r/ipod
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I made an iOS app that turns your iPhone into a 1st gen iPod from 2001
I tried to recreate the retro vibe of the very first black and white iPod. It has a classic click wheel, simple black and white menus, haptic feedback, and it plays music from your Apple Music library.
It is still a small project, but I’m planning to add Spotify support, settings, and maybe some classic mini-games later.
You can install it through AltStore using the .ipa and the instructions on GitHub. I doubt I’ll release it on the App Store, since Apple usually takes down apps that clone their products.
I would be happy if anyone wants to take part in the project, share ideas, report bugs, or contribute.
u/vlad-gradov — 22 hours ago
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Swollen iPod battery – need help replacing it safely
my iPod battery is swollen and I want to replace it but I’m scared of breaking it or messing something up inside.
Has anyone got a good tutorial or youtube video for doing this safely? Also any tips or things I should avoid?
Ps: I never opened an iPod before
u/tahaxd7 — 1 day ago
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What makes an iPod still an iPod?
I see people modding iPods all over the place, and I'm wondering what part of an iPod has to be original for that to work? What part of an iPod absolutely cannot be replaced? I'm pretty sure you can't build one from scratch from these replacement parts without SOMETHING original to an iPod, but I'm such a noob, I don't know what that would be...can anyone explain it to me?
TLDR: Can you build an iPod from scratch?
u/crinklenose — 1 day ago
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How would I go about transferring the music off my iPod if it’s DRM locked to an old AOL account
So back in the day I had an aol account for iTunes and apparently if those files have DRM and you didn’t update your account to an Apple ID your music is just lost. It works and plays fine on the iPod but when you copy it over using methods it’s DRM locked M4P.
u/alittlebitofhell-p — 1 day ago
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Hey guys, I’m trying to make Radio work on my iPod, but the headphones don’t act like an antenna. I just don’t wanna buy an accessory.
u/Jordymane1 — 1 day ago
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Ipod 3rd Gen Reviving
I wanted to share with you my journey to revive this bad boy:
I bought it for 30€ completely untested, HDD and Battery were after 23 years completely dead.
I bought a new battery, the Chinese Flashadapter (the ipod version works very well, also in 6th gen) from aliexpress, the iflash 4G Adapter and a 128 GB SD cars from Lexar.
The installation was very easy and the recovery of the Ipod was totally flawless on my mac M5 via USB.
After Flashmodding its not possible to sync via Firewire.
u/Repulsive_Educator19 — 1 day ago
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Taptic Engine
Where would you place a Taptic Engine, and which one? Heard the one from iPhone 7/7+ is good, but saw smaller ones.
u/Big_Confection3068 — 1 day ago
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Is this what I think it is?
Bought a pre-modded 7th gen from ebay, with a flash mod and alleged brand new battery. I just noticed this bubble that looks like the swollen battery pictures i’ve seen in this sub. Is there anything else that could cause this, or is this a swollen battery issue?
u/jimshn — 1 day ago
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Won’t turn on
I just got this iPod classic. Idk what gen it is but it came as 80 gigabytes. It won’t charge even after I cleaned the charging port. It’s been plugged in for an hour. Is there anything else I can do or should I wait?
I only bought it for a hundred bucks but it was advertised as working.
u/rae_butter — 1 day ago
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What to buy, what to buy
Hi guys I’m new here and am looking for some advice. Basically I want to get off of Spotify and streaming in general and go back to an iPod, but I don’t know what one to get. I am looking for best storage and battery I can get. I know you can mod the players to get better storage and battery but I’ve never modded anything before and am hoping one is easier to mod than the other and hey if there is a iPod that I don’t need to mod right off the bat even better!! I’ve seen a lot of ppl recommended the mini gen2, the classic gen 5/5.5 and gen 6, what’s the best one to get?
