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!"

Comments

Re:This is very old.

[Graff]

The battery replacement stories were already covered here on slashdot and many other websites a few months ago.

Not only that but Casey Neistat is the same guy who went around defacing Apple posters and putting up videos of how Apple was cheating him with bad batteries. The thing Casey forgot to tell everyone was that Apple had already instituted a replacement battery program and that many 3rd party companies were offering battery replacement services. He ruined his own iPod because he was too cheap to spring for having a professional replace the battery for him for a few extra bucks.

Casey Neistat also screwed over some of the people who hosted his video by not posting information about the battery replacement services. The providers gave him the hosting on the condition that Casey would give a balanced viewpoint on the problem and would link to the replacement programs.

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.

I don't understand why this is a big deal...

[RdsArts]

I've had laptop batteries. They do the same exact thing. Replacements for them? 150/200$ for a 3rd party battery. For two or three hours of power.

Not the 10+ hours on a iPod for 50$ from a 3rd party.

Yes, I know why the time differences are there, but I'm just saying, we're already paying how much for new laptop batteries? How is this different? Because it requires more heavy-lifting, or is that it's the same price as a laptop battery if you send it to Apple and have them replace it, thus removing any liability for destroying your device that's causing unrest here?

It's not even that the iPod is a exclusive problem. How many Rio Karma battery replacements can you find at the local store?

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.