How to open your ipod video (30 gb, 5th generation)

[MarNieCo]

Btw. usually for small screws like this i just use my small pocket knife, it works and i don't need to buy too much shit.

[id58]

Thank you! My iPod died, so I cracked it open as you explained, and it suddenly came back to life. I have no idea what was wrong, but it works again, so I put it back together again. Lifesaver!

[MarNieCo]

@id58 same happend with me xD

[mgriffo123]

you wont need the battery anymore..... because you just broke your ipod lol

[lordcodicus]

haha that never fell out before... just push it back in lol

[nikkthequick84]

awesome dude. my i pod coulnt connect to i tunes anymore, i have taken everything apart, cleaned it, and its as good as new. just the hold switch doesnt work anymore, but i dont give a shit.my i pod still works after years and abused it pretty hard. thank you so much , your vid was a great help, thanks again :-)

[kiplasret]

Chceck out: goo.gl\8ONjl and win your own iPad 2.

[pabonvincent]

i got it on my first try.

[kurbo2]

I used my fingers

[LostSlaughtaz]

I broke my ipod while following this video :(

[Skeetwad2011]

@LostSlaughtaz so did he LOL

[kyubinaruto9990]

I have Ipod A1137, My Menu button is literally STUCK inside it(probbaly pressed it too hard), is it ANY way I can fix it?

[reicht4]

@kyubinaruto9990

Hey there, same was here until i came across to this vid.

There is a small glued plastic pad between menu button and electric button on board. I found that it was slipped middle of button so i was trying press hard to activate it. I was unhappy because thinking that the electric button broken which wasnt ! Just placed that pad under button and it works as hell:)

Thanks to limeonaid ofcourse.

Carefull to cables, unplug,

1-battery

2-HDD

3-sound etc..

reverse for pluging

[rockinfetus916]

@kyubinaruto9990 me too man,got the same condition

[GoDLyxxxShOtZz]

your ugly as hell LMAO

[rivas368]

I dont like your girlfenid

[6StringrBrewer]

This is one of the certified Apple tech repair people. Enjoy!!!

[ThisYetBeautiful]

hey how do you get the other ribbon cable to stay under the hard drive? I had my earphones pluged in and i could hear anything and when i open it back up the cable was on there.

I am guess that it the cause of the not hearding the audio.

[antoniowindom]

just use a philips brother

[zomgitskai]

Likin the hair Jason =)

[TheAntonio971]

ok buddy! i have a question. can the wheel of the ipod be unplug? and if it can, would you show how????

[CraigEmpson]

what the fucking fuck i opened mine in half but the just the front casing fell of and the middle clickbutton fell out :0 wtf

[emanuelismylove]

"hahahaha plesure breaking my ipod for you !"

[OfficialLocdoGg]

Dude too many mistakes... my ipod dont work... just need to reformatt it but windows wont reformat it and my shyt is fine.... well was until i watched ur video... fuck u asshole u killed it!!!! gimme 30 dollars to replace it dick

[delcardobaybandgeek]

You broke my iPod!!! jk that was my mom. lol it's all rusty inside. it took her like a month to finally tell me "your iPod you let me borrow isn't working. I think it might have gotten wet when I accidentally left it in the car with the window down when it was raining" :P stupid mother...

[aloehart]

"get a uh phillips head and screw away"

whos phillip? :P

[84d27a]

He is so clumsy.

[mngurrlie]

I know what broke off, its a little white box, ive gone through 2 ipods this way, ive dropped em and they always break off there, its a POS.

[BoSaNsKiBeAsT]

The thing you call an "IPOD" the whole time is called a HARDRIVE!

[jedispartancoolman]

68 people must not have herd him say "OH SHIT....whats this thing!!"

[Jaycente]

can i use a 30gb 5th gen headphone jack to my 80gb 5th gen? please anybody answer my question. thank you

[ryguy425425]

@Jaycente I'm pretty sure you can't. I had to specify when I bought my 30 GB headphone jack. I paid under $4 CAD for it on ebay.

