R.I.P. iPod. never again.

[boi]

alright, i did it. i took it apart.
and i fixed it.

well, for the most part anyway.

while i was at it, i sanded the metal case on the back. everything's semi-peachy. firewire port works now, but the remote still doesn't. oh well. better than an ibrick.

[Inline_guy]

Man I hate to hear all that. I had a really good experiance with mine. I got it and after like a week it stoped working. It would not even boot at one point. I sent it back to Apple (free of charge) and it had two HUGE scratches on it. The next day they sent me a brand new one.

I have had no problems with the new one. THe battery started to hold less of a charge, but after the newest update it is fine.

It makes me sad to hear your stories. I know how upset I would be. Here is hoping it all works out.

Mathew

[Arden]

Originally posted by boi
alright, i did it. i took it apart.
and i fixed it.

Boy (boi?), I wasn't completely serious about that. What exactly did you do?

[boi]

i know you weren't. i had actually forgotten you mentioned it, honestly.
i took off the back, battery and hard drive and noticed the firewire port was carefully installed with a very small piece of scotch tape. brilliant.
i took a soldering iron to the ibrick and voilá, it's an ipod again. that firewire port isn't moving any more. i have to elevate the firewire cord a little bit, so it goes into the port at an angle, but it's a small price to pay. i'll eventually fix that with some tape or something.

now my ipod has... character ^_^.

i also sanded the back of it to give it a brushed metal look. it looks fantastic. now all i have to do is get rid of the scratches on the plastic, somehow fix the discoloring of the wheel (spraypaint maybe? i wonder how silver would look...) and fix my little remote port on the top. now that apple has denied me warranty, i'm no longer afraid to customize my baby.

i'll snap some pictures of the whole process once i find the charger for my digitical camera. i found the number of guides on the internet for taking an ipod apart to be extremely insufficient. i need to pass on the help, because i know a couple other people here have ipods with broken firewire ports. it's really a pretty simple fix. it was my first time with a soldering iron (thanks for the help blake!).

[Arden]

"Digitical camera"... lol

You may want to be careful what you actually do to your iPod so you don't custom melt it or damage any of the components.

Now that it's working, though, have you thought about writing a "How-to" of how to fix it?

[boi]

the fix was a pretty obvious one, so i don't think i'm in any danger of destroying anything. but yeah, i'll write a how-to once my 'digitical camera' is working ^_^

[Arden]

Originally posted by boi
i also sanded the back of it to give it a brushed metal look. it looks fantastic. now all i have to do is get rid of the scratches on the plastic, somehow fix the discoloring of the wheel (spraypaint maybe? i wonder how silver would look...) and fix my little remote port on the top. now that apple has denied me warranty, i'm no longer afraid to customize my baby.

Like I said, be careful what you do... You may want a custom job, but you shouldn't use any strong materials that could melt/warp your case, get inside & ruin the functionals, etc. I'm also not sure how you're going to fix plastic scratches (if you figure out a "foolproof" way, tell me so I can unscratch my glasses! ).

[ksv]

hey, http://deep.urbanturban.no/ipod/

Heh, a month after I did this it stopped booting... Sent it in to Apple for repair - and 6 days later I had a brand new one delivered on my door - the day before christmas eve
Just me, or is AppleCare actually better in Europe than in the US? That is unusual...