Yep, agree with everything you said and what you're intending to do. On 26/10/12 10:21, Richard Turner wrote: > 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 <chalt...@gmail.com> 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" <richard.turne...@gmail.com> >>> To: "ViPone list" <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>> 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/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. >> >> >
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