Do you have to let it charge fully before you reload it w/ music?

I'm so irritated, about to walk out the door to have a run/walk, my battery appeared FULL... 10 SECONDS (!!!) into the first song the fucker died!

So I'm doing the restore thing for the first time, it's supposed to defragment the hard drive (I think).

Has anyone else had to do this? How did it work? I always got a IPod question, huh?

are you loading your music from a PC or laptop? A normal PC charges your iPod when you loading, a laptop doesn't and sucks the battery dry.....better have it charged fully.

abierman said:

I'm doing it from a PC... I just wondered if charging it simultaneously after restoring it would fuck up the process. But I guess it wouldn't since it does it simultaneously @ all other times, huh?

DAMN, how do I know it's charged enough to just last an hour?? This exercise getup I'm wearing ain't cool

Mine is never fully charged when I add music to it from my laptop...I have never had any problems. But it also charges at the same time cause mine is a shuffle and plugs directly into the USB port on my laptop.

CalhounSq said:

Notorious Ipod problem that...one which Apple is refusing to aknowledge.

Mines exactly the same - fully charged up yesterday, not used since charge, flat today.

But then again I wouldnt trust the battery indicator...it goes up and down more than a sexy cheerleader knickers

purpledoveuk said:

purpledoveuk said:

Yea but how do you know if you can't trust the battery indicator I can't be charging this thing day & night

BTW, I did restore it, let it charge for about 45 minutes, did my exercise (an hour) & the battery looks the same as when I unplugged it - about 7/8 full

Now lets see how long this lasts

I read online somewhere that any time you remove songs from a playlist, add new ones, etc. the hard drive becomes more & more defragmented & the Pod has to hunt around for your music which makes it work harder & use more battery life. I think I'll make a point to restore whenever I've made drastic changes to the contents of the Pod. This was my first time restoring & I've had this thing over a year

CalhounSq said:

Try pressing the play button while it's plugged in. Mine got screwed up somehow and didn't charge correctly until I did that. It is possible for it to be plugged in without actually recharging.

i had to get mine replaced because it would not turn off!

u2prnce said:

DAMN!

CalhounSq said:

Did my solution work for you?

u2prnce said:

I haven't charged again since yesterday but I will try it

i happend to have a problem with mines,i turn it on and this weird symbol pops out its like a folder with a exclamation mark..does anyone know how to fix this?

Here's something weird: when I charged mine today it wiped out all my playlists on the Pod So I had to reload it all over again

CalhounSq said:

...dont you regret buying one..i do kinda..i mean they are better than carrying a big old cd player around..

if you tried these already you need to go and get another one. if your warrenty is still good they will replace it.

http://www.apple.com/supp...d/five_rs/

Yet another reason why I'm not going to buy one.

weepingwall said:

I don't regret it, I love my Pod, but they should have some downloadable fix (that's super easy) for this battery nonsense

If I had one, I'd take it to work instead of a CD player. However, I'm starting to rip from all my CDs, put a day's worth of music on my USB drive, then just plug in at work and use Windows Media Player. I'm on the computer all evening at work anyway, so no big deal having to be plugged in.

I'll probably never have one. Or a mobile phone.

Fauxie said:

I used to say that, too. I love my Ipod.

u2prnce said:

I have a minidisc player, but that's just my only way of listening to some music I've made that's only on that format. I'm more likely to get an Ipod than a mobile phone, but it's still not likely to happen anytime soon. It might be useful while on a plane or something, but walking around with headphones on in Bangkok is asking for trouble. You need all your senses alert just to stay alive in this absurd metropolis.

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brownsugar said:

Problem is its only the USA that are replacing Ipods on battery grounds (and that was after a HUGE fight)...all other countries are taking the 'tough shit' approach to the battery being duff

CalhounSq said:

I usually let my iPod charge for about a good 15-30 minutes if I'm going to be out and about using a long time. I have a 60 GB 5th generation [video iPod] so usually a 15-30 min charge will last me an 1-1.5 hrs. if it was completely drained.

If you have a car, you can always buy an iCarPlayWireless or some sort of adapter to plug into your car's cigarette lighter if you can't wait. It charges while you listen.

purpledoveuk said:

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purpledoveuk said:

well that sucks! but i cant help it. i'm in love with anything apple. i guess they got me

brownsugar said:

HA!

i love my iPod..but the battery freakin sucks

My Ipod's been freezing constantly. I restored it twice, and the problem persisted. I sent it into Apple for repairs, they send it back claiming that "no trouble was found," and guess what? The damn thing persists on being a little plastic bullshit man.

Cram a walnut, Apple.