Do you still use an old school iPod? I still use mine all the time, it allows you so listen to music while being disconnect from your phone, something a lot of people could use... Its also helpful if your constantly using different devices that don't always have your music library on them.
Nice! You got a 5.5 gen or the 5th gen (enhanced). This one has a really nice Wolfson DAC in it and is considered the best sounding iPod. I have a 5.5 gen as well with an iFlash adapter and a 128GB sd card and it sounds great.
When I was younger this is how I used to make money. Kids from my college would have broken iPods and I would buy them very cheep. I would look on eBay for full housings and replace every thing. Made a killing !
you can still do the modern version of this with smartphones. Obviously a lot harder now but as long as it's not too fucked up and the phone is somewhat repairable, you can still flip broken phones
The scratch remover also known as cutting compound is meant to be used with a cloth wheel on a bench grinder. It polishes things beautifully when used that way
Some things I learned from DankPods 1. Brasso actually works wonders on the front plastic. It really cleans up and polishes effectively, even though it is a metal polisher. 2. If you want to remove the scratches from the back metal cover... you need to replace it. Most other things just make it look worse 3. When opening the iPod, don't push up with your tool to avoid any damage. You need to slide the tool in, push a little down and inwards. The plastic clips should open up. 4. If you don't want the CF adapter to be that loosely inside, put a small piece of foam on it. 5. If you do the flash mod (SD card) and it doesn't work with the cheapo CF adapter, make sure the SD card really is in there. If it still doesn't want to work, get an iFlash CF adapter.
This video was a huge help to me, as I literally rebuilt my 5th generation, A1136, 60GB (with video) by using this exact tutorial. I also used the compact flash adapter. Reason for my post today (in addition to thanking Hugh Jeffreys) is to further recommend 2 things. I don't like the PCB rattling around in there. It's smaller than the original hard drive, and the rubber pieces don't really help. So, I'd recommend using dual-sided 3M sticky tape to make it adhere to the inside of the opened iPod cover. This does make it harder to connect the flex cable at the bottom though, but patience there paid off for me. Also, I ended up dropping my iPod a few times, accidentally & it stopped working. Once re-opened, I was surprised to see the flash adapter had pulled off the pins, so I ended up using surface tape + a couple of drops of hot glue to the top of the flash card adapter/PCB so now it can't slide off from the pins, if dropped again. Thus, now it won't rattle around inside, and if dropped, I won't lose connection either. Other than that, *great* video!! Thank you, Hugh!
Yesssss, I’ve been waiting for this restoration for months! Excellent to see old devices given some love and restored to their heyday years, brilliant Hugh, this made my week ❤️
@@battyroshko1431 yes you can, it's called a Kernel Panic and the Sad Mac only occurred when there was an error during startup, either a software or a hardware one
EAP as well he has iPhone 11 Pro and a Pro Max from his drop test it is badly cracked and the screen is displaying coloured lines and his iPhone that failed the taser test. Maybe the one he used to burn badly with world's brightest torchlight too
I have a 60Gb Gen 5 iPod, which was bought for me as a present June 2006. Thanks a lot for this video, I know I can upgrade it if I wish and keep it going for many years.
Thank you Hugh, following your video enabled me to give my old Gen 5 iPod a new lease of life and am currently listening to it playing nicely through my old Bose speaker which had been stored as I had no other 30pin devices. So two bits of old kit having a second life. (Who needs Bluetooth) 😂👍
I would love to see companies make replacement parts for these ipods for another 14 years! I just think by then the parts could be absurdly expensive as the ipod would pretty much have antique status
I've repaired A1059 one from 2004 the same way you did ;) The only difference that I've used that hard piece of compound to polish the back of it. Btw these compounds have a different abrasiveness level for different surfaces and you should mix it with a couple drops of sewing machine oil before use.
k mate I cannot delete all my screen is unresponsive that means I cannot post Whippin over the iPad and it did sound like make sure that you get everything seated incorrect lol 😂
I have an iPod 5th Generation that I needs a new battery. I am so happy to hear and see that it is easy to fix and upgrade. I called a few repair shops for electronics and was told that it couldn't be fixed. I love my iPod 5th gen and was dreading the thought of having to get an iPod Touch as I am not a fan of them. I saved this video and as soon as my new battery comes in, I will be reviewing this to fix my iPod myself. Thank you for making this video!
