The first time I opened my iPod Classic, it took me almost one hour
and I did it all wrong!
But, now, I know how to do it!
I guess…
So I want to try again!
Will it be easier?
How fast can I open an iPod Classic?
Two years ago, I did a full upgrade on my iPod Classic
it was not easy at all, I had some real bad luck doing it!
If you didn’t watch it, you should:
it became the most explosive hit of my channel!
So many comments!
A lot of people still love their iPods - Including my wife:
and she also wanted a new battery for her iPod Classic.
This time I was quite confident that I wouldn’t brake it
and that I could open it much faster.
Would you bet?
Ready… set…
Go!
This time, I only used the iSesamo blade and some guitar picks.
I knew how the clips worked and where they were.
But, watching the time-lapse, it gets clear that I am still fresh at opening iPods.
I hope it discourages you to keep asking me if I would do it for money!
Even though I thought I had already disarmed the top clip, I hadn’t.
I did a second pass with the blade… and, eventually,
I could disarm one of the sides completely and the iPod is open!
So much better!
8 minutes.
Replacing the battery is very easy - you can do it in a minute.
And if you would do the SD-Card upgrade, removing the Hard Disk
is also not difficult, you just need to be careful.
But I will put the Hard Disk back in place
because this iPod would only accept the maximum of 128 GB SD Card
and the original hard disk is 160 Gigs
Also, my wife enjoys the feel of the disk spinning
actually, me too… this is something I miss after my upgrade.
Everything back together it less than 20 minutes.
But…
Can we get even better?
I tried to find a volunteer here in Madrid
to provide me with a 6th gen iPod Classic
that was never opened before… but I couldn't find one.
So this is my own iPod Classic, yeah, that one that gave me a hard time.
But now, instead of only one iSesamo tool, I will use 6 blades!
There is a good reason to re-open it:
I want to replace the battery again, I’ll explain why in a minute.
I realised there is a reason why the original iSesamo opening tool
costs more than the 5 generic blades I recently bought:
the iSesamo is far better: it is thinner, sharper, and it gets in much easier.
If you can buy it, the original iSesamo blades are really worth the money.
Ok… as you can see… it already took me more than 20 minutes just to open my iPod.
I have two things to say in my defense:
1st, the thin iPod is harder to open than the thicker ones.
and 2nd, the rubber glue I used on the right side is really strong.
Here comes my new battery…
and from now on, I’ll use far less glue than I did in the past.
Everything is working fine and It will rest for 24 hours until the glue hardens.
So far, 8 minutes was my best time opening an iPod Classic.
About the iFlash upgrade, you guys asked the following questions:
“I guess it is not heavy anymore”
“Is there any weight changes with the SD Card?"
And the answer is: Yes, the original Hard Disk was heavier than the iFlash + SD Card.
My iPod now weighs only 100g!
40 grams less than its original weight.
28% lighter and you feel it!
“The SD Card shouldn’t spend more energy than a Hard Drive does, right?”
“How much more battery life are you getting?”
With an SD Card, the iPod should have a longer battery life.
It makes perfect sense and on the iFlash website there is a detailed comparison
testing each type of storage, and on the very best scenario
it should be possible to listen to almost 50 hours!
It depends a lot on the exact model of SD-Card you pick
take a look how different it can be!
That was certainly not my case and that is why I changed the battery again,
looking for a better quality one.
Maybe in the future I might even try other SD-Cards,
pursuing the best possible combination of battery and
low-power SD-Card for a super long play-back autonomy.
Right now, I am happy again.
At least now it looks more like the original battery.
When I measure it, I’ll put the exact time it in the description.
Now, there are some very interesting new batteries:
very thin, but wider and taller, fitting the whole iPod case space.
These 3000mAh batteries would, in theory,
more than triple the battery life of your iPod…
Here is a video of a guy installing one of these batteries.
And my previous iPod video that you should watch if you didn’t.
Check the description for links and additional information.
I’ll see you soon and thanks for watching!
[bip] to provide me a 6sss
[bip] provite me a 6thttthhsh
a 6thtsh generation iPod Classic
that was never opened before