I recently replaced the 20GB hard drive in an iPod 4G clickwheel with an IDE to CF adapter, CF to SD card adapter, and a 128GB SDXC card. I also decided to replace the original battery because, why not?, it's 15 years old. But I'm now wondering if the battery replacement was necessary. On the OEM battery, I was getting 12 hours of playback time with the SD card. Can I expect much more than that?
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iPod Replaced iPod 4G HDD with 128 GB SD Card - Battery Life?
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On the first test, the 15-year-old battery is actually delivering longer playing times. However, I fully drained and am charging the Chinese replacement to see if running it through a full charge cycle makes a difference. Otherwise, I'll swap the OEM battery back in, assuming I didn't damage it too much when I removed it!
And, indeed, I ended up swapping the 15-year-old battery back in. :-/ Any idea where I could get a better replacement than what's on eBay and Amazon?