Mine just died. Same SAD FACE and hard drive knocking noises. I was bummed and looked for a replacement. Figured I would up grade to a new I POD Touch 128GB. Too bad I didn't find this video sooner. I still want to do the same repair that you accomplished. Can you list the exact parts that you purchased? How is that flash adapter working?? Believe it or not, my original battery is still working fine. Excellent video. You did a fantastic job on the repair and resto. Bill
Thanks for making this video, I am attempting to upgrade the battery of my ipod video to 3000mah, since you also used my storage solution which is ZIF>CF>SD. Now I know that I need to change the backplate to about 13mm since it will be thicker than a normal 30gb (10mm thick) ipod.
Good video. At 8:12 you say that the device will only recognize in 10GB increments. The reason it only recognizes 59.4 GB is that that is the formatted capacity of the SD card.
I just bought a 5th gen 30gb ipod. I wanna put a terabyte in it and upgrade the battery but for now I'm broke and the stock battery is fine so I'll just worry about upgrading the storage
Just bought a 5.5 80GB for 27 bucks. It has a moderate amount of scratches in the front so I will probably replace it. Which webpage do you recommend sourcing parts from?
@@TomasLomba I didn't bother with replacing the front cuz I'd rather just endure minor cosmetic damage than have to move things over like that, but I did buy a thick back and bigger battery from aliexpress. I got the back housing for like 10 and the battery for like 13, it takes for fucking ever for things to ship though so I would order as fast as possible
For polishing the back case I would suggest using a Cape Cod metal polishing cloth. For the plastic front I would use a tube of Polywatch. It’s used for polishing acrylic watch crystals
As a car guy that’s used cutting compound: that’s the first stage of many. You use a cutting compound to remove deep scratches, then a (or a few) buffing compounds to create the shine.
did you have to format the SD card before putting it in? ...so is the ipod OS stored on the SD card or on some internal memory chip? or.... does "restore to factory settings" do the format and install the ipod os?
Great video! You won over a new subscriber. I have the same 30GB white iPhone classic 5th gen and I also plan to repair my iPod with a new battery and storage capacity and this video helps a lot.
My 120GB iPod Classic is still in perfect condition, having been in a brilliant case from day one, God knows how many years ago. Sadly, it's sitting in a Charging Dock, not charging, but not holding the charge and is not recognized by iTunes anymore, although it still plays the stuff via the headphones, that was already synced to it. Having abandoned my iPhone last year, I was hoping to carry on using the Classic in the car. But, the Car Stereo is not recognizing it either. It is, so far as I can see........defunct! 😉 Pity, because it was great to use in the car and at music gigs to play songs between sets.
Hi! I'm curious how the SD card via a CF adapter held up through the years? Am about to change my iPod's hard drive, and this seems to be one of the budget friendly options. Also, how's that replacement battery, am considering buying the same one. Thanks in advance for your feedback, and very well made video guide!
This was the perfect designed model with the perspex front and stainless back, and was the last plastic fronted model for the full sized ipod they did.
If you would like to carry on with the aesthetic restoration, I'd probably recommend a rubbing compound and dremel with a rotary buffing tool attachment. That will yields faster and hands down better results in seconds-- Really buffs the stainless steel up nicely. If it can't then the next best bet would probably be some form of sand blasting to strip a tiny layer off to then start from scratch.
A while ago i just bought the exact same battery off the eBay but it doesn’t hold charge enough but I hope it works for you. You could even opt for a new housing or even custom ones like I did on my own 6th gen iPod and made it U2 custom model
That "brick" is for polishing / buffing machine. I have at my workplace green, white and brown. As for the 2 iPod, put them in an ultrasonic cleaner and check for corrosion
I wish I'd be lucky enough to get my hands on this. I never really had an iPod growing up but wanted to have one back then. Great restoration tho. You find fix for things others would've considered as trash.
There are some much better polishing products. Most people use cape cod and Mothers Mag Polish. They work great on the Stainless Steel Silver iPhone X/XS/11P
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I once got a dying 80GB 6th Gen Classic and replaced the hard drive, battery and back housing from a donor 5th Gen that I bought for cheap with a dead motherboard. Compared to the 5th Gen, the 6th Gen was a nightmare to open and I of course damaged the back opening it. It's still a working 30GB 6th Gen Classic. :D
Nice video, Hugh. I replaced the battery for my 5th gen 80 gig iPod a few months ago. The old battery was not holding a charge. Although the hard drive is starting to slow down on me. I'm thinking of replacing the hard drive or do you think a flash adapter & SD card would be better?
