so i finally got my ipod and paid $35 duty

after hours of charing, i'm trying to use ipod folder 1.2 to backup the music, and then what... it only takes 10 mins to drain ALL THE BATTERY?

wtf is going on??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyone knows if it's possible to charge the ipod while connecting to an external harddrive (powered) through firewire?

the external harddrive i have has 2 6-pin ports and is powered itself. i have one cable connecting it to the 4-pin on my dell and the other one connected to ipod.. however it's not charing while connected. anyone know any tricks? thanks!

I'm worried that the battery may have been "abused."
You got this on eBay, right? It may have been stored for a while without a charge before being sold to you, which isn't good for batteries, and some of the 3Gs had problems to begin with...

thanks farfisa, for finally having someone to talk to me...

talking about replacement battery.... why arent' they making some bigger capacity batteries for 3G ipods? only for 1G and 2G's

an update. i just dropped it from 1m high, still works.. phew and no dent identified. running a disk scan now

man, this ipod must be cursed! did the prior owner die? :P

update: disk scan done. check mark. relief...

the prior owner agreed to share some costs of a new ipod battery... i quoted the price of the apple's charge, let's see how much he's willing to put in

Hey! Glad to hear the previous owner is pitching in!
It is puzzling that the high capacity batteries are so far only available for the earlier generations--must be the hot market because so many of the originals would be dying now. I just noticed the ones for the 1G and 2G are 4x the capacity. Somebody on ehMac was saying their iPod was going for 17 hours straight after the replacement.
[edit: here's the thread--it was (( pg )), but I just noticed that you responded to that thread too... oops]
FYI iPod replacement battery works well!
I have a 2G, so should probably get one now--by the time I really need one they'll only have them for the 3G!

hay farfisa, didn't PG say he had it run for 22 hours???

the seller hasn't responded yet, but i'm holding my feedback tight, see how much he's going to throw in.

i'm a little puzzled too about the high capacity batteries.. seems the highest i can buy now is 850mah for 3G's versus the 2200mah for 1/2G's. that's huge difference!!!

I had an issue with my 3G iPod when I first bought it it didn't hold a charge. Apple told me to first drain the battery to dead. Then wip the drive clean and do a fresh install of the latest firmware and lo and behold my iPod had normal battery life.

Just a thought before you spend the cash.