iPod touch Anyone tried iOS 12with IPT 6G?!

I'm on 12.0.1 and battery is still excellent at 14 hours offline playback and 10 hours with WiFi apple music streaming.
 
Nope, lol. Mine is still horrible but I think it’s because my screen is lifting up a bit too. I pretty much take it off the charger and it’s at 20% and randomly dies. So I’m now using my back up iPhone 7 as one instead.
 
Nope it didn't for me, still need to charge it every morning even if i don't use it. They thing is more useful being permanently connected to my stereo via USB cable.
 
ApplePersonFreak said:
Nope, lol. Mine is still horrible but I think it’s because my screen is lifting up a bit too. I pretty much take it off the charger and it’s at 20% and randomly dies. So I’m now using my back up iPhone 7 as one instead.
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This device was never really fit for purpose. If it had been a bigger seller, then the woeful battery life and limiting workarounds inflicted on users would probably have resulted in a class action suit.

(mine is semi-permanently tethered too... and standby times are poor even when not in use).
 
I guess that means it will have no impact on the IPT 6's battery life! 😎

What about iOS 12? I'm on 11 and WiFi still drains the battery like water flowing down a drain.
 
Running iOS 12 on mine. Battery life is great but I use it as an iPod only. No email, games, internet, background services, push notifications, auto-updates etc.

It's hard to turn all that stuff off but your battery will be grateful that you did.
 
iOS 13 isn't supported anymore on the 6th gen due to lack of RAM but iOS 12 on the 6th gen must be better than iOS 11.
 
"must be better"?! 🙂

We all have often found that the *last* supported OS on a device is the *worst* one for that device!

From earlier responses in this thread, that seems to be the case with iOS12 and the IPT 6G. Alas, it simply could never handle Wi-Fi very well!
 
Saturn007 said:
"must be better"?! 🙂

We all have often found that the *last* supported OS on a device is the *worst* one for that device!

From earlier responses in this thread, that seems to be the case with iOS12 and the IPT 6G. Alas, it simply could never handle Wi-Fi very well!
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I wrote that because iOS 12 improved iOS 11 by a lot, iOS 12 is often seen as iOS 11 perfected. It improved the performance a lot, iOS 11 also wasn't that stable at the beginning. But generally i agree with you, the last version for a device is often the worst, yes.
 
Saturn007 said:
We all have often found that the *last* supported OS on a device is the *worst* one for that device!
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Speak for yourself.

In 33+ years of dealing with Apple devices, I have never known that to be true.

Often, a later version of the last OS will be released after the current. This is true with the iPod T6, BTW. iOS 12.3 and 12.4 were released specifically for devices that don't support iOS 13 — after 13 was released.

If not running iOS 12.4, you don't have the current version.
 
mikehalloran said:
iOS 12.3 and 12.4 were released specifically for devices that don't support iOS 13 — after 13 was released.
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That is wrong. The last version of iOS 12 for all devices (including those capable of supporting iOS 13) was iOS 12.4.1.

The versions you meant were 12.4.2, 12.4.3, and 12.4.4. Those were not available to devices capable of supporting iOS 13, but iOS 12.3 and iOS 12.4 / 12.4.1 were.
 
Elitegate said:
That is wrong. The last version of iOS 12 for all devices (including those capable of supporting iOS 13) was iOS 12.4.1.
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Nope. The versions I meant were the ones I posted. Would you like the release dates? I could look them up. There have been incremental upgrades since.

My iPod Touch 6 is running iOS 12.4.4. Here's the screen shot.
Screen Shot 2020-01-24 at 11.10.26 AM.png
 
mikehalloran said:
Nope. The versions I meant were the ones I posted. Would you like the release dates? I could look them up. There have been incremental upgrades since.

My iPod Touch 6 is running iOS 12.4.4. Here's the screen shot.
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Yes, i know. The 6th gen iPod touch can't get iOS 13, so it's latest is 12.4.4. For the current 7th gen iPod touch the last version of iOS 12 was 12.4.1. That's what i meant.

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mikehalloran said:
Ok. Since the thread is about the Touch 6...

Really, the 7 doesn't support iOS 13? I haven't paid attention.
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What? No. The current, 7th gen does support iOS 13. The 6th gen doesn't.

The 6th gen is from July 2015 and was sold until April 2019, and then it got replaced with the 7th gen. Basically the same device, the 7th gen just has the A10 chip + more RAM and a 256 GB storage option.
 
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