I actually did what you did recently, but to a 3rd Gen iPod (with the 4 touch buttons above the wheel) and also added a bluetooth module to make it completely wireless.
I just bought myself a completely sealed and new iPod 5.5 80GB for $300. Adjusted for inflation it's cheaper than it's original price. And I am so excited about it. I already disconnected from my iPhone and using a Motorola Razr V3 now. Just carrying the iPhone around for my music. If the iPod arrives I can sell my iPhone and live happily. I already converted all my Apple Music which took like 3 1/2 days because the software needs to listen to the song and record it. But it was so worth it 😊
@@HughJeffreys Well I got it now and it's genuine. However for some dumb reason the display has dead pixels so I need to replace that. Hope I don't break it...
Bro! I’m not very tech savvy, but I’m very motivated to try what you just did! I just bought 2 broken iPods and I want to do everything you just did! Can you please provide a list of tools and parts you had in this video? Thank you so much!
I still use my original 80 gig as the recording medium for my Alesis 16bit ProTrack stereo audio recorder. I want that msata 1tb mod you mentioned for my iPod to try in this recorder! It would make the battery life epic and record time infinite.
Just got one yesterday. Still testing the old components. Think the battery might need a swap out. Not sure if i should do an SSD conversion if I'm going to disassemble it yet.
I used that compact flash adapter once on an iPod classic and it didn’t work that great. Just the slightest bump it would come loose and you would have to open it up and put it back. I ended up switching to the microSD card adapter.
For future reference, supercheap auto has little felt polishing bits for a drill and polishing compound in different grades and bring steel to a high polish
Removing scratches basically requires just making finer scratches then buffing it out with a polishing compound. If you had a way to re-etch the info on the back it would look sweet, but if not that’s probably as good as it will get without messing up the logo
Mother's m&a polish, soak into printer paper. Use that to rub the back of the case with. Acts like 2K grit sandpaper leaving a finish that is breathtaking to say the least. Works best on aluminum, however left amazing results on my 4140 Chromoly stainless.
Hi Hugh, I have 30Gb 5th gen iPod, that apparently burnt when using a cheap USB car charger. I don't get any sign of life from it. I have been trying to find the maintenance guide for it praying to find a blown fuse. Does it have a fuse or should I look for something else? Any tips are more than welcome. Best regards from Brazil!
Great , simple video. For those (like me ) not having access to that JOSCO thing (which looks good) white stone polishing clay is great for cleaning and polishing the ipod. Just a question: I have noticed that my beloved 5.5th iPod Video external click wheel sound doesn´t work anymore (clicker settings in Yes, of course) I have googled it a lot but I cannot find where is the part producing that clicker sound. Click Wheel? Headphones jack? Motherboard? BIG mistery! Any idea? I have recently replaced the screen and I thinks it´s when I messed with something but I don´t know what. Thanks.
In Joscos defense, that compound is meant for a spinning wheel. Not meant to be used with a microfiber towel. Meant to be used with more friction and heat.
Hi Hugh... I've been looking to have my classic 160 Ipod repaired for 2 months.. it would not turn on. Today 2 months after it finally started taking a charge... I cannot explain this - I really thought the battery was toast and was ready to ship it out. - Love the unit I use it in my chrysler van that was pre-wired for it and plays through the console... anyway I'm still perplexed as to why it just started working again.
That black compound is for a cotton buffing wheel on a bench grinder or similar. You will also get different grades. It will work fantastic in the right application... Keep going with the metal polish on a micro fibre in circular motions with firm pressure and you will get your results.. there’s probably a lot better products than Brasso too..
Hey jeff, I have a macbook pro with retina display with the staingate issue. What would you recommend to use to completely remove the coating from the display?
Hi, where did you download the firmware from? I have an old ipod 120gb sitting in the drawer for too long and now I cannot get it restarted even after the ipod is charged. Thank you.
where abouts did you get the parts from? i still have mine from when i was at school back in 2006.. i have the 80gig model i may upgrade it to 500GB using a SSD. great video.
ebay, you can get the iflash, get some micro sd cards, and get a nice big battery since you have the big 80gb model. You could get a nice terabyte in micro sd cards and a huge ass battery that will last literally like 40 hours.
Microfiber isn't great for polishing. I'd recommend getting a proper polishing cloth. I use Cape Code metal polishing cloths to polish my watches, and they're made for polishing silver, gold, brass, copper, stainless steel etc. I'd recommend checking them out next time you need to polish something like this. The added benefit is that they come preloaded with polishing material, so it's good to go out of the bag.
