Time to replace the battery?
I have had my ipod touch 4G for over 2 years. It has been working great, but lately it won't hold a charge for a day. I dont have anything running. At first I thought it was just all the app updates since iOS7. Now I am wondering if it's time to replace the battery? I use my ipod a lot.
It is up to you whether you want to shell ourt for batter replacement or just live with the shorter battery life.
Apple will exchange your iPod for a refurbished one with a new battery for $79. They do not fix yours.
Apple - iPod Repair price
A third-party place like the following will replace yyur battery for less. Google for more.
iPhone Repair, Service & Parts: iPod Touch, iPad, MacBook Pro Screens
Replace the battery yourself if you are up to it. You can purchase a replacement battery for about $10
iPod Touch Repair – iFixit
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How will I know it's time to replace the battery?
Fully charged, the battery has never had more than a 2 hour life in my 17" Powerbook G4.
Surgical history might be relevant. Last summer Applecare replaced a dead hard drive. Last week Applecare replaced the power input, the case and the keyboard after perplexing power supply problems -- no keyboard light, Airport card wouldn't work on battery power, Energysaver would give haywire readings and Powerbook would run out of battery suddenly, two power adapters were killed in two weeks. I reset the PMU before visiting Applecare to see if that fixed the problems. I wasn't convinced it did.
I've got 350 cycles on the battery. I've haven't calibrated the battery monthly on a schedule, but I've had no shortage of running it down to sleep and recharging.
Fully charged, the battery has never had more than a 2 hour life. That's with no peripherals attached and with the display set to automatically adjust to ambient light, energersaver set to normal, processor set to automatic.
Is that all?!? 2 hours? That's the price of a big screen?
One serious suggestion: read the Apple support doc, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75448 on the proper power cord for your portable. I harbor concerns that the wrong adapters are being sold to Powerbook users and that those adapters are a very bad thing for electronics. I have run through four adapters in the short 3 year life of this single Powerbook. They are fragile and unreliable.
Powerbook G4 17" 1.33 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9)Fully charged, the battery has never had more than a
2 hour life. That's with no peripherals attached and
with the display set to automatically adjust to
ambient light, energersaver set to normal, processor
set to automatic.
There's more to it than that. CPU demands, drive demands, and wireless transmitters also place heavy burdens on the battery. I get a bit over 2 hours on a new battery, but when I go on a long plane trip, I can see the difference. On a long plane trip, the cabin is often darkened, so even the lowest backlight setting is plenty and so the screen uses much less battery. In addition, the airlines make you turn off the wireless, so having the AirPort and Bluetooth radios off also saves energy. Under those conditions, and if I set the CPU to Reduced and don't make it work too hard, yes I think I did see it exceed 4 hours once. But in day-to-day use, with the backlight turned up, wireless networking turned on, and the CPU grinding away at graphics and video and music and web page rendering, everybody gets about 2 to 2.5 hours.
It's just like gas mileage on your car. I would love it if I could always have the fantastic mileage I get by extended drives on the highway, but life isn't like that and in reality I don't come close to that figure because I have to drive around town stop-and-go.
AppleCare: Over 3 years, the value of covered repairs on this laptop exceeded the cost of AppleCare about 3 times over (US dollars), so it turned out to be a good deal for me, as it has always been.
When to replace your battery: Replace it when you can't stand it anymore, and that point is going to be different for different people. I think I waited until my battery was down to about 45 minutes. Below that it was hard to get any meaningful work done. Someone who regularly needs more than an hour of battery time would have gone for a new battery sooner. -
When do i know it is the right time to replace the battery on my ipod?
i do not know if my ipod ever had the ability to deliver 16 hours of playback as the system spec claimed, but right now after more than a year's use and almost always leaving on the charger when i am home, i can get about 10 hours continous playback at best.
i am pretty sure that my battery is in the decline phase of its life cycle. when i am transferring pics with my camera connector, it would go way down to the red, then kick back to green once my camera connector is off. in addition, if i leave it off the charger, it would eat up its battery capacity up sooner than i would have guessed.
my question is really two phase:
1)when do you people usually replace your battery.
