I realize your message was very wellintended, but I think you missed a step. As far as it will run down is 12 percent. twice now, I havelet it run to the point where it shuts itself off, which it thinks is as far as it can run down; twice I have brought it back to a full charge. If the battery was going to recalibrate, I think it would have done so.
Hence, I think there is a hardware problem and I am going to take steps to get a replacement as soon as I can. Thanks for everyones feedback on this. Richard Sent from my iPod On Oct 26, 2012, at 8:11 AM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: > Lithium ion batteries also can't reach a zero charge without causing > permanent damage to the battery, so the electronics built into them will > shut them down before they reach an absolute zero charge. I'd assume the > meter would take this into account though. Have you tried recalibrating > the battery? I haven't done this on my iPhone, but I did it recently on > my netbook, which was automatically shutting down when the battery > indicator was still saying I had about 30% charge left. After > recalibrating, it's acting normally, although I haven't actually seen > how far I can take the battery charge down before it shuts off, it is > letting me know I have significant less charge in this old battery now > than it did before I recalibrate. To recalibrate, just let the battery > go down as far as it can and then plug it in and let it charge all the > way up. I've seen people say you nay need to do this 2 or 3 times, but > I've never done it more than once myself. > > On 26/10/12 02:53, Rob Harris wrote: >> I know it is meant to auto-shutdown when power is low; but yes, I've had an >> old iPhone go as low as 7%, I put it on charge then, never left one long >> enough to see how low it would go. But it needs to retain some charge to >> hold settings, though it doesn't need a lot, it has to make a decision at >> some point. >> >> Be interested to see how this pans out. >> >> R! >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Richard Turner" <[email protected]> >> To: "ViPone list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 2:09 AM >> 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 > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > -- > 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/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
