my ipod 4th gen battery drains when deleting apps.

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my ipod 4th gen battery drains when deleting apps.

Hello. I have been having issues with my 4th generation apple ipod touch. I charge my battery to full, and listen to music in the backgroud and play unbox me, and so those are the only two apps running. I keep my multitasking to a minimum. When playing the game, the battery drains quickly. When I had a full charge showing on the battery, I held down the apps to delete them. They started to "dance" and I selected four apps, and deleted them. After that my battery showed about 25%. What is going on? Can anyone help?! Thank you!

iPod touch (4th generation), iOS 6.0.1

Posted on Feb 20, 2013 3:05 PM

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lllaass

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Feb 20, 2013 3:15 PM in response to donutboy8u

Battery % is not accurate. Apple does not provide that reading. How long does a full charge last and what is the iPod doing during that time?

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Feb 20, 2013 3:21 PM in response to lllaass

battery lasts about 2.5 hrs, sometimes less. mostly app and music in background, or l listen to an audiobook. the 25% was just a numerical guess to what the battery icon showed.

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lllaass

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Feb 20, 2013 3:26 PM in response to donutboy8u

How old/well uses is the iPod?

Battery life decrease with age and use.

2 1/2 hours indicates low battery capacity. You can try restoring the iPod to see if that helps.

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Feb 20, 2013 3:31 PM in response to lllaass

year and a half. does a restore take long, i wanted to use it on a trip i might just add music and no apps. i do have an ipad i can use for apps!

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Mar 1, 2013 9:04 AM in response to donutboy8u

so i restored the ipod, and took all apps off, since I have an ipad. i will just use it for music. I used it all weekend during a trip. the battery seemed to do okay for the most part, except for when scrolling through playlists, and quickly changing songs, (i was seeing if the battery would drain while doing that, and it did) i left airplane mode on, and kept my charger with me if i needed to use. I returned home, and reinstalled only the Remote app, so that I could control my computer with itunes with it. in the brief time that I turned the wifi on to install the app, and connect remotely to itunes, my battery went from full to half. Any suggestions??

Thanks!

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