[SajethMerdian]

@Jaycente of course you can, man, its universal

[BuNEeTZ0RRR]

@rahmani15 youtube.com watch?v=MXXgV6YNGkQ here you go mate :)

[Graphicspittz187]

Nice thanks just replaced my battery so dam easy

[alfonzo2k7]

i dont expect any answers but i was on the apple website and theres two 5th gen ipod video, one from 2005 and the other late 06........so can i buy any 5th gen battery and still expect it to work or wat.........too scared to open my ipod atm lol >.<

[MyNameIsSecretable]

Man I love this video. One of the funniest vids I have watched on you tube. For all you haters, you guys are serious idiots. The number of "OMG YOU RUINED MY IPOD" comments is ridiculous. If you decide to open your ipod, expect something to go wrong. Besides, the video is called "how to open Ipod video" Not how to repair anything, or do anything other then take it apart. If this was your fool proof plan to get your ipod working your a idiot. On another note, the guy talking is funny as hell.

[stubbsy123]

@MyNameIsSecretable ha he even breaks it as hes doing it to the comment of oh shit thats fallen off ha so funny!!

[JDK0316191]

@MyNameIsSecretable "Your a idiot" Uh, who's the idiot?

[TheRcs2x]

Wow, my fellow commentators are way on the aggressive side... I think he's adorable, though I agree that his comments are pretty entertaining. Maybe that's his angle... But seriously it did help me get mine open and back together again... so thanks man! And to the people who "ruined thier ipod from this," I'm impressed you could pop that thing open before you realized he was ripping out parts... no sarcasm, took me like 10 mins :-)

[zachphotography]

Stupid Chink, probably from USA or Canada

[HHETVSH0W]

LMFAO FUNNY VIDEO..I NEED SOME HELP THOUGH.....i had my headphones plugged into my ipod but half of my headphones plug is stuck in my ipod any advice of gettin it out its like a tiny piece stuck in there PLEASE HELP

[bjk3622]

In case your curious about how this ends...

"I'm gonna go on EBay and buy me a new IPod"

[knockcrogherymurray]

fuck! wen i did this the plastic bit came off and the chips and wires and crap didnt!!

[fusion1117]

believe it or not..this video helped me out when i fixed my 30g ipod..

[nevillep98]

Thanks - for the tips.

[AhKillYu]

YOU MADE ME FUCK MY IPOD YOU CUNT

[PandaPop1990]

@AhKillYu No-one forced you to do anything. YOU decided to open your ipod and YOU fucked on your own accord. Buy a new one and look after it.

[mfiveaa1]

very helpful

[amandacliffy]

"if you want to put it back together put everything in reverse and it should come back together" WTF....LOLOLOLOLOL. HE CRAZY!!!

[M1sterHamilton]

Theres writing on the inside of my ipod touch.. like i pryed the back off and thers things like a blue triangle, 1)1- witten in green. then A#2-1 written clearly in red...wtf is this?

[elpolillo92]

yeah but i mean the ipod was already fucked up so no worries

[pnoyrock76]

yes ur an idiot do u think u can put it back all together now lol man u broke it not fixed it... Dont be cheap take that to the experts okay lol

[hellkid94]

i have a broken ipod, but the microdrive still works, does any1 know how i can turn the drive into a flash drive or something like it?

[okak24]

you do a great job sir. thanks a lot!=)

[okak24]

you do a great job sir.. thanks a lot!

[TheCornholio713]

"Pleasure breaking my ipod for you, hehe."

[joecourier13]

very informative i was trying to figure out how to clean some sticky buttons and this came in way handy

[OiOmarProductions]

lol - awesome!

[rivronjack]

Don't follow these instructions, this is a spoof. You can see he doesn't know what he's doing in the first 20 seconds. I stopped and watched before going ahead, you should too otherwise you'll ruin your iPod. What an idiot.

[beshyproductions]

what an idiot!

[oreosNmilk850]

"the battery.....you won't need that anymore..."

[ccaproni1]

Repair your ipod here: watch?v=vNem-xuCUaU

[BL00DBL1TS]

Realy cool i'm favouriteing this

I'm also geting a brand new U2 iPod video 30 GB and this vid may come in handy if it breaks

[ukbarney1]

great vid mate!!!

[massmurdere]

of course hes asian

[tntw92]

haha, he sarted the video talking about how he was going to fix his ipod, then in the end he switches to going onto ebay and buying a new one! LOL  now I know what I look like when I take things apart.

[ashton4810]

you shit fallin off yo shit lol

[alexander324324]

first you need a table.... but not like mine...mine is a chair lol!!

[09203510530]

if y0u want t0 destroy your ipod just give it to me...

