As a music player/podcaster, I have no complaints. If wifi or screen is required to be always on, buy something else.
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iPod touch Why is my BRAND NEW iPod Touch 6G dying SO fast?
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Kinda defeats the object of the ipod touch though.
What i don't get is why Apple hasn't been sued in the States for this device performance-price, its a rip off still as expensive as the first day it was launched....
perhaps because almost nobody has one nowadays? sad.
perhaps because almost nobody has one nowadays? sad.
ios 12 out next week, can we expect a miracle regarding battery life for this device? I hope but i really doubt it.
Sadly, I had to sell my 6th Gen iPod Touch 128GB due to it’s horrible battery life. Found a used 4th Gen iPod Touch 64GB on iOS 4. Using it as a music player only, i’m happy.
It's unfortunate, but the battery life of the 6th gen iPod touch is definitely the worst of any Apple product I've owned. My ten-year-old iPhone 3G, which I still use every day, has easily double or triple the battery life and then some of the iPod. My previous iPod (a 5th gen) still today gives far better battery life than the 6th gen, despite being more than twice the age and having seen far more use. As others have said, I think the problem is you have (what was then) a current-generation chip being powered by a battery meant for the chip three generations prior to it, and it just can't cope.
Mine is on iOS 12 and same battery and performance as 11. However, I use it as a offline music player so I get 14 hours of music playback
My first post so please forgive me if I screw anything up.
I have had my 6th Gen iPod Touch for nearly 2 years and I agree with you that the problem seems to be with the metering (or gas guage). Mine would suddenly drop from over halfway on the bar to red (20% or less). When I plug it in to charge the screen pops up with an icon of a large battery. After seeing a sudden unexpected drop to red when I plug the Touch in the large battery icon pops up with green bar and a notation of anywhere from 40% to 60%. Then it would charge quickly..to 99%--that last 1% still takes a lot. However last week I had rare crash and needed to power cycle (is that the correct term?) my Touch. It had also just shown a sudden drop to a red power indication a few minutes prior to crashing (unrelated). When I repowered the Touch it was operating okay and, curiously, the power indication was back to white and showing about 50% (what I had before the sudden drop to red). The next time I noticed a sudden drop into the red I decided to try a "reboot" again. Sure enough it worked but it showed red on powerup so I ran a Battery app right away to get a percentage number. When the app started it showed the red but then very quickly went to green and about 50%. Note that the app never "cured" the red previously during normal (non-reboot) operation so it was not something the app did to the battery gas guage. It seems like a "reboot" causes the OS to re-inital the gas guage or something. However I have not tried this since and would like to get a few more tries before I call this a "fix" (a poor fix but a fix).
They did change the battery from the 5th to the 6th gen. The voltage is slightly higher but the mAH lower (but overall power is slightly more). I am wondering if the chemistry changed but the gas guage did not and the chemistry changed enough to cause poor readings.
Overs usage, I guess! That is simply a personal view.Hello!
I have just bought a brand new iPod touch 6th gen, 32GB, gold. To say I am pleased with it is an understatement; the difference in speed and camera between it and the 5th gen I have is HUUUGE. However, I am now on my 4th day of using it, and have found the battery to be disappointing, if we're doing understatements still:
"Background App Refresh" is completely OFF:
~ The battery lasts me, from 100%, 3-4 hours (mostly light iMessage & taking 30-100 photos per day.)
~ The LCD is on 100% for 45m-1hr when outside shooting photo, and then 60-70% when inside.
Additionally, the hiss reduction/noise reduction applied to Voice Memos and videos recorded using the inbuilt mic is extremely aggressively applied, and I can hear that horrible "warbling" or "shimmering" you hear when audio has been noise reduced - THIS DOES NOT exhibit itself when using EarPods with Remote & Mic as an audio source - the (IMHO, acceptable) slight background hiss is present, as it was on my 5th gen, and I would like to be in control of reducing the audio hiss, I do not like Apple doing this so aggressively
I have attached 2 audio samples taken simultaneously; one on the 5th and one on the 6th gen, internal mic, so you can CLEARLY hear the audio difference in Voice Memos. Thanks.
Any thoughts, my good people? Thank you
I just received an iphone SE and i started using it as an "ipod toch 7" last night. Battery life difference is night and day.
Pros:
1) Faster than an ipod touch 6 (A8 vs A9 processors).
2) Battery life is excelent now i can watch you tube videos much more time, i can wake up next morning and still have way more battery in my phone, no more red battery drainings.
3) Charging is faster but the battery is also brand new.
4) Sound is way better via headphones (iphone amp quality).
Cons:
1) Although the SE and the iphone 6s share the same processor and RAM memory they are not equal IMO. The 6s is way more faster and the SE seems and feels more like an IPT7, screen is more cheap and doesn't respond as fast as i wish, specially downloading apps the button doesn't always respond. (ios 12 here).
2) The lack of SIM notificacion each time i restart the device is a little annoying but that's all.
