r/ipodmods

After 1.5 months of waiting, I received and assembled my first iPod 5.5 with 30GB of storage and an iFlash quad, a 512GB memory card, and a 2000mAh battery.

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

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?

4th gen 60gb keeps doing this after putting it in disc mode and connecting to my computer (windows 11 with itunes installed) after doing the sd mod the cheap way. how do i get it to connect to itunes?

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?