Capacities of all storage devices - hard drives, USB memory sticks, sd cards, ssds, are given as the 'raw' total capacity. As soon as the device is formatted, some of the capacity is 'lost' to indexes, allocation tables etc. It is unavoidable and not a con, as some people think. This is how it has always been.
Is the restore function contained within the 'basic' software package that came with the original iPod? (I have a 5th gen 30g + software, still operational, although battery is weak). And I also heard, that Apple has terminated all iTunes on their site - I never used that service anyway, as I had 30 full length movies on mine to watch while on long flights.
I have some tips for the iPods 1. Use an ifixit tool kit 2. when you are opening it you only need to do 1 side of the ipod 3. Any Version Of iTunes will work
I think you would have to wet sand the metal and then get a stationary polishing wheel use some of the metal polisher I would recommend mothers Wheel polish ive used it in the past to shine up scratched metal
Do you still use an old school iPod?
I still use mine all the time, it allows you so listen to music while being disconnect from your phone, something a lot of people could use...
Its also helpful if your constantly using different devices that don't always have your music library on them.
Nice! You got a 5.5 gen or the 5th gen (enhanced). This one has a really nice Wolfson DAC in it and is considered the best sounding iPod. I have a 5.5 gen as well with an iFlash adapter and a 128GB sd card and it sounds great.
This comment was commented on an iPod touch 7th generation.
Hugh Jeffreys does an iPod touch 6th gen count
Can't you give an iPod away .....?
I have a 2nd generation ipod touch and the battery has outlived my Iphone SE's by far... maybe they don't make batteries as they used to
When I was younger this is how I used to make money. Kids from my college would have broken iPods and I would buy them very cheep. I would look on eBay for full housings and replace every thing. Made a killing !
you can still do the modern version of this with smartphones. Obviously a lot harder now but as long as it's not too fucked up and the phone is somewhat repairable, you can still flip broken phones
The Genius why?
stefan hulme *cheap
The scratch remover also known as cutting compound is meant to be used with a cloth wheel on a bench grinder. It polishes things beautifully when used that way
@Monochromatik Agreed absolutely
Some things I learned from DankPods
1. Brasso actually works wonders on the front plastic. It really cleans up and polishes effectively, even though it is a metal polisher.
2. If you want to remove the scratches from the back metal cover... you need to replace it. Most other things just make it look worse
3. When opening the iPod, don't push up with your tool to avoid any damage. You need to slide the tool in, push a little down and inwards. The plastic clips should open up.
4. If you don't want the CF adapter to be that loosely inside, put a small piece of foam on it.
5. If you do the flash mod (SD card) and it doesn't work with the cheapo CF adapter, make sure the SD card really is in there. If it still doesn't want to work, get an iFlash CF adapter.
The battery cable always open with plastic tool. Metal tool will kill battery short most people don't know that
F A T H E R D A N K H A S G I V E N U S W I S D O M
@@jstar2452 “Don’t use metal on bat-trees I do I don’t care”
- DankPods
I'm polishing badly scratched Cds. It works like magic. Avoid touching the printed side of disc: Brasso will destroy serigraphy.
This video was a huge help to me, as I literally rebuilt my 5th generation, A1136, 60GB (with video) by using this exact tutorial. I also used the compact flash adapter. Reason for my post today (in addition to thanking Hugh Jeffreys) is to further recommend 2 things. I don't like the PCB rattling around in there. It's smaller than the original hard drive, and the rubber pieces don't really help. So, I'd recommend using dual-sided 3M sticky tape to make it adhere to the inside of the opened iPod cover. This does make it harder to connect the flex cable at the bottom though, but patience there paid off for me. Also, I ended up dropping my iPod a few times, accidentally & it stopped working. Once re-opened, I was surprised to see the flash adapter had pulled off the pins, so I ended up using surface tape + a couple of drops of hot glue to the top of the flash card adapter/PCB so now it can't slide off from the pins, if dropped again. Thus, now it won't rattle around inside, and if dropped, I won't lose connection either. Other than that, *great* video!! Thank you, Hugh!
Overkill battery and massive SD storage?
**Dankpods has entered the chat.**
Ian Howerton 😂
I subbed at like 300 subs and he's huge now
Ethan D yes he‘s *_hugh_*
“Don’t use metal tools” (DankPods hates you now)
Ikr
Yesssss, I’ve been waiting for this restoration for months! Excellent to see old devices given some love and restored to their heyday years, brilliant Hugh, this made my week ❤️
yeah bro
your repair videos always calm me down, you're helping these poor old devices.
