My Ipod Mini battery died about 3months ago .
I thought that was the end for my sweet little pink Mini (her name is Opal) but I recently read online that I can change the battery myself for half the price it costs to send it back to Apple to have it replaced .
I've read the instructions and I am a little worried about the risks involved .
Taking the Ipod apart scares me as I am not very mechanicly inclined ?
Has anyone here done this ?
What was the outcome ?
Is it worth the risk ?

LOL i just took a ipod mini a part

So how did that go ?

Well it would be worth the risk since the ipod is dead anyway, but ipod minis are rather hard to take apart..


You have to remove the top and bottom piece, theres 4 small very small screws, then you must move the board out.. The board has a cable that connects the clicker and if you pull the board out with this attached it will break... its the most difficult ipod to remove but, what else are you gonna do with it

on my profile are the pieces of the ipod i removed

Send it back too Apple. Dont risk it !

since that would cost more than the worth of the ipod

I miss my ipod nano.... My brother accidently threw it out w/ the trash and now its all gone

Woah I paid $149 for this crazy thing 3 years ago and ended up spending over $200 for accesories . Now i'm not working and can't afford a brand new Nano . So it's like an investment I don't wanna f*ck it up . I was hoping to save some money doing it myself but it is definetly not worth the risk if it's going to be super easy to f*ck up .

I'll send it back to Apple when I get the extra cash I guess . Thanks for the info guys .

i spent 179 for a 30 gb video last year

(refurbished from apple)

works just peachy

I knew Circuit City was rippin' me off !
$149 open box 4G Mini .

3 years ago it was still new technology

cha ching

brandy you have mail

sometimes if you call computer stores, there are some out there that fix ipods (well around here anyways), it might be worth looking into.

**UPDATE**

After 9months of totally not working I had totally given up on my Ipod until a couple of days ago it really started bothering me that this thing was laying in a drawer and I haven't had any music to listen to while I shower for so flipping long ... I got out my Ipod hooked it up to my computer and left it alone . In 30 minutes or so the flipping thing came on !!! I don't know why it never worked when I tried this before but whatever it works now .
So if you have an Ipod laying around that seems to be dead ... do not fret . Let it lay around for 9months and then try again .


To bad I already gave away all of my accesories .

interesting.... Could have been like a battery reset or somthing, very interesting, the one i took apart is still on top of my printer =\

cnet has a video online of how to open an ipod nano and change the battery. It's actually easier than Apple makes it sound.