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iOS4 quickly drains iPod Touch battery

Since I updated my iPod Touch 2G to iOS4 several weeks back, I haven’t really used it very often. So last night, I pulled it from the charger and played a single podcast.

Then this morning, I woke up and saw that the iPod Touch had its battery almost drained.

In less than 10 hours, the iPod Touch went from 100% to 10% battery life and all I did was play a 30-minute podcast.

The culprit, it seems, is iOS4. Been reading more about this now from searching for similar incidents but have not gotten a fix for it. Probably, downgrading and reverting back to the previous OS might help.

Anybody out there experienced the same problem and found a fix?

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

46 Responses

  1. Avatar for jimboy jimboy says:

    I have no problem with ipod touch 2G since i upgraded to OS4 the battery was improved,it takes a week before i recharge it again in a normal use.

  2. Avatar for Mark Carey Mark Carey says:

    I have this problem too, Ipod Touch 2nd Gen, battery drains overnight, before sleeping it was left on home screen.

    Today I will try Ken’s suggestion to turn off Notifications to see if that helps…Thx for the tip.

  3. Avatar for lito lito says:

    i experience also this ios4 since i upgraded my ipod touch 2gen. my battery became worse. how can I restore the original OS of my ipod touch. please help. anybody there, please

  4. Avatar for SojaBird SojaBird says:

    I totaly have the same problem.
    Since the update to os4 it’s all but trouble with my iPod Touch 2G (16gb).
    It’s getting way hitter as well as it drains the battery empty when I’m nit even using it.
    I haven’t got mine jailbraked but I’m consisering it since there isn’t a other way to downgrade my framewire (isn’t it?).

    Pls someone has a solution on this.

    Good luck,
    SojaBird.

  5. Avatar for ian ian says:

    I forget where I read it but for the Ipodtouch,
    IOS4 leaves the wifi on unlike before where once it goes to sleep, it disconnects..

    so that may be one of the reasons

  6. Avatar for maurice maurice says:

    For 1st gen ipod touch owners: If I were Steve jobs, I would say to you… “Go get a new ipod…(with a greedy grin).”

  7. Avatar for joseglads joseglads says:

    that’s unfair? iOS4 is only compatible with 2nd gen 3rd gen ipod touch? how about for 1st gen?

  8. Avatar for joseglads joseglads says:

    Hi.

    i have IPod touch 3.1.2. does this mean i’ll stay na lang for this version? di ko na b sya iupgrade?

  9. Avatar for ken ken says:

    Sori for d repost d yugatech app crashes alot.. Update please

    -Sent via YugaTech Mobile App

  10. Avatar for ken ken says:

    Like i said before with or without multitasking.. Its the “notifications”. Try it turned off n d settings. It worked wonders for me. I dont have to close my apps n multitasking. Even of all my apps ar n the multitaskng

    -Sent via YugaTech Mobile App

    -Sent via YugaTech Mobile App

  11. Avatar for ken ken says:

    Like i said before with or without multitasking.. Its the “notifications”. Try it turned off n d settings. It worked wonders for me. I dont have to close my apps n multitasking. Even of all my apps ar n the multitaskng

    -Sent via YugaTech Mobile App

  12. Avatar for Ligrev Ligrev says:

    3gs user on iOS4.0

    YES, it drains my batt very much! But googling around, the solution was simple:

    close multitasking apps from the multitasking bar.

    It improved my batt life!

    As for the iDevices without MultiTasking, I feel you folks, and don’t get it…

  13. Avatar for maurice maurice says:

    yup! ios4 sucks! my ipod touch 2g battery life is getting worst. I use my ipod as a backup for my android phone for emails and facebooking. 10 minutes lang nga surfing, half agad ang battery meter. Upgrading ios4 was a headache cuz nagka conflict yung usb drivers when using windows vista. I had to look for a macbook to restore the damn thing.

  14. Avatar for Junalquis Junalquis says:

    that’s true especially a jailbroken ios4 but normal ios4 also drains battery alot.

  15. Avatar for ken ken says:

    it seems like some apps with notifications “on” and not yet compatible with ios4 for some reason stays connected with the wifi in frozen state on multitasking. thus considerably draining battery life.

  16. Avatar for ken ken says:

    I fixed with turning all push notifications off .. Or just pick which app u like to have push notification. Im very sure this is the problem.

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  17. Avatar for Louie6380 Louie6380 says:

    I have my iPod Touch 32G (3rd Gen) updated to iOS4 and surpringly battery life seem to have improved 10-20%. I would normally recharge every other day but now I change every 2 days with the same use on a day to day basis… I think you may wanna check if your battery is already worn out?

  18. Avatar for Adrian Adrian says:

    ok naman. wala naman po ako na encounter na problem sa battery, after I upgrade to iOS 4.

  19. Avatar for poche poche says:

    @boy kuripot
    basa po kau. 2G nga daw un kay yuga doesnt support multitasking in ios4 environment. how can he left apps running if it doesnt support it in the first place??

  20. Avatar for boy kuripot boy kuripot says:

    You might have left some apps running. I’m using an ipod touch and the battery life is the same

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