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iPod touch Huge problem found on 2.0 firmware

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orpheusmyth

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May 10, 2008
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Does anyone have noticed that whenever you put your ipod touch into sleep mode, the battery drains lots but lots quicker than before? I think some app still keep running when the touch is in sleep mode. I've tested that over and over. And I still have tested the battery draining rate when in sleep mode, without have app running before.
 
ive noticed poor battery performance aswell, i was just on my way here to post about it when i found this thread.
 
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I disconnected mine from my Mac last night before I went to bed. Woke up this morning and the battery was less than 10%!!!! Checked the settings, turns out the Push email setting was turned on. I've turned it off since I don't have Push email needs to see if that was the culprit......
 
I was finally able to upgrade to 2.0 Saturday morning and I have not noticed any battery performance issues. I took it off the charge Sat. morning after I updated it and it has not been back on the charger since and I still have probably 80% left and have been playing with it quite a bit. And I never turn it off, just put it to sleep.


Jason
 
my battery life has been ok, but i've noticed my internet stop working constantly. very annoying. i have a feeling its got something to do with one of my apps, but not sure which yet.
 
one thing i notice was how bright the display was after the update, before the update i had the brightness set to just under 50% after the update i’ve now got the brightness at about 5 – 10%
 
This firmware update is the worst thing apple just made. I can't really understand how is it possible after so much time of developing, all those problems are messing up with our iPod Touch.
 
My brightness is bright too compared to 1.1.4, and the ambient light sensor no longer only works when you lock and unlock. I've noticed it changing mid-game. I think that could be another culprit, as it's taking more frequent readings. While I've been using apps a lot, it does seem to go down faster than it should.
 
x hArRiSoN413 said:
On mine it says the full compasity is 7.1GB of space im assuming it started with a full 8GB.
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well 8 gigs, formated, (every drive needs to be formatted) would bring it down to 7.7 or 7.4 or somehting...plus the o/s and system files is someting like 228 megs
so that sounds about right...formatting takes a chunk of the drive
the higher the capacity, the higher the formatting cost
 
I leave Push and Wi-Fi on while I sleep at night (I sleep for 10 hours) and when I wake in the morning, the battery has only diminished about 10-15%. Then, throughout the day, I use it with the Wi-Fi always on (except when I leave the house) and by the time I go to bed, the battery has about 40% remaining and I charge it (which I'm doing right now).

For those of you who are asking about the capacity of the iPod touch, mine is 8GB's but says 7.08GB's even tho it used to be 7.30GB's. This is because 2.0 is a bigger OS than 1.0 - 1.1.5. If there is a 3.0, it will most likely be even larger than 2.0.
 
x hArRiSoN413 said:
On mine it says the full compasity is 7.1GB of space im assuming it started with a full 8GB.
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Approximately 10% of a drive's size is taking up in formatting, skewing to a lower percentage as the drive gets bigger. A fresh iPhone 3g 8GB has 7.2GB of available space. With the drive formatting and the operating system 7.1GB is a normal amount to have free.
 
I've noticed that my battery has been draining a bit quicker but, not at an alarming rate, per se.
But, sure, I guess it's an issue that Apple should address in the next firmware update.
 
amphibious said:
Approximately 10% of a drive's size is taking up in formatting, skewing to a lower percentage as the drive gets bigger. A fresh iPhone 3g 8GB has 7.2GB of available space. With the drive formatting and the operating system 7.1GB is a normal amount to have free.
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What?

mekopolis said:
well 8 gigs, formated, (every drive needs to be formatted) would bring it down to 7.7 or 7.4 or somehting...plus the o/s and system files is someting like 228 megs
so that sounds about right...formatting takes a chunk of the drive
the higher the capacity, the higher the formatting cost
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No, it's not formatting that takes up space. It's a marketting gimmick. Read about it in wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte#Consumer_confusion

8GB = 7.45 *real* GB then minus the OS and you get down to just over 7GB. Everything is working as intended.

EDIT: Quote from wiki:

Wikipedia said:
An example, take a hard drive that can store exactly 250×109 or 250 billion bytes after formatting. Generally, operating systems calculate disk and file sizes using binary numbers, so this 250 GB drive would be reported as "232.83 GB". The result is that there is a significant discrepancy between what the consumer believes they have purchased and what their operating system says they have.
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Joshua.
 
x hArRiSoN413 said:
On mine it says the full compasity is 7.1GB of space im assuming it started with a full 8GB.
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The 8GB touch's full capacity (when taking the 1000/1024 formatting into account) was 7.27GB. After installing the 2.0 update this is reduced to 7.08GB (but the iPod's 'About' section rounds this up to 7.1GB).
 
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