7th generation ipod nano battery life? Please help.

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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

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Dec 18, 2012 11:19 PM in response to esotarius

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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esotarius Author

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Dec 18, 2012 11:41 PM in response to Bradley Kendall

I stated that I do not use the bluetooth feature.

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Dec 19, 2012 7:55 AM in response to esotarius

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.

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xceed675

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Dec 21, 2012 8:37 AM in response to esotarius

I'm having this issue with the battery display its not showing me the full 100 %. just after i unpluged it from the charger. looks like only 97 percent. too bad it doesnt really show the numeric charge. i had this for 2 days only since i bought it. ill try this hard reset from bongzki_02. and try to run it down over night by playing non stop music and see tomorrow morning. anybody know the same issue?

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Dec 21, 2012 11:24 AM in response to xceed675

Is it normal that my ipod nano 7g only gets 5-6 hours of battery life?

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esotarius Author

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Dec 21, 2012 3:40 PM in response to hsmith543

I'm not sure hsmith543.Mine seems to last that long.I thought more like ten hours,but it seems to only last more like five to six.I wish technology was not so difficult.I'm trying to figure out if this reset recalibrate thing would even work or do anything for the battery before I try it.Does anyone have an answer that we all could find very helpful? I'm getting frustrated.

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Dec 22, 2012 2:05 PM in response to xceed675

The new ipod nano held its original charge for a long time. To start using the device, it is advisable to drain it completely and charge again. And do the reset as well. I had same issue with this device when I first had them, but after doing so, the charge extends longer and closer to what it is designed for.

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Dec 22, 2012 2:13 PM in response to esotarius

Why not try it first and see what will happen, and then try to figure out other way of improving the battery life. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4453155?answerId=20336175022#20336175022

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esotarius Author

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Dec 22, 2012 5:27 PM in response to bongzki_02

Yes I'll try it.Thank you bongzki_02 for you help as well as everyone else.I'm sorry for getting irritated.I don't know much about this stuff and it can get frustrating for me.

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Dec 22, 2012 7:08 PM in response to esotarius

No problem. If the suggested method will not work, let us know so that we will be able to think of other ways on how to improve the battery life of ipod nano. Cheers!

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kjc3

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Dec 28, 2012 5:32 AM in response to esotarius

I get about 5 0r 6 hours before it says to connect it to charge after a full 3 plus hours charging it? I change songs frequently but that doesn't give it reason to die so darn fast. If I can't get any better life out of this I will have to sell it on ebay because this problem really is bad when they say its about 30 hours of life!

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Dec 28, 2012 7:25 AM in response to kjc3

One ipod user did a test on ipod nano 7th gen, and the result is close to 30 hrs music playback. Do the reset and calibration and let us know the result. Cheers!

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kjc3

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Dec 28, 2012 7:44 AM in response to bongzki_02

I guess i neglected to say that I did all tests from letting it completely die to letting it sit for 22 hours without touching it (who uses ipods without touching them for 30 hours?) and it died just after 22 hours. 3 times now it said connect to charge after 5 to 6 hours but one of the times i let it play without touching it after it said to charge and it went for another 5 hours then died? Any other hints or tricks or is this battery really garbage like others are saying!? If apple don't do a fix for this they will be getting hundreds of these ipods back because of the deception on battery life!

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Dec 28, 2012 11:54 AM in response to kjc3

Maybe you have probably done this already but have you done reset and/or restore. The reason why same step is recommended because, like you, I had this problem when I got my ipod nano. And after doing these steps, the battery life increased significantly. Cheers!

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esotarius Author

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Jan 23, 2013 6:02 AM in response to bongzki_02

I tried the reset then recalibration a few weeks ago like you suggested bongzki_02 yet the battery life is still the same lasting about seven hours,maybe less.This really confuses me for I merely use it for music and I have photos on it,but I rarely ever look at them and I have the brightness on lowest and the equalizer is off and every other feature is off.I am going to reset it again,then restore then recalibrate my ipod nano and hopefully this will help the battery life this time.

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