1st Nano Repair

The battery in one of our iPod Nanos has never been very good. It would only last for a few hours and once that started shrinking we were faced with trying to replace the battery or simply buying a new pod altogether. I ordered a battery from somewhere in Hong Kong for about $20.

The battery came with two little plastic prying devices to help with separating the pod - I wonder if you can change the battery at all with the new Gen. 2 Nanos that feature an aluminum case???? Anyone know?

Anyway - I needed to go buy a soldering iron too because there are three connectors where the battery attaches directly to the circuit board.

I was a little nervous when prying apart the nano at first but it went fairly quickly with patience and once I was confident I wouldn't destroy the pod. Then, with the use of the soldering iron, I removed the old battery (shown below)



And finally, managed to solder the connectors of the new battery into place. I bought a standard 30W soldering iron and for this job a smaller iron would have been easier but I managed to get the connections in place after some work.

I then charged the pod and for the first time in a long time it showed a full charge graphic. We'll see how long it holds the charge.