My first generation iPod Touch declares her death date drawing near.

The battery life has being shortened to mere an hour, without any application running besides the music player. The wireless network detection is also off. I have fully charged the device before I left home; after an hour of bus journey, the battery icon indicator is “red”, with a message “20% battery remaining”.

I am pondering whether this is due to iPod OS 3.0, as i recently did an upgrade. The device is working fine before the upgrade; I am able to listen to music, play games and read news, with more than 40% of battery left at the end of the day.

Probably, my iPod Touch First Gen (old hardware) cannot handle the battery intensive features of OS 3.0.

~Jotting down my memories, creating new life’s chapter~

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So here’s my quick guide:

1. Clean the screen to remove any speck of dust on the surface.
   - Use screen cleaning solution as well as scotch tape to remove any dust.
2. On the Gecko Guard, there is 2 tabs, remove Tab A plastic sheet.
3. Align the protector (Tab B facing you) with your device, use the applicator card to stick the protector to the iTouch screen, do not apply the protector fully, so that it is easy to resolve problem.
   - If there are any air bubbles, it means that the iTouch screen has dust particles.
   - Remove the protector and clean the iTouch screen again.
   - Repeat the above process until there are no air bubbles.
4. After successful application, remove Tab B.

And you are done!!! Congrats!

An equivalent installation guide using Martin Fields screen protector

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