IPod battery problem I think?!?

When I plug my iPod in with a Firewire cable into my G4 it comes on and can play songs etc. As soon as I eject and then take the cable out of the iPod it switches off and won't come back on until I plug the Firewire cable back in.
I have tried resetting, update, restoring etc with no luck. I tried using a USB cable and all I get is the battery charging symbol on the iPod screen but the charge icon doeasn't move, it just stays with the bottom 1/3 filled.
Does this mean I need a new battery?

Hi there,
I guess it depends on how long you've had your iPod for and how often you use it.
For example, is it more than a couple of years old, and when you recharge it, do you wait until the battery has nearly run out of juice or do you charge whenever you feel like it irrespective of how much charge the battery currently has?
I think it says somewhere that most iPod batteries are good for a thousand charges or more depending on you being a good owner and charging it up fully, then running it down fully each time...
Replacement batteries can be had in many places now, such as on the Newertech website as well as Sonnet Technologies.
On the face of it, it does sound like your battery is dead. That's just on the face of it, mind.

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Ipod Battery Problem (No not the usual question)

I have a new 30gb 5g Ipod which is the successor to my 15gb 3g Ipod so Im not new to the whole Ipod thing, but I was wondering if I have a battery problem: (Events leading to problem)
1. I sync the ipod and charge it so its full
2. I listen to it for about an hour meter goes down about half way, which is fine because its only the 3rd charge. BUT.......
3. I "turn it off" by pressing play/pause and switch the hold switch on.
4. 2-3 days later I turn ther hold switch off and my ipod doesnt turn on like the battery id fully depleted, and I have to charge it for 3 or more hours to get it to turn on.
Do I have a problem. If there is a common fix could you please help me. Thanks.

I think this is a 5th generation iPod that would clearly be under warranty.
It really does sound like A faulty battery - it's quite common for the battery meter to dip noticably after an hour of use on a fully charged battery because the meter is not really accurate and reflects the battery charge based on what drain is occuring at the time. What is needed is to fully charge the iPod over 4 hours or so, then set it to play continuously and monitor how long it takes until it switches off. That should give a reasonably clear idea of how well the battery is performing.
It's important to note however that the symptom described is not uncommon with a faulty lithium ion battery.

IPod Battery Problems.. Send in for a replacement?

My iPod is just over a month and a half old. I use it very often. The battery lately takes about 12 to 14 hours to fully charge. Once I get a full charge into the battery, the battery lasts about 10mins, even though I don't play games or scroll alot.. Is there a battery problem here? should I send it in for a replacement? Also, when I get a replacement iPod.. Is it possible to request that my new ipod be a different colour? (I hate my pink iPod)

welcome!
1) if your ipod is under warranty, then you should send it in for service/replacement
2) as for requesting a different color... I would doubt it, but who knows....
http://depot.info.apple.com/ipod/

Ipod battery problem icon

My ipod keeps repeatedly showing an icon and message saying "ipod battery depleated please connect to a power source" this often happens after on a few minutes of being taken off charge. I have had my ipod for just under a year so is still under the limited guarantee.
Resetting my ipod does not work.
Does any one know how to resolve this problem and if not when i contact apple will they replace the ipod and be helpfull?
Thanx for any help
Windows Windows XP Pro

If you have tried to use the AC charger, then you can either send it to Apple for the battery replacement or do it yourself (please see the following link)
http://www.kokopellimusic.us/KM_instructions.htm

Battery Problem i think !!! ... Please Help Me !!!

My iPhone 4 Suddenly Crashes Down as if the battery is empty .. when i try to open it he tells me to recharge .. i connect the phone to the recharger and it does Open .. but when i open it i check the battery i see that it wasn't Empty From the beggining

i just bought the mobile Yesterday ... and just have it Setup'ed and now it makes this problem !! ... is it a factory Problem ... or battery problem or what :S !

IPod battery problems

I bought my iPod just over a year ago and, surprise surprise, it starts acting up now after the one-year warranty. It always seems to turn off when I'm not using it, especially after I've just locked it. It has never been dropped or been in extreme heat or water. I'm guessing that a battery solder joint may have failed, but I can't tell.
Here's the real problem though: I live in Malta (small island in the Mediterranean) and I bought it in the UK from Curry's. Malta has an iCentre, but no way of contacting it, and I don't think that Curry's is involved too much. As usual, Apple remains adamant that you have to contact them by phone, which I'm not doing 'cause of phone bills.
So what can/ should I do?

