Battery life 5-6 hours?

So I called apple because I have only been getting about 2 hours running Garage band and text edit with Bluetooth and airport turned off and the screen on next to last darkness. They told me that they are only replacing the batteries that get 30 minutes of life when the computer is on. I asked what the settings are that get the claimed 6 hours, and she told me that this was in sleep mode. ARE YOU SERIOUS. how can you claim a computer gets bettery time when the computer is not even in use during that time. I could understand if it was not running anything and they just let it sit there with the screen as low as it could go, but sleep mode? is this really true?

Sleep mode will last substantially longer than 6 hours. At least several days.
Did the support person run you through:
calibrating the battery?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86284
resetting PMU?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319
The 5-6 hours they claim is based on an unrealistic test scenario - much like EPA gas mileage ratings. How long does the battery last when you're not using Garageband, but just doing regular, everyday things like browsing with Safari, email, iTunes, etc?

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Battery life, only 3 hours?

Hello everyone I come to you tonight with a question regarding my Macbook Pro's battery life.
This computer is fairly new, it was purchased in September of 2011. At the time I was getting the advertised 6-7 hour battery life.
As time goes on, I do understand that the battery, will wind down. As of right now, I'm at 147 battery cycles and my batters "hp" (whatever that means, I don't know how that's measured.) is at 95%.
So with that, I'm now only getting 3-3.5 hours of total battery life, with my bluetooth off, and I'm only doing minor web browsing, with no flash. I'm writing this, with the only other application open being iTunes, and my timer is at 3:35 minutes @ 97% battery. My keyboard backlight is off, and my screen is only on 3 dots of the total possible. (Sorry that's very poorly described, I'm not sure of the proper way to go about it.)
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Mac OSX 1.7.2
2.7 Ghz Intel Core i7
8 gigabytes of ram
Thank you.

Battery Information:
Model Information:
Serial Number: xxxxxxxxxxxx
Manufacturer:          SMP
Device Name:          bq20z451
Pack Lot Code:          0
PCB Lot Code:          0
Firmware Version:          201
Hardware Revision:          000a
Cell Revision:          158
Charge Information:
Charge Remaining (mAh):          4742
Fully Charged:          No
Charging:          No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh):          5477
Health Information:
Cycle Count:          147
Condition:          Normal
Battery Installed:          Yes
Amperage (mA):          -1443
Voltage (mV):          11920
System Power Settings:
AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes):          60
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          60
Wake on AC Change:          No
Wake on Clamshell Open:          Yes
Wake on LAN:          Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim:          Yes
PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep:          0
RestartAfterKernelPanic:          157680000
Standby Delay:          4200
Standby Enabled:          0
Battery Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          2
Wake on AC Change:          No
Wake on Clamshell Open:          Yes
Current Power Source:          Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim:          Yes
Reduce Brightness:          Yes
RestartAfterKernelPanic:          157680000
Standby Delay:          4200
Standby Enabled:          0
Hardware Configuration:
UPS Installed:          No
AC Charger Information:
Connected:          No
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100% to 20% battery life in 3 hours iPod 5

I have iOS 7.0.3 and my iPod 5 battery life is draining really fast. It used to go from 100% to 20% in 10+ hours but now it does that in 3 hours!!! I've done all the "switch off this and that" and all that stuff. My brightness is on 0% for goodness sake!!!!!!! Why is it like this!?

Using the battery level meter in this manner is comparable to using your car's fuel gauge to calculate miles per gallon. The only thing that matters is the total amount of operating time from full charge to auto-shutdown.
Use the wall-mount charger that came with the iPad and charge overnight. Do NOT use an iPod/iPhone charger. Do NOT use a computer's USB port. Then, operate it normally until auto shut-down (ignore any low level alerts that may appear). An irony is that doing that test to determine the total operating time is also the procedure necessary to calibrate the battery level meter.
I'm not claiming that you do not have a problem. I am stating, however, that we don't yet know.
According to Apple:
Use Your iPad Regularly
For proper reporting of the battery’s state of charge, be sure to go through at least one charge cycle per month (charging the battery to 100% and then completely running it down).
Elsewhere, Apple elaborates and explains that two half-discharges (or four quarter-discharges, etc.) equals one full discharge.

