Regarding battery life I noticed if I have 89% after a full charge if I play
the Ipod for say about ten minutes and turn it off and turn it back on the
battery life percentage drops considerably to something like 72%.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kane Brolin" <kbrolin65_at_gmail.com>
To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 5:48 AM
Subject: Re: iPod Video 30GB Battery Life

> Hello to Hussein and all other contributors.
>
> I personally get slightly more than eight hours of battery life out of
> my own 30 GB fifth generation iPod. This is adequate from my
> perspective, but I do find it strange that in the beginning I was
> always maxing out at 96% to 98% of available battery life (11 to 12
> hours) immediately following a charge, whereas now I'm maxing out at
> 86% to 88%, or 8 to 9 hours of stated life even after a charge of
> several hours. I don't know if this means a slowly dying battery or
> not, but it does leave me with some concern.
>
> Rob, what exactly do you mean by making sure unused hardware is
> asleep? What values do you specify in your settings to make this
> happen?
>
> Regards,
>
> -Kane
Received on 2008-02-14