All Apple ipod touch battery indicator issue!

mine does the same thing. I could guess that it’s a delay in the software as it starts up in reading the accurate battery level. it’s something buried in iOS11 and something Apple will need to fix.

You can send them feedback

https://www.apple.com/feedback/

as I understand it, while messages there are not responded to they are read and logged. Perhaps enough feedback will register the problem and get Apple working on a fix.

Beyond that - and I speak as a person that has a 6th gen touch - just dont’ reboot it if you don’t have to or just know it’ll do this. There is nothing a user can do.

In the absence of a battery indicator that you like, all you need to know is:

- if the battery icon is:

• full. The battery is fully charged (the Lock Screen says 100% Charged)
• not full. The battery is less than fully charged
• half full. The battery is (very roughly) half full
• mainly empty. The battery is less than half full
• red. The battery has less than 20% remaining. Think about whether you will need to put it on charge soon.

That's all there is to know.

More importantly is what to do about any time that the battery is less than full. It depends upon your circumstances, but the short answer to that is to carry a power bank with you in case you're not near to a fixed supply. After all, what will a percentage figure tell you that the above does not?

stars00 wrote:

Android is becoming appealing - which I've never tried.

My experience of Android devices is that their battery indicator is not much better and suffers from similar behaviour. But hey, I feel sure that Apple will appreciate your threat.

gnidreg wrote:

It is difficult to know when to charge the battery, because the indicator is so unreliable.

Well, perhaps that's why Apple resisted having a percentage indicator for so long.

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However, as I've posted in response to stars00:

In the absence of a battery indicator that you like, all you need to know is:

- if the battery icon is:

• full. The battery is fully charged (the Lock Screen says 100% Charged)
• not full. The battery is less than fully charged
• half full. The battery is (very roughly) half full
• mainly empty. The battery is less than half full
• red. The battery has less than 20% remaining. Think about whether you will need to put it on charge soon.

That's all there is to know.

More importantly is what to do about any time that the battery is less than full. It depends upon your circumstances, but the short answer to that is to carry a power bank with you in case you're not near to a fixed supply. After all, what will a percentage figure tell you that the above does not?

gnidreg wrote:

In response to the fiend:

Our problem is not the lack of a numerical percentage.

I understand that. I too believe that this should simply work. It affects my iPod Touch as well. I've had similar issues on one of my Android devices, so it's not just Apple, although strangely, it is more irritating on my iPod than my Android device.

gnidreg wrote:

The battery icon often turns red either briefly and immediately after a full charge or later on when it is still 90% charged, for example.

I've posted the following into another thread already, but it's as valid here (somewhat modified though):

If:

1. your iPod is at 1% charge (or very low charge) - and you
2. plug it into power, and
3. the battery indicator jumps to 61% (or even higher), so you
4. unplug the iPod from power...
5. it will very quickly go back to 1 or 2% remaining charge

... and my Android does the same thing. It's the nature of charging up rechargeable batteries (although the way the software has been written does appear to be a little unhelpful). I suggest therefore, that when the remaining charge is that low (in the red), that you plug it in for a charge and leave it to actually fully charge, rather than just a few minutes. When the reading on the Lock Screen states 100% Charged, it does appear to be so.

As an aside, I'm sure that previous versions of iOS turned off the lightning bolt next to the battery icon (top right of screen) when the battery was fully charged, but with iOS 11.2.6, the lightning bolt stays on whenever power is being supplied to the iPod, which seems like a backward step to me.

As for fixing this, I would rather than Apple spent more time fixing certain other problems that have made one particular App almost unusable.

I guess I won’t be upgrading my iPod Touch 6th gen to iOS 11 any time soon!

My feeling is that iOS 11, all around, has been a relative disaster for all iDevices and Apple just can’t get it together to plug all the holes, bugs, glitches and any other faulty functionalities.

I guess I am going to be skipping iOS 11, completely, just like I did with iOS 8, which seemed to me, at that time, to be another disaster of an iOS version.

Agree completely that something should be done. It is difficult to know when to charge the battery, because the indicator is so unreliable. The dialogue box that says 20% is left will appear and when I plug it into the charger it immediately shows at 90% charged. There is no solution for the consumer and this battery issue appears to be widespread.

Has anyone tried replacing their batteries? Did that make any difference?

I have an iPhone 5s and an iPad Air and updated both of these to IOS11 and have had no battery indicator issues with either of these devices—only the iPod touch.

My touch worked well for the first year on IOS 9, but a couple months into the second year, it started to drain much more quickly and the battery indicator seemed unreliable even with IOS 10, but with IOS 11, it is much worse. Others have complained that the battery life is terrible on the iPod touch 6. I have an iPod nano that is eight years old and it lasts longer on a charge than the touch did in year two. I don't know if I have a defective battery or not, but what's the point of having it tested when the battery indicator is such a mess?

My iPhone 5s and iPad Air are completely up to date, both running 11.2.6.

I wish that we could have the option of installing a previous IOS until they get this fixed. That is something they could do and a response on their end would make us feel better—at least it is something to try.

my iPod Touch is 6th generation, purchased December 2015.

My battery started to drain after the first year, beginning when just out of warranty (did not buy Applecare) I cannot say for sure if that was caused by IOS 10, but it began around that time. It would hold a charge for maybe 3-4 hours after previously lasting much longer. The diminishment was not gradual over time, but a sudden drop. I always do all the recommended battery conservation suggestions on all my devices from day one. Did watch the occasional video but rarely because the screen is so small and I also have an iPad. At present, it will hold a charge for maybe 3 hours. IOS 11 definitely caused the battery indicator issue that you decribed in your first post.

I have done a lot of web searches and know that 3-4 hours is common with the 6th gen, so it is not me alone on that one. I would not update software on the 5th or 6th at this point. Not unless they present a fix for this issue in particular. I would suggest no videos and do all you can to conserve battery life. I've been keeping in airplane mode when not downloading a podcast and only use the device as a music player. But that suits me now. You might feel differently.