guilty_69 Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Does anyone know if the best way to recharge an iPod Nano thats i got on Christmas? Should i wait for it to run out of battery life then charge it? or should i charge it every time it gets at about half way? becuase ive only used it for about 5 hpours but its more than half drained already and it should have `14 hours of battery life. Is it becuase im not chaging it right? someone, please help! i dont want to get a new one only 2 days after i got it :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collective Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Click here for Apple's page on the subject. Also read the related articles linked to at the bottom of that page. According to them it doesn't matter when you recharge it. According to a guy on cnet it's best not to let it run down completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andyizcool Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Best time to recharge rechargable batteries is when they're fully empty. If you start charging them too soon the battery begins to think that's the new minimum so you get less battery life over time. So only recharge it when it's fully drained for best results. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guilty_69 Posted December 27, 2005 Author Share Posted December 27, 2005 ty ty ty try ty ty ty ty ty thank you both!!!! lol i dont wnana break it its my favorite thing lol!!!!!!!!!!11 thanks both of you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefighta23 Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Best time to recharge rechargable batteries is when they're fully empty. If you start charging them too soon the battery begins to think that's the new minimum so you get less battery life over time. So only recharge it when it's fully drained for best results. ;) not true. i waited till dead minimum. 2 new ipods and 100 dollars later. still messed up 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mementh Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Best time to recharge rechargable batteries is when they're fully empty. If you start charging them too soon the battery begins to think that's the new minimum so you get less battery life over time. So only recharge it when it's fully drained for best results. ;) *annoying buzzer sound* WRONG Why? thats the olf NICAD batteries. which had a memory effect as you discribed with lithium ion and newer barreries they don't suffer from that effect. They give more power and a quicker charge. this means that you Should for the FIRST charge let it charge for 12+ hours which helps get it fully charged. further charges it does not matter.. let the power meter on the screen tell you when its charged. The following statement is true. The previous statement is false. 60% of all statistics are made up 90% of the time andrew i love you & want you to have my babys!!! Finally, I get to save the Earth with deadly lasers instead of deadly slide shows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vape Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 I agree with Mementh, only old batteries had the dexribed memory effect. A possible reason that the battery is not lasting the 14 hours that apple claims is that the 14 hours is when you just set it to play all songs and then don't touch it. Every time you change the volume, skip tracks, navigate the menus etc. it uses mroe power. Also the backlight uses a fair bit. Oh and also the little battery image isn't perfectly accurate of course. One thing that really flattens your battery is the music quiz, as the harddrive has to be constantly moving and reading different sections. Where the bloody hell are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyhenriksen Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 first time of charging you should let it do so for many hours like 10-14 hours, then you can charge it normally :D R.I.P. Shiva and Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albosky Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Lithium batteries had the memory problem NiMH batteries which is THE standard now , do not :) charge it when you remember :) I like to fart silently but deadly in movie theatersArd Choille says (11:41 PM):I wouldn't dare tell you what to do m'dear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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