ipod touch 1st generation battery lifespan?

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ipod touch 1st generation battery lifespan?

how long does the average lifespan of the ipod touch 1st generation last? ive had mine since around the time it first came out, i havnt noticed any loss in battery life at all but i was just wondering how long it would take before i would actually have to replace the battery, and if i have to send it in to replace the battery will anything happen to my songs/apps/videos/pictures?

1st gen ipod touch, Windows Vista

Posted on May 1, 2009 8:51 PM

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May 1, 2009 8:55 PM in response to TKO King

The music is stated by apple to last 22 hours on a full charge for music and 5 hours for movies. The battery efficiency goes down to 80% after about 400 cycles, but your battery could bust at any time, but don't worry about it. It'll be awhile till your battery has to be replaced. If you replace the battery it won't effect any of the content on your iPod as long as it's all on iTunes.

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May 1, 2009 8:58 PM in response to applegenius18

thanks for the help, what does it look like when it goes down to 80% anyway? will it show fully charged but when you take it off the charger is shows 80% of the battery on the charge icon?

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May 1, 2009 9:01 PM in response to TKO King

It'll seem fully charged, but the efficiency will go down. Usually people get new iPods before that happens (not that you have to or anything! 😉 ).

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May 1, 2009 9:11 PM in response to applegenius18

i wish i had that kind of money, took me forever to save up for this one, plus i dont want to have to hunt down all that music i have on the ipod, it took me months to get the music from my original ipod for my ipod touch, ipods are pretty **** expensive if you ask me

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May 1, 2009 9:13 PM in response to TKO King

TKO King wrote:
plus i dont want to have to hunt down all that music i have on the ipod, it took me months to get the music from my original ipod for my ipod touch

Just make sure what you have on your iPod is on iTunes. Don't worry, iPod last for a long time if maintained correctly.

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May 1, 2009 9:22 PM in response to applegenius18

after i switched from old desktop to laptop to new desktop, i got tired of syncing and losing all my music, and i dont want to have to pay to rip my music from the ipod to the itunes, so if i got a new ipod when this one dies or i sell it or whatever, ill have no music on my itunes, same if i get a new computer but this computer is brand new so it should last mea long time

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May 1, 2009 9:24 PM in response to TKO King

You won't have to pay anything. Just transfer purchases if they were bought form the iTunes store. It's always good to sync your iPod.

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May 1, 2009 9:28 PM in response to applegenius18

all my music came from CD'S, either mine, my brothers or my friends, i have a few albums baught off the itunes store but as for the other 1500 songs on my ipod, they are nowhere to be found again unless i find somewhere to download them for free, i mean, they were my cd's in the first place

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May 2, 2009 7:59 AM in response to TKO King

I see now. Well, you could always get a backup drive.

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