Gutting an ipod

[Charles Faw]

Last week my 9 y.o. daughter brought me her iPod 4 saying it wouldn't charge. It appeared something had been crammed in the charge port and bent/broke several pins. Called the local repair shop and they wanted $125 to fix it. Figured I could buy a used one for that, so after watching a few YouTube videos I decided to try fixing it myself.


Old 30 pin connector removed...


Soldering in the new port...


Soldering in a new battery...


Replacing the screen...


The final test... It Lives!hyea:

New charge port from eBay: $3
New battery from eBay: $6.50
One happy little girl: Priceless!

 

[Chupaca]

Nicely done..!!

where there is a bit of adventure there is more often than not success.. Great job in repairing the pod and making a little girl happy...:2thumbs:

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: :congrats: And you are FAR braver than I am! :bowdown:

 

[bruiser]

So, you gonna start repairing IPods too?? :roflblack:

 

[Charles Faw]

So, you gonna start repairing IPods too?? :roflblack:

No. Entirely too tedious for me. I'll stick to making cup holders.
BTW Bruiser, what part of eastern NC are you in? I'm in "Mount Pilot" aka Pilot Mountain but I head down to Swansboro several times a year.

 

[AbNormy]

Good job!

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