-3 hours phone, frequent mail, some wi-fi, standby for 2.5 days.
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and b) it is unnerving to not be able to trust the battery indicator, especially when one isn't near a convenient charging option.
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