Ipod Touch 4th Gen battery drains extremely fast, but in sleep mode returns to normal.

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Ipod Touch 4th Gen battery drains extremely fast, but in sleep mode returns to normal.

I recently bought my ipod from a friend and noticed that whenever I have the screen on the battery drains before my eyes. However if I put it in sleep mode or if I am listening to music the battery will last as long as my brothers ipod. Normally this would not be a problem but after about 10 minutes of playing hill climb racing, the 20% battery left warning comes up and another 10 minutes and the ipod shuts off. The weird thing is is that if I turn it back on and leave it in sleep, it will go back up to 95%ish. I have tried resetting it to factory, and hard resetting it, neither worked. The 6.1 update did not seem to do much either. I am not sure if I have warranty on it and do not know how to check. Any help would be great, thanks!

iPod touch, iOS 6.1

Posted on Feb 1, 2013 8:02 AM

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lllaass

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Feb 1, 2013 9:39 AM in response to Brad1796

Enter the iPod's SN here to check for warranty.

Apple - Support - Check Your Service and Support Coverage

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Feb 1, 2013 3:27 PM in response to lllaass

Out of luck in terms of warranty 😟. Anyone else have this problem and found a fix without having it sent in?

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Feb 1, 2013 3:33 PM in response to Brad1796

Hello,

I am currently an owner of an Ipod Touch 4th generation. I see you are having problems with your Ipod Touch, so I will try to find a solution to your problem. 🙂

This is from another discussion (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4752809?start=30&tstart=0):

1: close all apps from multitask tray,

2: settings>reset>reset all settings. This will not erase your apps or data but will default old settings to their new states for the new iOS.

3: Select "setup as new" if prompted when the device reboots. (it isnt really setting up as new so dont worry).

4: Allow to drain battery until the device turns itself off

5: Charge it back up undisturbed for at least 1.5 hrs after it shows 100% (overnight would be best)

If the above steps dont help try a restore from iTunes. Do not restore your backup. Sync apps and such back using iTunes or redownload. The backup may have corruption that will come back to the device.

If still has issues you can verify by restore again and not loading all apps again and see if the device performs correctly in factory state. If it does then you know the device is fine and there is some app causing your issue more. Hope this helps. There is hope! iOS 6.1 is being reported as being a very stable update with increased performance and battery life for most users.

Hope that helps!

If none of the above solutions work, can you please respond back ASAP as I will try to find another solution to your problem.

Cheers!

Pizza98704

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