I love the look of the sad iPod logo because it reminds me of when the classic Macintoshes crashed.
Yup it has the folder and the ? sign
@@OrangeGroupTech No. Folder and ? means that hard drive is dead or OS is missing.
We can no longer experience a crash on a Mac
@@battyroshko1431 yes you can, it's called a Kernel Panic
and the Sad Mac only occurred when there was an error during startup, either a software or a hardware one
@@TorutheRedFox I dont think Sad Macs exists anymore.. they just probably wont display anything with a hardware error, like dead RAM modules.
You should repair a phone that JerryRigEverything used for a durability test
The ultimate collab
It would make me feel so much better for all those poor devices.
Yes please
yeah..good idea tho
EAP as well he has iPhone 11 Pro and a Pro Max from his drop test it is badly cracked and the screen is displaying coloured lines
and his iPhone that failed the taser test. Maybe the one he used to burn badly with world's brightest torchlight too
Hugh Jeffreys in 2050
"Hey Guys let's revive this Old Iphone X"
I don't think we will still remember how to use an iPhone X then...
The iPhone 67 will prob be out
@@Lpb1960 ye lmao
Larry Barnhill nah the newest one would be the iPhone 67S X Pro max R
Well he uploaded a video restoring an iPhone X with a clear housing
Well guess you gave him some ideas
Cape Cod polishing compound is incredible for stainless steel devices!
I have a 60Gb Gen 5 iPod, which was bought for me as a present June 2006.
Thanks a lot for this video, I know I can upgrade it if I wish and keep it going for many years.
That polishing compoud block is for a machine, one of them high speed buffing ones
For some reason I never thought of trying brasso - it cleans it up so nicely
man I really liked this video, thank you for sharing. Always great to revive/ restore the classics!
Thank you Hugh, following your video enabled me to give my old Gen 5 iPod a new lease of life and am currently listening to it playing nicely through my old Bose speaker which had been stored as I had no other 30pin devices. So two bits of old kit having a second life. (Who needs Bluetooth) 😂👍
I have this iPod and the Bose too! Do you have any advice on a great long listening time battery? I got one that’s not right, it’s very complicated!
I would love to see companies make replacement parts for these ipods for another 14 years! I just think by then the parts could be absurdly expensive as the ipod would pretty much have antique status
🅱️Ruh you haven’t even repaired the one you found in the fire it’s been a year or 2
Digitaltechyt v2 clickbait
Look at the end of the video, he mentions what happened to the 2 original iPod Classics
Dawid Jandzinski Their children here
Christian Fadel oof I didint see the end
Dawid Jandzinski no u
I have been using the iFlash Solo adapter for storage upgrades on my 5th Gen’s and they have been working great (:
I have used the iFlash quad on a couple of iPods, they are excellent.
I've repaired A1059 one from 2004 the same way you did ;) The only difference that I've used that hard piece of compound to polish the back of it. Btw these compounds have a different abrasiveness level for different surfaces and you should mix it with a couple drops of sewing machine oil before use.
@4:56 it sounded like you said “making sure everything is seated incorrectly”
Seated in correctly
It's three words :P
Mac Man lolYEeT Macs of terriblelololololopoo no loo loo loo loo loo loo olllololo
Techdisk yea I know but it sounded like that
k mate I cannot delete all my screen is unresponsive that means I cannot post Whippin over the iPad and it did sound like make sure that you get everything seated incorrect lol 😂
I have an iPod 5th Generation that I needs a new battery. I am so happy to hear and see that it is easy to fix and upgrade. I called a few repair shops for electronics and was told that it couldn't be fixed. I love my iPod 5th gen and was dreading the thought of having to get an iPod Touch as I am not a fan of them. I saved this video and as soon as my new battery comes in, I will be reviewing this to fix my iPod myself. Thank you for making this video!
I love the original iPods. Like iPhones are cool but there’s no other feeling like a iPod.
Mine just died. Same SAD FACE and hard drive knocking noises. I was bummed and looked for a replacement. Figured I would up grade to a new I POD Touch 128GB. Too bad I didn't find this video sooner. I still want to do the same repair that you accomplished. Can you list the exact parts that you purchased? How is that flash adapter working?? Believe it or not, my original battery is still working fine. Excellent video. You did a fantastic job on the repair and resto. Bill
Thanks for making this video, I am attempting to upgrade the battery of my ipod video to 3000mah, since you also used my storage solution which is ZIF>CF>SD. Now I know that I need to change the backplate to about 13mm since it will be thicker than a normal 30gb (10mm thick) ipod.
