Mar 21
- Sold Individually
Product Description
Reinvigorate your iPod with a high-capacity battery from Sonnet! All iPods use batteries that can only be recharged so many times, and their charge capacities get smaller as time passes. If your iPod doesn’t play as long as it used to, give it a boost with iPod replacement batteries – it’s a great, economical way to give new life to your player.Replacing a battery in an iPod is not like replacing the batteries in a TV remote – you’ll need specialized tools and instr… More >>
Do you want to risk breaking your iPod and turning it into cyberjunk? Because that’s exactly what I did when I tried to use this product. Opening it required far more force than what they showed on the video manual, and when I finally got it open I found, to my utter dismay, that I had broken the tiny connector to the battery ribbon.
Until Apple makes ‘em with replaceable batteries, I’m not buying another iPod.
Rating: 1 / 5
I successful changed the battery in my 2G iPod and so thought I could handle this one, a 60 GB iPod Video. Guess I was wrong. I was actually able to crack the case with the included tools (on the 2G I had to resort to a chisel). The instructions talk about prying up a locking clip with the tool so that you can remove the ribbon cable. I dutifully did that, but as it turns out, there is no locking clip, at least on mine there isn’t, and prying with the tool simply breaks off the connector. The ribbon cable was in there with simple friction, so you could easily just pull it out and later push the new one back in. There was also a black sleeve over the end of the ribbon cable that needed to be removed (not mentioned in the instruction video). Knowing these two things, I could now successfully replace my battery, but instead I’ve got a broken iPod. Caveat Emptor.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is the second time I have used this kit for replacing the battery in my 60GB model iPod. The first time I used it, I had the same results as another reviewer, namely the battery connector broke off of the circuit board on my iPod rendering it nothing more than a sad paperweight.
The instructions on removing the battery strip from the connector could be more clear about the amount of force/pressure one should apply when removing and replacing the battery cable into the connector. Because the video was not as informative as it could have been in this regard, I ended up breaking off the battery connector completely from my circuit board and having to get the board replaced. Definitely an expensive lesson to learn.
However, when light force/pressure are applied when removing and replacing the battery cable, this issue can be avoided. On my second time around I worked much more gingerly with the equipment and had no issues whatsoever. Honestly, I believe the battery connector issue is more a fault of Apple than Sonnet as Apple doesn’t A)seem to have it connected to circuit board very sturdily or B) make iPods with easily replaceable batteries.
Over all, even with the effort and delicacy required to replace the battery using the Sonnet tools & techniques, I still feel that this is a great value for your money. It is definitely cheaper than shipping your iPod off to Apple or any other company.
Rating: 4 / 5
Replacing an iPod battery is NOT for everyone. You have to be forceful but delicate to open the case. Experience helps. This Sonnet battery is not the highest capacity you can get, but for the price the part is good and the spunger tools are excellent.
Rating: 4 / 5
After reading some of the reviews, I was a bit fearful about trying to open my iPod, but my experience was rather good. I think the key is to follow the directions on the included CD very carefully. Don’t use the tools to try to pry the case open, you don’t seem to need to twist the tool at all. Based on my replacement experience, if you follow the video carefully, it works well. As explained in the video, the key seems to be to push the opening tool into the seam of the iPod while sliding the tool up and down along one of the sides (this shown on the video, and I know it doesn’t seem to make sense, but it works). Keep sliding the tool up and down the seam on one side while applying slightly more and more pressure to the tool forcing it slightly further into the iPod. Eventually, you will see a gap of about 1/16″ open up on the side after having worked the tool into the iPod (don’t twist or pry with the tool though, just push it into the iPod while sliding it up and down). It took be about 10 or so times of sliding the tool along one of the edges to open the gap up wide enough. Once you open one side up about 1/16″, slide the tool around one of the top corners. There are some connectors along the bottom, so do that last to avoid damaging them. Once you get one side and the top open, slide the tool around the other top corner to the side opposite the one you started with. That side should open up easily. Once the two sides and top are open, the bottom opens easily, and viola its open. The rest of the installation is easy.
Rating: 5 / 5