Uhhhhh....no. Like all lithium-ion batteries they have a shelf-life. Can only be recharged so many times. iPods were (are) often criticized because they don't have a battery compartment like a telephone where you can just pop it out and swap in a new one when the old one no longer holds a charge. RIGHTFULLY criticized, I might add, as they charge you an arm and a leg to swap it for you.
Not naming names, computer geeks just buy a new battery and perform surgery taking the whole damn thing apart to get at the battery. An hour, $15 and small fingers is all it usually takes. ;) [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by spapad from Sunday, October 31, 2010 7:07:42 PM)
spapad wrote:
So, it was your LACK of MAINTENANCE that caused it to go astray? Could it be? lol (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Sunday, October 31, 2010 6:17:12 PM)
guidogodoy wrote:
Ahhh...but now all is happy. Just dissected the sucker, swapped out for a fresh battery and managed to put 'er back together with no leftover parts. Should be good for another 5+ years!
spapad wrote:
Sucks it petered out on you in the middle of a run, but it must happen, eventually.
guidogodoy wrote:
Pissed me off yesterday? I ran another 1/2 marathon and at mile THREE my iPod dies on a full battery charge!!! AAARGH!! I even had a backup shuffle in my suitcase but didn't bring it on the run thinking my regular iPod would hold up. This post could also go in the "song in your head" thread because I had "BtRoD" in my head for the next +/- 10 miles as it died at the start of that song.
THAT sucked!! Guess it is time to finally perform that surgery and swap out the battery....
