Really? 4s battery problems?

I'm two weeks into this i phone craze. Got my 4s on the 14th of Oct. I know zero about all the stuff it can do. It's my cell phone & business phone & part time email retriever/sender. After turning on all the functions including the Map/Directions, I quickly discovered I'm sucking up or wasting my data plan Max.and battery.
I've turned off all the Bells & Whistles and charge it about every three days.

here is the solution I managed to find that will hopefully work for everyone.
Hopefully each 1% of battery life should last you no less than 1.5 -2 hours of standby time after this fix.
1- plug your iPhone to iTunes and select "restore". (it has to be through iTunes, resetting settings and media via the phone won't work)
2- once your phone finishes restoring the iOS, iTunes will then ask you if you would like to restore your content from a backup or configure your iPhone 4S as a new phone. Choose to configure as a new phone.
3- open your phone to go through the initial iOS5 welcome setup wizard screens. You can enable everything, but you should disable iCloud.
after step #3 you should have a huge difference in battery life. And to even maximize it to 2+ hours per 1% of battery life, do the following after doing the above steps:
4- Let your iPhone 4S run down to 1% and do a full cycle charge (there are several apps in the app store that can help you do a full cycle charge. (I don't know if I'm allowed to mention a product name here. so I'll leave that for you to search for it)
After step #4, each 1% of battery life will hopefully last you no less than 2+ hours of standby time. (of course all the other battery statistics advertised by Apple should now start to apply to your iPhone 4S and match your experience too).
Hope this helps both users and Apple engineers to diagnose and solve this issue in future patch.

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Really weird battery problem

Hello,
This morning I grabbed my iPhone 3GS off the charger around 7:00 am and it showed as fully charged. After I got to work, I went to listen to my music and noticed that it showed 1/2 charge remaining on the battery. I didn't listen for very long, as people were interrupting me with questions a lot (yay for Mondays!), so I set it aside. When I went to lunch around noon, it was turned off (I did not turn it off, I just stopped the music player). When I tried to turn it back on, it showed the red charge needed icon, so I put it in my pocket and planned on taking it to the store to have it looked at when I can get up the nerve to actually brave a mall in this season.
When I got home, I plugged it in, hoping that it would take a charge. About 15 minutes later, I went to check on it and lo and behold, the battery showed at nearly full. There weren't any updates available for the firmware, so I'm not sure what's going on with it.
Has anyone heard of this before?

I had a similar experience with my iPhone yesterday as well, I downloaded a new app and was playing around with it while on the ferry yesterday. I listened to my iPod as well and when we headed down to the car to leave I noticed I had about 50% charge remaining.
Now from what I understand, non apple apps cannot continue to run on in the background thus draining your battery.
About 1 1/2 - 2 hrs later (after not receiving any calls) I went to make a call and my phone was off, tried to turn it on, and got the same icon (charge needed).
I've had my phone for approx 5 months now and have not run into a problem like this at all until yesterday. I read of numerous people having problems with their batteries since updating, but I haven't noticed anything unusual until yesterday's experience. I'm a little suspect of the app that I downloaded but don't know if it's just coincidence......

Battery problems with iPhone 4 after iOS 6.1

I've updated to iOS 6.1, and I've been experiencing some really annoying battery problems since I updated. I tried doing the good old iPhone reset, but it still wont charge up to 100%. It stops charging when it reaches 52-56 % battery.
Is there any way of fixing this???

same here..it doesnt work for me too!!
exactly same issue. Apple got something wrong with iOS 6

Solved my iPhone 5 Battery Problems: Maybe it can help you!

Hi every one, I saw many topics regarding battery problems with the iPhone 5. I responded to one discussion describing what I did to solve the iPhone 5 battery dying fast on me. So I thought I'd make a discussion here to help out other users with the same problem.
I would have 25-30% drop with in the hour and all I did was text a couple of my friends. I was using an iPhone 4 for the longest time, and on that phone I was able to watch videos, listen to music and use all the other features of the phone. The battery still lasted me the whole day, I was getting worried that I wouldn't be able to use the iPhone 5 the same with out it dying on me fast.
My friend suggested draining the battery and then charging the phone to see if any improvements were seen. I did that and I saw a small change in the battery strength. I drained the battery two more times, and that is when I saw a huge difference.
I use my Phone as my iPod when I work out, and I run continuous music on it for 1.5-2 hours straight, along with sending texts to my friends. In this duration I would only use 15-20% which was a huge improvement from before. I would say that the battery life was on par with my iPhone 4 battery! It is such a relief, now I can use my iPhone 5 to it's fullest potential without having to worry it'll die on me fast.
I recommend other iPhone 5 users try draining their batteries a couple of times before charging as well if they are experiencing problems.
Hope this helps!
Dylan

