upgrade for battery life?

[crocostimpy]

I just bought a 32g iPod a week or so ago. I like it so far, except for how quickly the battery runs down. So far, because I haven't loaded any music on it, I've just been using it to check out some apps and games and surf the web. I can eat halfway through the battery in just a couple of hours. Recently I've been turning off wifi when I don't need it. It came loaded with 3.0 software, and I've read that 3.1 helps with battery management. I haven't upgraded yet because I haven't decided if I'm going to hack it just yet. If 3.1 helps noticably I may just upgrade now and wait until whenever to hack it.

Comments? Suggestions?

[kobeshaneisback!]

upgrade bro,if ur on mac or windows u may simply jailbreak (hack) 3.1/3.1.1/3.1.2 on www.blackra1n.com plug in ipod,click windows/apple logo,run/open file,make it ra1n.

[Krunk83]

^^^ what he said. Make it ra1n!

[crocostimpy]

Well, as I understand it, the break for the 3G Touch running 3.1 is tehered. And if I understand what that means correctly, every time you turn on the ipod it needs to be connected to your computer. That doesn't sound very practical. Am I correct about this or am I misunderstanding something still? I was going to wait until the break becomes untehered, but after reading the sites it sounds like this is as far is it can go.

[kobeshaneisback!]

no, it is tethered but only if u lett the battery completely run out or completely power it off and then on, otherwise ur fine u may sleep and wake, but dont die!

[crocostimpy]

Ah, I see. Well I do power it off when I know I'm not going to be using it for a while. How much - or little - power does it use when it's sleeping, relatively speaking? Is it very little? I suppose I could get an AC adapter for when I'm using it around the house. Jailbreaking it is very tempting. Lots of cool stuff out there.