What to do with an iPod touch with short battery life

The 64GB iPod touch that I bought this January runs out of juice fairly quickly. Even though Apple has a one year warranty for low battery life, my guess is that Apple won't replace the batteries for free. Apple will only replace batteries if the juice lasts a significantly shorter time than it initially did. If it does last significantly shorter than it originally did, that must be proof of heavy usage on the users part rather than malfunction by the manufacturer, hence Apple is not responsible.
For people who get it replaced by Apple: how do you or Apple find out that the battery level is low enough for a free replacement? If the battery level was low enough for a replacement, how did you get Apple to replace it for free?
On the chance that I'm not able to replace it for free, can I use my old iPod touch to get a discount on iPhones?

And what was the outcome of the test? Fast battery drain could be the result of a number of issues besides diminshed battery capacity. The test on the Apple site makes no mention of putting the device in Airplane mode, turning off push, notifications, locations services, etc. It just says to quit open applications. Does that also mean removing them from the "multitasking bar"?I'm not sure this test, as described, really gives an accurate assessment of battery health.

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What is wrong with the ipod touch 4th gen battery?

I have an 8gb 4th gen ipod touch that I purchased in December 2011. I charged it completely last night after doing a full reset, and by morning the battery was only at half charge. I've turned off all unnecessary services, no apps were running, no music/video play, just in sleep mode. Still the battery drained down at least 50%.
Is anyone else experiencing these problems? Have you found a way to extend the battery charge?

Try this:
iPod: How to extend battery life
You did not say if the iPod was in airplane mode. That helps a lot. With iOD 5, the battery does drain faster than before.

Issue with syncing iPod touch with new laptop

Hi, I am asking on behalf of my brother (who is very frustrated) about why his windows laptop is not syncing properly with his iPod touch 4th gen. He claims to have authorized the machine with his iTunes account but every time he syncs the iPod with the laptop, it demands that he delete all of his music and resync it. So he does as it asks and when he plugs it in again later, iTunes wants him to delete everything. He does have his device authorized with a few other computers. Could he solve his problem by deauthorizing them since he never plans to use them again? Thanks for any and all help.

To not lose anything do the following:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities
The computer has to be authorized for his iTunes account. Since you can on have five computer authorized, he should deauthorize any unnecessary computer.
iTunes Store: About authorization and deauthorization

Ipod Touch 3rd generation battery life

I couldn't find an answer to support this question, so I'm putting up a new post. I recently got the new ipod touch 3rd generation (32gb) a few weeks ago. I got the customization so it shipped directly from China. I seem to be having a problem with horrendous battery life and I don't know if it is a bad one or not. I have the BT always turned off and wi-fi most of the time, but I find that my battery drains from fully charged very quickly, especially if I access wifi. My ipod can drop 50% battery life in 20-30 minutes just "surfing" for apps or accessing a safari link from, for example, the kindle app or nytimes app. I am aware that some apps use more power than others, but I'm finding this life thing horrendous. I have the screen set pretty dim, only use the email function "on access" (no 'push' enabled), no auto-sync for nytimes, etc. I don't know what to do as this was as customized engraving iPod and I feel like everyone I know has fine battery life. Any help much appreciated. We have an Apple Store here in town but can they check it out for me? It has the 3.1.2 version software. Thanks!

You can check out this thread for possibly useful info.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2474499&tstart=90