Does anyone know the battery life (how many hours)of new ipod nano 7th gen while using bluetooth?

Hoping to find out the battery life of the new nano (7th generation) while using bluetooth. Has anyone found out how many hours the new one gets with BT?
I have the 6th generation nano, and while using bluetooth it only makes about 3 hours before being fully drained.

About 9 hours continuous runtime with BT + music playback in this review at least - http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/apple-ipod-nano-seventh-generatio n/P5

W520 - Battery Life Under 2 Hours!

Hello there!
I've been experiencing the problem where my Nvidia Graphics card does not automatically switch to the Intel Graphics card --- or if it does --- it does not allow me to have the 5 hours + of battery life that I use to have when I was using Windows 7 (right now I am using Windows 8).
I also don't have the Lenovo Power Manager program installed because I can't seem to find it anywhere on the installation pages for my particular laptop with Windows 8. I wonder if this is the problem since its using Windows Power Manager -- even though I have installed the Power Driver multiple times.
Even when I get it so I make sure that no applications are using the Nvidia Graphics card (confirmed by the Nvidia GPU Activity icon), I still get the under 2 hours battery life. I am using the 9v battery -- the larger one.
Any help would be greatly appriciated so I can get the full battery life out of this laptop, as when I had Windows 7 installed. Thank you :-)

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Maximum Battery Life or Power saver: CPU clock speed at 800MHz constantly, but performance decrease. You wouldn't want to multitask too much when on battery.
Maximum Performance or High Performance: CPU clock speed will go up from 3 - 3.2GHz (Depending on how many core / thread the program will utilize)
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http://lifehacker.com/5566020/how-to-maximize-the-battery-life-of-your-windows-laptop
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Battery life about 2 hours from a full charge

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Hardware Information:
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          MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir5,2
          1 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
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          OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 13 days 6:24:15
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Ouch, #2 and #3 are the 600 pound Gorilla that "sat" on your battery
Contact Apple for appt. for free in shop diagnostics and obvious battery replacement
future battery considerations:
Gaming: In cases of heavy and frequent use in gaming it is recommended, if possible, to keep your Mac plugged in since these frequent fast and deep discharges of the battery are not ideal for battery longevity.
If you were to always keep your macbook battery floating between 20% and 80% charge roughly, then you’d have no other considerations to make about your battery and its care,… except for long-term storage.
Keep it plugged in when near a socket so you keep the charging cycles down on your LiPo (lithium polymer) cells / battery, but not plugged in all the time. When not being used for several hours, turn it off.
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
"Apple does not recommend leaving your portable plugged in all the time."
General rule to remember of Lithium batteries is:
Never drain them LOW & dont always/often store them HIGH
While cycle count is commonly seen to be the “miles” on your Lithium Ion pack cell in your Macbook, which they are, this distinction is not a fine line at all, and it is a big misconception to “count charge cycles”
*A person who has, for example, 300 charge cycles on their battery and is recharging at say 50-60% remaining of a 100% charge has better battery usage and care than another person who has 300 charge cycles at say 15% remaining on a 100% charge.
