⟐ Answer edited January 12, 2025 at 1:26 MST

⟐ Answered July 23, 2024 at 20:19 MST

Thank you

⟐ Answer edited February 21, 2023 at 6:05 MST

⟐ Commented December 28, 2022 at 12:36 MST

⟐ Commented October 03, 2022 at 12:38 MST

⟐ Commented October 01, 2022 at 10:31 MST

One day I was taking a shower & folding up my pants (don't ask why, I just was). While doing so, I forgot that the iPod was in my pocket and it quickly fell from my pocket into the toilet bowel which was left opened for it to be welcomed easily into... Sadly, even more so, the iPod was turned on and was kept on for a few seconds after the incident. After retrieving it, I promptly turned off the device, shoved it into a bag of rice, & locked it away within the confides of my closet in hopes that it would once again come alive.

About two weeks later, I turned on the device to try it out. Aside from noticing a loss of battery life (the iPod barely holds one days worth of charge now), the backlight to the iPod stopped working completely. I can see my iPod screen under bright light - the 'slide to unlock' text, the apps, everything is visible with a bright light in the background. But nothing can be seen in a dark room because there is no backlight anymore. To my dismay, I set out on a search to redeem this fallen ally of mine.

I found this place (more so, my fiancee found ifixit.com & shared it with me), and so my conquest to fixing my iPod had been resolved (or so I thought)! I replaced my LCD screen perfectly through the help of your tutorial & then restarted my iPod! But nothing changed... The backlight still remained broken & it was like I hadn't even done anything...

So my question is: Is it possible to redeem this broken iPod without throwing away more money than it's worth? Or would it be more financially appropriate to buy a brand new iPod 3rd Generation? If it's going to cost the same, why not go all out, ei?

Whatever your suggestions or advice, thank you for taking the time to answer my question! Good day to you all!

⟐ Commented August 29, 2022 at 5:55 MST

⟐ Answer accepted June 14, 2022 at 18:55 MST

⟐ Commented June 11, 2022 at 23:20 MST

⟐ Edited by author April 23, 2022 at 19:58 MST

⟐ Answered December 09, 2021 at 21:11 MST

⟐ Commented August 11, 2021 at 3:46 MST

Sometimes it will crash 10 times in one day, other times it will go for days without a crash.

Sometimes it crashes then immediately reboots, other times it crashes and freezes with flickering pixels on the screen, then remains in this frozen state until the battery is flat.

Can this fault be repaired?

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⟐ Answer accepted November 10, 2020 at 18:43 MST

⟐ Answered October 27, 2020 at 3:47 MST

I seem to have successfully removed the old battery and soldered the new one in place as it turned on fine with a 70% charge.

Is there any way to tape together or join the torn ribbon or do I have to buy a new one? And if so, is it this? iPod touch (3rd Gen) Front Panel Assembly

⟐ Commented October 22, 2020 at 3:46 MST

⟐ Commented October 16, 2020 at 3:26 MST

I have a 3rd gen iPod touch that I want to use just as a music player. It works perfectly fine. Unfortunately, when I plug it into my computer to sync the songs, iTunes gives the message you see in the title. My only options are to restore the thing or to eject it.

I've tried everything I found in guides - restart your computer, relaunch iTunes, etc (which were all useless, although not as useless as the ones that tell you to use some shoddy and shady unknown computer program to restore it as the final step). My iPod is not jailbroken and has no extra apps - bone stock with a rather empty iOS 5.1.1. The only file on it is a picture of Arisa Matsuda that I put as a joke.

Is this because I'm trying to sync with a computer running 10.13 High Sierra? Or is it something else?

⟐ Edited by author October 11, 2020 at 5:30 MST

⟐ Commented May 02, 2020 at 13:39 MST