VarLordahl
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Ok guys, this isn't the standard 3G Ipod battery sob-story thread.
I have a 4G 40GB Ipod that I bought literally at 9:02 a.m. the morning they released them last year (I mention this because it is an absolute version 1.0000000 of the 4G hardware).
I listen to rouhgly 8 hours of music per day, so the battery gets recharged from empty to full probably 6 times per week. About 97% of the time, I wait until the battery is completely charged to disconnect the ipod from the power source.
Well, originally, I was getting 10 - 12 hours of battery life - a great statistic for my type of usage (high volume, skipping songs frequently).
Then, after about 6 or 7 months, I began noticing a drastic change in battery life. By the time this past June rolled around, I was down to about 6 hours of battery life on normal usage.
So I ordered a new battery from NewerTec - it was a 750MAH extended life 4G ipod battery that *should* have provided rouhgly 15 hours of battery life.
I installed it, and the ipod did not function at all. Totally dead. I thought I friend my pod, and I was about to buy a 4g 60gb Ipod photo, when I reinstalled the original battery for kicks, and it worked fine.
So I returned the newertech battery for a replacement. I installed the replacement. Initially i got over 12 hours of usage out of it. Then I went for a 1 month trip to Europe. In doing so, I was charging it frequently with a voltage adapter. By the end of the trip (probably 25 rechargings total on teh 2nd NewerTech battery) I was down again to 5 hours of battery life.
So NewerTech was nice enough to exchange the battery again. Last night I installed my third newertech battery, and now I only get about 7 hours of battery life.
WTF???
Is it possible my battery meter is broken? My EQ is off, my backlight is off, I listed to almost exclusively play lists, etc...
Newertech batteries have an EXCELLENT track records - they have sold millions of them and even the guy ont eh phone said they receive very few returns, much less 2 returns from the same person.
What is going on? AHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhh!!!?
I have a 4G 40GB Ipod that I bought literally at 9:02 a.m. the morning they released them last year (I mention this because it is an absolute version 1.0000000 of the 4G hardware).
I listen to rouhgly 8 hours of music per day, so the battery gets recharged from empty to full probably 6 times per week. About 97% of the time, I wait until the battery is completely charged to disconnect the ipod from the power source.
Well, originally, I was getting 10 - 12 hours of battery life - a great statistic for my type of usage (high volume, skipping songs frequently).
Then, after about 6 or 7 months, I began noticing a drastic change in battery life. By the time this past June rolled around, I was down to about 6 hours of battery life on normal usage.
So I ordered a new battery from NewerTec - it was a 750MAH extended life 4G ipod battery that *should* have provided rouhgly 15 hours of battery life.
I installed it, and the ipod did not function at all. Totally dead. I thought I friend my pod, and I was about to buy a 4g 60gb Ipod photo, when I reinstalled the original battery for kicks, and it worked fine.
So I returned the newertech battery for a replacement. I installed the replacement. Initially i got over 12 hours of usage out of it. Then I went for a 1 month trip to Europe. In doing so, I was charging it frequently with a voltage adapter. By the end of the trip (probably 25 rechargings total on teh 2nd NewerTech battery) I was down again to 5 hours of battery life.
So NewerTech was nice enough to exchange the battery again. Last night I installed my third newertech battery, and now I only get about 7 hours of battery life.
WTF???
Is it possible my battery meter is broken? My EQ is off, my backlight is off, I listed to almost exclusively play lists, etc...
Newertech batteries have an EXCELLENT track records - they have sold millions of them and even the guy ont eh phone said they receive very few returns, much less 2 returns from the same person.
What is going on? AHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhh!!!?