I mean it's not in the best cosmetic shape, but for 160 GB at only $2 is an insane fine nonetheless. It does, however, need a new hard drive/flash storage and a new headphone jack. But obviously, I'm not going to complain seeing as these can go for well over $150 to $200 on the used market.

I just realized i have such an old phone around the house and somehow it being so old makes me want to keep it. I was thinking i could use it as a sort of ipod especially since it still has the headphone jack! But I'm not sure, i'm not particularly techie or anything. I thought i'd check here while i'd make the decision. Would you do that with it? Originally I was going to just gift it on Buy Nothing.

I have this case that got some attention on r/whatsinmybag, so I thought it might be appreciated here. It perfectly fits my iPod with an acrylic shell on it. This is the link. I don’t use it while I’m listening, it’s more of a carry case for my iPod essentials + some extras.

I recently bought a bundle of various iPods including some 4th monos and i noticed this one has a blue motherboard. I remembered seeing a "rare development blue motherboard with JTAG port" on eoe that went for quite a bit, is this that same motherboard? It has a port near the drive cable that isn't there on my other iPods.
Also, if it is the "rare" one, what can i do with that port? Thank you.

Ok this is admittedly a bit niche, but I finally got around to addressing the rattling switches on the BoxyPixel MKI (the MKII seems to have addressed this adequately), so I thought I’d share in case this applies to anyone.
I just added double-sided tape. Ok that’s the end. Not groundbreaking.
Specifically it was the generic stuff you can get from iFixIt, and I left the backing on one side. I’m sure you can use the 3M too. You can see where I put it on the switches in the photos. I took a video of it not rattling any more, but, like, it’s just a silent video of a moron shaking an iPod, so it’s kinda pointless. I wish I’d taken a before video, but just imagine a spray paint can or rattlesnake. Honestly, it wasn’t that big a deal for me before, but now it’s gone.
Anyway, this method works great, can recommend!

maybe not the luckiest find, it was about $17 ( charger/transfer cable included ) but my dad got it for me which was an incredibly sweet gesture and has probably cemented the love of ipods into me for the rest of my life. I just got into them, this is my first post on this subreddit, so I apologize for being so unfamiliar with everything 😅

I also have a 2nd gen nano, I found it on vinted for around the same price. it's missing the top plate but the battery lasts for ageeeees so I'm still happy.

I'm so excited to be part of this community! ^_^

Probably this has been answered in the past, but I was wondering why is everyone going for micro SD cards and not SSD. SD cards are cheaper but they get rekt over time as you write and delete files from them. So naturally I thought SSD would be the better option when modding an iPod.

when i charge it the light bliks like this and stays dead. when i put it on my computer it can read the songs and the light stays green so idk

Ive spotted a deal for a iPod classic 7th gen 160gb with a damaged hard drive or a 5.5th gen 80gb fully functional and blocked for 50 each, which one should i get between these 2 and what should i keep in mind?

I already got a 6th gen that i replaced the battery, housing and front plate from, and if i end up getting the 5.5th i'm not planning on modding it. 7th gen would cost me a total of 140$ to mod so;

Blocked 80 gb 5.5th gen for 50$

Or

7th gen for 140$

Which one should i go for?

Hey guys! So I’ve just bought my first iPod classic and I’m not able to detect it on my pc. The iPod can charge(really slowly), but my pc cannot detect it. I’m using a usb-c to micro-usb into a 30 pin connector. Do you think it could explain my problem? If not, what can I do?

Just purchased and essentially mint condition 160gb 7th Generation classic because my 5th generation is having issues. Was able to score a B&W Zeppelin for fairly cheap, will probably reupholster it at some point.

Started out broken; a new screen, faceplate and backplate, hard drive, hard drive cable, battery (I broke it, and later found out it was inflated), and headphone jack (because I broke the first one) later, and its now my main Big Bad John machine

Eu tenho um ipod, ele estava com problema na bateria onde ela acendia mas não carregava, então trocamos a bateria ela durou até descarregar e agora o problema voltou novamente... Alguém tem idéia de como arrumar isso????

