Breathe New Life Into Your Dead iPod

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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Re:AppleCare : What about the engravings

[ack154]

From the iPod Battery Service FAQ on the Apple Support site:

Will my iPod personalization be preserved?
If your original iPod was personalized by Apple, your replacement iPod will be automatically personalized with same text. If your original iPod was custom laser engraved by another company, your replacement iPod will not be personalized.

Re:Which iPod does this affect?

[gamgee5273]

Actually, the technical assessments of the iPod's battery place the battery life anywhere from two to nine years. It all depends on how the user uses, or abuses, the iPod. I know of 5GB original iPods, used daily, that are still going strong. I know of 40GB iPods bough six months ago that are hosed because the user doesn't charge it properly, uses the backlight all the time, can't figure out how to use the hold button to stop the iPod from playing when no one is listening, etc.

As for the "sane" devices you mention: Looking at my Palm Tungsten T - there's no way to (easily) replace the battery in there, nor can the same be said about the other PDAs (Palm and Pocket PC) I see around me in my office.

Your rationale leaves something to be desired.