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/

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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?
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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.

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Take it to an apple store near you, they will replace the HD for you. If you don't know where one is you can call apple help (1800-MY-APPLE) and tell them your zip code they will tell you where the nearest one is to you. If you buy a new HD it will be much quieter than your current HD. In the mean time if you are using macos 9 use disk first aid to repair your HD, that might preserve it a little longer. If you are using mac osx use disk utility (/applications/utilities) to repair the disk.

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My Ipod Nano (1st Gen) was produced in 2006 during week 06 of February.
It states here:http://www.apple.com/support/ipodnano_replacement/
that "Affected iPod nanos were sold between September 2005 and December 2006."
I don't recall which year I brought mine...
If I send it in and there is nothing wrong with it, I will be charged diagnostic fees and such. I want to make sure it IS indeed an affected nano before I send it in to avoid the fees and the hassle.
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It should be included unless you already had the battery replaced by them for some reason. They won't ship you the box unless the serial number matches a recalled model and they won't charge you if something is wrong, they will just ship it back to you. You will get a 6th generation nano in silver, not a 1st gen.

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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.
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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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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.

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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.
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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.
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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).
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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
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also you can't mess up a battery by not fully charging every time, its just a myth
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I received a new Ipad2 for Christmas, I noticed the few times i used it the volume button was stuck , it would stay on the screen and keep Turning up, it has a dent where the volume isin the middle, apple said I could send it for a replacement but...

She also mentioned if I had an apple store here I could take it in it may be faster, we just had a new apple store that opened in our mall so I took it in, talked to the tech and he pushed the button to see what I meant, then he says yeah this is broken and dented from pushing so hard on it, I said it wasn't really dented that bad just the middle, it came that way, then he's says well we aren't actually a apple store we just sell there product here so you are best to go with Apple and send it too them like they said, I was dumbfounded I honestly think he made this worse when he pushed on it, now I am scared when apple receives me iPad they won't replace it like they said, it was bought this way apparently a bad lot went into the store my husband got it and they told everyone to call apple to replace because they don't replace electronics, I am freaked out now I feel screwed all the way around, what do you think Apples reaction will be, how good is their customer service in Canada when sent away? I am just worried because this wasn't my fault

Big issue? Really? I'm on this forum just about every night and yet, I have not seen posts about such a "Big" issue with any regularity. If your iPad was dented when you got it (sorry for not really believing you), why did you wait until just now to try bringing this to anyones attention? My guess is you dented the iPad. Initially it wasn't an issue, but after pushing on the volume control too hard, it is an issue and you want a free replacement. I'm probably right on the money and you'll likely have a not too kind reply. That's OK, because I'm not the one who will decide the outcome of this. Apple will and for you to get an answer, take it to Apple. But, don't be too surprised when they don't offer a free replacement and they offer you an "out of warranty" replacement at about 50% of the cost of the device when it was new.

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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.
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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.
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"THE" battery problem, or something even worse???

My PowerBook is only a month old. I calibrated the battery the first time I used it, and it held a charge for about 2 hours the first few times. Then is started getting freaky.
Here's what happens:
-Battery only charges to 96 percent, then the green light goes off and it doesn't continue to charge.
-If I then unplug the cable, I get about 20 minutes of battery life at best.
-If the battery drains completely and shuts down and I plug the computer in, I can't turn it back on. I have to wait several minutes, and then it will suddenly work again.
-When I finally do get it to turn on after a full discharge, my date is set to 1970.
-When I remove the battery and try to work with power only, I can't turn it on at all. It will only turn on at all if the battery is in.
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You're right -- Apple is aware of the bad batch of batteries. I talked with an Apple tech today and he was very excited about hearing there was some type of thing that happened when I jiggled the AC connector in it's socket. As I mentioned above, on a battery from the "bad" batch, the mAh went from 800-ish to 4600+ just by moving the connector in and out a little -- he immediately escalated the call to his supervisor, as there may be some issue with not only the bad batteries, but also/or the charging circuitry (at least in my PBook). From the two of them (the rep and the sv), I had the feeling there's been no discussion (in their camp) of problems beyond the now-accepted bad battery issue, so at least now they are aware of other possibilities, FWIW. But, like I said, it may just be my PBook.
It's been 24 hours since I this happened, and the battery ran for over four hours non-stop the first time it reset, and I've used it on and off today, with the charge dropping to 85% a couple of times, and it still shows a cur/max mAh as 4563/4570 on XRG.
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Hi,
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OK I recieved my Ipod Nano (white) christmas day...I uploaded all of my cd's onto my computer (about 90 or so) through itunes and did all the ipod install stuff. I DID charge my nano overnight until it said charged that same night and now all of a sudden when i start looking around in the menu it says this: No battery power remains. Please connect ipod to power.
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