⟐ Commented November 20, 2023 at 16:31 MST

I'm wondering if anybody can point to a list of confirmed HDD replacements for this unit? I would like to upgrade the capacity but don't want to purchase a drive that isn't going to work.

Thanks!

⟐ Commented February 06, 2021 at 7:29 MST

⟐ Commented April 29, 2021 at 12:47 MST

I have a big problem changing the hard drive on my 2nd gen iPod. I replaced the original 10 Go HDD by a 128Go SSD (Kingspec 1.8" CF Solid State Drive (IDE 50pin) (KSD-CF18.6-XXXMS).

I've spent many hours trying to see the disk in Disk Utility to format it in HFS+ in order to prepare it for iTunes.

It takes between 20-30 minutes to mount and then when i lunch the format procedure it takes a very (Around half an hour) to do so until it tells me that it's impossible to write on the last bloc...

So is the SSD faulty here ? Or maybe this old iPod cannot support such a big disk ?

Please help me !

⟐ Answered October 16, 2019 at 16:47 MST

⟐ Commented May 04, 2023 at 13:42 MST

⟐ Answered March 14, 2022 at 1:40 MST

⟐ Answer accepted March 12, 2014 at 12:15 MST

⟐ Commented February 25, 2023 at 14:36 MST

I have a 2nd generation A1019 ipod with a belt clip remote control that doesn’t control the ipod any longer. Does this device have a replaceable battery?

⟐ Commented January 19, 2023 at 17:03 MST

⟐ Commented December 16, 2020 at 17:28 MST

I recently aquired a 20GB Ipod 2G with a bad HDD ( Checked using HD Tune). I would like to know if I would be able to use a MK2004GAL instead of the MK2003GAH that is in the device currently. I saw the compatibility list but it only specified the thing 2G as being able to use it. Does it really matter?

⟐ Commented December 22, 2017 at 14:31 MST

⟐ Commented June 23, 2015 at 0:46 MST

⟐ Reopened September 16, 2021 at 9:59 MST

⟐ Commented August 04, 2025 at 3:23 MST

I have a faulty jack on my iPod a1019.

I’m pretty sure it’s a pad which has to be solder. But i’m wondering how i can access those pad. Can I remove the metal which surround the jack and the firewire port ?

Thanks !

⟐ Commented November 21, 2023 at 17:03 MST

I have an old iPod that is not working. I took it apart and realized the part circled in yellow was completely removed from the logic board. The cable was still locked in, but the mechanism was completely ripped off the board. Is this something that will require soldering back to board?

⟐ Edited by author March 27, 2021 at 20:26 MST

⟐ Answer deleted December 07, 2018 at 16:19 MST

I bought an iPod 2nd Generation yesterday from eBay. It was working fine with preloaded songs on it. This iPod is from 2002 so I'm finding it really hard to find support for it which is why I'm here right now. Because it's a windows formatted iPod and I'm running a Mac, I first tried hooking it up to my mac with it mounting on my desktop but iTunes wouldn't recognize it? So I thought it was a windows problem not a new version of iTunes just not recognizing my old iPod.. I went to disk utility and reformatted my iPod to Mac Os Extended (Journaled) which took all the music off my iPod, and now I'm seeing a folder icon with an exclamation point. I've tried looking on youtube which they say hold combinations of the center button and the menu button then the center button and the play button which both are not working. Other I've tried a few things but nothing seems to work. I just want iTunes to recognize the iPod and reinstall it's software on the disk. How would you reformat a brand new hard drive for an iPod? I see them being sold online, after purchasing one there seems to be no instructions on how to get them to work with iTunes? From what I understand you may have to use an older version of iTunes to put the software back on, but i'm not sure. If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this issue I'd be so thankful! It' so hard searching all over the internet with no answers to such a common problem.

Thanks!

⟐ Edited August 06, 2015 at 1:24 MST