Problems with Sync iPod Touch with MS Outlook 2007 Calendar

I've seen oodles of complaints in this area, I'm thinking Apple isn't ready for prime time with "Calendar"
I have a 10 year old palm pilot, that has been syncing a MS-outlook calendar for work, and one from home, and it allows me to have a PDA with an accurate calendar. The work computer is typically newer (Windows 7, Outlook 2007), the home computer is typically older (XP, Outlook 2001). But changes between the two have happened over the years, and the Palm faithfully keeps on Syncing the two. I only want one calendar to see all my life's activities (work meetings, kid's dentist appointments, wife's sewing groups, going out with friends, etc.)
Did I mention my palm is 10 years old? I purchased an iPod Touch last week, and I knew in advance it would force me to install iTunes (so both are new).
While the ipod touch has wonderful things on it (I've jumped 10 years in technology), I need a mobile PDA with an "accurate" calendar. Note the word Accurate.
After Syncing, I see some recurring entries on time, some recurring entries out by an hour, some recurring entries that were deleted on my computer, still there in the ipod.
I've read that sometimes when you do a change (just to the content) of a recurring item, it can change the time of the calendar entry
I've read that there are known bugs in deleted recurring entries, still appearing.
While my Palm Pilot was not perfect, it handled those situations.
From ideas I've read, I've reset my backup in iTunes, I've emptied my outlook calendar, synced it empty to ipod, imported my outlook calendar back, and synced it to ipod forcing it to "overwrite", but problem entries still remains.
I've read some people say they no longer use recurring entries. Not an option for me. If I have a client for a year that wants to meet every Tuesday at 2:00 pm, but oh, I can't July 13, he can't October 19, how am I supposed to remember on those future dates, that the PDA while saying there is a meeting, there really isn't one?
How do I go about with the entries out by an hour. Show up for every meeting one hour early, in case my PDA is wrong. Not acceptable.
I've played with both date settings on the ipod (one is the ipod date, one is the calendar date). And both settings on my computer (calendar time zone and computer time zone). My computer has a DST switch, ipod does not. I'm really begining to hate DST both on the impact it has for a human body to switch, but also all the crap it causes in a more and more and more technologically connected world. But I have to rely on a city selection choice, that ipod knows if it goes with DST or not??? I don't really trust Apple on that one, sorry, it seems they've not latched on to the concept of time correctly. So I don't trust their DST on or off decisions, that I can't tell if they've done or not. I can't find any GMT time zones, I can find UTC, but no number is beside it (I want to choose my offset number of the time zone I'm in).
While I like many kewl Apps the ipod touch has, the bottom line is, I need a PDA with a calendar. And I need a calendar that is accurate. And I don't want to enter 48 entries manaully in outlook 2007, when I can enter 52 with just one recurring effort, and delete 2 that don't work on a specific future day.
I don't want to arrive an hour early for a meeting, cause I can't trust if calendar entry is correct or out by an hour.
How can I tell if DST is on or off on the iPod (I do business monthly in an area that does not do DST). Playing around with time settings in my iPod to try to get most calendar items accurate with their time, but after a sync, it changes my time zone on the iPod to Phoenix. And I normally have it set to Calgary. I know Calgary is MST (with DST), but what is Phoenix? Why should I have to look up what time zone they are in, or do they do DST? Why does my ipod time zone change after a Sync!!!
I'm a small business owner, but if Apple is not ready for Prime time, someone please tell me. I have a 10 year old son who wants my new ipod toy, and I'm starting to feel it is only that, a toy, not yet ready for business.
Thank you for reading thus far

I can't understand this question, can you clarify?
By 'put a CD into itunes' did you mean you were viewing a CD in itunes or you had imported the tracks from the CD into your itunes library?
On what screen were you seeing 'no sync high lighted' and what does that mean?
Do you sync your entire library automatically with your ipod, do you need to select tracks to be automatically synced, or you manually manage your ipod's library?

Problems with syncing iPod touch with gtkpod, rhythmbox, banshee

I have an iPod Touch 3rd Gen. And I mount it with iFuse to ~/iPod.
gtkpod works and it does detect my iPod and most things seem to be working until I actually try doing things to the iPod. I tried deleting songs or adding new ones but gtkpod just outright quits. Can't figure out how to fix that.
So I tried others like rhythmbox and banshee and they don't even recognize my iPod.
I looked around and people say Clementine recognizes iPod even without iFuse. Tried it, doesn't recognize with or without iFuse.
I believe I installed all the necessary libraries such as libgpod or libimobiledevice and usbmuxd and etc.
I have iOS 5.1 on my iPod so I don't think it's the iPod's problem.
I just need a way to sync music to my iPod I don't really care what program I use anymore.
Thanks.
Last edited by Unsinkable (2013-11-11 18:53:35)

The only way for me to solve the problem was to install gvfs. Which isn't quite what I wanted. I just wanted to use iFuse and gtkpod, but I don't have a solution except installing gvfs which mounts the iPod for me and clementine starts recognizing it and I assume Rhythmbox and Banshee...etc will start working too. However, even though the programs recognize my iPod when i try to edit the songs in my iPod it won't let me. Clementine gave me an error and Rhythmbox just outright quits like gtkpod. Gtkpod's problem is still there. Tried deleting songs and when i saved changes it quits.
Thanks for the help
Last edited by Unsinkable (2013-11-11 18:59:55)

If You Broke Your Ipod And Replaced It With A New One Can They Transfer All Of Your Old Apps Music And Other Things To Your New Ipod Touch And Also Can You Replace Your Ipod Touch With Another Ipod Touch With More GB(GigaBytes)

I Have An Ipod Touch 4G That Is 8GB(Gigabytes) And U Was Jus Wandering About These Two Questions 4 So Long Do I Posted A Question

You can buy whatever ipod you want.
Damage is not covered by warranty so they will not replace it under warranty.
All of your music/apps should be in itunes on your computer and included in your regular backup of your computer.
Just sync it to the new ipod.

