1st Gen iPod shuffle Disassembly

[RolledRick]

This was actually pretty interesting. I got one on eBay for $2 and $5 shipping, came from Cupertino, CA, of all places, and had some heat damage to the plastic... I was afraid to open it. now that I see that this is all it takes... I'm a little less frightened by taking mine apart. it works, but sometimes errors up and needs to be restored... I thought I'd poke around inside and look for corrosion and such... and possibly also replace the battery, and, of course, give the gem a thorough clean.

[spartanhill]

i took a hammer to it 20mins ago

[afterlife300]

MURDER!!

[leboboy911]

that was easy

[spartanhill]

my shuffle of the left speaker doesn't work..is this how i fix it?

[vulture7776969]

@spartanhill id verify its not just the earphones if same on another set then ur jack is screwed prolly hafto jus buy a new one they cheap

[Pleeex]

@spartanhill

had the same problem. i opened the shuffle like shown in this vid. then i found a pin disconnected and soldered it. now the ipod is working again.

thx for the opening-tut!!

[kortedfranela]

I used to love my shuffle

[fireman6710]

I have 3 of those unopened out of their boxes

[Shangeris]

@vulture7776969 are there any specifications for replacing the battery?

[scavies430]

excellent thank you

[HakerzTM]

lulz i member kidz @ mah school having this old shat

[skruvjern]

It gave me an idea of how it looks like when you disassembly it, but I don't think this would be something I would try on mine.

[i32a45d]

Oh then I'm not sure. Maybe it got water damage or something else...

[D4682]

sumtin is wrong with mine it wont connect to my pc or others but plays music  any help?

[i32a45d]

you probably damaged the ribbon cable inside. the only way to fix that is with a new usb jack with a new ribbon cable attached.

[D4682]

i dont htink thats it cuz i just checked with it and the cable was fine and when it ran out of batteries it charged again

[chris201655]

great way to cut your finger in half (longways) LOL

[DeathRex666]

it looks like the same battery for ipod nano 1st gen maby i can replace my ipd nano battery finaly

[manny5866]

Very helpful!! Thanks! :)

[hypn0z3]

I'm sorry to do that for my iPod, it's my first one. :(

[Gotskillz88]

mine got submerged in water =(

would this be a good way to open it up so that i could let it dry?

[rafaelgomez121]

can i have the ipod shuffle

[julianbell90]

i didn't think to do it that way, your clever

[vulture7776969]

use to be apple tech know a lil

[weinerschnitzelboy]

@vulture7776969 Cool!!

[jewsLOVEcock]

how stpud

why would you do a thing like that?!??!

[KozMc]

to replace the battery?

[elmo4777]

i took apart my ipod nano 1st gen

[jewsLOVEcock]

oh, but why?

[elmo4777]

because apple suck my ipod fell of a table about 2ft high and broke so i took it apart apple sucks!!!!!

[herodisgod18]

rofl. ive dropped my nano hundreds of times. btw any other music player thats not suposed to be solid and construction worthy breaks much easier than apple products. get a case. it wont break.

[rafuch]

apple sucks, and tables! tables suck! oh, and gravitiy sucks hard, too!!

[Zedjuniordotcom]

Nice tutorial :D

[alonsonic]

Thnks for the tuto man it was really usefull