u/Creative-Wash-4114 — 1 day ago
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iPod stuck in booting loop
It has been a few months since I’ve used my iPod, I’ve had it on the charger for about an hour and it’s stuck in this loop. If I unplug it and hold the menu and center button nothing happens. I have also tried plugging it in to my computer and I still get nothing.
u/roccoe — 1 day ago
My Rockbox Can't Play the Songs I Added
Hello! I'm new to these kind of things, especially about iPods and Rockbox. I did what the manual say. Put new folder, add songs, transfer it to the file. The songs and files are there, yet they can't be played. The load time is also long. After it load, it'll go blank before it goes to this image. Even if I press next, the songs won't play and the "Next Track" is stuck to the first one. Example, if I choose to play song A, the Next Track will be song B. When I press next to the song C, the Next Track is still song B. The songs are fine when I play them in my PC. I don't understand. I need help about this. Thank you for reading my problem(rant) until the end!
u/Particular_Can_673 — 2 days ago
Any new developments on this?
Locked out for 25 mln minutes. I tried EVERYTHING. I am not restoring it, I WANT MY DATA. I know the passcode, I have the original wifi router it used to connect to, and I may find a laptop with a backup in it, but I don'r know yet. It's absolutely unacceptable that I can in no way access my perfectly good and valuable childhood data simply because of this.
u/paolo_protadec — 1 day ago
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To rockbox or not to rockbox?
Basically torn on whether to put rockbox onto my ipod classic 5th gen. What are the benefits, what are the downsides? Do you prefer stock OS or do you prefer rockbox? I personally would like to have higher quality music but don’t like the rockbox interface and prefer the stock OS interface.
u/gekk2 — 2 days ago
iPod Won’t Connect To PC or Macbook
Hello, when I plug my modded (iflash quad) iPod 5th gen into my computer, iTunes does not detect it. I checked my device manager. It’s not there either. I put it in disk mode, nothing. I tried my macbook and my windows 11 pc. All it does is charge. It was literally working a week ago and I was able to sync music from iTunes onto it. I don’t know what else to try. I tried different cables including the original Apple cable, different ports on my PC, restarting my iPod and my computer, all my drivers are up to date.
Edit: I tried uninstalling iTunes and reinstalling it. Didn’t fix it.
u/leealbugs — 1 day ago
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What's up With Digital Out on the 7th Gen Classic?
I've gathered the 7th gen (and maybe the 6th) iPod classic technically supports true digital out, but as far as I can tell it is annoyingly hard to access? However I can't find a totally comprehensive explanation. I'd love to listen with a dongle DAC on the go, even if it took daisy chaining a few adapters, but from my Googling it seems even that is not possible at present.
I have seen a few comments saying that for digital out there needs to be a handshake proving the device is licensed? There appear to be one or two docks out there that let one get a true digital out, but they are not portable at all. And it seems that even with the more feature rich USB C mods there is not straightforward digital out, only analog out. Is that an accurate summation of the current state of things? If so, what are the prospects of there someday being a USB C mod with a real digital out. I would also be happy with a 30 pin to whatever dongle that with enough daisy chaining could work with a usb dongle dac, but I haven't found anything like that.
Thanks!
u/NarcolepticFlarp — 1 day ago
Ipod 6th gen - battery not holding the charge.
Im not sure where to get the battery replaced in Bangalore. I can see many options in Amazon but the reviews say that those batteries wont stand longer.
Can someone pls help me to get it repaired.
u/OtherwiseWeird2874 — 2 days ago
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Old meets (slightly less) old
I thought I'd share a picture of my current daily drivers now that I've finished designing matching Rockbox themes for them :)
What's better than an iPod that lasts 20 hours on a charge? 2 iPods that barely last 4 hours each!
If you want the Rockbox themes, you can grab them for yourself here:
I would usually be daily-ing a custom mirror-finish Mini 2G, but that's in bits right now as I had to harvest its organs (a.k.a borrow its SD card).
u/360ad — 2 days ago