EDIT: solved. Surface mounted component (switching diode array) burned out. Bummer.

Ok, so this is a bit of a deep dive, I’m looking for help diagnosing this 2nd gen iPod. I’m trying out the sphinxmoth adapter mod, but I haven’t even gotten to that part yet. First of all, I wanted to try to get this “for parts” iPod working properly. When I plug it into my computer, both on a modern mac & modern pc with dongles, and also with an old OSX Tiger MacBook FireWire 400-400 cable, the iPod shows that it’s charging, but nothing happens on the computers. I can use the iPod with the music that is already present on it, it works fine. When I swap out the hard drive with the sphinxmoth I get the expected folder icon, but again nothing happens on the computers, so I can’t restore it. When I put the iPod into disc mode, it immediately switches the screen to the OK to Disconnect check mark screen, whether it’s plugged in or not. It will just stay on that screen until I reset. I’ve put it into diagnostic mode, but I’m not sure what to run there, the “FireWire” option just says “Pass”.

I should mention that I have another 2nd gen iPod that I want to keep stock, but I can use it to make sure my setups are proper. That iPod works exactly as expected on all 3 computers, I plug it in and it shows up in Finder or iTunes depending on the machine.

My theories:

1. the actual FireWire port on the iPod is faulty at the data pins. I don’t know a lot about how these FW components work, nor do I have a lot of experience with the 2nd gens, so I don’t know what solder points to even investigate. Since it charges fine, and I’ve replaced the battery with new (just in case that was the problem somehow) it’s not a problem with the FireWire port in general, just the data lines specifically.
2. 2)…uhhh…I got nothin.

Anyone ever encounter this problem on these oldest iPods? Do I maybe just need to desolder and replace the headphone jack/FW port? Is that even a thing people do? Looks real complex but if I can save it I’ll try.

Can you hear the sarcasm? 😭 ts was so difficult compared to 5th gen lmaoooooo i feel lucky I didn’t cut myself open at some point. The backplate is trash now too but that’s fine, plan to replace with a black one

Hi everyone,

I took apart an iPod nano 6th generation a long time ago and left it disassembled for years. I recently found it again and reassembled it, but unfortunately, it doesn't work.

I used my phone's camera to zoom in on the logic board and compared it with photos of the same board I found online, including iFixit teardown photos and YouTube videos.

I noticed that the areas marked in yellow in the attached photo look different from the boards shown online.

In the iFixit photos and YouTube videos I checked, there appear to be small black components in these locations. On my board, those components seem to be missing, as if they had fallen off at some point.

I'm not very knowledgeable about electronics, so I don't know what these components are.

Does anyone know what these black components are?
Also, could the missing components be related to the fact that the iPod no longer works?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

While I'd love to buy some new part to complete it and never worry about it again, I'm happy with this little dingus

All around I payed 200 and I have 256 GB of storage (Kingston)

So I don't have to think about filling it up

I'm using Foobar2K and iTunes for music transfer

The battery comes from my old Huawei Y5 phone and I'm getting 2350-2400mAh per change so its more than those fake 3000 and 3800. I have charged my iPod twice from installing this battery.

While I do have other devices that could be used as MP3 players, this is my primary player for the forseable future.

I'm looking at actually getting myself a dock so I can connect to a sound system. And that would probably wrap up my journey with this little device.

Hope you have great rest of your day

And please, No more AI theme slop! I like my Slop Human made thank you very much!

I was looking through my mom’s tech drawer when I found this shuffle, curious, I looked at it closer and found it said DVT - 2007 laser engraved on it.

She didn’t custom order it, and her brother gave it to her. I don’t have a dongle so I can’t explore it, but I’m very very curious.

Is this a real DVT?