iPod Touch gen 5 not going into sleep mode

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iPod Touch gen 5 not going into sleep mode

Anyone having issues with the latest iOS 9.3.5 where your iPod Touch in NOT going into sleep mode? The battery on my iPod Touch is being drained as if it is constantly on even after pressing the on/off/sleep button. My battery would go down to near 0% and I have to force a restart (hold Home and On/Off/Sleep button together for 10 sec) to wake it up while connecting the iTunes. Anyone got an idea how to force the iPod into sleep mode?

iPod touch (5th generation), iOS 9.3.5

Posted on Sep 15, 2016 6:09 AM

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lllaass

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Sep 15, 2016 10:34 AM in response to Subiesu

The iPod is sleeping if you did not "SLIDE TO POWER OFF" and the screen is blank except that you can play audio with screen blank.

Is your iPod sleeping based on the above definition of sleep?

When sleeping in accordance with the settings you have set, the iPid can be doing things when sleeping like checking for and udating apps, checking Mail

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Subiesu Author

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Sep 15, 2016 10:54 AM in response to lllaass

Hi. Some background. I purchased this 'refurbished' iPod Touch Gen 5 from Apple's eStore about two months ago. This iPod started to lose all its battery overnight just recently. I haven't added any new apps. The only apps I use are the alarm feature, occasional gaming and music. I do not use it for email. Losing all its battery power overnight I had to wake it up via the force reset (holding Home and On/Off/Sleep button together for 10 sec) while attempting to connect to iTunes. Anyway, since the 'problem', I have removed most of the apps (via Settings/General/Storage&iCloudUsage), except for 'Battery Life'. I have also set any possible email contacts whatever to Fetch>Manual (via Settings/Mail,Contacts,Calendars/FetchNewData). The Fetch New Data shows Off currently. So far I have only one app that did not originally come with this iPod which is Battery Life. This app shows that the battery is 'Perfect' wear level. I am keeping it to keep an eye on the battery as I originally thought the battery is dying on me. Anyway for the past two day I have monitored the battery its losing power all the time. In Settings/Battery it showed usage of 7 min and standby of 4hr 15min. and yet the battery went from 100% (1080 mAh) to just 41% (443 mAh). I normally turn it off (put it to sleep) via the On/Off/Sleep button on the upper right. I normally do not just let it go to sleep without the 'power off' feature. Any insight? Much appreciated.

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