DoD (depth of discharge) is far more important on the wear and tear on your Macbook battery than any mere charge cycle count. *There is no set “mile” or wear from a charge cycle in general OR in specific.    As such, contrary to popular conception, counting cycles is not conclusive whatsoever, rather the amount of deep DoD on an averaged scale of its use and charging conditions.
                          (as a very rough analogy would be 20,000 hard miles put on a car vs. 80,000 good miles being something similar)
*Contrary to some myths out there, there is protection circuitry in your Macbook and therefore you cannot overcharge it when plugged in and already fully charged
*However if you don’t plan on using it for a few hours, turn it OFF (plugged in or otherwise) ..*You don’t want your Macbook both always plugged in AND in sleep mode       (When portable devices are charging and in the on or sleep position, the current that is drawn through the device is called the parasitic load and will alter the dynamics of charge cycle. Battery manufacturers advise against parasitic loading because it induces mini-cycles.)
Keeping batteries connected to a charger ensures that periodic "top-ups" do very minor but continuous damage to individual cells, hence Apples recommendation above:   “Apple does not recommend leaving your portable plugged in all the time”, …this is because “Li-ion degrades fastest at high state-of-charge”.
                    This is also the same reason new Apple notebooks are packaged with 50% charges and not 100%.
LiPo (lithium polymer, same as in your Macbook) batteries do not need conditioning. However...
A lot of battery experts call the use of Lithium cells the "80% Rule" ...meaning use 80% of the charge or so, then recharge them for longer overall life.
Never let your Macbook go into shutdown and safe mode from loss of power, you can corrupt files that way, and the batteries do not like it.
The only quantified abuse seen to Lithium cells are instances when often the cells are repeatedly drained very low…. key word being "often"
Contrary to what some might say, Lithium batteries have an "ideal" break in period. First ten cycles or so, don't discharge down past 40% of the battery's capacity. Same way you don’t take a new car out and speed and rev the engine hard first 100 or so miles.
Proper treatment is still important. Just because LiPo batteries don’t need conditioning in general, does NOT mean they dont have an ideal use / recharge environment. Anything can be abused even if it doesn’t need conditioning.
From Apple on batteries:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1446
http://www.apple.com/batteries/
Storing your MacBook
If you are going to store your MacBook away for an extended period of time, keep it in a cool location (room temperature roughly 22° C or about 72° F). Make certain you have at least a 50% charge on the internal battery of your Macbook if you plan on storing it away for a few months; recharge your battery to 50% or so every six months roughly if being stored away. If you live in a humid environment, keep your Macbook stored in its zippered case to prevent infiltration of humidity on the internals of your Macbook which could lead to corrosion.
Considerations:
Your battery is subject to chemical aging even if not in use. A Lithium battery is aging as soon as its made, regardless.
In a perfect (although impractical) situation, your lithium battery is best idealized swinging back and forth between 20 and 85% SOC (state of charge) roughly.
Further still how you discharge the battery is far more important than how it is either charged or stored short term, and more important long term that cycle counts.
Ultimately counting charge cycles is of little importance. Abuse in discharging (foremost), charging, and storing the battery and how it affects battery chemistry is important and not the ‘odometer’ reading, or cycle counts on the battery.
Everything boils down to battery chemistry long term, and not an arbitrary number, or cycle count.
Keep your macbook plugged in when near a socket since in the near end of long-term life, this is beneficial to the battery.
Peace

