r/IpodClassic

Pink 7th gen iPod classic with a purple back.🩷 256gb!🎶

I am trying to open my first iPod to swap the battery. And I know that choosing the 6th gen for this wasn’t the smartest move, but the opening tutorials made it seem doable.

I‘ve followed the tips of inserting the tools vertically and if necessary prying inwards. But I never heard any click. And reading to just pry a bit harder I may already bend the backplate (1st and 2nd picture). Also the front and backplate don’t seem to separate (3rd picture).

Additionally the crease at the top and bottom is so narrow that I can’t get the tools in (4th picture).

Does anybody have any tips for me?

Is this correct ? I only have 1400 songs and my iPod is showing that more than half of my storage is taken. I have a 7th gen I believe. The firmware is 2.0.4. I’ve flash moded it with 256 GB micro SD and a bigger battery. No rock box or anything installed just normal OS. Any help or info would be greatly appreciated.

I recently unearthed my original 30GB 5th gen. The screen is toast (bad fall took it out) but probably needs a new battery as well.

Im thinking of buying this one. I have a nano gen 6 that has a bad power button and I’m kind of wanting a new more reliable one.

Are classics easy to open up and fix? The problem with the nano is that no one is willing to open it up and fix it . So in case anything happens it would be great to get a chance of fixing this new one myself.

Do you think this is a good deal? The charger is not included. Is it the same as the nano ? Sorry I’m not an expert in this.

Just got done upgrading my iPod video with a new dual micro SD card adapter with two 256gb cards and a 2000mah battery.

Also installed rockbox.

Not sure if this is allowed so mods please remove if not.

Looking to sell my modded iPod 5.5 gen with a 256GB sd card.

The iPod has a new front case, clickwheel, center click button, back case, headphone cable/power button, new upgraded 2000 mAh battery, iflash solo adapter, and 256 GB SD card upgrade. I'd also include a charger. This is a thin model.

It works flawlessly and is currently running stock OS. Don't use it as much as it deserves to be.

Looking to get around $325 or best offer. I'm not really an expert so shoot me offers.

Located in the US

Hello!!

I few days ago, I made a post asking about where to find a case for my 3rd gen classic and nothing came of it, lol. I ended up making my own because I knew I could make it look cute and it just seemed fun. It was a pain in the ass, but I am still proud of it.

I thought replacing the HDD with an SSD would allow me to bypass this issue however it is very much still there. The device doesn’t show on iTunes so I don’t have the ability to restore it. Please help!

Hello everyone,

I would like to share a project I have been developing and refining to streamline my audio workflow: ift.sh (Intelligent FLAC Transcoder).

If you maintain a lossless FLAC library and regularly sync music to legacy hardware—such as classic Apple iPods—you have likely encountered playback instabilities. Common issues include unexpected reboots during track transitions, frame truncation, or memory crashes caused by unoptimized artwork.

I created ift.sh to eliminate these friction points by combining pre-flight audio analysis, dynamic resampling, and strict tagging standardizations into an automated CLI tool.

Key Technical Highlights:

• Hardware-Centric Encoding Targets: Native support for Nero AAC (-nero), FDK AAC (-aac), and LAME MP3 (-mp3). The Nero AAC target is specifically optimized to prevent the frame truncation and playback crashes often triggered by legacy iPod DSPs.
• Frequency & Volume Analysis: Analyzes mid- and high-frequency energy levels per track to dynamically assign optimal Variable Bitrate (VBR) parameters, avoiding wasted storage on acoustically simpler files.
• Safe Resampling Pipeline: Utilizes SoX through intermediate WAV decoding steps to handle high-resolution downsampling (16-bit/44.1kHz or 48kHz) safely.
• Cover Art Sanitization: Extracts and rescales album art to a baseline 200x200 JPEG to ensure visual compatibility while protecting low-RAM devices from memory exhaustion.
• Metadata & Normalization: Calculates and embeds Apple iTunNORM (Sound Check) alongside standard ReplayGain tags. It also parses local .log (EAC/XLD) and .cue files to inject CD provenance metadata.
• Interactive Pre-Flight Validation: Includes an interactive CLI prompt to verify album details, track sequences, and multi-disc tags prior to batch execution.

The script is open-source under the GNU GPLv3 license and is primarily designed for POSIX environments.

Feel free to inspect the codebase, review the full README, or try it out:

Inteligent Flac Transformer

Feedback, issue reports, and contributions are welcome.

Box was opened but everything still minty fresh inside. Shoild I try to power it on