My first ever mod!
Admittedly, I went in kinda blind. I'd been a huge tech nerd since the age of around 9 and now at the age of 15 decided "y'know what? I really want a custom iPod, DankPods and Hugh Jefferys can do it, why can't I?" And then I proceeded to go and buy a 2007 6th gen... Yeah. But I got the parts, and got to work. Opening it was hell on earth as expected especially for a first timer to any sort of iPod mods, but I prevailed and realized I needed a different iFlash ribbon, so after another six days of waiting I finally got that. Now finally today I undertook the assembly of all the parts without destroying something, especially fearing the battery connector and LCD fingerprints, but I was successful. And this is the result! Hardware side: 2007 160 GB 6.0 Gen, iFlash Solo, SanDisk Extreme 256 GB, MCMConcepts 3000 mAh battery, new click wheel, custom blue front and rear housing with blue center/select. Software side: syscfg mod to 7th gen, iPod firmware 2.0.4, search and genius mixes, bypassed 128 GB limit of the 6.0 gen. Better frame rates in cover flow, supposedly superior DAC tuning but can't really tell with my IEMs.