broken ipod?

[northvibe]

anyone ever fixed a broken ipod? or put a bigger hard drive in it? For xmas I wanted to buy a broken ipod mini and then fix it up with a 1gb-4gb microdrive.

[ToolGuy]

Never done this but looking at my wifes, I cannot figure how to get it apart if I had to and without damage as well. Seems like they are more "throw away" devices except for battery replacement...

[Baltovibe]

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »anyone ever fixed a broken ipod?I have a couple of times, but with the larger units (not the mini or nano). It was a real pain ... Apple seals them up really well, so I ended up having to carefully saw the case apart, fix what it needed, and then epoxy the case back together. If you do a search on the internet, you will find all kinds of mods and tips on the iPods, which is where I got the information to do my stuff.

[jwalcik]

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »anyone ever fixed a broken ipod? or put a bigger hard drive in it? For xmas I wanted to buy a broken ipod mini and then fix it up with a 1gb-4gb microdrive.not to kill your thunder, but why would you want to buy a broken ipod and put a smaller drive in it? the mini's came in 4GB and 6GB varieties.i've canibalized ipods to replace broken screens, and done several battery replacements, but i've never messed with any of the storage stuff (the harddrives out of regular or mini units, or the flash in the nano or shuffle). they're a *lot* harder to open up than most of the how-to's online will lead you to believe. each time i've opened one up i've been surprised at how much force was required to break the factory seal.

[northvibe]

because the 4gb or 6gb drives are 150-200 dollars alone. a 1gb is like 55. I wanted to get it done for about $100 total.

[Kari]

Surely you can get a used (and functional) mini for not much more than that though...with the student discount the Nano is $170 or something like that.

[northvibe]

mini's are discountinued and the discound is like 20 bucks off stuff. im getting my parents a new mac mini for xmas the super drive one. used mini's are in HIGH demand and go for 200 and the new ones go for more than the retail price, usually. i dond mind fixing it..its just fun to me to do that stuff, i just need money! dead battery ipods are the best to get as new batteries are like 25-30 bucks. the mini is the only one that can use Compact Flash cards and they are fairly cheap for small ones.

[jwalcik]

Quote, originally posted by Kari »Surely you can get a used (and functional) mini for not much more than that though...with the student discount the Nano is $170 or something like that.actually, there was a journal posting on arstechnica.com last week talking about the premium that leftover ipod mini's are demanding. in some places they're actually selling for more than their original price. inexplicable to me. i think some people are finding the nano to be "too" small". to each their own.Quote, originally posted by northvibe »because the 4gb or 6gb drives are 150-200 dollars alone. a 1gb is like 55. I wanted to get it done for about $100 total.fair enough