Good video. At 8:12 you say that the device will only recognize in 10GB increments. The reason it only recognizes 59.4 GB is that that is the formatted capacity of the SD card.
It shows up on the desktop as 64gb total storage, same as in itunes but only 60gb on the device.
Its cool how you got all the moving camera shots
Nice! You got a 5.5 gen or the 5th gen (enhanced). This one has a really nice Wolfson DAC in it and is considered the best sounding iPod.
I just bought a 5th gen 30gb ipod. I wanna put a terabyte in it and upgrade the battery but for now I'm broke and the stock battery is fine so I'll just worry about upgrading the storage
Just bought a 5.5 80GB for 27 bucks. It has a moderate amount of scratches in the front so I will probably replace it. Which webpage do you recommend sourcing parts from?
@@TomasLomba I didn't bother with replacing the front cuz I'd rather just endure minor cosmetic damage than have to move things over like that, but I did buy a thick back and bigger battery from aliexpress. I got the back housing for like 10 and the battery for like 13, it takes for fucking ever for things to ship though so I would order as fast as possible
Tomas Lombardini I buy most of my stuff from eBay, but iFixit May have some of the parts you need
That isnt a 5.5? that is a normal one, no search option.
For polishing the back case I would suggest using a Cape Cod metal polishing cloth. For the plastic front I would use a tube of Polywatch. It’s used for polishing acrylic watch crystals
As a car guy that’s used cutting compound: that’s the first stage of many. You use a cutting compound to remove deep scratches, then a (or a few) buffing compounds to create the shine.
loved how you showe`d what did not work as planned, cheers bro
did you have to format the SD card before putting it in? ...so is the ipod OS stored on the SD card or on some internal memory chip? or.... does "restore to factory settings" do the format and install the ipod os?
Worked perfectly with contact cleaner...thumbs up for this
Very nice video and I must say u are the king of tech restoration. But I also suggest invite someone to your studio and restore his/her technology.
that scratch remover was awesome 😂
Great video! You won over a new subscriber. I have the same 30GB white iPhone classic 5th gen and I also plan to repair my iPod with a new battery and storage capacity and this video helps a lot.
My 120GB iPod Classic is still in perfect condition, having been in a brilliant case from day one, God knows how many years ago.
Sadly, it's sitting in a Charging Dock, not charging, but not holding the charge and is not recognized by iTunes anymore, although it still plays the stuff via the headphones, that was already synced to it.
Having abandoned my iPhone last year, I was hoping to carry on using the Classic in the car.
But, the Car Stereo is not recognizing it either.
It is, so far as I can see........defunct! 😉
Pity, because it was great to use in the car and at music gigs to play songs between sets.
You can use a polishing paper for metal scratches as they(companies commonly) also use this to make it shine
Hi! I'm curious how the SD card via a CF adapter held up through the years? Am about to change my iPod's hard drive, and this seems to be one of the budget friendly options.
Also, how's that replacement battery, am considering buying the same one.
Thanks in advance for your feedback, and very well made video guide!
Hi Hugh! You can use car polish and sealant to polish the metal, it will remove the scratches but it will take some time
This was the perfect designed model with the perspex front and stainless back, and was the last plastic fronted model for the full sized ipod they did.
You need to use a buffing wheel to get rid of the scratches. You start with a course grit, then move to a finer grit and then polish with the Brasso.
have i pod 5 and the dock but can't get any volume and cant get past the 4 digit passcode , forgot it, to get at volume control any tips thanks
You can use Rubbing compound and polishing compound respectively used for polishing cars. It removes majority of the scratches on stainless steel.
If you would like to carry on with the aesthetic restoration, I'd probably recommend a rubbing compound and dremel with a rotary buffing tool attachment. That will yields faster and hands down better results in seconds-- Really buffs the stainless steel up nicely. If it can't then the next best bet would probably be some form of sand blasting to strip a tiny layer off to then start from scratch.
Hugh. To remove scratches and restore use P3000 wet. Then use Tcut metallic (which is finer than t cut) and then PlastX by Mguiars (sic).
