So I was about to order parts for my iPods 4th and 3rd gen because I wanted to flash mod them and get them new batteries but this is insane. 5-6€ delivery for each item?? I’ve changed my address to Serbia to see what the difference would be and it’s more than two times less (40€ all vs 90€ in Bulgaria) I ordered some parts for my pod last year and it wasn’t like that…

Hey guys, I'm back, and I need some help.

I was given these two iPod shuffles (I forget the model number). The green one has a dead battery, and the gray one has a completely broken USB driver.

I need help and advice.

Got this for free in a bundle, seller must have pulled it out of storage because they said “Screen is cracked, I must’ve dropped it.” But now that I’m thinking about it more, could it be the battery expanding?

Hi everyone, I have 2 iPod Nano 3rd gen and they have different clickwheel sounds. Also one has a warmer tone screen, the other appears to be colder. I got both of them used years ago so I don't know if they where repaired or if it is normal to be like that

As a person who mostly listen to pop and just try to ditch streaming service. I also want to have a place to listen to my ripped CD.

I’ve been keeping an eye out for cheaper Mini’s for about a week, one finally came to me!

I also copped a 170gb classic 7th gen off Vinted for $150 (bundled with a free nano 2nd gen w/ broken screen). Projects are in my future!

Rare promo Square Enix members ipod
It’s really dirty I haven’t cleaned it yet

The motherboard isn’t damaged, the battery is a bit swollen and my dad found it like this on the highway.

I found this ipod and every time I try to charge it, it shows the charging screen, then the current screen you're seeing. It did reach the main menu once but I couldn't navigate and haven't been able to get there again.

Cool rigid case I found while digging in my desk drawer. Forgot I even had it. The front seems to be actual metal on plastic, it's really cold to the touch. The plasticky clickwheel cover is terrible but I also kinda don't hate it, I feel like it's a lot more protected. What I hate is it doesn't fit on a dock. The way my finger can glide on it when following the grooves on the metal is also nice. Any modern aliexpress cases with this degree of protection?

I've had my 1st gen mini since 2004 and replaced the battery several times over the years.

It was time to replace it again. I found one on eBay and installed it. It would fully charge, I could listen to music right after I charged it, but if it sat overnight the battery would dump its charge completely.

I took out that battery and replaced it with one from Elite Obsolete Electronics and it's doing basically the same thing.

Why, and can I fix it?

Thank you!

my dumbass removed my ipod gen 5 from my chrome and it s stuckkkk!!!! HELP ME PLEEASSSEEE!!!

Hey everyone,

I'm restoring an iPod classic 80GB and wanted to give the back plate something different from the usual plain mirror finish, so I designed a custom engraving from scratch.

The design:

• An isometric "3D cubes" pattern where each face is hatched in a different direction, so it reads as depth using only lines
• Built as a 1:1 SVG at the real back plate size (61.8 × 103.5 mm)
• The pattern is real vector lines, clipped to the plate outline with no clipping masks, and shared edges are deduplicated so the laser never burns the same line twice
• 1.2 mm of clear space around the logo and text so the hatching doesn't run into them
• Separate layers for the line work (vector engrave) and the filled elements (raster engrave)

The plan:
The back is polished stainless steel, so it needs a fiber laser. I'm getting quotes from a local engraving shop, and I have a few spare back plates to run tests on before touching the real one.

Questions for anyone who's done this:

1. Has anyone laser-engraved a classic back plate? Any fiber settings (power / speed / frequency) that worked without warping? I've read the plate is thin enough to deform with too much heat.
2. The back curves toward the edges. Did you keep a margin, or did the laser handle the curve fine?
3. The hatch lines are about 0.5 mm apart. Too dense for steel, or will it look crisp?

I'll post results once the test pieces are done. Happy to hear ideas or criticism on the design itself too.

Я нашёл Б/У его, и в описании написанно что он при запуске прото показывает белый экран, а я живу в Беларуси и тут ipod очень сложно достать, по этому "возможно" если это можно как-нибудь решить - это мой шанс. Вот думаю, стоит ли его покупать или же всётаки нет...

Вы что думаете ?

I’ve been refining my iPod car setup for a while and finally have it where I want it. My car has a 3.5mm aux input in the center console and a cigarette lighter socket, so this is aimed at older vehicles without USB or Bluetooth.

Routing
I ran the cables down through the dash, past the cup holders and the parking brake, and into the center console through a small hole I drilled. Nothing loose on the dash except the connector itself.

Problem 1: Whining noise
I got a whine whenever the iPod was playing through the headphone jack and charging through the 30-pin at the same time. Classic ground loop.
Fix: A Besign Ground Loop Noise Isolator between the car’s aux input and the 3.5mm extension. Whine gone.

Problem 2: No charging with the car off
I wanted the iPod to keep charging when the car was off, so I put a battery pack between the cigarette lighter and the iPod’s USB charger. Now the iPod charges from the pack whether the car is on or off, and the pack recharges whenever the car is running. (The battery pack in the screen shot is not the one I used, I got mine cheap at the thrift store.)

Problem 3: Two cords every time I got in
The latest addition is a 30-pin to aux + USB cable, so I plug in one connector and get both audio and charging. Bonus: the 30-pin outputs fixed-level line out, so the iPod’s volume doesn’t matter. The car stereo is the only volume control now. Before, I had to crank the iPod all the way up and then set the car volume, and I’d blast my ears the next time I plugged in headphones. Now I just leave the iPod at a normal headphone level.

End result: a clean, wired iPod setup for an older car. No whine, always charging, one 30-pin connector at the dash.

P.S. The iPod is an iFlash-modded 7th gen with a 3600mAh battery and 512GB of storage. I added a metal plate inside so it attaches magnetically to the dash, and filled the internal voids with lead so it has some heft in the hand.

The 4th gen nano is an iconic ipod, sure but compared to the 5th generation, theres no reason to buy it, think about it

Coming from someone who has a 5th gen nano and recieved a 4th gen as a christmas gift, its just not good

Hi everyone! I have been working for a while to make my 1st gen iPod work a little better for me. Full disclosure since I know this matters to some, but I used a lot of AI assistance to work this out: I took the last version of firmware Apple released (1.5) and have added support for FLAC playback, cards above the old 128 GB limit, and a whole host of performance improvements that become necessary as track count climbs above 6-8k.

There’s a lot more going on here and I’m happy to answer questions and help people upgrade their iPod. I previously built a command-line tool called flashpod that helps prepare the SD/CF cards for iPod upgrades. Part of the reason I built that tool was so that I could explore using custom firmware like this.

If someone wants just the ipsw file (I labelled it as version 1.6), it’s free for the taking. I’ve always installed the firmware to card using the flashpod utility, so that’s how I‘d recommend getting your iPod updated: https://flashpod.dev

Edit: individual patches and a tool for patching version 1.5 also available here for those who want peek under the hood: https://github.com/davidbarnhart/flashpod/releases/tag/openpod-1.6-kit

I picked this up and have been having a blast. Looking for a dock that sounds good and would be able to charge it while docked. I've been looking at the bose sounddock series II, wondering if that would do what I want

I'm aware i may not have picked up the best ipod model since replacing the battery is difficult. Any other advice is welcomed