IPhone iPod randomly shuts off, battery life is 2 hours

I really think there is something wrong with my iPhone because yesterday it was only at 2 hours of use time and 3 hours of standby time since full charge before it dropped to 20. I did use youtube and barely listened to music. Is that pretty normal?
Right now its only at 9 hours of use time and 10 hours of standby and its already drained down to 20%. I only listened to music with only 2 videos of youtube and about a quarter use of web browsing. I find myself having to charge it every night. Which means I cannot sleep with my iPhone while listening to music, or if I do that then it will be dead by the next day.
Then last but not least is at random times during web browsing, I haven't have proof to confirm that it does things outside of web browsing itself, the iPod music I'm listening to just stops. I double click the home button and it only brings me up to favorites.

I have the same iPod stopping during surfing... Your not alone.

MBA 11" battery life only 2 hours out of the box.

Should I have it replaced under warranty?

Out of the box... did you actually fully charge it? I somehow doubt it. Laptops are shipped with partially charged batteries to ensure they work. Read the instructions and let it charge for the appropriate time and try again. If it still does not work... take it back.

Ipad 2 battery life drain 10% by hour after 5.1

Hello, my name is Martin Vila.
I posted about this same issue a few weeks ago hopping that apple will give an update about 5.1 IOS for Ipad 2 but becouse I need my Ipad for dental school almost everyday i went and search a solution for my poor battery life. After upgrading to 5.1 my Ipad is almost useless with a battery life of 3 hours only with WIFI (this only happen hours after I update to 5.1) So i been searching on the web and I have found a few posts about this, but they are not confirm if this is an 100% solution, they say if i restored my Ipad from scratch using Itunes player my IOS will redownload and the battery will be ok ones again, so is this true, has anybody had this same problem before and had try this solution?, also if I restored my Ipad and I backup with Icloud my Ipad will be with the same apps and contents? I only care for "The skeleton system pro" app because I have a lot of notes in there.
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Suggest you recalibrate the battery. See link below.
The quickest way (and really the only way) to charge your iPad is with the included 10W USB Power Adapter. iPad will also charge, although more slowly, when attached to a computer with a high-power USB port (many recent Mac computers) or with an iPhone Power Adapter (5W). When attached to a computer via a standard USB port (most PCs or older Mac computers) iPad will charge very slowly (but iPad indicates not charging). Make sure your computer is on while charging iPad via USB. If iPad is connected to a computer that’s turned off or is in sleep or standby mode, the iPad battery will continue to drain.
Apple recommends that once a month you let the iPad fully discharge & then recharge to 100%.
How to Calibrate Your Mac, iPhone, or iPad Battery
http://www.macblend.com/how-to-calibrate-your-mac-iphone-or-ipad-battery/
At this link http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/galaxy-tab-android-tablet,3014-11.html , tests show that the iPad 2 battery (25 watt-hours) will charge to 90% in 3 hours 1 minute. It will charge to 100% in 4 hours 2 minutes. The new iPad has a larger capacity battery (42 watt-hours), so using the 10W charger will obviously take longer. If you are using your iPad while charging, it will take even longer. It's best to turn your new iPad OFF and charge over night. Also look at The iPad's charging challenge explained http://www.macworld.com/article/1150356/ipadcharging.html
Also, if you have a 3rd generation iPad, look at
Apple: iPad Battery Nothing to Get Charged Up About
http://allthingsd.com/20120327/apple-ipad-battery-nothing-to-get-charged-up-abou t/
Apple Explains New iPad's Continued Charging Beyond 100% Battery Level
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/27/apple-explains-new-ipads-continued-charging- beyond-100-battery-level/
New iPad Takes Much Longer to Charge Than iPad 2
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2012/03/new-ipad-takes-much-longer-to-charge-than-ipa d-2.html
Apple Batteries - iPad http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html
Extend iPad Battery Life (Look at pjl123 comment)
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3921324?tstart=30
New iPad Slow to Recharge, Barely Charges During Use
http://www.pcworld.com/article/252326/new_ipad_slow_to_recharge_barely_charges_d uring_use.html
Tips About Charging for New iPad 3
http://goodscool-electronics.blogspot.com/2012/04/tips-about-charging-for-new-ip ad-3.html
Prolong battery lifespan for iPad / iPad 2 / iPad 3: charging tips
http://thehowto.wikidot.com/prolong-battery-lifespan-for-ipad
 Cheers, Tom

The battery life in MacBook Pro is not 7 hours

Hi, everyone
In the website it says that the battery life is 7 hours, however, my battery dies after 4:30 hours!!
though my Mac is new
HELP!
Thank you all in advance
Message was edited by: AMHRHA

Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
It is a good idea to run the new MBP through several calibration cycles, instructions here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490
The calibration helps your computer know when the battery really is low, otherwise it will keep more charge available than it needs to when it shuts down so that it doesn't have to shut off after going to sleep.
Here's another article about helping the MBP last longer when running on battery:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3557
Apple says this about their battery life claims:
About Apple battery life claims
Published battery life is based on a light duty test that involves wirelessly browsing various websites and editing text in a word processing document with display brightness set to the middle setting.
The more intensive the usage of a computer, the faster the battery will drain. For example, while a MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) used as described above can get up to 9 Hours of battery life, the same MacBook Pro computer continuously playing DVD movies with the display set to full brightness will drain the battery more quickly.
Hopefully this will help you get more enjoyment out of your computer.
Best wishes. Joel.
Message was edited by: Joel Hall

Battery life 5 hours at best?? Apps you can't remove??? You've got to be kidding! !!

I've turned off things like Wifi and blue tooth. I've added Advanced Task Killer. Nothing I do seems to be able to extend battery life beyond 5 hours. Even if I do nothing but unhook it from the charger with a full charge and just leave it sitting there. 5 hours and the things dead. Can't even make it through a work day.
And what's with these apps you can't turn off??? Blockbuster Video? Amazon MP3? social Networking? Battery eaters and time wasters! What a joke!
Most expensive paperweight I've ever owned. I hope to God I can exchange this phone for something else.