2)with the ipod photo feeling like brick, should i even bother? perhaps a new ipod video would be the way to go?
any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.The reason your iPod's battery is only lasting 10 hours could very well be that your iPod's battery is going. They say that an iPod's battery can undergo 500 charge cycles or charging the battery fully 500 times. I don't know how old your iPod is, but I have a 4G iPod, and I get about 5-6 hours out of a proposed 12. you can try the iPod battery test here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61475
to see if you need a new battery -
I have a 6th gen 160gb iPod that is almost 2 years old and just about 2 weeks ago i've been getting this problem. I've tried restoring it multiple times and have researched a little and im going on a limb to say my battery is shot. The iPod always shows a correct charge level but it just dies and it won't come back on until I plug it in to my computer or a dock. A few things I have randomly seen it do, when connected to my laptop it will go to the connect to power screen and stay there for awhile and once the display had a really messed up display (like a mixture of the normal display with the black and white lines you would see on an old TV with no signal.)
Another thingthat I noticed, when I charge it with headphones plugged in it seems to be fine and won't die for hours but if I plug in say some speakers, it will almost always die in like 5 minutes. So can it be something to do with the headphone jack or voltage change maybe?
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My MacBook Pro 13" won't turn on 90% of the time I try to get it running, and when it does turn on, even on a charger, it shuts down if I stop using it for 2+ seconds and it won't turn back on. Should I replace the battery? It doesn't hold a charge either...
EmadJamal,
the battery won’t melt because of long connection to the AC charger, although that has the potential of reducing the battery’s life.
Do you have access to a second 60 W AC charger to test with your MacBook Pro, or access to a second 13-inch MacBook Pro against which your AC charger could be tested? -
my computer has been seen at Genius bar 6 times for freezing up, reloaded all original settings, all of their diagnostics, and they even sent it to the apple shop where they replaced the battery and logic board. Still freezes after I try to reload iTunes stuff and app stuff from apple, especially iPhoto which is seems to refuse to load and then begins freezing up all over again. Anyone else have this problem. Other than this, I have had absolutely no problems with this computer. Now, it's a file of junk.
Hi Ronald ...
Have you checked lately to see how much free space there is on the disk? Especially since iPhoto freezes at launch ...
Click your Apple menu icon top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About This Mac > More Info > Storage
Make sure there's at least 15% free disk space.
And make sure the OS X software is up to date.
Click the Apple top left in your screen.
From the drop down menu click: Software Update
If you have anti virus software installed or are using third party Mac cleaning utiliites, that may be part and parcel of the your problems. -
I have an iphone 4s that is over 2 years old. The phone's battery is no longer able to hold a charge for an acceptable length of time. Assuming I need to replace the battery, how much will this cost at an Apple store?
graciebethgrant wrote:
Basically, I'm new to Apple, despite using them before, but I've never actually owned my own.
Since buying this phone off a colleague at work, I seem to be having problems with it. First, I noticed how rubbish the battery life is, then my charger almost went up in flames and thirdly my camera lense is scratched beyond belief.
I know the phone isn't within warranty, although I was lead to believe it was before and during buying it, so basically I'm extremely disappointed with the general make up of iPhone's considering they cost such a **** of a lot of money, you'd think they'd be built to last.
Back to my main point, how much would it cost for a new battery? Or a new camera lense if anyone can help me with that? (I know that the back of the phone was refurbished just before my buying it, so literally just the camera lense)
Thanks!
So basically it sounds like you bought an abused used iPhone and somehow that makes the phone subpar because dispite the abuse it should still last forever and look like new? Batteries don't last forever, even under ideal conditions, so your expectatoins are unrealistic. Take it in and have an estimate done. -
Is iPhone's battery shot? Or is the iPhone dead? Can I back it up if I replace the battery?
This morning, I woke up to my iPhone 4s being at 4% despite me charging it the entire night before. I assumed, with some testing, that the battery was damaged and that, because I was planning on getting the iPhone 5s, that today would be a good day to do so. I had issues in the past with iCloud and had just yesterday fixed it so that everything but my photos were on the cloud. I was planning to add my photos to the Cloud at some point today or tomorrow, because I hadn't backed my iPhone 4s on my computer in a long, long time. Later today, after having purchased and set up my new iPhone 5s, I plugged in my iPhone 4s one last time to see what would happen and if the battery would change, but when I came back to see, my iPhone 4s would not turn on at all. I tried holding down the home button and the power button at the same time and every other trick that doesn't result in a total loss of data. My question is: is my phone dead forever (can I never get my photos that were on it?), or can I simply replace the battery and it'll turn on so that I can back it up and put the photos onto my Cloud with my final use of it before I recycle it or donate it. Please let me know, I'm worried that I lost all of my pictures! Thank you for your help.