I would let the battery completely die before I would charge it again. I would keep 3g off and only turn it on if I'm going to use it and turn it off again. Because the phone uses more power for the 3g/4g that the battery dies even faster.
I text a lot to friends so I'm constantly texting through out the day and when I work out continously run music on it for close to 2hours. It would only drain 15-20% of the battery, which really is a huge improvement.
I also use Siri quite often through wifi and it barely uses any battery power. Try letting the phone die until it turns off a couple of times before you charge it. That is what I did before a friend requested doing that after I was getting fraustrated with the battery power.

Macbook Battery Problem

Hi all, this is my first post, but something weird happened to my macbook that I have to share with you.
Ok, my Macbook Core Duo 2.0GHz (1st generation) have had no problem during its first and half year. Then I left the notebook sitting at home for one month as I was away on business. Came back, the machine won't start, used AC adaptor and showed the battery not charging, "x" and everything. My warranty expired, so I bought a new battery. Once I got that, it worked fine for almost 7 months.
Another business trip left my macbook for 1 month, I came back, the battery is dead again!!! So I went to apple support and bought another new battery. This time I installed it at home, and it doesn't charge what-so-ever. I tried everything from SMU reset, PMU reset, P-RAM reset. NOTHING WORKED.
So I took a friend's macbook battery to try, and it worked! I can charge that battery with my macbook, and my battery won't charge on his macbook. So scientifically I thought its the battery defect. I went to Apple Care and they say they will replace it for me, but think that it should be my macbook's problem. Must be the Logic Board, I explained why I disagree, and that the battery came with only one LED blinking when I got home to charge, the current was already too low to charge.
Anyways, I was able to buy a second-hand battery really cheap but with limited life-span and use it until my replacement battery returns. Everything seem fine and I can charge it up to 100% although it will only last me 50-mins, still not bad, right?
I was reluctant to completely drain this battery now since I am afraid it will drop to zero and won't recharge like the other ones.
I am using Boot Camp, and Vista as well as OS X. Suddenly today, two days after I bought the 2nd hand battery, I was using Vista to show my friend the battery problem is fixed. But suddenly out of nowhere the battery dropped from 95% charged to 0% in seconds. It shuts down automatically, and the battery was flashing one LED indicating it's dying.
I started back in Mac OS X and found the charger able to recharge, but it fixed at 0% for 20 minutes. I thought I am screwed and went out for a smoke. I came back to see the battery charging back to 5% and then slowly to 10%, and 20%, suddenly it went back to 85% in seconds, and then 100%. I try to unplug it and it seemed fine. I left it on without the adapter for 20 minutes, the battery drain normally, to 70% (it's fine considering the battery was 2nd hand) My friend thought I should try to switch back to Vista to see if the same thing will occur. So I did, and before the Vista screen came up, the macbook blacked out. I checked the battery indicator and it's flashing one LED again!!!
So I switched back to Mac side and re-do the charging, this time it took longer to get back to +90%, I thought this is normal, 'cause I did use the battery longer on the Mac side before switching to Vista for the test.
I thought to myself, why Vista drained my battery, and then I remember the first battery that died on me was about the time I switched the PC side to Vista. Prior to that, the PC side was using XP. The second time it died it was in Vista as well. I also remember I wanted to reduce the size of my PC partition, so I trimmed off unnecessary features like hibernation by (Powercfg -h off). It saved 2G in size but it may be causing some problem to the charging circuit for the Mac-hardware??? Don't know for sure.
So I erased my Vista partition, and re-installed XP. Since then I tried both sides without adaptor, usually for 10-minutes or less, and no sudden dropped to 0% occurred since.
Everything else is working fine with my macbook, except the power features. Right now at least I can charge the battery, but I am always worried about when or IF the battery will dropped off and kill itself.
I am waiting for the replacement battery to return from APPLE, and hopefully when it returns, my Macbook will be able to recognize the DEFAULT low-charge of a new battery. I'm still not sure if my macbook is defective, and if it did killed the first battery replacement they gave me a few days ago. If it did kill a decent battery, will it kill this new replacement as well??
I know for a fact that the reason why the machine won't charge the battery is because the current of the battery has become too low for the machine to be able to charge it. If the current becomes lower, the "X" will occur suggesting that the machine doesn't even recognize it's a battery. But what I want to know is what caused the battery to drop to such a low current if I turned off the macbook during storage.
Sorry for the length of this post, but I have to be clear on all the details if I want help, I suppose. Right now my question is (1) Why is this occuring?? (2) Am I right in assuming that by removing Vista with XP, the problem will not repeat?? (3) Is it likely for any new or 2nd hand functioning battery to drop to the state of the other battery any time soon?? (4) Am I doing proper care for my Macbook, and what should I do in the future to avoid the same problem from occuring??

