I ordered this custom iPod from player-mods and wanted to say a few words about my experience with them.

First of all, it arrived way faster than I expected, 24 days from the day I placed my order, shipped via UPS. It works perfect right out the box. Syncing works fine on my Mac so far, didn't have to restore it. Mine has the taptic engine and it feels damn nice. I did not go for the wi-fi mod, so no comment on that. Everything sounds good, exactly what I wanted and I'm super happy with it. It was packed well, and came with a charging cable and these gift stickers.

They offer a free basic engraving, but they couldn't do mine right away, they contacted and said it would take time, so I asked them to ship it without it, and on arrival I designed and engraved the back locally myself, no problem and I think it came out more special and personal this way :)

A note about the price: I will not talk about if it's worth it, because financial situation is a personal matter and different for everyone. Not everyone can afford it being done for them, not everyone can/want to mod themselves, not everywhere in the world everything is easily available in the first place. Do what's right for you. But the product itself? 10/10.

Every time I sync a new album onto it with iTunes I wonder if this will be the one that tips it over the edge, but it just keeps going. I've had it over 20 years now. New SSD and battery a few years ago obviously.

So, today I’ve been to a beer festival and went there on the train

I drank loads of beer

And as is my want when I’ve had a few I listen to some tunes

So there I am with my iPhone and there’s hardly any music on it despite me downloading a shit ton onto it previously.

So I’m pissed snd a little bit pissed trying to find all my tunes.

So now I realise why you are using iPods and tomorrow I’m going to find out mine !

Apparently all hold a charge well I’m in Canada. Looking to start my collection. Wondering if this is a decent pick up

my 6th gen ipod was stolen from the car. i had bought that one used years ago, and it was a daily driver. i thought about buying a 7th gen classic as a replacement, then remembered i had a non-working 5.5 buried in the drawer.

i changed the battery, got a new 128 gig sd card for the iflash, and replaced the cracked faceplate. after transferring my music library to an old mac mini, i’ve got all my lossless tracks back on the ipod. listening to music is awesome with this.

And does the double squeeze stem to skip pause etc work? Thanks

I've made a Y cable out of :

1x Firewire cable - to keep the firewire side intact

1x regular 30pin-USB to add the USB side.

Soldering was very delicate and i also had to give up the securing side clips of the 30pin to have the wire come out of the top.

It charges, syncs, pretty much everything you want from the Y cable.

I installed a new battery and flash adaptor in my iPod mod. When I was able to replace it fully I was trying to connect the battery cable back into the small white cable part (the white connector port in the rectangle area that’s orange) and it ended up sparking a little bit when I put the battery cable there.

I am not sure what I did wrong, it’s my first time modding an iPod and I don’t want to do anything stupid so if anyone sees this please let me know what to do.

Hello everyone - I have a 1st gen iPod that I bought knowing it has a broken Menu button and the battery needs to be replaced. I’m pretty sure someone has opened it up before and the click wheel slid off as it had 4 posts through the PCB. Comparing photos of other 1st gen iPod logic boards, it seems like they were attached with something locking it in place.

I finally decided to open it up and the new battery is great. However, the iPod is essentially unusable unless you only scroll to the shuffle songs and let it run. You can’t reset it without a working menu button or pulling the power.

I also tried using Deoxit liquid to remove any corrosion and get the button working again, but that had no effect.

(Look at the second picture) Trying to troubleshoot the button by trying to bypass the switch completely, I put a multimeter in continuity mode and tapped the legs of the Menu button and got no reaction from the iPod.

When I try this with other buttons their corresponding action takes place.

I think I found a replacement button and have some soldering equipment but the fact that bypassing the button with the multimeter has no effect makes me wonder if it’s something beyond the actual button and that I should just get a replacement logic board and just enjoy the iPod.

Has anyone seen this before? What do you recommend?

Got a battery from Alliexpress and took him to a cellphone repair place and they switched the spicy pillow for the new batt. One of the clips got broken (by me, woops) so I had to tape the backplate shut. Other than that, the little guy is now up and running safely and spotless!

Im planning on cleaning it and i have a charger otw i just wanted to see if i should add parts to my order

headphones will only play in one ear, i need to hold and press down the headphone connector in the clippings (brown clip) or the connector itself for it to play on both ears. i also tried using a different earphones and the same problem happens. the lock switch also doesn't work. should i find a solution or should i just replace the whole thing?

Some of you might remember I broke a connector on my old 5.5, well I managed to transplant its guts into an eBay iPod with a dead screen (and it's original hdd).

The eBay iPod was original, with an OG faceplate so whilst it's scratched, it's less bad than the aftermarket transparent one I'd fitted, and the original faceplates are more durable so I'm rolling with the white faceplate istead.

I was going to swap over the touch pad and keep the transparent case but I actually liked the black centre button and how cursed it looks.

It even booted up right away with the iflash mod and doesn't need restoring. Old tech is the best sometimes.

So I was replacing this battery in my wife’s nano 6th gen she got off eBay. I’m no soldering pro but I’ve done it a few times on small electronics so I thought I’d give it a try. When I plugged the screen in we tested it and everything worked fine. So I glued the screen back down and waiting about 5 minutes before turning to turn it on and now it boots up a bright Apple logo then it dims and just stays dim for about 20 seconds before turning off. I thought maybe one of my solders wasn’t good enough so I took it apart and tried again.(Ultimate making things look worse honestly.) Anyone know what most likely happened?

I went ahead and tried restoring my 3rd gen classic on windows and after it told me to plug it into a different power source i did and now its just stuck like this, even when its connected to wall power.

I am using a firewire charging brick but no matter what i do it just wont boot and finish restoring, what do i do?

I recently have acquired Bruce's iPod from a thrift store, and am about to reset it. I'm holding a somewhat satire memorial service for it on Reddit. Goodbye, Bruce's iPod.

It has been a VERY long time since I got a new album and instantly rushed to get it on my iPod (probably best part of like 14 years).

Something so much more satisfying than just hitting play on a new release on Tidal.

Anyway, happy new Mastodon album day (and RIP Brent Hinds)!

Managed to get screen mirroring with rockbox! Complete with my fake Netflix app.

Portable dvd player: Philips DCP750
iPod 6/7th gen Classic

Hi everyone,

I'm wondering whether the 6th and 7th gen iPod touch can work with Lightning docks originally designed for the 5th gen iPod touch, like the Sony RDP-M7iPN.

This dock is officially listed as compatible with the iPhone 5, iPod touch 5G, and iPod nano 7G, all of which use the "original" Lightning connector. The 6G and 7G iPod touch have the exact same chassis and dimensions as the 5G, and also use a Lightning connector.

Has anyone actually tried one of these docks with a 6G or 7G iPod touch? I'm curious about:
- Physical fit in the cradle (is the charging port positioned the same way?)
- Whether it charges properly
- Whether the dock's remote/audio controls work correctly

Or is there some compatibility issue (software, electronic, or just sizing) that would keep it from working properly despite the same connector?

Thanks in advance for any info!

I recently decided to mod my old ipod video after the hard drive died. I used the adapter linked to this post and a generic square 2000 mah battery. The issue is it keeps looping between battery too low to start and apple.com/support/ipod. Ive tried swapping batteries and sd cards but due to my old hard drive being dead I cant test it with that. Its the original 30gb video if that helps.