Apple recommends backing up the data when you're getting the battery replaced by them. So I assume that you will likely lose the data during this process.
Will the data on my iPhone be preserved?
No, during the service process all data on your iPhone will be erased. Before obtaining service, it is important to back up your data using iCloud or iTunes. Apple is not responsible for the loss of information while servicing your iPhone and does not offer any data transfer service. During service, Apple may exchange your iPhone with an iPhone that is new or equivalent to new in performance and reliability.
Following service, your iPhone may have a newer operating system (iOS) version and you will need torestore your data using the method used to back it up (iCloud or iTunes). As a result, you may also need to update your App Store applications to ensure compatibility with the newer iOS. If you experience a problem with an application purchased from the App Store, check to see if an update is available or contact the application vendor directly.
copied from Apple - Support - Service Answer Center -
Time to replace swollen battery
Explanation
I've recently started playing World of Warcraft which has pushed my macbook pro to the edge of dysfunction. Due to overheating and my inability to understand exactly what the problem was at the time, the battery appears to have started to swell. I first noticed the problem when after approximately 5-10 minutes of gameplay it would reach temperatures of roughly 85C and then at about 40 minutes the MBP's screen would lock up for a second, then go blank and the sound would die off. The fan would still be running at the 6000rpm mark I have set on smcfancontrol and I would have to hold the power button until it shut off. If i leave it alone the fans continue to run, but it stays at relatively the same temperature. I have to allow it to cool down first before it'll turn on again. When it turns back on, the battery charge is completely depleted, which leads me to believe that the overheating is damaging the battery and making it lose it's charge. What puzzles me is that it still shuts off even when it's plugged into the wall. The battery is starting to swell, I removed it and set it on a flat surface and it teetered around until i pressed on it and it flattened to where all four corners touched the surface.
Question:
I have an apple store in my city, and i'm considering taking it there to try to get the battery replaced. I was going to wait until summer when I don't have to deal with school without a working computer, but it's becoming a problem frequently plaguing my freetime. If i took in my macbook how long would it take to replace the battery? I would just plug it into the wall directly, but I need the battery for mobility.I had this very problem today (though sadly I didn't know it while I was actually at the Apple store). I took my MBP in because I was having 2 problems: The first was that battery meter wasn't keeping up with how much charge the battery actually had, and the computer would just lose power without warning while the battery meter still showed about 50%. The second problem I had was with the trackpad, which had become difficult to click, and would frequently click at random without being touched.
Unfortunately, they weren't able to figure out the source of the trackpad problem at the store, as it worked just fine while I was there, so we both assumed there were crumbs or something inside it and I was planning to just go home and try hitting it with some canned air again. I had tried that once already, but the tech suggested that if you remove the battery you can blast some air in the back of the trackpad button, which might have more effect.
They also suggested I try recalibrating the battery and bring it back in if that didn't have any effect.
When I got back, I took the battery out so I could get at the back of the trackpad, and that's when I discovered that it had a distinct bulge. In fact the battery was the cause of both problems, the bulge was so pronounced that it was pushing on the back of the trackpad. I had already bought a spare battery while I was at the store, so I swapped the batteries out and my trackpad problem went away.
I called up AppleCare to see what kind of options I had, and they are sending me a replacement. I also called up the store, mainly because the tech and I had both been perplexed as to why the trackpad problem (which had been severe enough to make the machine completely unusable) had suddenly gone away, so I wanted to let him know what I had found in case he ran into it again (I think it worked in the store because it was turned off in my cold car for the trip over there, so it cooled enough to take the pressure off.) They did say that I could swap the battery out in store in and it would only take about 10 minutes, but since I had a spare now I wasn't in enough of a hurry to drive all the way back out there... -
How do i know if I need to replace the battery in my MacBook Pro?
How do i know if I need to replace the battery in my MacBook Pro?