I've had mine about three weeks now......I use live wallpaper, since I'm retired and home most of the time I leave WiFi switched on.....
I usually leave it plugged in overnight to charge, unplugging it in the morning. Couple times after I've unplugged it, used it for several phone calls during the day, little bit of web surfing.....forgot to plug it back in at night when I go to bed and when I get up in the morning (@24 hours since it was unplugged)...I'll notice I forgot to plug it in, so do it.....and the phone tells me it's charging and is at 60%.
So.....with my use (and the OPS said the phone just sat on his desk all day) it only uses about 40% of it's battery in 24 hours.
I've got the screen setup to blank with 1 minute of non-use, and I've noticed that when I "wake it back up" first thing the phone does is go looking for the wifi. Doesn't look like it keeps the wifi connection alive when the phone's asleep. I don't leave Facebook running on it, and I check my e-mail manually.
Did see it reboot itself, all by itself one time....don't know what was up with that......
I guess YMMV.......

My battery fluctuates, is it truly a 7 hour battery life?

Ok,
Apple "claims that the new unibody MacBook Pro's have a battery life of 8 hours on the 17" and 7 hours on the 15" I have the 15 and when I go portable, I notice that my time on the battery icon in the top toolbar fluctuates. One second it could be on 3:45 and then the next minute it could be on 6:59 and then the next 1:45. Is this an apple glitch or it is something with my laptop?

Retired Engineer wrote:
They did not say the battery life is 7 hours, they said it is UP TO 7 hours. You will only achieve that with a very light processing load and the screen turned down to one notch above off and bluetooth and wireless turned off.
That is inaccurate. Apple documents "up to 7 hours wireless productivity test" on the MacBook Pro's Tech Specs page as follows:
The wireless productivity test measures battery life by wirelessly browsing various websites and editing text in a word processing document with display brightness set to 50%.
So it's 50% brightness, not zero, and wireless is turned on, not off. Apple is pursuing more realistic battery life estimates than in years past, and also more realistic than many other companies advertise.
Is this true? Is Apple's test realistic? Well, some independent reviewers, with their own tests, have achieved over eight hours. The linked reviewer was not the only one, but I'm too lazy to Google the rest.
That said, it's true that battery life is completely dependent on settings and power drain. If you're editing Photoshop or video, no way will you get seven hours. Under a heavy CPU, disk, or video card load, you might see 2-4 hours.

LOVE my video iPod, but I have a question on battery life

I just received my iPod yesterday, and I already have my entire music library on it as well as 3 movies and I must say I am amazed...
One question though, after watching "Stealth" for about 20 minutes, the battery appears to be halfway drained. Is this normal? How much battery life can you expect to get if you use it for watching a movie? One of the reasons I got the iPod video was for watching movies while on plane rides / long road trips etc, but it looks like the battery may not even last through an entire movie.
I did buy one of those external battery pack things last night which will help immensely on the road, but just curious on how far I can get watching a movie without any external devices?
Also, when using the videora, which is better, 6 channel AC3 or 6 channel DTS?

ilounge.com has a good article on battery life.
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/comments/apple-computer-ipod-5g-with-vi deo-30gb-60gb-ipod/
I've also heard the meter will change and reflect battery life based on what function is currently being used. So, after watching a lengthy video it may be red but if you switch to music it turns green because the current function uses less battery life per min/hour of use than videos do.

Portege series, different battery life on R100 and M100?

Hello everybody,
I want to buy a new notebook with high battery life for mobile working. The R100 and M100 are shortlisted, but does anybody know if there are differences in battery life. I have tested the two NBs at my dealer, but I have no experience to work with them over a long time.
Bye Tanya-LB

Hi Tanya,
I had the honor to test these two notebooks in our company. They are both developed as business model for high mobility and battery life. On the one side you have the R100 with a ULV Centrino with 900Mhz (ULV = Ultra Low Voltage) and a lithium-ion-polymer battery. This combination enables a battery life of 2 hours and with the second additional battery up to 6.4 hours.
On the other side you have the M100 with a LV Centrino with 1200Mhz (LV = Low Voltage) and lithium-ion battery. If you need only one battery the discharging in use is about 4.5 hours and with an additional battery up to very good 8.5 hours.
So in my opinion these notebooks are really well designed and accomplish the specifications of high mobility. The M100 has the higher battery life and performance.
If you have further question, ask me.
You could also see the technical specifications at the Toshiba site
https://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com
in the Product menu.
Hopefully this will help you.
Bye Bob77

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