CausticHarmony
Jan Wildeboer 😷
I got the tools. I got the new batteries. Now wish me luck for replacing the batteries of my 20+ year old iPods. A classic gen 6 and a 3rd gen Nano.
The iPod nano 3G is open. And as expected, it has a bloated battery. But that can be fixed. It is still working, so a new battery should bring it back.
New battery installed. Tested. Case closed :) iPod nano 3G is back for many more years of service, hopefully :) That was definitely a tough repair. These iPod nanos are quite demanding to pry open. But it is done. Onward to saving more devices from ending up at the landfill.
Chad McCullough@jwildeboer This is so cool!
Taran Rampersad@jwildeboer ... whispering life into old devices. 🙃
Michel PatriceThis old circular button is so nice. You don't have to look at the device to use it to skip a tune or to go back.
bald@jwildeboer Nice! I also have a 3g nano but have been lucky enough not to have to replace anything in it yet. After relying on my phone to listen to music for years, it's remarkable how well they actually hold up. Simple, elegant, good build quality, actually fits in your pocket, etc.
It won't work for the 3g but you might be able to stretch the capabilities of the gen 6 with rockbox. It would make it easier to load music onto them if you aren't able to run iTunes. I've had that issue with Linux. https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/TargetStatus
Mark@jwildeboer Metal bucket with sand? At least open the window and be prepared to lug it out.
@jwildeboer Not to be confused with snarkiness. Just be careful with the lithium batteries.
@ofosos I know it’s hard to believe that I know what I’m doing, but I am 56 years old, have 40+ years of experience and I know what I’m doing :)
@jwildeboer Famous last words.
@ofosos Thank you being a troll focused on demotivating other people you don’t know and welcome to my blocklist. Have a nice day!
Luís Correia@jwildeboer question, can you upload files into that iPod from Linux?
@luisfcorreia Yes, with libipod. I don’t need it though, as I have a Mac.
@jwildeboer is that still maintained?
I tried last year from my Fedora Workstation and it wasn't recognized
(came to the conclusion that I have a very similar iPod here with a replacement battery to be replaced... 'soon')
@luisfcorreia I don’t know as I don’t use it anymore.
Rob Fahrni@jwildeboer Have you upgraded it to larger storage? I know it can be done with some iPods, not sure about this one?
@fahrni No, it stays an 8GB iPod nano. I’m only swapping in a new battery.
@jwildeboer The Nano, like you have, is the best form factor iPod, in my opinion.
I did a little reading and they’re kind of difficult to upgrade. The standard iPod gen 4 and up are — apparently — easy to upgrade.
@fahrni I am more than happy with the 8GB, that's a lot of music already :) I also have a classic 6th gen with the 80GB hard drive, so I never felt the need to upgrade.
@jwildeboer Makes sense. 👍🏼
Andrew@fahrni @jwildeboer not sure the nano storage can be upgraded without BGA soldering. the classic/mini was easy because they used hard drives.
Benjamin Braatz@jwildeboer Are the replacement batteries the same capacity as the old ones or was it possible to profit from the advancements in the mean time and get larger capacity with the same dimensions?
@HeptaSean I only know that the replacement battery is 550 mAh, the old one doesn’t say how much it has.
Thorsten 
@jwildeboer Wow. Please tell us your experience how easy or hard it was. I have also a nano and a classic. Both need a battery replacement.
Where have you bought the needed stuff? And is there a good how to? Do you need soldering?
Where have you bought the needed stuff? And is there a good how to? Do you need soldering?
@thorsten The best how to is the iPod Repair clinic, a guy with 20 years of experience, sharing his wisdom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V-ZqzuxN8Q
How to replace the battery on an iPod Classic 6th & 7th Generation
@thorsten Yes, you need to understand how these clips work that hold everything together. Because you need force to get them to open. The nano need soldering, the 6/7th gen doesn't.
darthvader42@jwildeboer Love these stories of people using old hardware.
DG5DBH@jwildeboer my daughter has tested my old iPod Gen 3 yesterday after a very long time - it was still working. I have changed the battery once, I dunno if I change it another time..
Bryan L. Fordham@jwildeboer man I wish I still had mine.
@jwildeboer good luck!
Fernando M. S. 🇵🇸@jwildeboer please share more of this experience! Repairing vintage stuff is really cool! 🤩
Dr. Daniel Hernandez-Velazquez@jwildeboer Second Fernando's request.
Given the propensity of Apple to "seal" things it must be an interesting ride to change the batteries of ipods (and I have a couple that at least one of them the battery is no longer in good condition)
Given the propensity of Apple to "seal" things it must be an interesting ride to change the batteries of ipods (and I have a couple that at least one of them the battery is no longer in good condition)
an interesting bean 
@redravenspirit @jwildeboer the plastic faced ipods are quite easy to work on, but getting the aluminum ones open is way harder. Internally they are quite nice to repair
@timmy @redravenspirit the good thing is that iPods are ubiquitous and many good videos and manuals on how to fix them are available. And getting spare parts even after 20 years is not a real problem.
@jwildeboer oh yay, the two worst ones to open
@jwildeboer i’m pretty sure the later nanos are a little worse to get open, but the 3g is a real pain. the classic should be easier so if you start with that one you’ll probably have a better time
@timmy I like a real challenge ;) The nano 3G has the white screen of death due to a bloated battery, so even more fun.
alerich@jwildeboer I got a Nano here. Is there a nice tool to copy (& convert) my flac files onto it?
Good lock with the battery. If you have a old iPod working, that's very nice.
You might be interested in this : https://www.crowdsupply.com/cool-tech-zone/tangara A kind of open source (non apple) iPod.
I stumbled upon this while looking for an #opensource printer.
@MichelPatrice Yes, I know about it. But I prefer recycling old stuff instead of generating more waste ;)
I could not agree more. If you have one that is already working, it is all the best.
Simon Jaeger@jwildeboer Do you use Rockbox on those, or do you have a way to work with the old library format? I've contemplated getting an iPod or something that can run Rockbox well. Good luck with the repairs.
@simon No. It is and stays original. I can sync it with my m4 MacBook as Apple still fully supports iPods.
@jwildeboer I thought I heard somewhere that many iPod models stopped being supported. That might just be the Apple bias of feeling like they drop every product when it suits them. Happy to be wrong about that.
@simon You are out of luck with the FireWire iPods. But the 30 pin versions are still working just fine. Plug them in, Finder tells you an iPod has been detected and you can fill it up with music, videos, podcasts just fine.
Danie van der Merwe@jwildeboer my
iPod Classic 5th generation music player was still working fine in 2017 - I'd flashed the retro cassette theme on Rockbox firmware on my mine — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyYHYCNk9IM. These were really quality devices. Hope it lasts as long as my HP41CV has!
iPod Classic 5th generation music player was still working fine in 2017 - I'd flashed the retro cassette theme on Rockbox firmware on my mine — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyYHYCNk9IM. These were really quality devices. Hope it lasts as long as my HP41CV has!
Retro cassette theme on Rockbox firmware playing on my iPod Classic 5th generation music player
Rainer Burkhardt@Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:
Very nice and retro. I must admit I failed at using the Koss Porta Pro.
Very nice and retro. I must admit I failed at using the Koss Porta Pro.