I have the 5th gen and it's doing the same thing, Ill use it for 3-4 hours and it dies or ill set it down in airplane mode for half a day and it's at 10% battery. I got them to send me a new one.
On Thursday, October 25, 2012 10:41:03 PM UTC-4, Jim wrote: > > I have had older versions of the IPod touch do the same thing. I don't > know if that helps you any. I guess it really means you can't use the > last 12% of the battery and now that I think about it, I can > understand why that is not so good. > > On 10/25/12, Richard Turner <richard....@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > Hi Sieghard and David, > > > > The battery life is pretty good, but the odd part is that it acts as if > 12 > > percent is the lowest it can go. > > I plan to talk with them about getting a replacement, but you have to go > > through their hoops first. > > > > I just wanted to know if anyone else with the fifth generation touch are > > seeing anything like this. I hope it isn't a wide spread issue, just my > > unit, the more information I have from other 5th gen touch users, the > > better. > > > > Thanks, > > Richard > > > > > > Sent from my iPod > > > > On Oct 25, 2012, at 6:31 PM, Sieghard Weitzel > > <sieg...@live.ca<javascript:>> > wrote: > > > >> Hi Richard, > >> > >> I had the same problem when I bought my first iPod Touch which was a > >> third > >> Generation back in 2009. I did basically the same as you which is what > >> Apple > >> support wanted me to do. Then I phoned them back and told them it was > >> still > >> going through the battery like crazy and they asked me to send it back > and > >> I > >> received a new unit. I wouldn't fool around, just insist on getting a > new > >> one since you tried everything. > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> Sieghard > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: vip...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [mailto: > vip...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] On > >> Behalf > >> Of Richard Turner > >> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 6:09 PM > >> To: ViPone list > >> Subject: iPod Touch 5TH Generation battery issue > >> > >> I have had the iPod Touch 5TH Generation for 4 days now. > >> I charged it to a full charge and then used it for close to 7 hours > when > >> it > >> got to 12 percent, it shut itself down. > >> I spoke with Apple and they had me reset all settings. I brought it to > a > >> full charge again, and once again when it got to 12 percent battery > left, > >> it > >> shut itself down again. > >> I don't know if VO is misreporting the battery lifeor what. > >> Any other touch 5th Gen users having any similar experience? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Richard > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > >> Google > >> Group. > >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > >> To post to this group, send email to vip...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> viphone+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > >> Google Group. > >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > >> To post to this group, send email to vip...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> viphone+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > >> > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google > > Group. > > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > To post to this group, send email to vip...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > viphone+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