gpotts,
Thanks again, here's my battery profile: (keep in mind this is the 2nd hand battery I am profiling) BTW, something happened when I was doing this message, I left the notebook on for about 20 minutes, it dropped from +90% to 48%, macbook prompted me that the battery is running low. I plugged the adaptor and it went back to +95% within minutes...
Good thing is, I haven't seen the sudden drop to 0% ever since I removed Vista, and also I am able to charge my battery everytime I try now, no more "NOT CHARGING" or "X" indication.
Any clues??? Thanks in advance.
Battery Information:
Model Information:
Serial Number: DP-ASMB013-34cf-** <Edited by Moderator>
Manufacturer: DP
Device name: ASMB013
Pack Lot Code: 0001
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 0102
Hardware Revision: 0300
Cell Revision: 0100
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 1533
Fully charged: No
Charging: Yes
Full charge capacity (mAh): 1597
Health Information:
Cycle count: 349
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 466
Voltage (mV): 12597
System Power Settings:
AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 60
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 60
Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No
Wake On AC Change: No
Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
Wake On LAN: Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
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
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
Reduce Brightness: Yes
Hardware Configuration:
UPS Installed: No
AC Charger Information:
Connected: Yes
Charging: Yes

MiFi 4510L Battery problem

Ours MiFi 5410L has battery problems (draining when plugged in). I've called verizon, but they try to get my to buy yet another *** device. I have to use this one because it has a plug for an external antenna, which I have to have in order to even get service here.
With mine, I have to charge the battery in another device, then transfer the fully charged battery to the crapola device and that's the only way I can get it to work. It won't charge while it's plugged in and I had to laugh when someone said to take the battery out altogether and just leave it "plugged in". That does NOTHING. You can't run this *** without the battery in it. The charger is fine, it works on my other mifi cards (we have 3 ) and the battery is brand new, fresh out of the package less than a week ago. It's our 5th battery, btw.
Plain and simple- the device is TRASH. Buy something else through amazon so you aren't stuck in a dang contract.
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If you charge a battery too much, over time it will cause it to swell and that will not allow the battery to hold charge like it normally does and it will eventually destroy the battery. What I would recommend doing is Charging the MiFi fully, and then when it gets really or low actually let it die completely, plug it back up and put it on a full re-charge. That would be the best option to get the longest life out of your battery.
hope this answers your question!

Anybody that has ever had, or still have battery problems....

