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Battery life
vocrobot:
Used Rockbox for a while last year then uninstalled it because of the battery life but after reinstalling and running an album on constant repeat it has been running for almost 10 hours and I have 34% battery left.
Mine is a 30gb iPod video and last time I drained the battery completely using the original firmware it died after 15 hours and 40 mins so Rockbox is getting really close to original firmware run times. I will be using it all the time now. Thanks to everyone who contributes to the builds and creating the great themes. I really do appreciate what you do being totally unable to program code and make my own builds.
PAUL
PS. My player died after just over 12 hours which I am very pleased with, however it died when the battery remaining time was only at 15%. Is this to prevent the battery level going too low which I know can kill Li-Ion batteries.
thewall388:
I just got this ipod on ebay and in hindsight should have just bought a new one. They said that they barely used it so i figured it should be in great condition. It is, but after having it plugged in all day for practically 2 days, the battery doesnt last so long. Im a little scared honestly.
But before I get really scared, is there anything that I can do that might explain why it isnt lasting long? Should I try running down the battery power all the way until it dies and then charge it fully? Is there any right way to do this?
Chronon:
You don't say how long it lasts so it's hard to say anything specific but it sounds like you need a new battery. In that case get a new one and install it. Running the battery down fully before recharging it doesn't help for Li+ batteries. Batteries naturally degrade with time, so even if they didn't use it that much the battery could need replacing.
astro2:
is it me or does rockbox eat more power?
i could be wrong but when left in rockbox mode after a full recharge it runs out in less then a few days
if i leave it in apple firmware (i.e original firmware) it stays in hibernation for a long time
i haven't touched my ipod video for awhile and it still has full battery life
Chronon:
Yes, I believe that for iPods the runtime in Rockbox is currently a bit less than in the Apple firmware.
You could always benchmark it and add your results here: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodRuntime
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