iPods sure look svelte and stylish without a battery door, but the omitted hatch makes the whole thing worthless if your battery gives up the ghost. All batteries degrade through time and use; expect ...

A Novel Repair Concept: Replace Battery, Not iPod The New York Times reports on Sonnet's replacement iPod battery: "Apple's wildly popular iPod has a well-known Achilles' heel: over time, its ...

iFixit has just completed the sixth-generation iPod Touch's new gadget introduction cycle by tearing it apart to see what's inside. By and large, the new iPod is pretty similar to the old one. Apple ...

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You can fully recharge lithium-ion batteries, such as the one inside the iPod, 300 to 450 times before they give up the ghost. When that ghost is gone, you need a new battery. For $99, Apple will ...

An overheating iPod Touch battery can disrupt your device's functionality. It's normal for your iPod Touch to feel slightly warm when it's charging. However, if it feels hot or displays a temperature ...

My daughter's well-out-of warranty iPod was not lasting for much more than a couple of hours, so I figured it needed a new battery. Seeing as how the ifixit guide rates such as very difficult and I ...

Apple has made replacing the battery challenging, risky or impossible for most iPod owners. Return it, Apple says, and it'll replace it with someone else's returned iPod, newly freshened up with a ...

A troubleshooting effort by one of our readers shows the low iPod Touch battery life after installing iOS 4 may be from a firmware incompatibility with the router being used. Topher Kessler MacFixIt ...

I'm always leary of manufactures claims of battery life, my rule of thumb is to cut what the manufacturer says in half. Apple claims that the iPod touch gets "up to" 22 hours of audio playback time ...

Lifehacker reader Josh needed a new battery for his iPod mini, and instead of sending it off to Apple, he opted to do it himself and photo-documented the steps. He used a $29 battery from Laptops for ...