Your warranty claim, were it still valid, would probably have to be made in the country of purchase. Perhaps I'm not understanding properly, but the iPod is supposed to turn off when you are not using it. Usually the screen goes blank after 5-10 seconds and if you unplug the headphone it should pause any playback. I guess this isn't quite what you meant so perhaps you would elaborate. I assume you've reset and/or restored the iPod but still have an issue.
tt2

Ipod battery problem - 4 weeks old

I bought an iPod nano a month ago to use while I run. Recently, the battery has stopped holding a charge. It will not dock on my mac, and I've tried using the dock and the usb cable that came with it. It will not turn on at all - it just shows the dead battery icon. However, it works fine when I connect it to my cd player (using IP-BUS cable).
What could be causing this? Do you think sweat could have got into the nano and messed it up? Do you think I can send it to Apple and have them replace the battery? PLEASE HELP!!!

i recomend sending it to apple if it is only a month old.
you could have a bad battery.
this is not the first one ive heard of
one guy did not even have a battery installed in his ipod nano
so just send it and good luck.
also you can't mess up a battery by not fully charging every time, its just a myth
JAKTHEBOMB

HELP! BATTERY PROBLEMS, I THINK...

Hey,
Got problems with my MacBook Pro battery. It started when I noticed it was taking a REALLY super-long time to charge...I would leave it plugged in over night and in the morning, it would still be at 63%. Then, it would say it was fully charged, so I'd unplug it and work on it, and it would just go dead, even though I had more than half a battery left (at least according to the status icon). This has happened several times, and it doesn't start back up unless I plug it in.
To make matters worse, just this morning, I spilled hot coffee all over the laptop and now it's really giving me problems...it's on and working but it will just go out even though it's plugged in, and it takes a really long time to start up again.
Do I need to buy a new battery or calibrate or ??????? Can I get it back to normal?

To make matters worse, just this morning, I spilled hot coffee all over the laptop and now it's really giving me problems...it's on and working but it will just go out even though it's plugged in, and it takes a really long time to start up again.
Oh, that's really bad. You are probably never going to get that machine to be back to normal again.
Those grains can get in between the circuits and any left over residue that dries on it can short the circuits on it.
Time to move the hard drive out of your machine and put it in a replacement. Hopefully your homeowners insurance will cover that. Never let food nor drink near your computer.

Ipod Battery problem?

This has happened before and forgot about my ipod for weeks at a time and usually got it working again. Well the battery is completely drained. When I plug in my ipod it just shows a picture of a battery 1/4th full. It doesn't show up in itunes. Maybe the battery is so low it cant operate? But i've had it plugged in for like 2 days with just the 1/4th battery picture showing. I've tried to reset it multiple times. It won't reset without it plugged into USB screen just goes blank and reset does nothing. When I reset with USB plugged in very quickly after 8 seconds that caution sign with battery shows up and than it goes back to a 1/4th battery. I've also tried to I guess drain power completely by having it unplugged from anything for a week. But to no avail, still nothing but the 1/4th thingy when plugging in.

Let me start off by saying, I'm not sure what iPod you have. You're posting this in the 5G iPod forum, but it sounds like you have an older model with the monochrome bootloader icons. At any rate, the icon sounds like the Very Low battery icon. It usually means leave it plugged in until it boots. If you had it plugged in for 2 days, your battery is probably old and won't hold any charge. It sounds like replacement time. Apple can do this for $59, or there are 3rd party services as well as Do-It-Yourself services.

Ipod battery problem/ restore

I just got a new battery for my uz 20gb ipod because i thought the old one needed to be replaced. But the new one is lasting the same amount of time as the old one. the charge lasts about 4 hours. In addition when I restore the ipod there is about 20 or so mb of the other on the ipod. is that supposed to be there?

