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iPod How reliable is an iPod

Hi, all!

I replaced the battery in my gal's 3G iPod. It's a very simple procedure, but the hard part is removing the back. The new battery works GREAT, though. She's been getting close to twelve hours of play per charge. I will be replacing the battery on my 3G as well one day. You can find the batteries for about $30 online and the kits come with the tool for removing the back. Like I said, it's a pain to remove, but once it's done it works like a champ.

Other than that, out iPods have been pretty reliable. Like any device, it throws its fits. The other day, mine froze whilst updating. I had to fiddle with it for a few hours (restoring the software and rebooting my PB) before I finally got it working again.

About the only time it failed me was when I forgot to turn it off and I return to find no charge and therefore no tunes. I got used to powering it down and sliding the lock button pretty quick.

Have fun... Tony.
 
steve_hill4 said:
Well, since you had an iPod with no working battery before and that's what you have now, i guess you are still in exactly the same position you were in. The only differences are that now it appears that after replacing the battery, the iPod won't work anyway and that you effectively flushed some cash down the toilet.
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Well, the reason it's more broken is that before he could charge it and listen to it on the 45 min commute, charge it at work and listen to it on the way home. That sucked, but now he can't listen to it at all, so it is technically more broken. I still think it was worth the shot at fixing it though, I'm not griping about that. I'm a terrbile one for fiddling about inside things fixing them, ever since I discovered the drive belt had slipped off my walkman when I was 13 and I'd saved myself £20 down Argos by fixing the one I had. :)

Anyway, just so I contribute something vaguely on topic for this thread, ;) , I would say that iPods are pretty reliable, but for something you can't get back, like photos, I say use it as an alternative backup as opposed to the only one. From what you say above that's what you're gonna do, so that's all good.
 
My 1st gen 5gb (now sold on) apparently still works fine with original battery that still lasts about 3hrs.

6gb mini, temporarily located along with my lady somewhere in the South Pacific on a tall ship ... apparently all things are well, and better still be working upon return.

Shuffle, barely a week old and keeps knackering on one particular song ... at the moment my understanding of the product is in it's infancy, so I blame that song .... however, I think the independant jury is out on that one.
 
well i think mine died because of the very humid climate in Cuba, and moving from the outside into airconditioned hotels and restaurants, and back outside again into the heat and moisture. I guess some condense has caused the drive to fail.

After reporting this to apple, an UPS man picked up the iPod at my home, and another guy returned a new one two weeks later (got it yesterday), i must say i'm very pleased with this service!
 
Applespider said:
The Genius concept is that if you're having trouble with anything to do with any Apple product, you can go and see someone who can help you. This can, in theory, be anything from how do I turn my iPod on to my logic board is fried. But yes, the only people who seem to be able to 'declare' something broken and worthy of replacement are the Geniuses who you have to have an appointment with which seems a little dumb. I once took in some in-ear phones expecting they would just exchange them, only to have to go back the next day to see a Genius who could officially declare them 'dead'.
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I haven't put this to the test yet, but that sounds like crap. I mean if you bought something from the store and it's broke, you should be able to get it replaced or refunded there and then, without appointments which sound like they don't keep to more often than not.
 
Loge said:
I haven't put this to the test yet, but that sounds like crap. I mean if you bought something from the store and it's broke, you should be able to get it replaced or refunded there and then, without appointments which sound like they don't keep to more often than not.
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My apple store guy in Wasilla AK. changed out a defective set of earphones no questions asked. Simple good business practice and I subsequently spent another $350.00 on a lacie drive and a 1G shuffle. oops!
 
Loge said:
I haven't put this to the test yet, but that sounds like crap. I mean if you bought something from the store and it's broke, you should be able to get it replaced or refunded there and then, without appointments which sound like they don't keep to more often than not.
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I think if it's newly purchased and dead (and bought from Apple Regent St), they'll exchange then and there. If it's bought from Apple anywhere else, or it's an Apple product from any other retailer, or it's a few months old but still within warranty, they'll refer you to a Genius. With my headphones last time, it was because I'd bought them in the Apple Store in San Francisco and the manager told me that their regular cash registers at the desks wouldn't recognise the receipt ID so it would have to go via the Genius Bar. Nothing I've actually bought at Regent St has gone wrong enough for me to test the regular exchange route.
 
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