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esotarius Author

Level 1

11 points

7th generation ipod nano battery life? Please help.

I only seem to be getting about ten hours out of my new ipod nano.I've only had since October when it came out and charged it only about five times since then.I have calibrated the battery a few times,but it still has not improved.I only use my ipod for music and photos and I have the brightness setting on lowest.I don't use the equalizer or bluetooth.I have read that resetting it doesn't help.I really love my ipod,but I hope it's not defective 'cause it's engraved and I haven't bought the warranty for it yet.Does anyone else have this issue with the battery life? Any advice?

iPod nano (7th generation)

Posted on Dec 18, 2012 9:35 PM

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Bradley Kendall

Level 1

23 points

Posted on Dec 18, 2012 11:19 PM

According to testing done by iLounge, battery life is significantly reduced when Bluetooth is turned on. I had the same problem. If you turn it off and only turn it on when needed, you should get much better battery life.

Brad.

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Anita244

Level 1

5 points

Jan 24, 2013 9:46 AM in response to bongzki_02

I got 2 hours on average on my first Nano - I exchanged it and this one's not much better. ONly used it for an hour and it's already half used :-( Really really disappointed and the help people aren't much help when you telephone.

Apr 28, 2013 9:16 AM in response to esotarius

My battery life on my brand new ipod nano is dismal, not even 10 hours. Is there a fix for this or should I just return it? I have tried every test suggested and nothing is making it better. I do NOT use bluetooth with device.

turbo007

Level 1

4 points

Jul 19, 2013 12:10 PM in response to esotarius

my ipod nano's battery drained completly and i havent been able to charge it or switch it onfor 24hrs. Plugged it to my laptop and the usb dock for hours and it's still a no show. Any ideas pls?

Mar 19, 2014 3:22 PM in response to turbo007

I got my new Nano 7 home and charged it for 3 hours till fully charged.

I hit play and left it on to see what battery life would be....5 hours it was epty!!

I took it to a local Apple store they hooked it to a lap top to test it and it showed

That the battery was drawing to much power,I got the new one home did a 3 hour charge and right now at 18 hours it reads half empty.

I think apple has identified and corrected the battery issue..Cheers to apple.

Mar 19, 2014 6:38 PM in response to esotarius

I'm lucky to get 8 hrs out of my 3 month old Ipod Nano. Not to mention half the time it's stuck in a restore loop. This thing is crap.

deggie

Level 10

167,333 points

Mar 19, 2014 8:08 PM in response to DaveT4287

Why don't you do like NPMSaturn04 did and have them test your Nano? Sounds like a hardware defect to me and that is what your warranty if for.

Mar 20, 2014 12:58 AM in response to deggie

Trust me I now got 33 hours on a single charge playing music

continuous.

I think there was a problem with earlier models and Aple has fixed it.

Dont cry about it and go to an Apple store and nget it checked!

MOJOFLOW

Level 1

4 points

May 8, 2016 2:51 PM in response to bongzki_02

bongzki_02 wrote:

Do the reset and calibration. Press and hold home and on/off button until the apple logo appears. Then calibrate by fully charging it, then drain it fully, and try to fully charge it again. It will improve the battery life of your ipod nano.

Hi, I'm not getting very good battery life out of my recently purchase ipod nano 7th gen. I always use the bluetooth since that's a big part of why I bought it and I seem to only get about 4-4.5hrs out of it after a full charge. I was hoping to get at lease 6hrs with the bluetooth. So, is the above method the best way to try and extend battery life? Also, does it delete all the content on the device? Thx

7th generation ipod nano battery life? Please help.