iPod Battery: The Definitive Word - Page 3 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

Alexhifi · 02-19-2005, 02:34 AM

Q: Apple only released their battery replacement service because of all the bad publicity from iPod's Dirty Secret.

A: While often claimed, this couldn't be further from the truth. Apple released the battery replacement program November 14, 2003. ipodsdirtysecret.com was only registered on November 20, 2003, and started being heavily publicized on November 21, 2003. Additionally, Apple had been planning the AppleCare programs for months - these types of service programs don't just happen overnight - before Casey Neistat even had his first contact with Apple. The video campaign had nothing to do with Apple's rollout of the battery replacement program. Further reading.

Pulled from http://www.ipodbatteryfaq.com/#18

-Alex

st5150 · 03-29-2005, 11:48 PM

After over 15 months, it is very much time to unsticky this post and let it DIE

Can I get a yay or nay from the crowd on this motion?

emphatic · 03-30-2005, 10:43 PM

yea! no need to fan the flames..

st5150 · 04-28-2005, 11:17 PM

After having a polls open for one month, I can say "VOTER TURN OUT IS LOW!"

bugsjr · 05-05-2005, 02:31 AM

I have a question, I have an Ipod mini and I was getting good battery life while using just a direct earphone to source system. I just added a CMoy to the mix and now I am finding that my Ipod drains really fast, in fact it seems to be draining at an alarming rate of 1 to 2 hours, sometimes less. Is this due to the amp putting a drain on the Ipod, if so, what can I do to aleviate this? Or do you think that my pod's battery is done, its only 2 months old.

st5150 · 05-25-2005, 04:13 AM

Originally Posted by bugsjr

I have a question, I have an Ipod mini and I was getting good battery life while using just a direct earphone to source system. I just added a CMoy to the mix and now I am finding that my Ipod drains really fast, in fact it seems to be draining at an alarming rate of 1 to 2 hours, sometimes less. Is this due to the amp putting a drain on the Ipod, if so, what can I do to aleviate this? Or do you think that my pod's battery is done, its only 2 months old.

Should be easy to figure out..... use your ipod w/o the cmoy and see what kind of battery life you get. If your CMoy is built and working right, it will put virtually no load on the ipod and actually result in a tad better battery life..... with that said, even if your headphone out is shorted, you should see more than 1-2 hours battery life. Sounds like you need a new mini.

bugsjr · 06-05-2005, 11:04 PM

yep, thats exactly what I did, still got less then 2 hours of battery life on a full charge, so I took it back to Apple for a battery check, wahla, brand new mini!

ken36 · 08-15-2005, 06:57 PM

Thanks. This is a load off my mind.

BodiesOfLight · 09-13-2005, 10:00 PM

So it better to recharge your iPod in small charges rather than let it drain almost all the way then recharge it?

markkr · 10-07-2005, 09:31 PM

I just replaced the battery in my 3G. Bought the battery from HERE. Very easy to replace and a nice increase in battery life too.