This bucket-kicking was not preceded by a dropping accident, extreme temperature, nor battery run-down – just a sudden "F#ck you! I'm not going to work anymore!"

I've tried to charge it (multiple times) for multiple hours, tried to reset it multiple times (and, yeah, I know the drill), but nothing. Absolutifactually nothing.

Question: should I simply give up? #$^#, I hate throwing stuff into the e-landfill if it's fixable, but this iPod has all the hallmarks of a hardware failure that might not be recoverable.

Any suggestions?

⟐ Answered February 11, 2012 at 6:29 MST

⟐ Commented August 02, 2019 at 18:08 MST

I know iFixit sells nice tools for this—and i have used them!— but i have had a real problem opening some of these iPods.

Has anyone come up with any real good alternative to the plastic tools? The thing is that some of the inner metal fingers that are part of the metal back JUST WILL NOT RELEASE, and i end up bending things seriously or breaking completely thru the plastic notches.

Just askin'? Thanks.

⟐ Answer edited April 05, 2014 at 12:05 MST

⟐ Answered September 14, 2012 at 17:17 MST

I have over 200gb of music on my laptop (it's relevant... am a musician -_-)

I really want to upgrade my ipod but the manuals here show the 5th generation turning mostly into a 30 = 60/80 upgrade. And my 30gb is failing so i really need to make this repair/upgrade.

Is it possible to upgrade it to say 160 or 320 gb o.O ??

Thank you for your time :) !!

⟐ Commented October 03, 2024 at 8:12 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

⟐ Commented November 13, 2018 at 2:38 MST

Its battery zeroes at 3 hrs.

What's the "normal" power duration for a device like this?

Does its battery need replacement?

⟐ Commented April 05, 2020 at 10:48 MST

1:Please Wait. Very Low Battery

2:Black screen with apple emblem

3:www.apple.com/support/ipod

I have tried to reseat the battery cable more then 4 times with the same result each time.

I have had the ipod charging all day, so over 8 hours.

Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

⟐ Commented August 10, 2016 at 5:21 MST

Or does this have to be done under certain conditions because of dust and other particles that might get on the disk?

⟐ Answered November 03, 2012 at 15:07 MST

⟐ Commented February 22, 2011 at 5:18 MST

So, I want to know if I can install a 80gb (for example) HD into my old 30gb iPod video (5th generation). In that case, is it possible to upgrade the battery to, or the batery for the 80gb iPod is to big?

Why is necessary to change the headphone jack and de rear panel to?

By the way, i'm sorry for my poor english, but i'm from Brazil

Thanks for your patience!

⟐ Answered January 31, 2018 at 10:10 MST

⟐ Answered June 07, 2024 at 0:19 MST

⟐ Commented April 15, 2021 at 5:32 MST

⟐ Answer edited February 03, 2011 at 19:12 MST

At first, when I pressed the center button to turn on my iPod, it displayed the normal Apple logo, but the screen turned off before it finished booting (in that way where pixels linger and gradually fade away).

I connected it to a computer to attempt to recharge it. Upon plugging it in, it went into some kind of reboot cycle, where it would display the Apple logo for a few seconds (backlight went on, too), but it always died before it actually got to the OS, giving a blank screen for a moment before starting the cycle again. I left it plugged in for a couple of hours, and when I checked again the cycle had changed slightly. It now displays a battery with a caution sign on it for about half a second, followed by the Apple logo for about half a second before the screen shuts off (this all happens before the backlight even turns on now).

If I plug the iPod into a wall adapter, I get exactly the same cycle. If I remove the iPod from a power source and try to turn it on, the battery/caution screen flashes for a moment before the screen turns off, and it will not display anything after that if I try to turn it on without external power. If it's relevant, if I listen closely I can just start to hear the hard drive spin up, and it got slightly warm to the touch after leaving it connected to power for a couple of hours.

My first thought was a battery problem, but my iPod was running just fine for multiple hours the day before this happened. My second thought was a bad logic board, but I'm really not sure what that looks like. Any ideas as to what's going on and what I can do?

⟐ Commented August 05, 2024 at 21:26 MST

⟐ Commented July 22, 2019 at 6:49 MST

its just over three years old. used it every day and the sound just quit working in the headphones.

⟐ Answer accepted March 12, 2014 at 11:32 MST

⟐ Commented April 18, 2018 at 9:14 MST

⟐ Commented July 19, 2012 at 18:06 MST