[lobetevictorhugo]

jajajjajajajajajajaja XD XD XD muy bueno, PERO JAMAS ABRAN EL DISCO DURO O MORIRA

[truelyenviedbitch]

why tha fuq would u

make us take apart our ipods

&& urs is fuqin broqen!! wat if sum of our

ipods r new && they start messing up. then we watch this video && fuq up our

hard drives!!?? then its ur fault.

[alexlemmon]

you are a tool.

[krazykhrisya]

No, then it's your fault for opening your fu*king ipod and screwing it up, he can't control your mind and make you do it.

[MyHandyDandyNotebook]

@truelyenviedbitch you can't ruin your hard drive by taking it apart, something has to bang into it to mess it up.

[abrahamgovea]

chingon tu pedo mi ipod se freesio paro gracias a tu video lo descongele la prove risetiarlo pero no funsiono paro lo abri y trabajo  gracias

[mmiguelx]

@abrahamgovea y que hiciste cuando lo abriste?

[abrahamgovea]

si solo le desconecte la pila y despues sela puse paratras y listo funciono como siempre que le isiste restart y no funsiono pero si solo desconecta la pila y listo saludos desde califas caon

[mmiguelx]

no se como desconectar la pila... Me da medio miedo... Y si es la tarjeta logica?

[IAmJaymz]

I love this. I am going to try to change the battery on mine without ruining the entire hard drive.

[rajkirandi]

Thanx for the video. I just opened my ipod looking at this video.

[blandxsoldier]

Omg this shit was soooo fuckin funny... "oh shit.... i wasnt supposed to do that..... uhhhh i dont think this goes there...." LMFAO that was awesome... u got talent.... for fuckin up shit that shouldnt have been fucked up

[alexkoumoundouros]

gay

[MyKiCkNtOoNiE]

When you take this apart and put it back together will it work?

[alexkoumoundouros]

my ipod is still fuck up i never droped it at all i had it for about 2 yers i have a 30g ipod vid i took it apart the right way but when i put it back how it was it still didint turn on

[thefatysbroxero]

haha,

[sweetxtea]

ahahahaha dude your cracking me up in this video! Im adding it to my favorites!

[79lion79]

hahaha LMAO!!!

"OH SHIT... whats this thing!!! ""

Hahaha

[ahelpfulcubscout]

yeah, its just an ipod guys... worked up over nothin

[spedden23]

thank you

[syaoranpies]

no i can't see how the sides are bent

[bikesonshow]

Wow, what a lot of nasty shit you get when you try to be helpful. Thank you for showing me how to open my ipod. Got it going again right away and I thought it was dead and gone this time.

[cjtskater1]

okay...any ideas? My iPod shows the progress of a song playing but no sound comes out. I read somewhere to press hard on the plastic below the clickwheel...and a burst of music came out for as long as i held it down! I took it apart as shown, but am not sure what to fix.

[DigitalBoyVer4]

Dude, if you pressed down on it and music came out of the headphones, wtf do you think is wrong with it? It's the fucking headphone jack. Fix the god damn headphone jack. Not the fucking headphone plug, the headphone jack inside of the iPoop. Fucking CrApple with their crappy ass hardware. Overrated expensive bullshit. Good luck dumbass!

[cjtskater1]

OH, so your the smart guy huh? Then tell me, if it's just the headphone jack, then why doesn't it play music through my car stereo with connected via USB? Or on my iPod dock? Hmm, bit more complicated now huh? Man, you need to relax, or get help with those anger issues.

OH, and btw, Apple just repaired/replaced my iPod...for FREE! Free shipping, free repair, free. AND my iPod isn't under a warranty, it's in fact over 2years old. Looks like they stand behind their products.

[DigitalBoyVer4]

Okay, so it wasn't the headphone jack...hmm I wonder... Doesn't that tells you that it might just be the docking port then, dipshit? Doesn't matter anyways, you got your new shit. Say what you want, CrApple sucks. Only idiots buy into shiny bullshit. Enjoy your new iPoop, Let the kiddies get offended over my two cents......now.

[cjtskater1]

So your saying my dock and my Pioneer Premier head unit are both broken? Because neither of those work with the iPod either. And as far as anyone is concerned, your 'two cents' isn't even worth that. I'm on here trying to fix an item that was payed with hard earned money, maybe even help someone else out, and there you are crying n whining about how bad they are. Go bother someone else man.

[DigitalBoyVer4]

My god, are you THAT fucking retarded? Idiot, I said the docking jack on your god damn piece of shit MP3 player. Now go back to sucking on Steve Jobs tiny dick you dickless blubbering twat. Stop making a retard our of yourself.

