There are few products more popular than the iPod—except when it comes to battery life. The batteries in early iPods fail after a time (300 to 500 charge/discharge cycles or about two to three years) and just won't hold a charge. Even worse, there's no easy way to change the batteries. Here's how to replace it from Joe Grand! Link.
HOW TO replace your iPod's Battery
There are few products more popular than the iPod—except when it comes to battery life. The batteries in early iPods fail after a time (300 to 500 charge/discharge cycles or about two to three years) and just won't hold a charge. Even worse, there's no easy way to change the batteries. Here's how to replace it from Joe Grand! Link.
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This a great article on replacing the iPod battery. I just had my Generation 4 iPod battery replaced by myBoomBox in the UK. Looking at the instructions it seemed really fiddly, so I sent my iPod off to have the battery installed professionally.
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