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iPod touch stuck in charging mode although charger is disconnected

I've had some problems with low battery life after the 2.0 upgrade. 2.0.1 helped some, but there's still (at least) one battery related problem. I have location and push turned off, but WiFi on. Battery life is always decent to good except in this case:

When I connect an external charger (or connect the touch to my car) and then disconnect it my touch does not recognize that the charger has been disconnected. The unlock screen shows the battery loading icon and the battery icon top left shows the touch being connected to power (which it isn't). The charger is Apple's own firewire charger for a 4G iPod. This never happened with the 1.1.1-1.1.4 firmware (I've tried them all). With 2.0 and 2.0.1 it happens every time.

Once the iPod is stuck in this mode the battery drains very quickly. I can't get it out of this mode by rebooting, resetting, or even reflashing the firmware. The only way is to wait for the battery to go dead and then charge the iPod up again.

I do not see this problem when charging it through USB on my MacBook.

Is anybody else seeing this? Have you found a workaround?

MacBook 2,4Ghz, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Aug 11, 2008 1:39 AM

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Aug 24, 2008 8:33 AM in response to Jamie I Davies

I've tried all of those suggestions, but thanks for trying to help out.

The issue is not that the iPod freezes up, it's that the iPod does not recognize that a third party (car or Apple's old external) charger has been disconnected.

When stuck in that in that mode, the only way to get out of it is to wait for the battery to die. Connecting the third party charger or to a MacBook with USB does not help and you are unable to charge the battery. The battery will die in a couple of hours even if you don't use the iPod at all during this time.

iPod touch stuck in charging mode although charger is disconnected

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