Inconsistent Battery Meter and Inconsistent Charging

Hello Guys
I am really tensed with the current situation with the iPod Touch 4G.1stly it drains battery very inconsistently.i.e it will be 70% approx(since no batt per) and then after 5 min it will be 55 with Wifi download.Again if i put it in sleep it will be back to 60%.
Also if i try to recalibrate the battery(ie drain the battery completely) the ipod will shut down and show the battery connect to pc symbol for 10 sec but then again after 30m sec it does turn on and i can use it for some time.Last night i was able to do this 25 times and then when finally it was unable to turn on i charged it for 10 sec and it did turn on with 30 percent battery.Strange.Can anyone help.I have done everything,Delete all apps.formatted 7 times in 1 week, disabled locations Servies,time zone etc but no good,I also set the ipod as new ipod touch.Is it that the ios 5.1 is affecting small number of users/ipod with this.And also when i took it to apple care they tested the Battery and they showed me that the Battery Test Passed.So they are unable to replace it.
Please help.

Oh! You have created your own topic.
Unfortunately, because you then crashed in on two (quite old) posts, those are the ones I've read first. I've given you my considered response in one of those other posts... and some advice on how to get the best out of these forums!

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