r/iPodHacks

I’m currently modding two Gen 3 classics. The “warm” one was purchased new - by me (it looks faded in pic but has good detail/contrast) and I still have the box. The blue tint is an auction buy and I’m thinking of swapping screens.

Which screen is your favorite screen?

Modded a 4th gen monochrome about a year ago with battery and as storage mods. Been running smoothly until the device went completely unresponsive this afternoon. I had left it plugged into the only charger I had at my desk and went to lunch… came back to a blank screen and a slight smoky smell.

Cracked it open this evening to find what I imagine must be the culprit - fried chip and char right behind the battery connector on the logic board. Tested the battery with a multimeter to confirm it’s still good and voltage is appropriate. Feeling kind of lucky that damage wasn’t more extensive based on how strong the burning smell was inside the case upon opening.

I suspect my problem was the charger / cable combination used… Before I go ordering a replacement logic board, can anyone say whether this could be caused by a third-party charging cable plugged into a “smart” usb outlet which wasn’t able to correctly regulate the output voltage down to 5v? Or could this have been a short caused by the exposed metal from the click wheel on the faceplate?

I wanted to see if i can relocate this component on my nano 3G’s motherboard and i cant solder it back to the motherboard. It seems to have had some thin metal pads welded to the actual contacts(which came off during the desoldering process) that made it possible for solder to stick to them. I managed to half solder it back to its place but now the backlight of the screen isn’t turning on(probably because the component doesn’t make full contact with the board). Anyone know anything about the values of this component or its name? Can i buy a replacement or am i forced to get a new motherboard?

Has anyone added tire balance weights, tennis racket tape or putty and run iPod through TSA scanners? I thought if it after I mounted these, wonder if it’s going to be an issue.?

This is my first Reddit post so I hope you the reader can help

So backstory. I have a iPod 7th gen classic that I am doing an iflash cf board mod. Ipod is being recognized by iTunes and asks to restore I do the restore and it disconnects and when it reconnects it asks to restore again. I have tried a lot of google fixes with no progress . I also want to do a rockbox mod and that dosent work either Rock box utility won’t recognize the “mounting point” but that is another issue but might have something to do with this

iPod specs

Model : A1238

Flash board : Tarkan iflash cf to zig 40 pin adapter

Cf card : I da extreme cf adapter type 1

Sd card : Amazon basics 128gb

Please help and thank you in advance

Is it possible to fix it this one is very dear to me as this is my first ipod as well first modded ipod.I was just playing around trying if original harddrive still works or not and then this guy pops out

Click wheel non responsive I assuming because the ground strip broke so it’s not grounding to the frame cause the click wheel not to scroll . So I grabbed some copper conductive tape and gonna give it a try anyone have any experience with this issue …

Apologies for any incorrect terminology, new to modding! I’m trying to replace the battery in my ipod video 5.5 gen, and accidentally damaged the little connector part while trying to reinsert it. Pics attached. Is the battery salvageable without soldering or should i cut my losses and buy another replacement?

On a random day, it just decided to keep randomly scrolling.

I have 1 spare clickwheel.

tried to change it..still the same

change the body frame to 6th gen with a 5th gen internal..still the same...

put it back again to it's original body of 5th gen..

Is brand new clickwheel going to fix this? coz both of the clickwheel, the ground is touching the framework of both gens..

Idk what's causing this..

pls help me..I always use this on my way to work..now I can't