[cjtskater1]

"docking port" ...so you didnt say docking jack? hmm..now how bout you do something productive instead of making a retard of YOURSELF. Why are you even on here? Do you get off on the fact that you're a complete douche? Try calming down first, and talk in complete sentences

[Hellpup]

I wish I had a super thin metal thingy and tiny screwdriver to take my ipod apart -.-

[23viktor23]

funny, bad , stupid? this guy encounters unforseen errors in this video when he is desembling the ipod. and still he fixes it. he's a fucking chink genius

[5pl005hProductions]

fuck yew guys i dun has the right tools :-(... i got my 30g vid ipod fo fwee :3

[daniellondon1012]

the buttons are really fun... wow son this is a fucked up tutorial ... but nice job figuring out where that piece went ;)

[TheFalseMoniker]

This movie makes this shit look easy. I'm on day 3 at attempting to do this and it's fuckin ridiculous,

[nickstarks]

lol..

"You need a table"

*starts working on a chair

[rbross2005]

Thanks so much, I just pulled my 5.5g apart and was able to repair a bad ribbon cable, my ipod works again!

Funny video too... haha

[nachoness]

omg....you don't know anything you're just pulling shit apart...

[echo199]

thanks mate ....you helped save my ipod!!

[tha1youshouldfear]

LMAO! That was funny....

Oh shit..This fell off..Trust me this never happened

[themodest1]

I'm assuming the logic board is also removeable? I'm looking to replace mine myself and want to know that I can put it all back together again afterwards too and that the new logic board will just plug into the same place as the old one??

[OldUncleMe]

I happen to know that this guy is training in vascular surgery -- consider getting in shape or else you may be in his next film....

/..

[1T54M49]

What is that? What did u used to open the ipod?

I cant get my ipod open, i broke my tools and hurt myself trying to open it!!!! It has Permanent GLUE!!!! lol

What can I use?

[uncleroxk]

oh shit fell off,, HAHAHA

[slaprabbjt]

hahaha!

[hoyosborja]

lol!!!

[junglishithead]

funny!

[Ad3m08]

how do you put movies on it because ive got lots of movies on my computer but when i put them on it just plays audio plz someone help

[Uhmeirykah]

it has to be an mp4

NOT an mpg or mp3 or avi but

MP4 and jus drop it on the movie section

[DRU0439]

it probably isn't in the right format. the format you want it to be is mpeg-4. to solve the problem simply obtain a video converter such as videora which is free but doesn't always do a good quality conversion or you could purchase one of the internet or a store where you can purchase software

[manjisamura]

you can look up on here how to convert video file to mp4 I upload a lot of youtube vids on mine now I can jam to peanutbutter jelly anytime I want

[xherekittykittyx]

omfg lmao.

I could not stop laughing. You seriously just killed that poor iPod. I sincerely hope that it was still in warranty. Although Im pretty sure they dont cover operator fucku-- I mean, operator error.

HA

[neonmeblack]

ha i laughed so hard i like funny asians.

[r1sksak]

help please, no computer recognizes my ipod and I can not format that one can not put the disk mode option, not accept it, but my ipod works perfect, the only problem is that it is not recognized by pc and I can not put more songs

[queenrulez121]

its the usb

[wlgnswlgnswlgns]

thats what is happening with mine ive tried it with anothwer ipod usb and it still doesnt work, sadly i had it over a year so i cant get the warraty. i think i dropped it then it got screwed.. hope someone finds a solution :(

[bassmetropolis]

buy new iPod, you screwed up everything just making experimental , parts keep falling off and you dont know where to put back lol

[sofir786]

This guys funny

[josele21]

jajajaj you are so...ugly! now I know the reason why you broke your iPOD...you reflected yourself on it....and it broke!

[olirain]

this kids said his first words

[aguguwin]

mine is a green I pod 8 GB nano. it had water damage and I fixed it and it worked fine but then I let it die and now it wont charge. any help??

[Mysonneedsme]

Wow. What a dumbass.......You just broke it.

[MegaVanquiz]

@ 2:25 what he says it's funny dudes.

[xKAMRONx]

Bahahaha

[itzJdBoii]

eyzzz can i ask....

you know the orange wire thats connected to where you put your earphoness ive snapped it in half & i dont know how to fix it, my ipod still works buh i jus can't listen to anything.

