Comments on: iPod battery replacement hell http://www.bioneural.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bioneural.net%2F2004%2F10%2F27%2Fipod-battery-replacement-hell%2F%23comment-&seed_title=iPod+battery+replacement+hell bioneural.net is for stuff worth sharing: commentary by Bruce McKenzie. Major topics covered are gadgets, informatics, Internet, Mac, mobile, musings, New Zealand, photography, Project Koru, quicklinks, rant, rave, travel and Windows Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:19:56 +0000 By: Bruce http://www.bioneural.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bioneural.net%2F2004%2F10%2F27%2Fipod-battery-replacement-hell%2F%23comment-76505&seed_title=iPod+battery+replacement+hell#comment-76505 Bruce Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:31:11 +0000 http://www.bioneural.net/2004/10/27/ipod-battery-replacement-hell/#comment-76505 Hope the venting helped LJL? Sounds like the battery may be good but something else (hardware or software) is causing it not to charge; that may have been my issue too. Maybe you can leave yours connected to an in-car charger and still get use out of it on the road. Or, backup to it and use it like a portable drive. Hope the venting helped LJL? Sounds like the battery may be good but something else (hardware or software) is causing it not to charge; that may have been my issue too. Maybe you can leave yours connected to an in-car charger and still get use out of it on the road. Or, backup to it and use it like a portable drive.

]]> By: LJL http://www.bioneural.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bioneural.net%2F2004%2F10%2F27%2Fipod-battery-replacement-hell%2F%23comment-76504&seed_title=iPod+battery+replacement+hell#comment-76504 LJL Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:11:37 +0000 http://www.bioneural.net/2004/10/27/ipod-battery-replacement-hell/#comment-76504 Just Venting. Wondered if anyone else had this problem. I had a similar problem with my 5th gen video ipod. It got down to a 45 minute maximum playing time, then just wouldn't turn on at all for anything. So I figured it was the battery, ordered a replacement ($30), and changed it myself thanks to the help of some video tutorials (wasn't so bad, really). It gave all the right signs, lit up, charged for 4 hours, and the stopped playing after a few minutes. I charged it more--over night--but nothing is helping. A few seconds after I take it off a charger--wall or car--it shuts down, and won't start up again. I couldn't restore it because it would sometimes not even turn on when connected to the USB cable, or would just say 'low battery' (grey and black screen instead of the normal color screen) and not have even juice to even be recognized by iTunes. I had to disconnect it from the wall charger and move it to the USB INSTANTLY, and it would only stay on for about 10 seconds, if that. I restored it, and it hasn't helped. Thanks a bunch, Apple, for the planned obsolescence. The Apple store here doesn't even offer battery replacement as an OPTION. They want you to recycle yours for 10% off a new one (great, 25 bucks on a 300 dollar ipod), or buy a refurbished one for $130 that is only guaranteed for 90 days. $130 ?!? That's robbery! Just Venting.

Wondered if anyone else had this problem.

I had a similar problem with my 5th gen video ipod. It got down to a 45 minute maximum playing time, then just wouldn't turn on at all for anything. So I figured it was the battery, ordered a replacement ($30), and changed it myself thanks to the help of some video tutorials (wasn't so bad, really).

It gave all the right signs, lit up, charged for 4 hours, and the stopped playing after a few minutes. I charged it more--over night--but nothing is helping. A few seconds after I take it off a charger--wall or car--it shuts down, and won't start up again. I couldn't restore it because it would sometimes not even turn on when connected to the USB cable, or would just say 'low battery' (grey and black screen instead of the normal color screen) and not have even juice to even be recognized by iTunes.

I had to disconnect it from the wall charger and move it to the USB INSTANTLY, and it would only stay on for about 10 seconds, if that. I restored it, and it hasn't helped.

Thanks a bunch, Apple, for the planned obsolescence. The Apple store here doesn't even offer battery replacement as an OPTION. They want you to recycle yours for 10% off a new one (great, 25 bucks on a 300 dollar ipod), or buy a refurbished one for $130 that is only guaranteed for 90 days. $130 ?!? That's robbery!

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