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Breathe New Life Into Your Dead iPod

Posted by pudge on from the happy-ipod-tuesday dept.

FreakyControl writes "Popular Science is running an article this month about how to change that dead iPod battery, along with links to sites that have other cool iPod hacks. It looks like Casey Neistat figured out how to do it for them, after ruining his own during a similar attempt: 'A few weeks later, PopSci gave him another third-party battery, this time from pdasmart.com ($60), and another iPod from a staffer with the same problem. That one survived and went back to its owner. And Casey ended up spending $400 on a new one.' Looks like all you iPod people may still have hope!"

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  1. Re:Which iPod does this affect? by Cthefuture · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Well, it's not a problem with the device per se. It's the battery.

    All batteries wear out. It's just what they do. With most sanely designed devices you just pop out the old and pop in a new one...

    Of course Apple now has their replacement program. You have to give the thing to Apple for service though. Kinda stupid if you ask me. They could've just made the battery replaceable. You know, like everything else.

    Nice device you people got there. $500 and designed to be thrown away after a year or two. Apple, pfffft.

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  2. Re:What's that about? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Election 2004: Just vote the same as 2000, that should get rid of Bush.

    Considering he WON, you should fuck off.