Please join me in finding a solution.
Lets all converse in this thread about battery problems. I Have noticed many many many battery and power problems going unresolved in this discussion forum and I think if we all get organized into one thread and work together we may find a solution.
If you haven't read of my battery and power problem before here is the run down.
-battery won't charge(0% and then eventually "No Batteries Availiable")
-Battery is NEW. It is valid(works in other iBooks).
-Its not the DC-in board. No, no... I replaced that and it did nothing, it probably won't help you either.
-I've done all the pointless stuff.(Resetting PMU, PRAM, NVRAM, Deep Reset PMU)
-Battery is Charged(Used my friends iBook). Yet my iBook will not power on from the battery.
Now. I know many iBook owners are having the same problem. I have worked countless hours on this problem and I am never going to give up.
Now throughout searching countless forums of Battery Problems I have gathered some observations.(All these observations are only taken from cases similar to mine)
-They have the same problems I have stated.
-All the Resets in the world don't help them
-Some of them mention a noise coming from the iBook.
-Some of them mention buying third party power Adapters.
-The thread usually ends with them asking more questions and replies never come so they give up.
-They all usually go unresolved or Solved in the case that they just buy a new laptop.
So taking that I am pretty sure that this problem needs to be solved. I have been giving it a good try but without information I just cannot get too far.
Any of you people with the same problem as me... We should all compare certain statistics and symptoms to see if we can zero in on what the problem is.
These are my suspicions.
I purchased My Power-Adapter from Ebay. It looked legit and everything and it provides the iBook with power pretty well. Yet I stumbled across something. It says on the Power Adapter that it is a 65(watt) Power Adapter. But when I check in the System Profiler, This is what it reads:
AC Charger Information:
AC Charger (Watts): 45
Connected: Yes
Now why would the Power Adapter say 65(watts) but when I check the stats on my iBook it receives 45(watts). I have checked all the stats of these iBooks and I know that they need 65(watts) to function properly. Some people say 45w will power an iBook fine but I think this is why the battery won't charge. The power Adapter I bough online clearly stated that it will work correctly on my model and it Even says 65w on the adapter. Remember the faulty batteries? Could people be possibly making faulty power adapters and selling them now too? My friend has moved so I cannot test his "Apple" adapter to see if it works.
I also think this may be the cause of these processor sounds(That are stupidly diagnosed as HD failures) that some people like me get. I found out if I turn the processor down to "reduced" the sound goes away. Maybe the "whizzing" sound could be a capacitor being overworked so it can provide the processor with power or the processor itself but I really think these issues are related.
In saying that... This is what I want. Anybody out there that has the same(or similar) problems as I do, please do this:
-State the issues you are having with your iBook.
-Go to System Profiler and Under Hardware click Power, copy all of those statistics in the right pane and paste them in your reply.
-Say what kind of iBook(or Powerbook) you have.
-Say what kind of battery and what kind of Power adapter you have.
-Ask for other statistics that you think might help you.
-If you have any ideas of what the problem is please tell me.
-And if you already know a solution please tell us all.
We can all tackle this problem if we work together.

I can't speak to all of your problems, but there are a few things that may help.
+I purchased My Power-Adapter from Ebay. It looked legit and everything and it provides the iBook with power pretty well. Yet I stumbled across something. It says on the Power Adapter that it is a 65(watt) Power Adapter. But when I check in the System Profiler, This is what it reads:+
+AC Charger Information:+
+AC Charger (Watts): 45+
+Connected: Yes+
+Now why would the Power Adapter say 65(watts) but when I check the stats on my iBook it receives 45(watts). I have checked all the stats of these iBooks and I know that they need 65(watts) to function properly. Some people say 45w will power an iBook fine but I think this is why the battery won't charge. The power Adapter I bough online clearly stated that it will work correctly on my model and it Even says 65w on the adapter.+
You are incorrect about this. The adapter that shipped with iBooks, initially, was a 45-watt model. 45 watts is all it takes to properly run the iBook and charge its battery. The iBook registers the adapter as 45 watts because the iBook only takes the amount of power that it needs. A Powerbook needs the full 65 watts in order to run the computer and charge the battery simultaneously.
Did you replace your DC-in board yourself? Has it ever worked since the DC-in board was replaced? Are you sure you got it plugged in properly?
Yours is acting exactly the way my husband's did when his DC-in board needed to be replaced. That is, it would work from a fully charged battery, but would not charge the battery. A DC-in board replacement was the fix for his, and sounds like that would be the fix for yours, too. If you did it yourself before, maybe you need to either try it again (you could have received another bad one), or send it off to have someone else do it.
Good luck.

