Replace Ipod Nano Battery (1st Gen)

This instructable goes over how to change the battery in your 1st Gen Ipod Nano. This ipod was found in the junk pile at instructables with a bloated battery. Next time your friend throws out their old ipod, try to fix it up!

Step 1: Supplies

You need a bit of supplies to complete this:
A Broken iPod
New Battery
Soldering Iron

a note on batteries, you can get them off of ebay, but i got mine from iFixit.com.

Comments

[jtc10512]

No! dont replace the battery! Replace the whole ipod unit! ITS FREE
Apple has been doing a recall on 1st gen ipods since 2005 and its still in effect today (july 2012)
You can get it replaced with a 6th gen nano (with the touch screen & radio)
Of course, its your choice. But if you replace the battery before sending it in they might send it back saying its fine.

[Stoned]

What third party OS is that? It doesn't look like Podzilla or RockBox.

[thepaul1993]

Its the apple os.

[toolband79]

642GB's... lol

[your dog]

it a magical fairy ipod from heaven!!! hahaha try putting a million or so songs on it!

[macmaniac]

Maybe it really does have that much space? That'd be one hell of an iPod... :P

[kcls]

My COMPUTER doesn't even have that much HD space :D

[PSPerson]

Restore it with itunes. It should fix it. Put it into disk mode. Same as recovery, except press select and play instead of select and rwd. Plug into the computer, open up itunes and click restore.