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nickk2006
Jul 12, 2009, 07:49 PM
I know there's a way to do this by tampering with the firewire cable, but is there any other hack to do this?


TEG
Jul 12, 2009, 07:53 PM
No, it is a pointless thing to do.

TEG
nickk2006
Jul 12, 2009, 07:56 PM
No it's not.
I want to conect to iTunes to sync music, but not charge cause by charging when the battery is not fully drain you're ruining your battery.
DanielNTX
Jul 12, 2009, 08:38 PM
The effect is negligible to the life of the product. It uses a lithium-ion polymer battery and not NiCd or NiMH.
ayzee
Jul 12, 2009, 08:44 PM
Plug the cable into a USB hub, and not directly to the USB ports. It wont charge this way.
slu
Jul 12, 2009, 09:04 PM
No it's not.
I want to conect to iTunes to sync music, but not charge cause by charging when the battery is not fully drain you're ruining your battery.

This is not accurate. In fact the opposite is true. While you should occasionally discharge the battery completely, you are better off not doing a full discharge every time.

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm

But if you use a non-powered USB hub, this may work.
kwk1
Jul 14, 2009, 08:23 AM
For the amount of time it takes to sync the ipod, it's not going to be charging all that long anyway.