So I dismantled my iPod this morning...

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...in order to replace the battery. I got a new high capacity one from Sonnet. The installation was pretty simple, though the video was a bit unclear at times. However, it's all back together and seems to work okay. It's just had a full charge, so now I need to go for a long, long walk.

― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 11:43 (twenty years ago)

Bah. The correct answer is

...and now it doesn't work.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 11:44 (twenty years ago)

Thankfully it isn't. Though there were MOMENTS OF TREPIDATION.

― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 11:46 (twenty years ago)

so i ignored my ipod this morning, when my postman was trying to deliver it (actually i didn't put in the flat number so the postman didn't bother and left a card). So now I can collect it tomorrow on my day off, AND ALSO RECEIVE THE NEW PROJECTOR THAT WE GOT ON EBAY YAYYYYY.

so, tomorrow will be spent setting up iTunes on a big projected screen. geek joy:D

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 12:03 (twenty years ago)

(when i say new projector i mean used)

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 12:03 (twenty years ago)

what should i do with my old broken ipod

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:23 (twenty years ago)

play catch with it. (that's what i do with mine)

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:45 (twenty years ago)

or set it as a burglar trap.

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:46 (twenty years ago)

i was thinking of krazy-gluing to the floor of a mall or something equally outrageous

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:46 (twenty years ago)

or the inside of my toilet bowl

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:47 (twenty years ago)

Does anyone else have an opinion on these replacement batteries? My 3G iPod only gets like 4.5 hours on a charge nowadays, and I would much rather spend 40 bucks than 100, let alone 350 on an entirely new unit.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:48 (twenty years ago)


        `/\     \==========
                    ipod

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:48 (twenty years ago)

oh crapo

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:49 (twenty years ago)

schematics of broken ipod burglar trap


.        `/\  \===========
.                   ipod

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:51 (twenty years ago)

fuck. here we go.


.        `/\ <- metal killing bit with a spike
.        \  \
.         \/ \============
.          \ /(   )/___//
.spring --> \===========
.                   ipod

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:53 (twenty years ago)

inside of the toilet bowl would be nice actually, for a peeing target.

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:54 (twenty years ago)

We did a segment on this for Call For Help using one of the Sonnet batteries -- it worked fine! If you have the nerve to do this (it requires a hair dryer in some cases, and a few manoeuvres that seem like they might break the iPod -- it's certainly a feasible home project.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:58 (twenty years ago)

i am also keen to know about battery replacement, mine is kind of OK at the mo (10 GB, but early second gen i think (and second hand)), but it can only be a matter of time before it starts going rubbish i fear...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 15:02 (twenty years ago)

just get a new video one for free from dialaphone :-D

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 15:28 (twenty years ago)

(rewind thread)

...and found a Dalek in there!

― Paul (scifisoul), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 15:50 (twenty years ago)

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