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zaphee:
Hi guys,
My 1st-gen iPod nano has finally begun to show some death signs (battery doesn't hold charge for a long time), I'm now looking for a new device which would match the following :
- works on a removable AA/AAA battery (the ipod has disappointed me about this)
- has all the standard ports : standard mini-jack for earphones and a mini-USB port (i hate the expensive and often hard to find proprietary cables)
- if possible, a flash internal memory (because i'm quite messy, and my ipod has fallen a lot of times)
- AND, if possible, external memory support (SD, microSD, USB...)
Of course, the greater capacity the better, except with external memory support, in which case it wouldn't matter. Radio is preferred, but not required. Neither screen size nor color depth does matter, but I suppose a smaller screen will save battery life, right ?

PS: I once had a Creative MuVo TX that worked on a single AAA battery with 512 MB of internal flash. It has fully satisfied me at the time (with stock firmware), but has died since then. I'm now looking for something similar, with a greater capacity and/or an external storage support. And of course it must be Rockbox-capable, or soon-to-be ;)

PPS: by the way, is that normal for a Li-Ion battery to die after 1 year and a half of use, considering that I charged it about every 24 hours after a nearly complete discharge ?

eyeball226:
I'm new to Rockbox myself and don't have answers for most of your questions but I have a little insight for the last bit.
As far as I know, complete discharges are very bad for Li-Ion batteries so that might be your problem...

Chronon:
The hardware or firmware should detect low battery and shut down to prevent this.

zaphee:

--- Quote from: Chronon on August 01, 2010, 01:26:15 PM ---The hardware or firmware should detect low battery and shut down to prevent this.

--- End quote ---
The iPod does shut down brutally because of complete discharge, because after that the screen still shows a fading interlaced picture of what it was showing while being on.
So I suppose nor the hardware nor Rockbox did detect low battery. Otherwise, the screen would be shut down properly, right ?

torne:
That means it didn't shut down cleanly, no, but just had the power cut. That doesn't mean the battery is completely discharged to the point that it causes damage, though: the battery itself has a cutout to stop that happening. It probably didn't make any difference.

If you were using your player enough that you were having to recharge it from a very low level every single day, then that in itself would've shortened the life of the battery somewhat :)

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