do ipod batteries stop working after 18 months? Options

[silent lullaby89]

anyone know if its true? i heard it from my friend but i'm not sure if its true.

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What you have to realize is that it's not the time period that sets when your battery messes up. It's the amount of times you charge it.

Tips for Extending battery life [as in, the "life" before it becomes dead):
Don't charge unless your iPod is in dire need of recharging, because this will wear down your battery more quickly. (Like cell phone batteries, after a certain amount of charges it starts deteriorating.)

Do NOT use your charger in another country without an adapter/converter. This will REALLY burn out your iPod battery life extremely quickly. (I had to learn this the hard way, but my mom refused to buy me an adapter. not my fault :P)

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Tips for saving battery (although some of this is common sense):

When not using your iPod, put it on hold so it doesn't accidentally turn on.

While you're listening to music, why not keep it on hold as well?

Don't change songs a lot. Best if you just listen through all the songs in one playlist. Continuously changing songs can use up iPod battery life. I'm not quite sure how to explain it, but I've heard a lot of times that the iPod has to do something, sort of like spinning the hard disk so that it is full. I know i read this somewhere. Google it.

Keep the backlight OFF if possible. It drains battery extremely fast.

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yeah i might have left some stuff out...tell me if i did i guess

[sadolakced acid]

no, no, NO.

ipods, along with most DAPs, use Lithium-ion or Lithium-Polymer batteries.

these will last longest when NOT drained fully.

top up charges will make it last the longest.

the whold battery drain, initial charge, etc. are all holdovers from the NiCad age of batteries.


yes, keeping the backlight short will help. not changing songs will help, because the ipod will refill the buffer, spinning the hard-disk if you change songs.

HOWEVER: the greatest effect on battery life is the processor. If you have Higher bitrates, it will use more power to decode. MP3 is the best for battery.

i'm not sure if the ipod has 3-d sound rendering (where it calculates and adds slight echo, etc. to make it sound like you're in a room, listening to speakers), but that also drains the battery.