ThinkPad Edge 13" sudden BATTERY problem

Hi, i am starting to be desperate, therefore i registered myself here. Let me explain my story.
My computer is now almost 2 years old and I have less than 14 days till the warranty expires (I am from Europe), but I'd like to avaid this, because i really need my computer now, not after 30 days, which is by law designated time till which it must be returned to me back. I did not have to use my computer outside home for about 3 month, so I was using that during that period as desktop computer, where i set in lenovo power manager, that all energy should be taken from the AC adaptor letting the battery to deplete itself in its own pace. But i have taken my computer to the libraries lately and i have experienced sudden battery problems. Let me describe them in order as it happened.
1) battery shows that that it has more than lets say 20% of power, but windows power manager warns me that battery capacity is in reality 6% and i need to use my AC adaptor now. after second even lenovo power manager recognize the fact that battery is almost depleted. first i did not pay attention, i thought it was some temporary bug and it will not be repeated again.
2) unfortunatelly it was, therefore i updated lenovo power manager to current version (6.11), which realized that current battery capacity was not 54Wh (as before update), but 47Wh. Therefore I resetted battery gauge statting that battery capacity is now slightly over 51Wh. For couple of days everything was as it should (probably, because i always connected AC adaptor around 10% of remaining battery).
3) now my problem appeared again, though battery depleted naturally and slowly to 10%, after that windows power manager popped again showing, that battery is 6% and I need to use my AC adaptor. after connecting to electricity whole W7 froze for a while. I rather restarted system after which I realized, that battery info is wrong again - original capacity of battery since i have this laptop was over 62Wh, now is slightly over 57Wh (this is something new i have not realized this 2 days ago, when i was doing the reset, and I'd bet i happened just now) and current battery capacity rose back to 54Wh (as I said before, after the last reset it was just 51Wh).
I attemted to do Battery test through Toolbox, but system refuse to run this test (even after resterting system) stating "Cannot run".
For a while i thought i have this problem which requires updating battery firmware: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/diagnose-and-fix/detail.page?DocID=HT003431
but FRU number of my laptop is 42T4813 and is not in the list of batteries requireing update.
Sorry for long text, and quality of English (I am not native speaker), any help is welcome. Thank you in advance.
PS: i always install updates throught System update, my BIOS should be therefore up to date, i also Lenovo Power manager does not offer any update for battery firmware.

After todays restart original baterry capacity is restored back to 62+Wh, But current capacity is still 54Wh, higher than after last battery reset. I am upgrading to higher version of Power Manager.

Another one of those battery problems...so scared

Hey all,
I know that many people are posting battery problems and I think I have a similar one...I just don't know if apple will listen to me. My 15" mbp shuts down at around 45% charge for no reason. I applied the update that apple provided but to no avail.
Unfortunately, here are my stats:
Battery Installed: Yes
First low level warning: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 3824
Remaining Capacity (mAh): 3824
Amperage (mA): 239
Voltage (mV): 12604
Cycle Count: 529
It seems i have decent capacity but the cycle count indicates that the battery is old (about 13 months). So what do you guys think? Do I have a chance of getting a free replacement with the protection plan? If there is a possibility, what tactic should I use-you know- call apple, mac genius, what should I tell them. The problem has been bothering me for a while and it seems to be getting worse.
If I probably won't get the replacement, can someone recommed some good alternatives you found to the default batteries, preferably those with a greater capacity/battery life. Keep in mind, I'm a college student so any money I can save would mean a good month's worth of food that isn't crackers and ramen.
thanks,
any reply would be greatly appreciated.

Unfortunately, I really doubt Apple will give you a free replacement battery. Apple specifies that a battery should maintain 80% of it's original full charge capacity for 300 cycles. As you point out, you have 529 cycles on your battery - it's had a good life! But Apple will tell you (correctly) that batteries do wear out, and that's what is happening to yours.
So, you either need to live with the poor run time that comes with an elderly battery, or purchase a new one. It's just one of the extra costs of ownership, like buying gas for your car.
If you check on Google, there may be slightly less expensive 3rd party batteries out there. If you go that route, given the problems many people have had with these batteries (which Apple has acknowledged), be sure you trust the vendors warranty. Else, you may be better off just buying direct from Apple.
Wish I had better news, but I hope this at least sets your mind at ease a bit...(except for the $ part, of course...).

Mac book pro retina battery problems?

