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iPod Touch Battery

RevolutionaryRevolutionary Registered User regular
edited July 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Hi,

I'm about to get an iPod touch, and I'm wondering how long/how many times I should do the 'drain battery completely and then recharge completely' thing. You know how that's supposed to increase battery life?

Cheers.

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  • mooshoeporkmooshoepork Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    You shouldn't. At all. It can actually damage it.

    Drain it, but not completely.

    At least that's what I hear.

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  • WulfWulf Disciple of Tzeentch The Void... (New Jersey)Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Yeah, you don't want to do that. Its not a Nickle metal hydride battery.

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  • wunderbarwunderbar What Have I Done? Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    yea, actually li-ion batterys like having as much charge as possible as much of the time as possible. unless you're storing it for like 6 months, in which case you should leave it with about 50% charge.

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  • Gabriel_PittGabriel_Pitt Stepped in it Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Revolutionary wrote: »
    Hi,

    I'm about to get an iPod touch, and I'm wondering how long/how many times I should do the 'drain battery completely and then recharge completely' thing. You know how that's supposed to increase battery life?

    Cheers.
    Precisely 0 times. Doing a complete drain has a significant chance of decreasing the battery life.

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  • Monolithic_DomeMonolithic_Dome Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    The "drain all the way" thing is only for nickel-cadmium batteries, which are used in like nothing anymore.

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