Take a look at the available backups in iTunes/Edit/Preferences/Devices.
Since iTunes replaces each backup with the new one there might be only one left.
If you used a backup to restore from, this one will not be replaced and will be marked with a time stamp.
Only if you included the backup folder into your computer backup routine, you would be able to restore this folder to get older backup data.
Have a look at this article for more details on the location and content: iTunes: About iOS backups

Battery Problem i think

The past week or so my computor gets to 25% and then without warning just turns off and today it has done it at 40% plug it back in and chagres up to 99% but not to 100% now have discarged it and recharged it before this started to happen a few weeks ago but obvioulsy i can't discharge it anymore can anyone help or do i just have to take it back and get a new battery?
Thanks

Reset the PMU (power management unit) and re-calibrate the Battery
If that doesn't fix things call Apple about a free replacement.

Help!! Battery Problem (at least i think so)

When I plug my ipod into my computer it bleeps and then a picture appears of a battery with most of the life depleted, It stays at that screen for the duration that it is plugged into the computer an evey so often it starts bleeping again. Please help.

Not all USB ports charge the iPod the same, or at all...
Especially if your PC USB port is lower powered. Some PC USB ports do not deliver enough power to adequately charge the iPod's battery. The AC charger delivers a full 1 amp charge. Rarely does a PC USB port (particularly in laptops) provide this much charging power. Expect faster charge-up times using an AC adapter. Even a DC car charger may help.
For any PC, but especially laptops, verify via the Windows Device Manager, that the unit DOES NOT cut power to the USB busses as a power saving measure.
Make sure that you actually have a USB port that works and is the
i high-powered
USB2 variety. Unfortunately, some laptops do not have them at all, and some desktops have them only in the rear. First try connecting to one of the USB ports on the rear of your computer, if possible.
NOTE: Most, if not all, USB ports will not charge the iPod when the PC hibernates or is off. In fact, it can further drain your battery.
Here is a helpful Article: iPod's Battery Doesn't Charge
See this link for a good bit of info: The iPod Battery Unplugged..
i A synopsis of it is as follows
"For best results, try not to use computer ports to charge your iPod. USB is especially sensitive to how many devices are on it and what the resulting bus voltage is. It may even display the charging icon but not be adding much to the battery. USB versions prior to 2.0 will not charge your iPod (and probably be too slow for its other functions). Even USB 2.0 is limited to 700 milliamps and an iPod "likes" to see one full amp for charging, plus some to spin the HD while mounted. Some (early) iPod models will not charge from USB, period. Some PCs use 4-pin Firewire cables (all Macs are 6-pin) which carry no charging voltage, so they won't work at all for recharging and can allow your iPod to run down and cause serious problems while updating firmware, restoring, or loading songs. Both USB and Firewire require the iPod to be mounted by your computer as an external drive, which means the iPod's HD is spinning, using some of the juice that the battery might like to have. And if the computer sleeps or is turned off, the battery won't charge and in some cases will actually drain through the port circuits. Bottom line: if your ports are not doing a good job of charging your battery, use the wall adapter to charge for several cycles before questioning the battery's credentials. If you have a new iPod which only comes with USB, don't panic; it can work fine. But if you do experience problems, either take everything else off the USB bus (except mouse & keyboard) and/or get an AC adapter."
b Here is another possible way to obtain a charge
I have not tested this myself, but some reports indicate that it may work:
With the iPod disconnected from the PC, open up "my computer". You will see all the available drives. Now, plug the iPod into the USB port on your computer. As soon as you plug it in, watch the "my computer" window for the external drive (your iPod) to open up. As soon as it does, double click on it. It should remain charging for you (and your iPod will say Do Not Disconnect). Don't close out of it until you think the charging is complete (about 4 hours). It appears as though, as long as the iPod is communicating with the computer, it is charging.

Would you think these are signs of a dead iPod battery?

I don't feel like posting the entire thing, graphics, links, and all here, you can read about my recent iPod escapade here.
http://www.xanga.com/imac_insomniac
Sorry to direct you all elsewhere to read the entire dealie, but... um,... please PLEASE help? Does this really sound like a fried battery problem? or what other problem do you think this is?

Xx1Dustin1Xx wrote:
No. Your iPhone is not defective. The only issue is that your battery is not fully conditioned. To condition your battery, simply recharge the iPhone to 100% and remove the USB cord and let it drain to 0% and then recharge it back to 100%. This completes 1 Charge Cycle. If the battery still drains, repeat the process until the battery is fully conditioned, but I don't recommend that you discharge it more than 2 times after the first calibration. You might destroy your battery's health.
No you will not destroy your battery's health by discharging it more than 2 times. Whoever told you that is wrong. The only thing it will do is add up the charge cycles faster. Lithium Ion batteries do not hold memory like the NiCd batteries used to and can take a full charge or small charge the same. No where on the site you quoted does it say you might destroy your battery's health after 2 full cycle charges. I wish people like you would stop pushing bad information like that.