Overheating ipod touch 4g and battery life problem

my ipod touch start to overheat when i use app such as camera, madpad, other 3d games, and also when i use apps that requires sounds...
and also the battery life of my ipod touch drains really fast.. i have my ipod touch more than a month and the first few weeks its ok.. but after a month it starts to heat up... i usually play games in 2d in 5hrs but now i can barely play for about 3 hrs or below and when i play 3d games i usually play for about 3hrs or more but now 2hrs or below with no sounds.. i thought IOS 5 could fix it but it didn't.. does anyone have the same problem?? do you think apple could repair it or replace it with a new one????

it is possible that the idevice came a little hot when you use it
its like a computer more you rush it more it become hot
for your batterie it depend on how you use your device and how you charge it by example:
do you whate until your batt is empty beffor chaging it or you charging it any time you add a chance
because if you dont drain all the batt beffor charging it, it affect te life durration and te number of time bettwen each charge
and your device setting can also affect your charge duration like:
1. device brightnes.. at max
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Why does my ipod touch 4th gen battery life drain so quick

I've had my iPod touch for a few years now, but recently The battery life drains very fast, even if I go on one app it goes down half way after charging it full, I don't know why? My iPod will last me 30-1hour, is there a way of fixing this? :-)

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem that indicates a hardware problem. Likely a bad battery.
Apple will exchange your iPod for a refurbished one with a new batter for $79. They do not fix yours.
Apple - iPod Repair price
A third-party place like the following isless. 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 replacment for about $10
iPod Touch Repair – iFixit

My new Ipod Touch 3 G Battery life

Hello, I just received my brand new ipod touch 3G 32g, but I'm not impressed about the battery life (maximum 5hrs of music, maybe 2hrs of internet) and I won't try movie.
I saw some issues about the iphone OS 3.1 but only on iphone. Some of you have the same issues on your ipod touch? I wonder if I have to send it back for a replacement....
Thanks
Maxence

yeah wifi does take up a lot of battery. most people recommend switching it off when not in use, but i find it's more like a phone looking for a signal - i.e. if it can find the network, the battery isn't used up anywhere near as quickly as if it is constantly searching. USING wifi, as deggie says can quickly kill the battery (presumably it depends what you are doing). i regularly listen to a 3.5 hour radio show on the bbc iplayer, and on my old 1st Gen (haven't really tested it on my new 3rd gen), this pretty much drained the battery completely.
how about your brightness settings? you should always have that set as low as possible, having it high can be a battery drain.

IPod touch 4th Generation Battery Life Is Too Short!

Ok whats going on is that after 10 to ll hours the battery is at 20%. I dont even use my iPod that MUCH thats right not that often. Only time I use it is to sometimes play a game for like 10 to 20 minutes at most. Maybe watch a video or two maybe three and listen to music. But I've notice that I dont use it much but the battery drains quickly and I just got it in late August (2012). I even set the brightnest to the lowest to give me maxium battery life nope that doesnt help too much just gives me an extra hour at most. Another thing I turn off my notifications so the screen doesnt keep turning on and off. I do the double tap home button to close the apps that resume after I left the app. All sounds are silent what else could I possibly do to save battery life turn it off completely. I'm charging this thing every night for crying out LOUD!!!

That's not a problem. Apple will fulfill the warranty no matter where it was purchased. Enter your serial number here to check if you are still covered: https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do

Problem with using ipod touch with appblaster

I bought my son an appblaster and when the ipod is inserted the background does not move and the screen does not respond. When another ipod is used it works fine. Could this be due to it being cracked when dropped previously?

What model iPod is it? The description says it needs a 4G iPod. That is the one with the camera.

My ipod touch 4th gen battery only lasts for 3 hours with wifi and brightness fully down

My ipod touch 4th gen battery life if asful only lasts a maxium of 3 hours with wifi turned off and brightness fully down any suggestions?

You can try restoring the iPod. However, it could be that the battery is going bad.
Apple will exchange your iPod for a refurbished onewith a new battery for $79. They do not fix yours.
Apple - iPod Repair price
A third-party place like the followingwill rplace it 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 purchace a replacement battery for about $10
iPod Touch Repair – iFixit

Why my ipod touch 4 gen battery last less than a minute

hi i have a problem with my ipod touch 4 gen battery. one mothn ago my girlfriend drop my ipod toch and it broke the screen but i can still use it. the only problem is now battery runs out in less than a 1 minute . does that means i have to replace the battery ? it charge and is say fully charge but it wont lass more than a minute on can someone tell me whats going on please .. thank you..

You iPod is broken. It appears it is more than the screen and maybe more than the battery.
Apple will exchange your iPod for a refurbished one for $199 for a 64 GB on and $99 for the others. They do not fix yours.
Apple - iPod Repair price
A third-party place like the following maybe less. Google for more.
iPhone Repair, Service & Parts: iPod Touch, iPad, MacBook Pro Screens
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iPod Touch Repair – iFixit

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