battery replacement

Is it possible and affordable to replace the battery in an iPod-touch
(2) or is it better to buy a new one?
Any experience?
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HMPL
emailaddress!!

Per HMP L:
>Is it possible and affordable to replace the battery in an iPod-touch
>(2) or is it better to buy a new one?
>Any experience?

I toasted mine trying to replace the battery. There's a very
small connector in there that I managed to break.
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PeteCresswell

On 11/27/11 10:38 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:
> In article<1kbe56q.885nko1ic4lg4N%hlaauwen@dzjiemail. kom>,
> (E-Mail Removed) (HMP L) wrote:
>
>> Is it possible and affordable to replace the battery in an iPod-touch
>> (2) or is it better to buy a new one?
>> Any experience?
>
> Google is your friend. ; )
>
> Anyhow, Apple will do it for a charge:
>
> <http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/service/battery/>
>
> Or you can do it yourself cheaper for the cost of the battery itself:
>
> <http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPod-Tou...ery-Replacemen
> t/1131/1>
>

If you live in a metropolitan area, there are also probably local
independent fix-it shops-- many who advertise themselves primarily as
cell phone repair shops. In my area, there's one that has a kiosk at a
large upscale mall-- fix 'em while you wait or shop...

--
You're all worthless and weak. Drop and give me twenty.

Douglas C. Neidermeyer <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On 11/27/11 10:38 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:
> > In article<1kbe56q.885nko1ic4lg4N%hlaauwen@dzjiemail. kom>,
> > (E-Mail Removed) (HMP L) wrote:
> >
> >> Is it possible and affordable to replace the battery in an iPod-touch
> >> (2) or is it better to buy a new one?
> >> Any experience?
> >
> > Google is your friend. ; )
> >
> > Anyhow, Apple will do it for a charge:
> >
> > <http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/service/battery/>
> >
> > Or you can do it yourself cheaper for the cost of the battery itself:
> >
> > <http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPod-Tou...ery-Replacemen
> > t/1131/1>
> >
>
> If you live in a metropolitan area, there are also probably local
> independent fix-it shops-- many who advertise themselves primarily as
> cell phone repair shops. In my area, there's one that has a kiosk at a
> large upscale mall-- fix 'em while you wait or shop...

Thank you all for your advice. It helped me a lot.
--
HMPL
emailaddress!!

In news:(E-Mail Removed) "(PeteCresswell)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Per HMP L:
>>Is it possible and affordable to replace the battery in an iPod-touch
>>(2) or is it better to buy a new one?
>>Any experience?
>
> I toasted mine trying to replace the battery. There's a very
> small connector in there that I managed to break.

I'm pretty sure I'd at least shatter the screen while just trying to get
the back off.

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(E-Mail Removed) St. Paul, MN

You'll need some special tools to remove the display and get access to the
battery - which is on the very bottom, underneath everything else.
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&key...l_573h0thbff_b

http://www.ipodbatterydepot.com/touc...FQLc4AodIWe11g

Bunch of videos to show what you're getting yourself into on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...1376l1.7.1l9l0

If you can't do fine pitch soldering, best to pay someone to replace the
battery for you.

"HMP L" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1kbe56q.885nko1ic4lg4N%(E-Mail Removed) ...
> Is it possible and affordable to replace the battery in an iPod-touch
> (2) or is it better to buy a new one?
> Any experience?
> --
> HMPL
> emailaddress!!
>

Jolly Roger wrote:
> In article <jdd1j5$5a9$(E-Mail Removed)>,
> "David Farber" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Jolly Roger wrote:
>>> In article <1kbe56q.885nko1ic4lg4N%(E-Mail Removed)>,
>>> (E-Mail Removed) (HMP L) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is it possible and affordable to replace the battery in an
>>>> iPod-touch (2) or is it better to buy a new one?
>>>> Any experience?
>>>
>>> Google is your friend. ; )
>>>
>>> Anyhow, Apple will do it for a charge:
>>>
>>> <http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/service/battery/>
>>>
>>> Or you can do it yourself cheaper for the cost of the battery
>>> itself:
>>>
>>> <http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPod-Tou...ery-Replacemen
>>> t/1131/1>
>>
>> I found many links to disassembly instructions such as the ones
>> you've shown above. I have the iPod shuffle 4th generation. I find
>> it humorous that the step by step guides show everything except
>> where to buy the replacement battery! I don't need one right now but
>> I was wondering if someone had a source for these batteries.
>>
>> Thanks for your replies.
>
> You mean besides from iFixit?:
>
> <http://www.ifixit.com/iPod-Parts/iPo...-Battery/IF193
> -016>

That link is for the iPod 4G. My question was for the iPod Shuffle, 4th
generation.

Thanks for your reply.
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David Farber
Los Osos, CA

In article <jollyroger-(E-Mail Removed)>,
Jolly Roger <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> > That link is for the iPod 4G. My question was for the iPod Shuffle, 4th
> > generation.
> >
> > Thanks for your reply.
>
> Oh the shuffle. Yeah, doesn't look like that battery is readily
> available. If Apple didn't make the battery themselves, you might be
> able to figure out who made it and purchase it somewhere. But it'd
> probably be less trouble to just let Apple replace the battery.

even easier to buy another one. the price is the same.