A while ago i just bought the exact same battery off the eBay but it doesn’t hold charge enough but I hope it works for you. You could even opt for a new housing or even custom ones like I did on my own 6th gen iPod and made it U2 custom model
That "brick" is for polishing / buffing machine. I have at my workplace green, white and brown. As for the 2 iPod, put them in an ultrasonic cleaner and check for corrosion
I wish I'd be lucky enough to get my hands on this. I never really had an iPod growing up but wanted to have one back then. Great restoration tho. You find fix for things others would've considered as trash.
Then buy one? They're not even that expensive
There are some much better polishing products. Most people use cape cod and Mothers Mag Polish. They work great on the Stainless Steel Silver iPhone X/XS/11P
I once got a dying 80GB 6th Gen Classic and replaced the hard drive, battery and back housing from a donor 5th Gen that I bought for cheap with a dead motherboard. Compared to the 5th Gen, the 6th Gen was a nightmare to open and I of course damaged the back opening it. It's still a working 30GB 6th Gen Classic. :D
I did the same one, had it since it came out in 06. Did the flash 200 GB sd. Still use it.
the compound for the stainlesteel need a dremel with the right tip to remove scratches
The only thing that you are looking for a few weeks ago by the time of the other hand, the only thing that you are looking for
IKR this guy just tried putting rouge on a cloth😂
Hugh Jeffreys + Dankpods = Perfect Aussies 😉
Nice video, Hugh. I replaced the battery for my 5th gen 80 gig iPod a few months ago. The old battery was not holding a charge. Although the hard drive is starting to slow down on me. I'm thinking of replacing the hard drive or do you think a flash adapter & SD card would be better?
I actually did what you did recently, but to a 3rd Gen iPod (with the 4 touch buttons above the wheel) and also added a bluetooth module to make it completely wireless.
I just bought myself a completely sealed and new iPod 5.5 80GB for $300. Adjusted for inflation it's cheaper than it's original price. And I am so excited about it. I already disconnected from my iPhone and using a Motorola Razr V3 now. Just carrying the iPhone around for my music. If the iPod arrives I can sell my iPhone and live happily. I already converted all my Apple Music which took like 3 1/2 days because the software needs to listen to the song and record it. But it was so worth it 😊
Be careful all the "sealed" ones I have seen are fakes. Compare the box to photos of the original one. Look for things that don't look right.
@@HughJeffreys Well I got it now and it's genuine. However for some dumb reason the display has dead pixels so I need to replace that. Hope I don't break it...
you need a small powertool like rotary tool to polish the metal housing
Exactly the video I needed! Thank you
I would so much love to have one of those. Your channel is addictive!
Bro! I’m not very tech savvy, but I’m very motivated to try what you just did! I just bought 2 broken iPods and I want to do everything you just did! Can you please provide a list of tools and parts you had in this video? Thank you so much!
This is just too good to watch. Awesome video again!
6:52 I like that you're using iTunes 11.4 for this. That's also the version that my larger secondary iTunes library is pinned on!
I still use my original 80 gig as the recording medium for my Alesis 16bit ProTrack stereo audio recorder. I want that msata 1tb mod you mentioned for my iPod to try in this recorder! It would make the battery life epic and record time infinite.
Just got one yesterday. Still testing the old components. Think the battery might need a swap out. Not sure if i should do an SSD conversion if I'm going to disassemble it yet.
I used that compact flash adapter once on an iPod classic and it didn’t work that great. Just the slightest bump it would come loose and you would have to open it up and put it back. I ended up switching to the microSD card adapter.
Hugh makes Wade (DankPods) look like a barbarian repairing these iPods!
Hi Hugh, does the PCB rattle inside the housing? Does it require double sided tape?
Great restoration Hugh! Which is the max upgrade that it may to do in the ipod 5th generation? 🤙🏻👌🏻
8:05 no, that is because memory card capacity is measured in GB, and iPod shows capacity in GiB. 64 GB = 59.6 GiB and 128 GB = 119.2 GiB.
Get a buffing wheel for a dremel if you have one. Use it with the rubbing compoud it should help het rid of the scratches. Great Video BTW.
You should make a video with DankPods
Out standing !!!!. I own a 3rd Generation that I need to look in on. First I gotta find it..
For future reference, supercheap auto has little felt polishing bits for a drill and polishing compound in different grades and bring steel to a high polish
Removing scratches basically requires just making finer scratches then buffing it out with a polishing compound. If you had a way to re-etch the info on the back it would look sweet, but if not that’s probably as good as it will get without messing up the logo
Mother's m&a polish, soak into printer paper. Use that to rub the back of the case with. Acts like 2K grit sandpaper leaving a finish that is breathtaking to say the least. Works best on aluminum, however left amazing results on my 4140 Chromoly stainless.