There are a few ways (none of which are covered in the above link). On more recent OS X versions, when you click the battery icon in the menu bar you may see a "Service Battery" or "Replace Now" message. If you aren't seeing that, the system probably thinks the battery is fine.
Also, in your System Information utility, there is a Power section that provides Health information for the battery, with a Condition status and Cycle Count. If the Condition is Normal and your battery is under 300 cycles (for removable batteries) or 1000 cycles (for non-removable batteries) it is not time to replace it yet.
But of course, the other time to replace it is if you don't think you're getting the runtime you want out of it.
If none of those is a problem, don't worry about it. -
My iPhone 4S shuts down when it says it's still got charge... Is it worth replacing the battery
I charged my phone to 100% and the charge went down really quickly. It then turned off at 25% and a few minutes later turned back on if I hold down the two buttons then turned of again at about 15%. I keep turning it back on to get it really low so I could recalibrate the battery and the charge still went down really quickly and this time it turned off at about 9% but then charged it not to full and it turned off at 20%
Is it worth replacing the battery or is there something else making this happen?If the phone is no longer under warranty, you can get a new battery at a third party like ifixit.com and any tools you might need to replace it.
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Hi guys,
I'm replacing A64 3800+ with Opty 180, and 2x512 PC4000 Crucial Ballistix with 2x1GB OCZ 3200 memory. I have this mobo working since December 2004.
Wouldn't it be also a good time to replace mobo battery? (Would anyone know what battery brand would be best?)
Thanks in advance.For the the small cost involved it won't hurt. Any CR2032 name brand will do: Sony, DuraCell, Eveready.
Edit: They can last from 2 to ten years but every 3-4 years is a good idea to to replace it. -
Can I replace the battery in my HP Notebook?
Battery on my Pavillion dv5 notebook won't charge beyond 53%. Can I get a new one installed?
Marble,
Welcome to the HP Forum.
Yes, you can replace the battery.
You want to check the battery first -- and make sure the issue is not a faulty or weak charger / AC adapter.
The following will help with both concerns:
Testing and Calibrating the Battery (Windows 7)
Testing and Using the AC Power Adapter
Be sure, when and if you do buy a batter and / or a new AC adapter that you buy for quality and not for price.
Be very careful of cheap knock-off brands sold online: just because the name of the website has the word 'hp' in it, the product they are selling you might be a cheap, poorly made, apt to blow up, piece of junk.
If you want to be sure the product you buy is made for your computer, buy the HP product for your computer.
HP Parts Store
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Replacing the battery in 20GB & 4Gb clickwheel ipods
Can you replace the battery in a 20GB iPod with clickwheel (M9282LL) and a 4GB iPod Mini with clickwheel?
20GB iPod is running OS version 3.1.1. Not sure what the Mini is running, but believe it is the same as they were purchased at the same time.
Both no longer hold charges for very long. They do charge and play, but the battery quickly dies.
Thank you.I recommend a battery by iPodjuice.com.
Their batteries are cheap, last longer than the original battery did when it was new, come with tools and detailed instructions, as well as videos on their website, and have 10 year warranties against the battery. -
Is it time to replace my battery?
I have a 17" Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 6,1. A couple of months ago I substituted the optical drive with a 1TB SSHD; dual drive upgrade. I remember reading somewhere this upgrade can do wacky things to your battery, drain the battery , decrease its performance. Well, now I am getting a "Service Battery" message.
Also, is my cycle count "correct"? Shouldn't my cycle count be a lot higher, in order to replace the battery? Never replaced the batttery before. Is it just time for a new battery? What model number battery should I order, do I just specify Mid 2010?
Here are my specs:
Battery Information:
Model Information:
Serial Number: 9G******N5A
Manufacturer: DP
Device Name: bq20z951
Pack Lot Code: 0
PCB Lot Code: 0
Firmware Version: 301
Hardware Revision: 1
Cell Revision: 119
Charge Information:
Charge Remaining (mAh): 6883
Fully Charged: Yes
Charging: No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 6883
Health Information:
Cycle Count: 52
Condition: Service Battery
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 8259
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<Edited by Host>[email protected] wrote:
Is it just time for a new battery? What model number battery should I order, do I just specify Mid 2010?
yes, thats what service battery means. Specify 17" Mid 2010 MacBook Pro.
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