iPod touch Fed up with the 4G's battery

[NT1440]

It is related because there can be programs running in the background that could be battery drainers. Shutting these down can save battery.

No need to be condescending.

Very few of those apps are actually running, none in fact if they aren't VOIP or media streaming related. Others get to do what is called "task completion" so they run until something is finished. Everything else is in a dormant state, no battery effect whatsoever.

 

[darrellishere]

My mums iphone has this problem! Will have to go to the apple store soon as the 90% drain over night is a fault! Forget disabling this and that! Get a new battery!

 

[Winter Charm]

That's the jist of it.

Apple is known for tightly integrating how hardware and software works together to give the user a good experience.

In this instance, I think the software and hardware aren't quite on the same page.

A user shouldn't have to actively disable functions like wi-fi, or put the device into a lockdown mode just to keep it from depleting the battery while on standby.

Granted, iOS 4 does a lot more background processing, but iOS 3 didn't have issues with standby time, even with wi-fi and other features left on overnight.

The way iOS 4 upgrades also affect some older devices in the same manner suggests that either intentionally, or unintentionally, a change in the software is the culprit that Apple has yet to address.

Apple either needs to fix the software, or upgrade the hardware to restore parity, and give the user the same level of experience that prior devices offered.

One thing I noticed about iOS 3 is that even if you had Wifi turned on, the iPod would disconnect your wireless and turn it off when in sleep. Unfortunately, with iOS 4, that has to be done manually Someone needs to petition apple and get something done about this.

It was noticeable with iOS 3 devices because when you clicked to turn on the screen and the "slide to unlock" showed up, it would take a second or two for the Wifi icon to come up.

 

[tablo13]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/532.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Mobile/8B118 Safari/6531.22.7)

Yeah, I think you should get a replacement, sounds extreme. Mine is jailbroken (w winterboard and many jb apps), have mail fetch on 1 hour, push notifications, and I watched videos on YouTube, played angry birds, and it's on 19% right now, so it lasted over 11 hours since I unplugged it from being charged overnight on 8am. But I do see the wifi signal strength appearing after few seconds when I leave it on sleep for long. (iOS 4.1) Maybe try draining the battery and charging it for the first time when you get the replacement.

 

[Drucifer]

One thing I noticed about iOS 3 is that even if you had Wifi turned on, the iPod would disconnect your wireless and turn it off when in sleep. Unfortunately, with iOS 4, that has to be done manually Someone needs to petition apple and get something done about this.

It was noticeable with iOS 3 devices because when you clicked to turn on the screen and the "slide to unlock" showed up, it would take a second or two for the Wifi icon to come up.

This is true. I'm guessing there must be a reason for it though, I'm guessing before if the WiFi turned off when you put the device in sleep then you wouldn't receive any notifications or calls. With Apple leaving it on when you put the device in sleep this means you can still receive Face Time calls.

Just a thought but I could be wrong. Either way I think the only option at the time is to just turn WiFi off while you sleep or use Airplane mode when you sleep.

 

[thunderboltspro]

I have had my iPod Touch 4G since Christmas, and it has been plagued with bad battery problems ever since I first used it. Especially overnight, it will almost always lose 50-70% of its battery.

I have read almost every thread about battery problems, and I have tried everything. I manually close every app after use, I don't play games, I don't use Facetime, I don't have Fetch on, screen brightness is only about 60%, etc.

I took two screenshots from last night and this morning, where after unplugging from a full charge I left it on the table overnight (8h) with no apps open, and when I woke up it had lost at least 50% of its charge. I had the same problem with two iPhone 4's last year before I returned them - it can't be that I'm getting lemons every time.

The only thing I leave on is Push and Wifi, which people tell me to turn off to improve the battery life. This is ridiculous. I bought the iPod to have instant access to my e-mails, not to turn all its functions off (which I almost already have). In any case, receiving ONE e-mail in the span of 8 hours cannot explain how it can lose 50% of its charge overnight. I don't know what else I can try, I am getting fed up with Apple portable devices.

Back up and do a system restore, that shouldn't be doing that as i have wireless on all night and its been lasting for daysssss on my 3 gen.

 

[SpiritJb]

/facepalm... People are ignoring the actual solution.

 

[pepi]

I left my iPod at work last Friday. I just went into work today and picked it up. Battery was still 1/2 up where it was on Friday. Airplane mode was on.

 

[SpiritJb]

I left my iPod at work last Friday. I just went into work today and picked it up. Battery was still 1/2 up where it was on Friday. Airplane mode was on.

Its because the battery drain is based on persistent wifi and the notification system using this feature.

/Note to self: stop responding to this post. People obviously fail to read the solution.