Macbook pro battery problems?
i called apple because my macbook is supposed to last 7 hours but it last only 3 and it tends to get hot, they told me a virus is affecting the battery performance is this really possible or r they just masking crap up so i can buy their tech support plan and even if a virus is an issue cant i just reintall osx again and start fresh woudnt that just delete the virus instead of buying their software virus deleter thing?
1st it should last till 7 hours if you dont do anything intense wich i dont, i only use it for low intensity programs
2nd i keep my brightness low

i noticed it 2 moths ago and apple remotely accessed my maxbook and said they found virus related issues affecting my software wich made my macbook work harder wich made it hot , thus draining the battery quicker
anyways im wondering it a virus is an issue is there any other way i can fix it like reintalling a frwesh copy of osx

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.

4S battery problem - phone dies, can't charge or turn on??

Having some possible battery problems with my iPhone 4S. I'm on Sprint, with the latest iOS and running on Windows 7. It all has to do with when the battery dies, and has happened 3 times already...
1. battery died, this happened:
(about a month ago)
plug in to PC via USB, low battery sign (with small sliver of red available).
almost immediately (about 2 seconds), apple logo startup screen appears.
about 20 seconds later, vibrates twice.
a second later it flashes the lock screen then goes to black with a spinny wheel for about 5 seconds.
then the apple logo startup screen shows again...and same thing repeats.
does not charge at all. same problem when plugged in to wall charger.
somehow the next day I got it to show "connect to iTunes" screen, and restored the iPhone.
2. battery died, same cycle happening.
(about two-three weeks ago)
I left it alone for a week & set a Genius Bar appointment.
somehow, the day before the appointment, I was able to plug in the iPhone, charge it, and turn it on with no problems at all.
I took it in anyway to the Apple Store and they did a "firmware restore", supposedly different from the restore I did on my home computer.
3. battery died, same crap again.
(yesterday...)
possibly interesting to note was that the battery was fully charged and left alone for the day, but was dead when I checked on it in the evening.
I think something is happening where the battery isn't actually completely drained - so the second time around when I got lucky, the battery had fully run out... so when I plugged it in to charge it didn't try to turn on straight away (because it couldn't).
...Not really sure though.
Any thoughts?????

Could possibly be the battery, I just thought if you remove the battery then try turning the phone on with the charger plugged in and see if that works, but then realised it doesnt as I just tried it, so ignore that one ha ha. Id try another battery in it and see if that solves the prob, if that doesnt work, it might either be totally screwed or just might need re flashing if the firmware has gone down the pan for some reason.

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.

Battery problems still persisting.

Help? Apple - please do something. Steve would be kicking some butt right now.

This sounds like it extends beyond a battery problem.
First, open up Activity monitor, to see if anything major is running in the background eating up your battery life.
Then also see if any of those apps are "power PC" apps... this could be the source of your problem
If your processors are idling low, and you don't see any unusual apps running at a higher MB (over say 100), I'd take it in for someone to really diagnose the problem.
I am sitting here only on 2 programs, screen dimmed, with airport on with 4:05 hours left... you clearly have a problem with the system, I doubt, especially after a replacement, that it's your battery.
That is if your new battery is >1 week old... it takes about a week or 2 to get to its optimal state. I never got greater then 2.5 with a brand new battery.

K 900 Battery Problem

Hello...
I purchased K900 2 months back.. iam facing battery problem.. it gets drained of soon.. when i play any game or so it will reduce to half mark... and from there it just keeps going down
Plzzzzz Help..........