HELP? lol plz xD

[mickxflurrie]

i like how you're "running out of time" at like 3:10 then theres still 6 minutes and 30 seconds left

[shanewhite]

my solution to my ipod breaking....buy a Zen.

[davidbs93]

you could get a new one if itsd a mecanicol failer thats if you have the 2 year warrienty thats what my brother did

[Dustpan04347]

um for one, you couldnt sue him cuz ur case doesnt have any backing in court, and two, ur a moron. i take mine apart all the time. still works fine...

[JoeltheStampede]

Thanks man

[captlightyear]

Well, you tried. Thats better than doing nothing.

[benni4u29]

you'll need a table not like mine, cause mine is a chair!!!!!!......when i turn it on, nothing happens, cause mine is broken...lol

[slurry666]

"oh, what the hell are these? AWW shit this fell off" ... man that is priceless

[mileless]

Thanks for breaking your ipod for us :D

[jfo420]

thanks ! much props

[Truex1]

thanks man! i just ordered and replaced my HD you rock!

[ShadyCaveman568]

u mean HDD

[Stryker0Era]

wow ur azn..

thx for showing how to open it buh i didnt need a whoa 10 mi(show) about nuthin.

[watterrbottle]

everything he has said is important. You just have a low attention span.

[gansterkidsp]

ARE YOU CRAZY!

[Fkm7b5c]

Omg, your breathy voice is kinda irritating...are you panting?

[1127mikey1127]

my 80g classic screen wont turn on even if its charging. When u hold menu and middle for 6 sec u can here it restart but it wnt show screen :( 250$ down the drain.....

[jsscrios]

just wanna say thanks for showing me how to open the ipod up. Now mine is working!!!!!

[tiggintampa813]

im having the same problem as this guy who made the video... my 30gb video's HD too ka shit on me.. so i took it apart. but i dont even have a screen either..lol sucks. im getting a new one tho.. these things are so easy to mess with...

[KINGJ189]

i need help!my 30gb ipod wont stay charged.i bought a new battery but havent gotten it yet.but now when i connect it to the computer it doesent show up...what do i do?????

[aakashzxv1]

hey i hav an ipod 80 gb but it does not get charged or connected.

it is too chap in india

[hippiechickie18]

Are you sure it's not cheap-ass shitty imitation iPod? India and China seems to have a lot of those.

[LoveLust89]

why the fuck do you wanna open it in the first place????

[rocker66666666]

that was very interesting :]

[ssinn]

hey i my ipod 30gb video broke down and it just doesnt even start. i dont think its the harddrive so if u want mine i can sell it to ya

[OneRevelation]

how do you know it's not the battery?

[icyhotonmynuts]

Didn't you see the control arm on the hard drive? It's not functioning properly. What does that have to do with the battery?

[OneRevelation]

oh ha i didn't see that. i was just wondering b/c there's tons of ppl selling their non-working video ipods online 80gb for $50, that's all. just wondering if it was worth the investment.

[whdunkley]

depends if you know whats wrong with it it could be totally fucked and may never work the inside might be fried but if your willing to take the risk

[whyusweatinmeG]

i have 2 30gb ipod one earphone jack doesnt work i need to change the face plates

[santospitbull]

I have an ipod Video 30GB

it works fine when connected to the charger

but when i take off the charger it turns off

already change the battery for a new one

please help m

[NIBIRU122012]

lol, oh shit it fell off, to funny

[NolanJuggalo]

get out the..............screwdriver ahahahah

[mojojojo787]

Any one who care about their iPod please do not watch this video, please do not follow his advice, if you have to open your ipod there are plenty of professionals who have posted on here. There is a reason this morons iPod is broken if you try and follow his advice yours will be aswell.

[instantfly]

you freakin MORON. Following your moves destroys peoples iPods ..... you need your ass beat for posting this video you fookin Dikwad !

[Demonic927736]

This Video is useless!! Yeah you're a cock sucker!! I agree with gitarizon! Useless!! It seems to me that you do not know exactly what you are doing!!!

[gitarizon]

now mines broken, cock sucker.

[cardsmn2]

cheers man i watched this to see how to open my ipod cause i had a rattling in the back of it so i found it was a loose screw and now i fixed it my i pod works thanks again

[datstight128]

very cool and interesting to see a opened ipod

[swintofik]

i opened mine backwards and now i think its broken...

[xlGUITARlx]

"oh shit its gonna explode!",

"thats never happened before?",

"thats just not supposed to happen."

"yay, now its more broken that before."