Posts tagged Hardware
How to get the full potential from your batteries - Lithium Ion

This tip is not about what habits to change with your phone/device but the maintenance for your device on how and when to charge your battery. This only applies to batteries of type of Lithium Ion. Now with older batteries it was always recommended that you always discharge your battery to reset the "memory"  like in nickel metal hydride and NiCads but it is the opposites with Lithium Ion. Like Steve Gibson says

"What lithium-ion batteries want is to stay charged. This allows you to get the most battery life."

Now what kind of devices have a  Lithium Ion batteries?  The three of the top of my head are iPad, iPhone and the Kindle. I bet there are many more but that ill leave that to you. Another thing to add is that all three devices I mentioned do not have a removable battery which doesn't allow you to buy an extra one.  In the end. this leaves you with just one solution.  To extend that battery life of your Lithium Ion battery is a good idea to always keep it plugged in when you can.

 

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Andriod, Apple, Cell Phones, technologyJuan ZepedaApple, battery, charge, Device, Hardware, kindle, Lithium IonComment
Steps to troubleshoot an ipod
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Apple has grown a lot over the years. Their major success that started their popularity was the  ipod. Today's post, is just that, we will focus on how  to fix your ipod. We will provide a list of things you may try. If nothing works, Apple will be the solution.

Before going down the check list make sure that your device still has battery and if it is in any physical damage and want to fix it yourself. There is a great resource at ifixit.com

  1. If there is a glitch in the system first try restarting it.
  2. If the restart does not work, try doing a hard boot by holding down a combination of buttons.  Here is a link on how to do a hard boot on your type of ipod.
  3. If a hard boot does not work, try plugging into itunes.
  4. If that fails, to try restoring you ipod to back up. (Hopefully you have a back up right?)
  5. If all of the above fails, you have no choice really but to take into Apple.

Here is another link from apple that might help resolve your problem.

Apple, ComputerJuan ZepedaApple, Apple iPod, Hardware, Iphone, ipod, IPod Touch, itunes, Peripherals Comments