iTouch Gen 3 weird battery readings

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I got my ipod touch 2 days ago. I have noticed that when I turn it on the battery reading is always low, then it goes higher after a few minutes of the ipod being on. Is this normal?
 
Well for £234 you'd think they could at least get the battery meter to read properly. This morning my iTouch 3g wouldn't turn on, it got stuck at the boot screen. I had to do some funky reset by holding the power button and home button, then releasing the power button...not a good start really :(
 
Well i've been testing it for a day or two now and it seems to be fine. Its still annoying that the battery reading is rarely correct, its the same sort of problem I had on my T-Mobile G1 android phone, but at least there 3rd party apps could be relied on for an accurate reading. All the 3rd party apps I have tried from the apple store all give different readings.

I've tried I-battery free (which I then paid for and its still wrong), App box pro (seems to be the most accurate of them all) and system which is also wrong. Can anyone suggest a good accurate battery app?
 
what is the expected life on an ipod touch battery. i have the 2nd gen 32gb, bought new in Dec 08. i think the battery is at 50% or less health now.

how much to replace? do you have to go to apple?




called my apple store and was dorected to a customer service lady. £60 for a replace apparently :eek:
 
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of course you can get the replacements elsewhere for £10 I see, do it yourself.

anyone done it? do they last (even if you got a year out of it i guess you'd be doing well)
 
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