⟐ Commented May 09, 2026 at 10:38 MST

If I order slim ssd and slim cover, is it fit for my 5.5th ipod???

⟐ Answer edited May 09, 2026 at 8:17 MST

Ipod Fans and Old Tech Resurrectionist,

It took apart an iPod 5th Gen A1136 but during the process I lost track of the fine mesh ground horribly pictured with this question. The ground mesh is the same type that is adhered to the top of the charge port at the bottom of the logic board.

Not sure why there is a second ground (not counting the click wheel ground) when the faceplate is plastic on this model but this is probably why I am not an engineer. I would like to return this very small part to it’s original home in the case without buying another unopened iPod to study.

Any assistance where this second ground mesh is placed is greatly appreciated. I am finding nothing on the internet about these spongy fine wire mesh grounding strap? Thingy?

Sincerely,

Leo

⟐ Answered May 07, 2026 at 7:18 MST

⟐ Commented May 07, 2026 at 7:13 MST

I found out that the charge port had bent pins at the data transfer outs. I had someone help me to replace it and the ipod worked fine for about a month, even the battery it came with was holding a charge for a long time.

Now out of nowhere it won't charge anymore. Neither on Wall or Computer USB. When I connect it to my PC, I get a windows notification saying that there was a power surge at the port because the device is drawing too much power and telling me to disconnect it immediately.

I tested different cables and even replaced the battery with a new one. So I can safely rule out those two things.

I can't imagine it being the charge port again since I just replaced it, unless the soldering wasn't perfect and something became disconnected.

What could the problem be? And what components could I test for voltage on the logic board to see where the problem could be, starting from the pins on the charge port? There are no schematics available I think so I don't know where the electricity runs through. I know there is like a fuse and an IC for controlling the flow but I'm also not sure which one it is.

⟐ Answered March 27, 2026 at 9:49 MST

I went to charge it on my wall outlet now and it wouldn't show any signs of life.
I waited a good 2 hours and still nothing happened.
Whenever I tried turning it on, it would just show the apple logo for a brief second and then shut off again.

Something weird to note is that after nothing happening via wall charge I tried charging it on my computer and when I plugged it in I got a windows notification for a USB power surge, telling me to immediately remove the device from USB because it was drawing too much power.

What could be happening? And how do I fix it?

⟐ Commented March 19, 2026 at 18:57 MST

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⟐ Commented March 05, 2026 at 20:38 MST

About a month ago, I upgraded it to an iFlash Quad with 512gb worth of microSDs. When I did this and put in my files again, I had all the lossless files in my collection converted to ALAC so they could play correctly on the stock OS synced through iTunes. However, the issue of some songs lagging has persisted, especially when using the iPod through Ford Sync in my car. I thought it only really happened during longer songs but recently it's been doing it on some songs as short as 2.5 minutes. Is there any way to fix this that isnt just trying to replace the storage again?

⟐ Answer edited February 04, 2026 at 18:38 MST

Wouldn't make a 'USB inserted' sound nor show up anywhere in the device manager.

I opened it up and to my surprise found 2 pins sticking out.

I tried pushing them back into the frame with my thumb and reconnected the hard drive and battery to do a USB test into my computer again.

PC actually made a USB sound and an Apple device showed in the Device Manager.

However Itunes still doesn't recognize it and there is no actual lettered Drive listed in the file explorer.

I looked at my open Ipod again and realized that whenever I push the cable in, one of the pins (specifically the right one) gets pushed right back out again.

I attached some pictures, including some before I pushed the pins back in and after.

Is this fixable or a lost cause and I should just replace the charging port altogether?

⟐ Answer edited January 20, 2026 at 18:35 MST

But it charges fine via USB and wall

Already cleaned dock, tested multiple cables, did the 5 Rs, tested 3 different laptops (mac, linux, windows 11).

Ipod will fully charge via USB and wall but won't get detected as USB device.

I don't know what could be the problem.

I'm guessing logic board or something on the 30 pin but would be weird if only the data pin is faulty while charge seems to work fine.

One thing that's interesting though. In diagnostics mode in the accessory test, it only shows FWRPWR and not USBPWR or USB_Detect that seems to appear on other devices.

⟐ Commented January 20, 2026 at 18:21 MST

• I bought a new 80GB hard drive and installed it.
  • The new hard drive could not be restored in iTunes
  • I bought and installed new ribbon cable to no avail
  • returned hard drive and ordered new one.

• Installed 2nd 80GB HD installed with new cable
  • Itunes detects iPod and tells me it needs restoring
  • I get error: The iPod "iPod" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1416)
  • I can put iPod into Disk Mode but it does not mount.

• I tried erasing iPod in Disk Utility but it fails with the following error: Disk Erase failed with the error: Resource busy
  • I tried repartitioning
  • I tried the Terminal reformatting technique and came back with Resource busy.

• I opened in Drive Genius which can detect iPod, give me info on it and am performing an integrity check on it right now. DG failed to erase iPod.
  • Tried opening in Disk Warrior, but did not detect iPod.
  • I can scan the iPod with data recovery software.

Any other ideas out there? I've used my macbook pro as well as a PC to no avail. To sum up, new battery, hard drive and ribbon cable. What else could I try?

⟐ Commented January 02, 2026 at 2:10 MST

Thanks

⟐ Commented November 26, 2025 at 13:28 MST

⟐ Answer accepted November 18, 2025 at 19:47 MST

It is a 80gb iPod 5.5 gen with fat32 format. It was working prior to adding 2 songs after my mac glitched I force ejected it and now this is happening please help.

⟐ Commented August 18, 2025 at 16:51 MST

⟐ Commented July 22, 2025 at 18:27 MST

⟐ Answered May 29, 2025 at 17:54 MST

⟐ Answer edited May 12, 2025 at 16:39 MST

Thank you

⟐ Commented January 29, 2025 at 22:54 MST