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paulrickards

New blog post: iPod 3G conversion to SD card and a new battery.

I wanted to document my steps for anyone else that wanted to try this. And you don't need a disk image from the iPod as a starting point.

biosrhythm.com/?p=2851

I just updated my iPod 3G blog post because the left channel suddenly stopped. Turns out it was the flex cable connector. I was able to repair it with a little surgery. I also have the pin out in case you want to attempt it yourself.

biosrhythm.com/?p=2851

Also, can we talk about how good Apple Garamond looks on the back of the original iPod? 😍

Update: After 5 charge cycles, the new battery in my 3G has settled on just over 9 hours of total run time, including powering the iTrip FM transmitter.

biosrhythm.com/?p=2851

biosrhythm.com» iPod 3G: SD Card Upgrade, New Battery, and Flex Cable Repair

@paulrickards Nice! I have a pair of iPods sitting right here (A1059 and A1099). Now I'm curious if the same steps would work for them!

@paulrickards
Changed the battery of my 3G too, a couple of years ago. I was disappointed to see the iPod shutdowns after 3 ou 4 hours... Maybe, i didn't bought a good battery...
I'll read your article with attention 😉 Thx!

@paulrickards gonna nitpick here and point out it can't be an original one if it's 10GB. 😁

@mike Ha! Fair. TBH, it felt high but I didn't verify. Honest eBay sellers! I never had one of the originals. But the original sentiment is still there. That font tho!

@paulrickards oh yeah it's definitely first gen, I was just being terrible about fine details and technicalities! 😁

The second gen 10GB ones had a different font for the logo and I really don't like how much I know about this and how many examples I can just pull out of a drawer ...

@mike Interesting! So that might be the transitional point from Apple Garamond to Myriad. Maybe they changed it mid production of the 1st gen 10GB model?

@paulrickards not sure, I think it started in the second generation.

My 5GB original one has the Garamond logo, but just no indication of capacity since they only came in one size at first. I think the addition of that was the only change in the first run.

@paulrickards it's in much better condition than the one here haha - the first ones didn't have any size markings at all, not that I can find many angles where it's at all readable.

@paulrickards @Eggfreckles These backs still look so gorgeous. Like pure metal ingot.

@paulrickards 2,000 songs in your pocket. I have one of the classics, I believe its 20 GBs. I love mounting it in #Mac OS 10.1 and seeing the icon on the desktop. There is just something about how different the Mac experience was like in the early 2000's.

@paulrickards I am trying to subscribe to your blog via RSS, but for some reason I only get the comments, and the default WordPress feed location yields a 404?

biosrhythm.com/feed

@sindarina Hmm. For whatever reason, the URL is this:

biosrhythm.com/?feed=rss2

Maybe I've got something misconfigured?

@paulrickards That URL does seem to be missing in your <HEAD>, it lists the homepage URL instead.

So with autodetection, you get the comments feed even if you select the main one? 🤔

@sindarina Honestly, I'm not sure. I can't seem to find any RSS settings in the admin pages. WP is a big mystery to me.

@paulrickards Yeah, it should just work by default. Perhaps it's some bug in the template you use, or something like that 🤔

@sindarina Yeah IDK. I've never been 100% comfortable with WP. I have this lingering fear that I'm going to click update on something and oops accidentally my whole blog lol

@sindarina I do use that feed URL in The Old Reader and it seems to work consistently. Is it working for you?

@paulrickards The one you linked earlier does work for me in Reeder Classic, via Feedbin;

biosrhythm.com/?feed=rss2

But if I let it autodetect, from the main URL;

biosrhythm.com

it gives me the comment feed instead, even when I don't select it.

Which I haven't run into before with WordPress-based blogs, so it's a bit of a mystery.

@paulrickards I've got 3 or 4 3rd Gen iPods that I have been trying to restore for a while but constantly running into issues (firewire required) or just failing, thanks for this guide, I will give it a go!

@copey FireWire for syncing is still problematic for me so I just use USB. But the great thing is you can build the partitions with just the SD card in your computer-- no iPod needed at that point. Good luck and let me know how it goes!