I recently upgraded from an old 2nd generation iPod Touch to a 5th Generation. I immediately installed Battery Doctor (which I used on my old iPod) and proceeded to have a good charging policy. I upgraded to iOS 7 and installed all my old apps/data. I use it infrequently, maybe once or twice a day and it seems like everytime I go to use it, it is dead.
Following instructions on Battery Doctor and also online, I have disable WiFi, Location Services, Bluetooth, Notification Center, Dynamic Backgrounds, Control Center, Background Searching and anything else that could be using battery. Even after all this, if I fully charge the battery and leave the iPod for longer than overnight, it is dead. I get the red battery symbol and have to plug it in to use it. I've heard that iOS 7 is battery hungry, but this seems crazy.
So, to try and keep the iPod available to use whenever I want, I started turning it off completely. So after fully charging it, I turned in off and came back to it after 24 hours to find it completely dead. How can the battery be exhausted after being turned off?
I assume that I must have a faulty battery because this behaviour just seems completely abnormal and ridiculous. Considering I could come back to my old 2nd generation iPod after nearly a week (with Wifi turned off) and it would still be up and running.
It was only purchased back in September and Argos say that it must be sent off to Apple to confirm the problem before issuing a replacement. I just want to confirm that this is abnormal before I proceed, because I definately don't want a replacement if the battery is this bad? Expecially considering how dissapointed I was by the lack of dual cameras.
What kind of battery life do other 5th generation users get out of theirs?
Thanks for any help.
Dave
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