New iPod Touch 5th Gen- iOS 7.0.6 major battery drain.

James5wins Thanks for explaining. I don't know anything about the .kext editing within firmware. I'm not touching anything like that because I don't know what it is for.

I realize that they no longer show the battery %. Just found this out.

I'm trying to figure out playing video as Illass suggested.

What I did was fully charge my ipod and did a reset. Now, I'm playing 3 songs on repeat, and hopefully that is what Illass was referring to, in order to check the battery drainage issue that I'm having - only had this iPod a few days.

Thanks. 🙂

Illass, I downloaded a youtube app that allows me to play video continuously. ( I hope that is what you meant).

Thanks for the input. I'll let you know how it works out.

Philly_Phan, one is Battery Doctor Pro and the other is Battery Life (Free).

Here is what their App Icons look like.

JEM24 , thanks for your input. I appreciate all input!

I agree: looking at the %'s will make me nuts watching it! I'd only begun watching it because this iPod is days old.

Primarily, I use the iPod (or would like to!) for just iMessaging, browsing the internet, and music.

I did indeed see the Cnet info 🙂 But thanks for adding that.

My iPod is set up so that I can maximise the battery ... wifi off unless messaging/internet.

The first day with my new iPod, (after a true full charge, ) within 5 hours, I was getting that "20% warning". Now, I'd only been messaging back and forth for about 45 minutes. Then was in standby (sleep?). Woke it back up to message again for another 20 minutes, then surfed the 'net. Listened to a few songs, and I had the "warning".

This just can't be normal. My old iPod Touch 2nd Gen, when in sleep mode, at 100% full charge, is still at 100% full charge, and has been for days as I haven't used it.

But this new 5th Gen, in sleep mode alone, goes down. I was shocked that at 5 hours of extremely light use (messaging using iMessage) and internet surfing (very light), plus a nap (sleep), I got a 20% battery warning.

Right now I am doing what was suggested by Illass, continous video play. I'm using the free Youtube App to play the same video - over and over and over. (in another room so I don't go crazy).

I also did the reset that Illass suggested, as well as a true, full charge.

Started the continous video thing just past 8pm EST, and it's 11pm EST now. It's still playing. Peeking at the battery, it's not down even a quarter yet so this is encouraging.

Of course, if the battery issues continue after the test, I will definitely have my iPod evaluated by the Geniuses 🙂

To summarize: The settings I've changed to increase battery (since day one)

1. disable location services

2. turn off bluetooth ( it was on by default but I knew it would be)

3. disabled app refresh

4. disabled automatically send diagnostics to Apple

5. dimmed screen

6. disabled notifications

7.disabled Siri

8. reduced motion

and others I can't remember now- can't check, as video is playing until battery runs down as per test.

Thanks for your input, I really do appreciate it. 😉

JEM24, yes, IOS 7 does seem to be a power sucker! My iPad 2 was having major issues when I updated to IOS 7, also. But that's been remedied.

Right now, iPod 5th Gen still playing video, about 4 and a half hours. Looks like this test that Illass suggested (plus the reset) is making a huge difference.

Hoping that Apple does come up with something in their next update!

Thanks again!!!

Illaass, iPod has been playing video for 5 and a half hours 🙂 Reset and full charge seemed to do the trick. I think the reset helped big time. (I'd fully charged it the other times but didn't get the battery time that I'm enjoying now.)

Battery isn't drained at all. No 20% warning.

I will sleep with music on tonight, and update in the a.m.

Thanks!!

Illaass... I want to ask you another question.

You said that this test would tell if the battery is working, if it could play 4-5 hours of video playback. I did get 5 and a half.

Here's where I'm confused.

I got 5 and a half hours, before I stopped the looping video because I was going to bed.

I checked Battery Doctor Pro which said there was 44% battery left. (I use this app on my other devices that actually show the % and it matches correctly.)

I assumed I had 44% battery left when I saw that, so, I decided to use the new iPod to listen to a White Noise App for 7 hours, (I do every night, on my older iPod or iPad). Both of those devices only lose 4 to 7 % battery with that app on for 7 hours.

This a.m. - the iPod 5 Gen was maxed out.

Why would the iPod go from 44% to 10 % playing identical app for identical time?

Or are you telling me that the Battery Doctor Pro is not registering the correct %?

If that's the case, I have no idea how much Battery % I have at any given time unless it's showing more black...

😐

During the day today, I did both iPod Touch 2nd Gen and iPad 2 for 7 hours, while out, playing same app.

iPod Touch 2nd Gen went down 7%, as did the iPad 2.

Sorry for all the questions. Just trying to figure out if I'm understanding this correctly.

samhaque,

samhaque wrote:

God no no, we shouldn't have to render our devices useless with all the features turned off to get reasonable battery life! How will you get notified in iMessege if Wifi is off? That is no solution.

I have to say that is something I'm wondering about myself. Why have features turned off in an attempt to get battery time? One would assume that with the features built in and the stats that are given for the device - I would think that was tested using all of those settings on and not off.

More to ponder......