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Comment on Apple’s 5 R’s by goodfriend

goodfriend — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:52:31 +0000

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Comment on Why Do iPods Fail? by daniel

daniel — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:57:14 +0000

Hi again,
one more question, I got the lime wire program and lots of nice music, this file is already on the share folder in itunes but still I couldn’t sync my ipod on this folder, how can I download all of that music from lime wire? I got plenty of disc space.
thanks for your help.
happy hollidays.

Comment on The Restore Button, What it Can and Cannot Do by Shane Jordan

Shane Jordan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:23:01 +0000

Daniel, thanks for your question. First try disconnecting and then resetting your ipod by holding the center button and the menu button for 10 seconds. Also try resetting your computer. You might also try reinstalling itunes. Usually this problem is caused by your computer, so a simple reset of both your computer and your iPod should help.

Comment on The Restore Button, What it Can and Cannot Do by daniel

daniel — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:41:00 +0000

hey there, this is a great place to find our ipod’s problems a solution, but still got a question: I’ve been trying to restore my ipod but all I got is a “your ipod can’t be restore because some files are used in another location” how is that possible? what can I do to fix it?
thanks in advance for your response.
Daniel

Comment on Don’t Update That Unlocked iPhone!!! by Shane Jordan

Shane Jordan — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:45:29 +0000

Yes Mark, you should not have any problems syncing an unlocked phone with iTunes. Just make sure however that you never update your unlocked iPhone through iTunes, as that very likely will Brick your phone.

Comment on Understanding your iPod/iPhone batteries lifecycle by Thom

Thom — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:21:06 +0000

300-500 full cycles and it’s dead? Sorry, that’s not what the documentation says.

After about 400 full cycles, the battery is expected charge to 80% of its original capacity. It should be quite clear 80% is not zero. Furthermore, this is a gradual reduction.

So, currently the battery provides about 8 hours talk time, about twice that of the 4 to 5 hours of other phone. After about 400 full discharge cycles one could expect about 6.4 hours, which is still more than other phones. Also keep in mind other phones use similar batteries, and their 4 hours of talk time would be reduced to about 3.2 hours at that point.

Let’s keep this in perspective.

Comment on Don’t Update That Unlocked iPhone!!! by Mark

Mark — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:32:51 +0000

Can you download songs and pictures to your iphone without getting your iphone bricked(thats if your iphone is unlocked ofcourse).

Comment on Don’t Update That Unlocked iPhone!!! by Mark

Mark — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:07:07 +0000

can u normally download music from pc’s itunes to ur iphone without gettin it bricked??

Comment on Understanding your iPod/iPhone batteries lifecycle by Pecos Bill

Pecos Bill — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:40:20 +0000

Yes, you describe battery memory. Lithium batteries are memory free. Apple tells users to condition their Mac batteries for a totally different reason: re-education of the battery management circuitry inside the battery so it can accurately report remaining capacity (it dwindles as the cycle count increases) and properly manage it.

Supposedly and according to Apple, each charge cycle does not count as full cycle unless it’s fully depleted but is a sum of the partials. Speaking of full depletion, it’s not good to leave any Lithium battery depleted for any time and it’s best not to store one fully charged either.

See http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html and/or http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipods.html for good info. I would add to the part about storage that you should store it in a refrigerator (NOT freezer–use for alkalines only). I did that with my extra battery for my 2001 iBook and it still has excellent life.

Make sure to warm it to optimal temp before using.

Lastly, I suggest doing a google search on lithium battery care and pay attention to who is saying it. Trust entities that work with the technology before trusting a site that does not.

Comment on Using your iPod as an external Hard Drive (a caution) by Ian O

Ian O — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:28:25 +0000

I’ll confirm that. iPods also have limitations as storage for photos via CameraConnect. Because the process of dumping a camera card to the iPod’s hard drive involves running the drive continuously, a 1GB card full of pix exceeds the battery capacity, even if fully charged. I got caught by that when on holiday in France. Our charger was a speaker/dock that the CameraConnect couldn’t plug in to, so I couldn’t stay plugged into the mains during the transfer.
The work-around was to download half the images, then cancel, delete the images from the iPod, then download the rest. HOWEVER, note that photos taken when the card is nearly full, into space created by deleting duds, will be scattered across the card, mixed with older images. Check image by image that you have really copied them across before deleting them. I lost a day’s worth of Avignon pix that way.