Am into the 4th month of using K900.
Further to the battery problems that everyone is talking of there is a process that needs to be followed with this phone.
Plus contrary to popular beleif, there IS a difference between lithium-ion & lithium-polymer batteries. Marry it to a power intensive Intel processor along with 2GB of RAM & you have yourself a battery guzzler.
Steps to improve battery life
1. Firstlly, the 5.2v charger provided with your K900 better be your best friend. I messed my battery up for a week by using my wife's Samsung Galaxy S4 charger (5.1v charger - close enough, right? WRONG!!!). Battery began portraying commonly mentioned issues of complete battery drain within 7 - 10 hours, phone switching off @ 15% battery indication & after a few more (incorrect) charging @ 22%, etc.
2. Treat this phone like a laptop. Laptop batteries need priming. The better you prime, the more you would be increasing the battery life (Both for per charge & number of successful charges). So what is priming? Simply follow diligently the instructions that the "Lenovo Power" app mentions under the "Charging" tab. Please ensure 100% charging at every charging cycle as much as you can (However, 100% charging on every alternate charging cycle is a MUST). FYI, Quick Charge feature is useless. It'll only cause dissonance. Also, let the battery discharge to 15% or so & then charge it back to 100%. Furthermore, it would be beneficial for the battery if you would leave the phone connected to the charger upto 0.5 - 1.0 hour after reaching the 100% mark.
3. Some apps will EAT THROUGH your battery & heat the hell out of your phone if used continuously for long durations such as Candy Crush, CSR Racing, Fruit Ninja, etc. So don't blame the phone or battery, it's just the way the app is built.
4. This is a 1080p 5.5-inch super LCD screen. It will consume battery & significant amounts of it too. Also, your Accelerometer, GPS, etc. sensors also consume a lot of battery. So the next time you have your "Auto Rotate" feature on, it will consume your battery 15% - 20% faster than when it is disabled.
However, there are some glaring troubles that Lenovo seems to be facing with product development. Straight-up, the 16GB non-expandable internal storage is a gross mistake. Fine, so you came up with a 32GB version too in late November. Where is this replacement option for existing users of the 16GB version? I don't want to use the cluncky OTG feature!!
The battery capacity is definitely lower than what it should have been. Lithium-Polymers cannot hold charge for extended periods of time, however are great for operating in widely varying temperatures and for the flexible form-factors. My 1 day old Lenovo P780 (for Work) has a 4,000 mAh Lithium-Polymer battery with a smaller & lower resolution screen, obviously it will last 3 days with heavy usage. Did you guys mean to place THIS battery in the K900 originally & realized that the product design would not be ready for the mass marketing in time, at your newly acquired Lithium-Polymer battery supplier? Lenovo.....I seriously would not have minded a slightly thicker K900 with more battery say 3,500 mAh or even 4,000 mAh.
Plus, the latter versions of my second phone (i.e. the 8GB version of P780) have a lot of things ironed out in the Android 4.2.1 version that it is running. Would you beleive it, the phone actually offers me a bunch of themes to choose from, Auto Rotate feature for a few native apps too, interface problems have been dissipated, plus there is BATTERY CALIBRATION option in it (How cool !!).
Lenovo really really needs to give us everything that they have developed for their latest phones in their flagship K900. Dell makes Intel phones, so does Asus & now Acer has also ventured into it. Everyone faces issues because of the seamless integration of software & the alien Intel hardware required, but not available (& therefore needs to be developed, tested, tested & tested by these computer giants). You guys have the infrastructure & ppl to do it!! So do it!! Blue Ocean Strategy ppl......c'mon !!!
Also, Lenovo needs to do some buyer research. Most of the loyal users of K900 (Worldwide) are previous Intel processor users (Phonewise). We Intel-users have a habit of keeping these phones for a good 2 - 3 years. With this kind of a battery & the tedious process of taking care of it, my dreams of long & solid use have gone POOF!! But you still have to make good the money you have spent on this phone, right? So therefore Im trying to look at the positives..............MOSTLY!!
I personally don't care about upgraded OS version numbers. I don't mind everyone running the 4.4 Kit Kat, while I'm still running the MOST STABLE & the FASTEST available version of 4.2.1 in the entire market.
Last words........Lenovo......A sincere request.......Please give me something I can be proud of.......Usage-wise & not just Looks-wise.
Thanks & Regards,
A Concerned Loyalist

Does the IOS 5 resolve the iPhone battery problem experienced in IOS 4.3X?

Does the IOS 5 resolve the iPhone battery problem experienced due to the IOS 4.3X updates, i am using an iPhone 4 and am facing major battery drains after the IOS 4.3.3 update. Anything indication on this yet available or any feedbacks on this from the test runs? Really hoping that this is corrected after y'days IOS 5 announcement!

Not really.
Just installed the update last night and the update automatically turns ALL the apps "ON" by default so each user much check their phone's settings after each major update.
My iPhone 4's battery was running down quicker after the update. I turned off as many apps that were running in the background and checked the other settings.
I just found out that Bluetooth was turned "ON" by default, a feature I never used, so I turned it off. THIS was probably the real culprit.
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