Computer AND iTunes don't recognize my iPod touch. Comp thinks it is a camera. iTunes won't bring up devices at all. I've already uninstalled iTunes and QT and reinstalled after problem that happened when I updated iTunes... getting beyond P/Oed!!!

Computer AND iTunes don't recognize my iPod touch. Comp thinks it is a camera or something. iTunes won't bring up devices at all. I've already uninstalled iTunes and QT and reinstalled after problem that happened when I updated iTunes - updated iTunes completely demolished my computer's ability to recognize the sound card and computer had NO sound at all. I had to uninstall iTunes, QT, AND my sound card and reinstall them all. Sound worked fine, but now I can't sync my iPod. Computer recognizes that "something" is hooked up (thinks it might possibly be a camera) and I get that "open with" window. In "my computer" it shows that there is an "iPod" connected, but it is pictured as a camera. In iTunes my username is no longer appearing (although account info is there) and NO devices whatsoever get listed. There is nothing wrong with my USB ports or cable. And of course Apple won't help anyone unless you pay them to. ... I am getting beyond P/Oed!!! You pay hundreds for a product and all you get are headaches with their stupid bug infested software and no support at all.
Can anyone out there help me clean up this unbelievable mess Apple and iTunes has created in my computer?
Thank you.
Evie

After three completely wasted days trying to figure all of this out I finally got it fixed - on my own - by reading dozens and dozens of rogue posts in indie forums from people that refuse to dish out money to have a company TRY and advise possible fixes on their own glitches.
(here's a novel idea - fix the glitches Apple. Or - don't send out updates filled with bugs in the first place)
Everything (several applications) had to be uninstalled in a very specific order and then restarted , then it all had to be verified with manual deletions of leftovers, and emptying the recycle bin, then another restart, then iT had to be reinstalled again and the system restarted again, and two more update downloads. Holy!!!
I love my little iPod touch, but I honestly must say, when this kind of thing happens (and it has several times now when I try to deal with iTunes or Apple), it makes me want to flush it down the toilet.

IPod touch Battery Problems Since iOS 7 was installed last year.

Hello, I've had recurring battery problems with my iPod touch since the iOS 7 update was installed, and I find myself having to charge my iPod touch (5th Generation) a lot more frequently since I installed this update.
On iOS 6, I had never experienced any problems with the iPod touch's battery, as I was able to let the battery drain down completely, and let it charge for 4 hours (recommended). After the iPod touch was fully charged for 4 whole hours, I was able to unplug the lightning cable, and the iPod touch on its own would last a few days to at least a week or two weeks.
On iOS 7, since it saw its general release on the 18th September last year, I have found that the iPod's battery has drained so bad, that it dies too quickly, and when I put the iPod touch on charge, in almost an hour, the iPod touch tells me that it is 100% charged. However, when I take the iPod touch off its charge after it fully charges for that hour, it quickly drains down again.
I have gone through the standard procedure of restoring my iPod touch to its factory settings, and I have seen absolutely no improvement on the battery life whatsoever. I mainly back up whatever is on my iPod touch (I back up pictures, videos and also transfer updates that I have installed for certain apps onto iTunes), though I have seen how some people have backed up the data on their iPod's or iPhones, only they find their iDevice draining so quickly.
Even turning off certain features in the Settings app to improve the battery life doesn't help, as there is almost no difference that solves the problems I'm currently having with the iPod touch's battery.
I recently heard about the free iPhone battery replacement program which is now available, so I'm starting to worry whether I have to pay for a new replacement battery for my iPod touch.
Your help in this matter would be gratefully appreciated.
Many kind regards,
Alex Smithson
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I mainly charge the iPod touch itself for four hours and it still doesn't make a difference. I've had my iPod touch for almost 2 years and since I installed iOS 7, it still doesn't make a difference.
I was wondering, if the article you have provided doesn't sort the problems with the battery out, is there another alternative??
Your help and advice is most appreciated.
Many kind regards,
Alex Smithson

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