HELP

[roadrunnertwice]

Okay, who here has replaced an iPod battery? Who's the seller I ought to be buying the kit from?

(Mom's iPod Mini is juiced out; it's on me to do some surgery, and I'd be grateful for any advice you have to offer.)

Comments

[bryantpaul.livejournal.com]

I replaced the battery on my old iPod mini, though I can't specifically recall where I got it. (The cost was only about 20 dollars. I'm pretty sure I just googled "iPod" battery.)

The actual replacement was a little tricky, even with the tool provided. I kinda scratched the case up trying to pry the two white plastic caps off. Once you get the case off, the rest is easy. As long as you expect/don't mind a few cosmetic scratches, it's well worth it.

[roadrunnertwice]

Oh cool, thank you for the warning. I hadn't quite gotten a grip on how hard the take-apart is, though I'd gathered that at least wasn't in guy-with-a-beard-and-5-soldering-irons territory. I'm not too worried about scratches, thankfully; this particular mini already took one good sidewalk-dive, so it's got some totally punk rock gouges in the case to hide any little slip on my part.

I've got about 6 retailers open in tabs right now. I should probably stop stressing just pick one at random.

[shaneface.livejournal.com]

DEETAILS, PLEEEEEEASE!!! I need to replace my iPod Mini battery, too! Tell me how everything works out!

PS--Kristin Hersh ROOOOLZ, OK?

[roadrunnertwice]

You're on. In the meantime, it looks like you'll want one of the kits with the plastic tool, and you'll probably want to watch this video to get a feel for the thing ahead of time. (I hadn't heard that hairdryer trick anywhere else, so it was worth the 170 mb download.)

PS--Kristin Hersh ROOOOLZ, OK?
OK! (I just found out about her a little while ago. Was Throwing Muses this good, too? Why didn't I get the memo?)

[bryantpaul.livejournal.com]

It might be too late, but I found the receipt from when I bought my replacement battery. It was --quite logically-- www.laptopsforless.com .

I wish I had known about using a hairdryer; clever hackers!

-b.

p.s. Throwing Muses are excellent! They were the first band I ever saw live. Personally, my favorite album is The Real Ramona, which has all of Kristin Hersh's odd rolling guitar work with Tanya Donnely's poppier stuff. Though really, all of it is good (University is another favorite).