Woah! You play Guitar!
(noticed the plectrum @ 1:00)
Hi Hugh, I have 30Gb 5th gen iPod, that apparently burnt when using a cheap USB car charger. I don't get any sign of life from it. I have been trying to find the maintenance guide for it praying to find a blown fuse. Does it have a fuse or should I look for something else? Any tips are more than welcome. Best regards from Brazil!
Great , simple video. For those (like me ) not having access to that JOSCO thing (which looks good) white stone polishing clay is great for cleaning and polishing the ipod.
Just a question: I have noticed that my beloved 5.5th iPod Video external click wheel sound doesn´t work anymore (clicker settings in Yes, of course) I have googled it a lot but I cannot find where is the part producing that clicker sound. Click Wheel? Headphones jack? Motherboard? BIG mistery! Any idea?
I have recently replaced the screen and I thinks it´s when I messed with something but I don´t know what. Thanks.
Cape Cod cloths for polishing stainless. I use them on watch cases.
that black bar you warmed up is meant to be used with a powered buffing wheel, like pro's use for polishing.
In Joscos defense, that compound is meant for a spinning wheel. Not meant to be used with a microfiber towel. Meant to be used with more friction and heat.
Can you give us the link to where to buy all the items to restore the ipod?
FINALLY
I BEEN WAITING THIS VIDEO
THANK YOU
Actually 2005 at least here in the US as I got mine for Christmas of that year!! I was the badass!!!
Watching your videos is making me want to buy loads of old apple tech and fix it! 😂 Keep making great content!
Hi Hugh... I've been looking to have my classic 160 Ipod repaired for 2 months.. it would not turn on. Today 2 months after it finally started taking a charge... I cannot explain this - I really thought the battery was toast and was ready to ship it out. - Love the unit I use it in my chrysler van that was pre-wired for it and plays through the console... anyway I'm still perplexed as to why it just started working again.
How ironic this comes out near the start of DankPods
That black compound is for a cotton buffing wheel on a bench grinder or similar. You will also get different grades. It will work fantastic in the right application...
Keep going with the metal polish on a micro fibre in circular motions with firm pressure and you will get your results.. there’s probably a lot better products than Brasso too..
Hey jeff, I have a macbook pro with retina display with the staingate issue. What would you recommend to use to completely remove the coating from the display?
Hi, where did you download the firmware from? I have an old ipod 120gb sitting in the drawer for too long and now I cannot get it restarted even after the ipod is charged. Thank you.
Dar32Dr3am N disk mode then reset
If that didn’t work join r/iPod on discord
where abouts did you get the parts from? i still have mine from when i was at school back in 2006.. i have the 80gig model i may upgrade it to 500GB using a SSD. great video.
ebay, you can get the iflash, get some micro sd cards, and get a nice big battery since you have the big 80gb model. You could get a nice terabyte in micro sd cards and a huge ass battery that will last literally like 40 hours.
Hi🙋Hugh Jeffrey can i know where did you buy second hand spare part..that all and thanks for your video it always help me...👍
aliexpress :)
hope this will help
Microfiber isn't great for polishing. I'd recommend getting a proper polishing cloth.
I use Cape Code metal polishing cloths to polish my watches, and they're made for polishing silver, gold, brass, copper, stainless steel etc. I'd recommend checking them out next time you need to polish something like this. The added benefit is that they come preloaded with polishing material, so it's good to go out of the bag.
Capacities of all storage devices - hard drives, USB memory sticks, sd cards, ssds, are given as the 'raw' total capacity. As soon as the device is formatted, some of the capacity is 'lost' to indexes, allocation tables etc. It is unavoidable and not a con, as some people think. This is how it has always been.
Is the restore function contained within the 'basic' software package that came with the original iPod? (I have a 5th gen 30g + software, still operational, although battery is weak). And I also heard, that Apple has terminated all iTunes on their site - I never used that service anyway, as I had 30 full length movies on mine to watch while on long flights.
I have some tips for the iPods
1. Use an ifixit tool kit
2. when you are opening it you only need to do 1 side of the ipod
3. Any Version Of iTunes will work
Hi Hugh. What web site do you recommend buying the spare parts from?
I think you would have to wet sand the metal and then get a stationary polishing wheel use some of the metal polisher I would recommend mothers Wheel polish ive used it in the past to shine up scratched metal