But in general is a good replacement for my old ipt6, it's not an iphone XS of course but works as an expensive "ipod touch 7" for the time being.
Now my old IP6 is gonna be permanently connected via usb to my wifi system i'm planning to use it as a music streaming device. It's gonna replace my old IPT5 which died this year.
I was never happy with the ipt 6 as a device if i were in the States i'd have asked for my money back, battery life was always very very bad feels like a faulty device and still Apple is selling it at the same retail price when it was launched...feels like scam to me.
I mean even if i didn't use the device the battery at the end always died pretty fast.
IPT5 story is completely different, was an excellent device since day 1.
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Four hours?!
That's horrendous! I got closer to 10 hours when new, much less if using WiFi. Now, after two years, I'm getting a good 6 hours without WiFi.
I would return it and buy another. Or, simply get an iPhone SE! There ar good discounts; you don't have to activate phone service, and it will work just like an IPT, only with much, much longer battery life, even when using WiFi!
That's horrendous! I got closer to 10 hours when new, much less if using WiFi. Now, after two years, I'm getting a good 6 hours without WiFi.
I would return it and buy another. Or, simply get an iPhone SE! There ar good discounts; you don't have to activate phone service, and it will work just like an IPT, only with much, much longer battery life, even when using WiFi!
It can play music with the screen off or without wifi just fine. Wifi and screen on usage not so much which is what OP was referring to.
The battery indicator on these is useless. There are apps that show it accurately but you have to click on them to see.
I get 14 hours or more playing music.
These have a little battery and only iG RAM.
Well known things you can do at home to increase battery life:
Disable Automatic Updates.
Disable Background Processing. If you must have it, enable for apps where you need it. You will be surprised how many have it on. How many of us use Maps on our Touch? If not, why does it need to be active — or even there?
Disable push notifications. If you use it to receive email, have it fetch once per half hour.
Location Services is a battery and resource hog.
Run iOS 12.1. Yes, really.
Read this
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2018/09/fix-ios-12-battery-life-draining-problems.html
I get 14 hours or more playing music.
These have a little battery and only iG RAM.
Well known things you can do at home to increase battery life:
Disable Automatic Updates.
Disable Background Processing. If you must have it, enable for apps where you need it. You will be surprised how many have it on. How many of us use Maps on our Touch? If not, why does it need to be active — or even there?
Disable push notifications. If you use it to receive email, have it fetch once per half hour.
Location Services is a battery and resource hog.
Run iOS 12.1. Yes, really.
Read this
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2018/09/fix-ios-12-battery-life-draining-problems.html
I recently sold my Touch 6 (which had previously been lightly used) and went back to using my Touch 5 due to the battery life of the Touch 5 being 2-3 times better. Although the 5 runs more slowly, I was sick of having to be careful how much I used the 6 in order to put off charging it again!
Yes to all the above but don't you mean, Airplane mode is on? Please clarify.
Also turn off Automatic Updates.
I bought mine to play music and it's really great for that. 14 hours of battery life when everything else is disabled.
For everything else, I still have my old iPhone 7+. Ok, its huge but so is the battery. An iPhone SE, 6 or 6S splits the difference and, like the Touch 6, still has a headphone jack if that's important to you (not me—lightening headphones are fine).
It really is terrible. No question about it. The only reason this isn’t more widespread is because of how its usage changed over the years and how many people even have one nowadays.
I got a 5g in March 2015 cause I was using a 4g before that and wanted a new iPod touch already because of how slow the 4g was. When the 6g came out the following July, I went and got it on launch day. While the performance gain was truly amazing, I instantly noticed that my four month old 5g had at least twice as much battery life than my brand new 6g. Keep in mind that I used them both pretty heavily with gaming.
Fast forward four years, my father now has my 6g, and I still have my old 5g sitting on my desk running iOS 7 (I downgraded it because Apple somehow signed old versions late one January day in 2018). My 5g still lasts way longer than the 6g. Just doing some web browsing on the 6g now kills it in about an hour. I can still get about three to four hours of web browsing on my 5g. Truly the best iPod touch ever made.
I got a 5g in March 2015 cause I was using a 4g before that and wanted a new iPod touch already because of how slow the 4g was. When the 6g came out the following July, I went and got it on launch day. While the performance gain was truly amazing, I instantly noticed that my four month old 5g had at least twice as much battery life than my brand new 6g. Keep in mind that I used them both pretty heavily with gaming.
Fast forward four years, my father now has my 6g, and I still have my old 5g sitting on my desk running iOS 7 (I downgraded it because Apple somehow signed old versions late one January day in 2018). My 5g still lasts way longer than the 6g. Just doing some web browsing on the 6g now kills it in about an hour. I can still get about three to four hours of web browsing on my 5g. Truly the best iPod touch ever made.
Amen. I've had both. Ended up selling the 6G at a low price and kept the 5G, which I'm still using to listen to Podcasts, Internet Radio, etc. It has a very slow processor, but overall less aggravating than dealing with the dismal battery life on the 6G. So I'd say that the 5g is also my favorite of all time.