My 80g iPod classic was working fine, the battery wasn't draining unusually quickly and my computer was recognizing it, but I plugged it into my wall outlet last night, the one I charge my iPhone with, and when I checked on it later, it was displaying the yellow triangle, low red bar, and charging please wait screen. I tried plugging it into my computer and it wouldn't show up in itunes and the "charging" screen flashed periodically but never improved. This morning I tried plugging it in again with a different chord and it only appears to be weaker as now the charging screen only appears when it is first plugged in (I have tried leaving it plugged in for a while too). I did notice that when I initially plugged it into the wall charger it displayed a full green bar (rather than the growing green bar) and said charged, despite that the screen had showed that the battery was below the 50 percent mark. I thought, at the time, that maybe the wall device just charged differently and I hadn't noticed before.
Is there any chance this might just be the battery? I have had and frequently used the iPod for about 4-5 years now, so it wouldn't surprise me, but doesn't a dying battery usually manifest itself by weakening significantly? I was still getting hours whereas I've heard near dead batteries won't hold more than 15 minutes sometimes. The only other thing I could think of is that I'm a runner and it's been a hot summer. I lot of sweat has soaked into my armband and appears to have corroded some of the edges around the iPod's frame, near the metal. I wonder if this could have damaged it somehow, maybe gotten through the USB port or something. Has anyone else had this experience with their pod? I would be thrilled if I could just replace the battery, but I don't want to put money into it if it's a lost cause. Any insight would be appreaciated. Thanks.
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