iPod iPod 6th generation battery life

[Ashin]

Can anyone help explain the deal with the 6th gen?

I usually get maybe 5-6 hours at most from it which is adequate but nowhere near what it's rated as having

The battery indicator moves around a lot (annoying predictive usage doing that) and I was at around 40% earlier and decided to check out the diagnostic mode that the 6th gen has.

I went into battery status, and it was claiming I had around 3000 mV, and a full charge takes this up to around 4000 mV.

Is the indicator on the OS reading it completely wrong, and not actually using the full battery?

 

[tmagman]

6G nano or 6G classic?

For the classic- its rare that i listen to it until the battery is drained with just music, but with my movies and TV shows i usually get a solid 5-6 hours (I'm usually watching with the backlight between 0 and 15%). If i had to take a guess for music, it would be around 20-25 hours for mine.

Try doing a full cycle of the battery- charge until full then drain it running music until it actually dies, then juice it back up again. Did wonders for my 1G touch.