iPod mini batteries
iPod mini batteries
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#0iPod mini batteries
Posted: 1/12/05 at 9:40amMine only gets about five and a half hours of charge- is this normal? It's advertised as being eight but I've heard from a couple of other people that their batteries don't work well either and I'm curious to know if iPods usually live up to the standard.
#1re: iPod mini batteries
Posted: 1/12/05 at 10:28am
If you use the backlight, it take up a huge portion of your battery.
I can't help you past that.....
camerangel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/04
#2re: iPod mini batteries
Posted: 1/12/05 at 11:07am
Mines supposed to be good for upto 12, it varies though on how long it actually works.. From what I understand after a while the batteries start to loose their ability to hold a charge, then you have to send them in to have it replaced..
"Someday I'm going to have a baby and I'm gonna name her L'il Mimi Marquez and I and will sing to her every day and when she's a toddler I will say "L'il Mimi Marquez, clad only in a bubble diaper, will perform her famous play pen handcuff dance to the sounds of breast milk being pumped!" ~Kringas
chasing_rainbows43
Broadway Star Joined: 5/11/03
#3re: iPod mini batteries
Posted: 1/12/05 at 1:47pmMine has lasted 6.5 hours with continuous usage (flight from NYC to San Francisco). Otherwise it lasts me about 3 days (around 2 hours of commuting each day, so 6 hours again).
#4re: iPod mini batteries
Posted: 1/12/05 at 1:59pmMine is also pretty weak, though part of my problem is that I often use it in short spurts (i.e. a fifteen minute drive).
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#5re: iPod mini batteries
Posted: 1/12/05 at 2:03pmMine does it too! I thought I was the only one cause this didn't happen to anyone else I talked to. Maybe it's the backlight thing.
camerangel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/04
#6re: iPod mini batteries
Posted: 1/12/05 at 2:13pmI dont use my backlight.. It helps a lot..
"Someday I'm going to have a baby and I'm gonna name her L'il Mimi Marquez and I and will sing to her every day and when she's a toddler I will say "L'il Mimi Marquez, clad only in a bubble diaper, will perform her famous play pen handcuff dance to the sounds of breast milk being pumped!" ~Kringas
#7re: iPod mini batteries
Posted: 1/12/05 at 2:17pmIhad a small problem with mine a few months back, and the first thing the guys at the "Genius Bar" told me was to turn the backlight off.
judy_in_disguise
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/31/04
#8re: iPod mini batteries
Posted: 1/12/05 at 2:19pmmy regular iPod only lasts me for about 4 hours.
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#9re: iPod mini batteries
Posted: 1/12/05 at 2:43pm
Yikes, Judy.
I don't use the backlight and 5.5 seems pretty bad... hopefully the folks at Apple will give me a new battery, it's still under warrenty.
Updated On: 1/12/05 at 02:43 PM
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#10re: iPod mini batteries
Posted: 1/12/05 at 2:51pmWOW Judy, that's insane. I have a regular iPod and commuting I can get a few days out of it... it's 2 1/2 hours of commuting each day, walking around NYC with it on for at least an hour a day and then sometimes using it at home also. I pretty much get 10 hours out of it, but I use 'skip' a lot to search through my songs, which like the backlight, eats up your battery's charge.
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insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#11re: iPod mini batteries
Posted: 1/12/05 at 2:53pm
Has anyone tried to squeeze a replacement out of the manufacturers or do they just not do that?
Didn't know that about skipping, CJR. Thanks.
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