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elmikeo777:
Hey I was just wondering what is the battery life on my rockbox 5G Ipod Vs. the same iPod with the original firmware... Both ONLY playing music (nonstop from beginning of battery life to end)... and I was also wondering one more thing... when i charge my ipod I put on this theme which puts a number as to how much battery life I have life (eg. 75% battery life left) and it never seems to go past 75%.... is that just a fault in the theme? or is it something else?

michael.conner:

--- Quote from: elmikeo777 on January 02, 2007, 08:40:48 PM ---Hey I was just wondering what is the battery life on my rockbox 5G Ipod Vs. the same iPod with the original firmware... Both ONLY playing music (nonstop from beginning of battery life to end)...

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jdong:
My experience is that it's roughly half of the life you'd get using stock firmware.

As to charging percentage, the same behavior happens on mine. While charging the percentage indication is not terribly accurate. Heck half of the times when it stops charging it still reads 90% or some other lower number, then as soon as I unplug it jumps to 100%

Also, discharge percentages aren't always accurate. They skew on the pessimistic side then suddenly jump up once in a little bit. This behavior is seen with Apple firmware too.

dommo:
I found with my H340 that when the player was charging, it always said 88%, but then as you unplug, it went up to 100% (if fully charged that is).  So it's not unusual.

Ararat:
Well, now that you mention it, sometimes, when im using my box, i check the battery stat, and it says that's full (100% charge). Suddenly, i look again, and the counter drops to 83%.
I believe it could be something with the theme im using.
Or maybe its just a bug.

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